Queensland to open borders to Victorians from Tuesday

Ms Palaszczuk said with the border restrictions lifting, the Gold Coast, Cairns and the Whitsundays would experience a “roaring trade” over the Christmas holidays.

“That is great for Queensland businesses, it’s great for Queensland tourism, it’s great for our theme parks,” she said.

“Our theme parks have been really doing it tough and I just encourage people – there’s no better place to spend your Christmas holidays than Queensland.”

Ms Palaszczuk admitted that not all businesses had returned to inner-city high-rise offices and retail stores and restaurants had not been doing their normal trading.

“I think what we’ll see now with extra confidence is that people – more and more people – will be coming back to work and…