There are fears over Sunday’s staging of the NRL Grand Final after Brisbane was rocked by four new local Covid-19 cases in just a matter of hours, with calls for authorities to postpone the event to stop the risk of further spread.
Annastacia Palaszczuk has taken aim at Barnaby Joyce over his criticism of Queensland’s border closures as NSW records 787 new Covid cases and 12 deaths.
From tragic deaths to premature babies, these are the reasons Queenslanders rushed to leave the state – despite the Health Minister saying they “knew the risks” – only to be locked out when they tried to return. It comes as Queensland recorded no new cases on Sunday.
For the Health Minister to blame Queenslanders for the government’s failings is a disgraceful attempt to avoid responsibility she is paid $340k to bear.
Queenslanders who are rolling up their sleeves to get vaccinated to avoid ongoing lockdowns deserve confidence this crippling pandemic is coming to an end, Lawrence Springborg says in a rare public criticism.
Queenslanders still locked out of the state amid the ongoing border exemption issues have been told by the Health Minister that they knew the risks when they left, while she added there are people who have been trying to come back to Australia for 19 months.
As Queensland forges ahead with a possible plan to wait until 90 per cent of over-12s are vaccinated before reopening, new modelling shows that target won’t be achieved in 2021, pushing more businesses to the wall, and taking a huge toll on mental health.
A southeast Queensland mother-of-three who hasn’t seen her children for a month has opened up about her horror experience trying to get a border exemption, at one point being rejected because she’d applied too early. But thousands of others are in the same boat. Here are their stories.
Queenslanders heading to the footy this weekend will be able to remove their masks when seated, it has been revealed. The rule will also apply to seated school children. The change comes as no new local cases were recorded.
Queensland could be marking Christmas alone, with the Premier backing away from the national plan to open up once 80 per cent of the population is vaccinated. VOTE IN OUR POLL
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