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Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced a hard border closure to Greater Sydney, with barricades erected from 6am tomorrow. As NSW grapples with an ever-growing coronavirus crisis, Queensland has recorded one new case, a quarantined traveller returned from overseas, and now has 10 active cases. This is really important everyone, we want everyone to do the right thing, so people will be turned around, Ms Palaszczuk said. She said people had already been turned around at the border. Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young also urged anyone who was in the Glen Hotel at Brisbane s Eight Mile Plains on December 16 to come forward, after a case linked to the Avalon cluster on Sydney s Northern Beaches visited there.
Reinstated border blockades are causing traffic chaos with delays up to two hours as Queensland slams the border shut to greater Sydney. RACQ have warned of extraordinary delays at the Queensland and New South Wales borders, with reinstated checkpoints forcing 16km of traffic congestion. Motorists are facing two-hour delays at the Queensland border with NSW. Picture: Nigel Hallett Delays of almost two hours are spanning from Banora Point in Tweed Heads to Currumbin Waters on the Gold Coast. The Gold Coast Highway is also experiencing congestion with delays up to 16 minutes. Queensland Police Assistant Commissioner Shane Chelepy told Sunrise commuters could expect disruption to traffic flow while checkpoints return.
The reinstatement of a hard border between Queensland and NSW is a possibility, with authorities saying the next 24 to 48 hours would determine that decision. It comes after NSW recorded 30 new cases of coronavirus in the 24 hours to 8pm Saturday - 28 of which were directly linked to the Avalon cluster. That cluster is now 66 cases and the southern state has brought in tougher restrictions. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces the new restrictions for NSW residents and addresses questions over the border. Picture Steve Pohlner When questioned on the possibility of Queensland reinstalling a hard border, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said there were check points at the border at this stage but that may change within days.
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