Queensland hard border as NSW COVID cases cause concern

Borders have now slammed shut to Victorians and Queenslanders trying to get home from Sydney, as NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian pleads with fellow state leaders to rethink their tough response to the northern beaches outbreak.

A brief border grace period expired for Victorian and Queensland residents coming from greater Sydney and NSW hotspot areas at midnight and 1am on Tuesday AEDT respectively.

There were reports of long traffic queues southbound on the Hume Highway at Albury and northbound…