Giant tent shows checkpoints here to stay

The 400 sqm steel structure went up overnight on the M1 checkpoint at Currumbin to shield police, SES workers and fire service personnel who are performing border duties from the elements.

It comes after NSW recorded 18 new coronavirus cases overnight, nine of them linked to the Sydney northern beaches cluster which prompted the Palaszczuk government to slam shut the border last week.Gold Coast police chief Superintendent Mark Wheeler said the marquee, straddling both…



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