Qld Premier would consider allowing travel from the Northern Territory

QUEENSLAND Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she would consider allowing NT residents to travel to Queensland before other jurisdictions because of the Territory’s low number of COVID-19 cases

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said on Q&A that she would consider allowing travel to Queensland from the NT. ure: AAP Image/Dan Peled

QUEENSLAND Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has said she would consider allowing people from the NT to travel to Queensland before other jurisdictions because of the Territory’s low number of COVID-19 cases.

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Ms Palaszczuk said on the ABC’s Q&A last night that she would consider opening Queensland’s borders for jurisdictions including the NT and South Australia before allowing travel from NSW and Victoria.

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“There could be some opportunity for some travel with SA for example, maybe with the NT,” she said.

“We really want to see our tourism industry thrive into the future, we’re really hurting at the moment.”

She said Queensland would review their border restrictions at the end of each month.

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“It (when the borders are opened) depends very much on how community transmission goes in Victoria and New South Wales because unfortunately there’s more community transmission down there and don’t want to see it happening here in Queensland,” Ms Palaszczuk said.

It comes after the head of the Darwin Major Business Group, Ian Kew, told the NT News the Northern Territory Government should make a tri-border pact with South Australia and Western Australia to open up our borders.