The highly infectious Delta variant “could be could be in our community any day now”, with just one case able to result in thousands, Queenslanders have been warned, as the Premier flags a “magical window” for people to get vaccinated.
Annastacia Palaszczuk has called in the army to enforce Queensland’s hard border with NSW amid a warning there’s a “real and present threat” of a Covid incursion.
The lack of a critical document meant thousands of people in home quarantine were free to leave and mingle in the community, and police were powerless to stop them.
Queensland’s peak business body has slammed the uncertainty around lockdowns as the Premier refuses to be drawn. VOTE IN OUR POLLS
Athletes returning from Howard Springs will avoid a second stint of quarantine despite parts of the Northern Territory being declared a hotspot from Wednesday.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has refused to rule out more snap lockdowns, even with an 80 per cent vaccination rate, as the state records two new cases – both in quarantine – and extra police officers are stationed on the NSW border.
Thousands of dollars in cash is up for grabs with the state government overhauling a failed program to get more workers to Queensland farms.
Government House managers will be ordered into leadership training and hiring practices overhauled following an investigation into bombshell claims of bullying.
Annastacia Palaszczuk has warned Scott Morrison against deferring a controversial decision over who must get vaccinated to the states, saying the ball’s ‘in his court’.
Queensland has recorded eight new cases of Covid-19, seven of them tied to the schools cluster and picked up in home quarantine. It comes as the Premier seeks answers from NSW about plans to contain the state’s growing outbreak.
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