Businesses fear job-destroying snap lockdowns will become more frequent as Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk refuses to rule out sending Queenslanders into isolation to keep the mutant COVID-19 strain out of the community. Thousands of businesses are breathing easier on Tuesday after the state government lifted its snap three-day lockdown on Monday evening. However, the shock of Friday morning s announcement following just one community case of the new UK strain has business groups fearing the tough restrictions will be implemented again - damaging the state s economic recovery. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Monday refused to reveal whether Queensland would go back into lockdown if one new COVID-19 case was discovered in the community.
 Businesses fear job-destroying snap lockdowns will become more frequent as Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk refuses to rule out sending Queenslanders into isolation to keep the mutant COVID-19 strain out of the community. Thousands of businesses are breathing easier on Tuesday after the state government lifted its snap three-day lockdown on Monday evening. However, the shock of Friday morning s announcement following just one community case of the new UK strain has business groups fearing the tough restrictions will be implemented again - damaging the state s economic recovery. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Monday refused to reveal whether Queensland would go back into lockdown if one new COVID-19 case was discovered in the community.