Six Victorians have been fined $4000 each after trying to cross the Queensland border twice on Saturday night, police said | mattdennien
The group then tried to enter again in Coolangatta on Sunday, when police allege false declarations were made that they had not been in Victoria in the previous 14 days.
At the state's airports, nine people have been refused entry out of 10,700 arrivals. A total of 307 people – most of whom had been in Victoria recently – have been directed into quarantine since Friday. He also warned that individuals doing the wrong thing while lining up outside nightclubs, or taking to dance floors, could face fines themselves under changes to enforcement – at the direction of Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young – if behaviour did not improve.
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