Queensland to reopen border to all of NSW on Monday

Ms Palaszcuzk told Sunrise the reopening date was set for Monday to allow agencies time to prepare.

“We have to take down those borders so once again they will be removed and fingers crossed Australia’s on the path to a much better future in terms of being able to travel,” she said.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has welcomed the news.

“Fantastic, good news and I hope that means a lot of families that were hoping to get together over Christmas and New Year’s, and couldn’t, can reunite now,” Ms Berejiklian told 2GB this morning.

She said she also hopes states won’t close borders to all of NSW in the future if one or two hotspots emerge again.

“I don’t think it should mean the whole state is punished … we’ve got a very…