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Sydney residents shut out of Queensland, coronavirus hotspot travellers face Christmas, New Year’s Eve in quarantine
More than 100 people are set to spend a lonely Christmas and New Year’s Eve in hotel quarantine in Queensland.
Key points:
- Sydnersiders have been barred from entering Queensland
- Policing has ramped up at Queensland’s road checkpoints, with a “hard border” reinstated
- More than 100 people are expected to spend Christmas and New Year’s Eve in hotel quarantine
It follows the state imposing new border restrictions for travellers who have visited New South Wales coronavirus hotspots.
Sydneysiders from the 35 local government areas that make up Greater Sydney were officially shut out of Queensland from 1:00am this morning.
And from today, Queenslanders who have spent time in a hotspot area and are returning home via air or road will need to spend 14…
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