Queensland is pressing ahead with demanding PCR tests for travellers despite the nation’s top doctor warning it was “interfering” with testing and tracing legitimate cases and contacts. 

One of Queensland’s top restaurants has been forced to shut down over a positive Covid case in a “brutal” hit over the busy Christmas rush that has forced dozens of staff into quarantine and cost tens of thousands of dollars. 

A German tourist who had a partial leg amputation, after he was struck by an out-of-control car that mounted a Noosa Heads footpath, has been awarded two million in compensation damages. 

A dangerous doctor shortage has been flagged by Queensland nurses who have deep concerns the people in the Wide Bay community will not have access to local medical care over Christmas. 

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