Queensland s introduction of new rules requiring essential workers entering the state from NSW to have had one dose of vaccine by this Friday has met online backlash as un-Australian.
The heated confrontation was captured on camera as the tradie pleaded with Covid border cops on the Gold Coast to let him through, shouting I m a f ing Australian .
Queensland has recorded zero new Covid-19 cases and tightened its border closure with New South Wales over fears the Byron Bay outbreak could spill over the border and reignite.
Queensland records six new local cases of coronavirus on Saturday, as stricter rules on the movement of essential workers in the state s border bubble with NSW were introduced.