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Premium Content Police are blitzing the border and Queensland airports on the lookout for Victorians and Western Australians trying to sneak into the state. Queenslanders returning from declared hotspots in the two states are also in the sights of cops who have ramped up patrols after the border was again slammed shut to people travelling from Greater Melbourne after the city s latest COVID-19 outbreak. All of Western Australia was declared a COVID-19 hotspot last month but that ruling is set to expire at 1am on Sunday. Melbourne residents Elle Lacey, Matt Blunden and Richard Blunden have just finished a holiday in Cairns and will now return to another lockdown in Melbourne. Picture: Brendan Radke
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Premium Content UPDATE A crack COVID investigation team has also been set-up to respond to any reports from Glitter Strip accommodation operators of out-of-towners not sticking to lockdown rules. Gold Coast Chief Superintendent Mark Wheeler on Saturday reminded any residents from Greater Brisbane, or those who had been to the city any time since January 2, that they must take the isolation rules seriously, even outside the River City. If we receive information that someone is in potential breach of the Chief Health Officer s directions, we will have an investigative team follow up on that, he said. Anyone from Greater Brisbane on the Gold Coast needs to abide by the lockdown rules, as if they were in Brisbane. There is only a small number of reasons why they should be leaving their accommodation.
Images of people at Froggies Beach on Christmas Day. Picture: Jim Jackson.
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Subscriber only LOCAL residents are outraged about a lack of social distancing at a Coolangatta beach party but the city s top cop says revellers weren t breaching COVID rules. Photos have emerged showing a group of party people holding a gathering at Froggies Beach on Christmas night. The images show about 70 in two groups on the beach, as well as a DJ set up. Coolangatta resident Jim Jackson, who reported the party to police, said it was not the first gathering of that kind at the beach in recent months.
Images of people at Froggies Beach on Christmas Day. Picture: Jim Jackson.
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Subscriber only LOCAL residents are outraged about a lack of social distancing at a Coolangatta beach party but the city s top cop says revellers weren t breaching COVID rules. Photos have emerged showing a group of party people holding a gathering at Froggies Beach on Christmas night. The images show about 70 in two groups on the beach, as well as a DJ set up. Coolangatta resident Jim Jackson, who reported the party to police, said it was not the first gathering of that kind at the beach in recent months.
We are watching the situation : Qld seeking more on latest NSW cluster
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Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath is keeping a watchful eye on New South Wales after a new cluster has arisen from Sydney’s inner west.
The cluster included 34 close contacts from three households across Sydney who held pre-Christmas gatherings.
NSW recorded 18 locally acquired cases on Tuesday.
Queensland Health Minister Yvette D Ath is watching NSW closely as they deal with a new cluster.
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A previous cluster in the Sydney suburb of Avalon, which had more than 100 cases of community transition, prompted border checkpoints on the Queensland-NSW border last week.