Border boost: $500m, 50,000 jobs before state even opens
Queensland’s eased restrictions will pump hundreds of millions into the economy and generate a jobs bonanza – and that’s before the state’s border even reopens.
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$4K fines, border patrols as Premier shuts Victoria out
Queenslanders in Victoria have been urged to rush home immediately as the Premier confirms our borders will open on July 10 to the rest of the nation but tighten for the Garden State as a result of “serious concerns” over community transmission.
BORDER D-DAY: Trade-off if state stays closed
Regardless of whether the Premier decides on Tuesday to open Queensland’s borders, there could be further relief on the way for embattled businesses.
Genuine border concerns: Doctors at odds with PM
Australia’s peak doctors group says the state would be totally justified to keep its borders closed in light of the Victorian outbreak, flying in the face of the Prime Minister’s claim there’s no reason Queensland they shouldn’t reopen. WHO’S RIGHT? TAKE OUR POLL
NRL, AFL scramble amid QLD’s new hard-line quarantine rule
The NRL and AFL are scrambling after Queensland introduced new hard-line quarantine restrictions which will force teams who play against Melbourne-based teams into mandatory 14-days quarantine amid the escalating COVID-19 outbreak.
New laws put prying neighbours and vengeful exes on notice
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has made an election promise to introduce new laws that would target prying neighbours, bosses monitoring employees, and controlling partners using tracking and monitoring technology to perpetrate domestic violence.
‘Blatantly rorting the system’: LNP slams Labor for law changes
Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington has accused Labor of ‘rigging’ the upcoming election with last-minute, sweeping changes – including 100 pages of amendments – to the state’s electoral laws.
Dutton calls LNP president’s position ‘untenable’
The LNP’s most senior minister, Peter Dutton, has demanded the LNP president’s immediate resignation, accusing him of actively undermining the Queensland leader.
Grandkids can visit their grandparents again
Grandchildren can finally visit their grandparents in aged care again, while some kids can return to boarding school. It comes as Queensland again recorded no new COVID-19 cases overnight.
Joint adoption plan to rescue kids in peril
More children will be permanently taken from irresponsible parents and put up for adoption after State Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk promised to work with the LNP to fix child safety.
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