Frantic rush home to beat midnight lockout or spend Christmas in quarantine

Monday December 21, 2020

Cancelled flights and road delays have frustrated Queenslanders trying to beat a 1am deadline and avoid hotel quarantine.

Queensland police question a motorist at the Queensland / New South Wales border checkpoint in Coolangatta on Monday morning. Travellers from Sydney have been shut out of the Sunshine State due to the escalating COVID-19 situation on the Northern Beaches. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt)

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, who has returned from holidays to lead Queensland’s response to the Sydney outbreak, announced on Sunday that NSW residents from greater…

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