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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Deputy Premier Steven Miles during a press conference at the Spit on the gold Coast. Picture: Tertius Pickard

Premier defends ‘robust’ hotel quarantine

Annastacia Palaszczuk has defended Queensland’s hotel quarantine system, but says the state will not rush to welcome international students, saying the priority was to reunite families with loved ones stranded overseas.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - OCTOBER 23, 2020.Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk speaks during a visit to Nova Power, while on the election campaign trail. Queenslanders go to the polls on October 31.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

Palaszczuk: State could open on November 1

Annastacia Palaszczuk says Queensland’s border with NSW could still open on November 1. It comes as she said the Federal Government was responsible for stopping a plane carrying vulnerable Aussies from Laos from landing at Cairns.

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