Queensland Is Finally Opening Its Border To NSW From November 1

After months of not being able to see each other, Queenslanders and people from New South Wales will get to mix again.

The Sunshine State has declared its southern border will be opened up from November 1, however the decision comes with it a big catch.

New South Wales will have to complete 28 days without any community transmissions of coronavirus from an unknown source.

The state will be allowed to have cases here and there, but authorities must be able to declare where it came from and whether all known associates are self-isolating.

If NSW is able to do that, then the border will open at the beginning of next month and people won't have to go into hotel quarantine or self-isolate at home for two weeks.

While many people are getting excited about the prospect of heading north or south, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned that the caveat was a 'tall order'.

"The guideline that's been set by the Queensland government in relation to when they reopen their border is a pretty tall order," she said last month.

"I don't know anywhere on the planet where a society could function productively during a pandemic and get an assurance you're going to [have] zero cases of community transmission."

But, those are the rules, and it appears Ms Berejiklian's Queensland counterpart isn't budging.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said: "We have always said that we would continue to ease restrictions where we could in a staged and balanced way to keep Queenslanders safe - and this plan does just that.

"The new roadmap gives more certainty to the community and businesses through to the end of this year by outlining monthly easing of restrictions."

If the deal goes ahead, people travelling into Queensland will still need a border pass permit to get in.

Queensland recently opened its border to some far north residents of NSW, including people living in the Tweed Shire, Ballina, Byron, Lismore, Richmond Valley and Glen Innes and some other postcodes around the border.

New South Wales has celebrated a big milestone today (October 2), after going a whole week without a locally acquired case of coronavirus.

There have been four new infections recorded since 8pm yesterday, however they were all returned travellers in hotel quarantine. Three of the cases were from overseas and one was from Victoria.

Topics: News, Australia

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