Queensland to roll out unified tracing platform after ban on paper check-ins

The move comes as police began again rolling out physical checkpoints at the NSW border after concerns travellers who had been in the now hotspot-declared Greater Sydney region were slipping across.

Dismantled only weeks ago, and to be in place by 6am on Tuesday, the stops will allow officers to check the border passes now mandatory for anyone travelling from NSW. As of 1am on Monday anyone who had been in the hotspot is barred entry.

Those with exemptions, and Queensland residents from 1am on Tuesday, will be allowed to enter and undertake 14 days of hotel quarantine. Delays of up to two hours were already being reported at…