Streets empty as stay home order sinks in
Brisbane’s lockdown may have turned the city into a ghost town but it has had a surprising flow-on for some of the region’s biggest tourist centres.
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‘12C below average’: Showers, cool front bring welcome relief
Extensive cloud cover and cool air coming from up the coast from the south have seen some parts of Queensland 12C below average today. SEE TODAY’S FORECAST.
Ghost Town: Brisbane streets deserted as lockdown begins
Brisbane’s busiest streets are deserted this morning as the city woke to its first day of lockdown. Those out for morning walks were donning masks. SEE THE PHOTOS
Aisle anarchy, supermarket punches and wedding day disasters
As unprecedented panic set in across Brisbane ahead of lockdown, punches were thrown, supermarkets were stripped bare and weddings were rushed forward.
Brisbane COVID lockdown: What you need to know
Greater Brisbane will go into a three-day lockdown from 6pm tonight after the city was declared a COVID-19 hotspot. Here’s everything you need to know.
‘Expect to be stopped’: Police use tech to nab rule breakers
Do the right thing or expect to be caught is the clear message from police primed to catch rule dodgers with number plate recognition technology.
Fallout: Panic buying, punches and wedding day disasters
As panic buying eased overnight, the reality of lockdown has hit those planning holidays, parties and baby showers with restrictions also capping weddings at 10 people and funerals at 20.
Warning: Accept lockdown or face ‘catastrophic results’
As an eerie silence fell across Brisbane on Friday night, the Health Minister hasn’t ruled out extending the lockdown with some saying it could stretch to 21 days.
Man charged after alleged armed carjacking
Police have charged a man who allegedly stole a car with a firearm in Brisbane’s inner-south on Wednesday morning.
COVID milestone as overseas arrivals to skip quarantine
Queensland has welcomed the first international arrivals who do not need to quarantine today for the first time since March 2020.
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