Sunshine State is placing greater Brisbane s 2.5million residents in lockdown
Queensland only made QR check-in codes compulsory on December 23, 2020
Ten days later, a Brisbane hotel quarantine cleaner caught train to her city job
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk s state has been slow to implement QR codes
Health Minister Yvette D Ath told Daily Mail Australia QR codes not infallible
But she stressed she was proud of Queensland s response to the pandemic
The Labor cabinet minister argued contagious UK strain justified the response
Queensland unlike NSW and Victoria hasn t had to stress test its Covid response
Queensland request for ADF help at border checkpoints knocked back
Queensland request for ADF help at border checkpoints knocked back
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Queensland police have been left to manage reinstated NSW border checkpoints without Australian Defence Force help after a request was knocked back by the federal government.
About 150 ADF personnel were withdrawn from the state line in late September as travel restrictions eased amid federal pressure to open up further.
At the time, the Defence Department said the withdrawal was due to a shift in focus towards hotel quarantine and planning for high-risk weather due to the La Nina weather event.
It s important businesses review their practises. We have had cases where illegible handwriting was provided. Now the electronic format is a requirement. Businesses have a role to play in keeping people safe. Ms Palaszczuk said on Sunday that authorities were unable to get in touch with everyone who visited The Glen Hotel in Eight Mile Plains, after a woman who s since tested positive for COVID-19 visited it on December 16, because there was illegible handwriting with check-ins. That is not on, it is simply not on, Ms Palaszczuk said. So we are giving a very clear message to our pubs and clubs and cafes right across Queensland, that you will have 72 hours to get your house in order and that means you must have QR codes or you must have electronic devices in place otherwise you will be going back to the one per 4 square metres and people will not be able to stand up and enjoy their drinks.
Queensland health authorities are on high alert after a mutant, super-spreading strain of COVID-19 was found in Australia. A woman, whose husband was forced into home quarantine after being identified as a close contact of the COVID-infected person who attended The Glen Hotel last Wednesday, told The Courier-Mail that a Queensland Health contact tracer had sounded the alarm over the new UK strain, which is feared to be 70 per cent more contagious.
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Queensland to roll out unified tracing platform after ban on paper check-ins
Queensland to roll out unified tracing platform after ban on paper check-ins
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Queensland s Health Minister Yvette D Ath says a new public health direction will mandate the use of electronic check-in processes at businesses this week, in the latest deadline for businesses as the state s hard southern border is again established for travellers from Greater Sydney.
As queues formed at fever clinics and border stops amid the growing cluster in Sydney, Ms D Ath confirmed the government would also set up its own platform for tracking patrons after efforts were frustrated by illegible paper logs.