Queenslanders fined for not wearing a mask amid COVID lockdown

Three people have been fined for flouting Queensland’s first mandatory order to don face masks outside their homes.

Four people breached health directives in Greater Brisbane on Friday night as police handed out hundreds of free masks, Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski says.

“On three occasions those persons were actually offered the masks, refused to wear them, offered again and were given directions to go home because they shouldn’t have been out,” he said on…