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About 150 ADF personnel were withdrawn from the state line in late September as travel restrictions eased amid federal pressure to open up further.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.
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Subscriber only A Queensland hotel which had to send almost all of its staff into home quarantine after a diner tested positive for COVID-19 has been overwhelmed by the response to its pleas for hospitality staff to lend a hand during one of its busiest trading periods. Emily Fitzgibbons, the daughter of Brian Fitzgibbon, one of the millionaire brothers who own The Glen Hotel at Eight Mile Plains, put out the call for help on social media after the hotel s staff were told to quarantine after a COVID-infected woman in her 50s had lunch on December 16, after flying in from Sydney.
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Subscriber only A Queensland hotel which had to send almost all of its staff into home quarantine after a diner tested positive for COVID-19 has been overwhelmed by the response to its pleas for hospitality staff to lend a hand during one of its busiest trading periods. Emily Fitzgibbons, the daughter of Brian Fitzgibbon, one of the millionaire brothers who own The Glen Hotel at Eight Mile Plains, put out the call for help on social media after the hotel s staff were told to quarantine after a COVID-infected woman in her 50s had lunch on December 16, after flying in from Sydney.
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.