Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has doubled down on her testing rules for interstate arrivals two days out from Christmas.
after he accused her of holding the country"ransom" by requiring travellers from hotspots to receive a negative PCR swab 72 hours prior to arrival into the Sunshine State.
Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled"We have always kept Queenslanders safe and the measures in place were the measures outlined in the roadmap and the roadmap stands," she said. Ms Palaszczuk is waiting for rapid antigen tests to be approved by the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee and will look to implement them for interstate travellers from January 1.
Grilled about testing delays across Australia by reporters, the Premier said Queensland is not solely to blame. “Let’s be very clear, it’s frustrating for people in NSW because there are so many people getting tested because the variant Omicron is rampant in NSW," she said.
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