If you were holding on to hope that you may get in to the Sunshine State for the school holidays, NSW residents will be waiting a while.
On Tuesday, the Palaszczuk Government announced the Sunshine State will relax the hard line restrictions for some postcodes to cross the border.
“We will assess all the border restrictions toward the end of every month and that’s what we intended to do this month and will do next month,” he said.Queensland Annastacia Palaszczuk has stood firm on the opening of the border. Picture: Alix SweeneyQueensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles hinted that a border opening with the whole of NSW may not happen until November.
“What you’ve seen is a very cautious, but measured approach,” he said of the hard border and decision to open to certain postcodes. “We do welcome the fact that they have committed ADF support to our hotel quarantine effort, which will allow us to being back more Aussies currently stuck overseas.
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