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Almost half the truck drivers who enter Queensland lack border passes We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Freight drivers will be required to be tested for COVID-19 every seven days after almost half of heavy vehicles stopped at the Queensland border were caught without a pass or documentation to enter the state. Queensland police stopped 226 heavy vehicles at Coomera, Wallangarra and Goondiwindi at the weekend. Of those, 83 drivers were fined or cautioned and 29 had come from a hotspot without appropriate passes. One driver who falsified records had come from the Chinderah truck stop hotspot and was unco-operative with police was forced into quarantine, police said. ....
Normal text size Very large text size On a Monday morning in March, Queenslandâs Premier informed Steve Gollschewski the stateâs borders would close in two days and he was in charge of making it happen. âWhen do you want it done? Two days!? Fantastic.â A few hours later, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk let the public know in 92 characters. âBREAKING: Cabinet has decided to close Queenslandâs borders. Iâll bring you more detail soon,â she tweeted on March 23, 2020. Police patrol South Bank during the three-day lockdown this month. Credit:Jono Searle/Getty The same day, Australia entered the first stage of a nationwide shutdown, which closed restaurants, pubs, clubs and gyms and instantly forced thousands of workers to seek unemployment benefits. ....