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Queensland has finally nominated its border reopening date, but there is one big catch to entering the Sunshine State.

Queensland’s top cop has warned of “extensive delays” as travellers plan to surge north ahead of Christmas.

The Sunshine State will fling open to its borders to interstate travel from December 13 — four-days earlier than initially flagged — but entry requirements are expected to cause major delays for those driving in from NSW.

Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll asked travellers to have documents prepared before entry, urging drivers to “plan ahead and pack their patience”.

“We’re expecting a lot of people to be travelling into Queensland,” she told reporters on Monday afternoon. “As a result, please, we are expecting extensive delays.

“To speed up the process, make sure that all of those travelling into Queensland have a border pass that is clearly displayed and easy to see.

“Motorists, please consider travelling out of those traditional peak hours — police will be meeting you at the borders, particularly on the road borders.”

Monday’s widely-expected announcement from Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk comes more than four months after the Sunshine State walled itself off to Covid hot spots including NSW and Victoria.

The borders will be open to all travellers from Monday, December 13, at 1am, with those entering from hot spots required to be double vaccinated and have proof of a negative test within 72-hours of arrival.

New rules from December 13:

  • Fully vaccinated travellers can arrive from interstate hot spots by road or air without quarantine, but must test negative to Covid-19 in the previous 72 hours
  • All arrivals, regardless of vaccination status, must get another Covid-19 test on day 5 after arriving in Queensland
  • International arrivals must be fully vaccinated, return a negative test within 72 hours of departure, and must do 14 days of home or hotel quarantine
  • Fully vaccinated border zone residents with a border pass will be able to move freely across the border, no test required
  • People arriving in Queensland from hot spots who are not fully vaccinated must arrive by air and hotel quarantine for 14 days
  • Border zone residents who are not fully vaccinated will only be able to cross the border for limited reasons, as is the case now.

Queensland, which has kept Covid numbers low via its hard line border stance, had provisionally flagged December 10 as the date it would pass the 80 per cent and allow people from interstate hot spots to cross over.

But that target is now set to be reached early, with Ms Palaszczuk on Monday afternoon announcing the borders would drop for fully-vaccinated arrivals in a weeks’ time.

Barring an unpredictable ‘border bubble’ arrangement with neighbouring NSW regions, arrivals to Queensland have for months been required to obtain a border pass and quarantine in hotels at their own expense.

The strategy has been successful in combating the Delta surge, but it has also been criticised for being too harsh, too rigid, and unfairly favouring celebrities and sportspeople.

Last month, the state began welcoming fully vaccinated arrivals by air so long as they were willing to undergo home quarantine for two weeks.

Read related topics:Annastacia PalaszczukBrisbane


Queensland has finally nominated its border reopening date, but there is one big catch to entering the Sunshine State.

Queensland’s top cop has warned of “extensive delays” as travellers plan to surge north ahead of Christmas.

The Sunshine State will fling open to its borders to interstate travel from December 13 — four-days earlier than initially flagged — but entry requirements are expected to cause major delays for those driving in from NSW.

Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll asked travellers to have documents prepared before entry, urging drivers to “plan ahead and pack their patience”.

“We’re expecting a lot of people to be travelling into Queensland,” she told reporters on Monday afternoon. “As a result, please, we are expecting extensive delays.

“To speed up the process, make sure that all of those travelling into Queensland have a border pass that is clearly displayed and easy to see.

“Motorists, please consider travelling out of those traditional peak hours — police will be meeting you at the borders, particularly on the road borders.”

Monday’s widely-expected announcement from Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk comes more than four months after the Sunshine State walled itself off to Covid hot spots including NSW and Victoria.

The borders will be open to all travellers from Monday, December 13, at 1am, with those entering from hot spots required to be double vaccinated and have proof of a negative test within 72-hours of arrival.

New rules from December 13:

  • Fully vaccinated travellers can arrive from interstate hot spots by road or air without quarantine, but must test negative to Covid-19 in the previous 72 hours
  • All arrivals, regardless of vaccination status, must get another Covid-19 test on day 5 after arriving in Queensland
  • International arrivals must be fully vaccinated, return a negative test within 72 hours of departure, and must do 14 days of home or hotel quarantine
  • Fully vaccinated border zone residents with a border pass will be able to move freely across the border, no test required
  • People arriving in Queensland from hot spots who are not fully vaccinated must arrive by air and hotel quarantine for 14 days
  • Border zone residents who are not fully vaccinated will only be able to cross the border for limited reasons, as is the case now.

Queensland, which has kept Covid numbers low via its hard line border stance, had provisionally flagged December 10 as the date it would pass the 80 per cent and allow people from interstate hot spots to cross over.

But that target is now set to be reached early, with Ms Palaszczuk on Monday afternoon announcing the borders would drop for fully-vaccinated arrivals in a weeks’ time.

Barring an unpredictable ‘border bubble’ arrangement with neighbouring NSW regions, arrivals to Queensland have for months been required to obtain a border pass and quarantine in hotels at their own expense.

The strategy has been successful in combating the Delta surge, but it has also been criticised for being too harsh, too rigid, and unfairly favouring celebrities and sportspeople.

Last month, the state began welcoming fully vaccinated arrivals by air so long as they were willing to undergo home quarantine for two weeks.

Read related topics:Annastacia PalaszczukBrisbane

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