Queensland has recorded six new Covid-19 cases, including an unvaccinated truck driver who was in the community for a week and stayed in two hotels and a guesthouse, as talks are held over Sunday’s NRL Grand Final, and some restrictions will make a return.
NSW has not ruled out calling in debt collectors as Queensland continues to refuse a $40 million bill for hotel quarantine.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s latest request to Prime Minister Scott Morrison suggests Queensland is as far from reopening as ever, as she demands answers the Federal Government says she already has.
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.
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