Entry into Queensland

Entry into Queensland

Overnight the QLD Government has published Border Restrictions Direction (No. 52) which further limits travel between restricted border LGAs (i.e. Moree Plains Shire) and QLD. It requires people who need to travel into QLD for permitted purposes to be fully vaccinated, except for medical care, shared parenting, or child contact or for emergencies. The details are outlined below.

Please note that under the QLD rules, fully vaccinated means the person has received the prescribed number of doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, and it has been two weeks since the final dose.

PART 2A – ENTRY TO QUEENSLAND – RESTRICTED BORDER ZONE

A fully vaccinated border zone resident who has in the preceding 14 days been in the restricted border zone and has not been in a COVID-19 hotspot outside of the border zone may only enter and remain in Queensland for one of the following essential purposes: to obtain food or other essential goods or services for the personal needs of the household or other household purposes, which cannot reasonably be obtained within New South Wales; or to obtain medical care or supplies or other health care services, including a scheduled COVID-19 vaccination; or to perform essential work that cannot be done from home, or to provide emergency volunteering; or for children of essential workers and an adult that may transport the child, to attend face to face schooling or to attend a childcare facility for the purposes of receiving care or instruction, or to provide assistance, care or support to a family member or to fulfil other caring responsibilities; or to fulfil an obligation relating to shared parenting or child contact; or for children under 18 years who do not live in the same household as their biological parents or siblings or one of their parents or siblings, continuing existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, parents and children and siblings; or in the event of an emergency situation.

Note: If a border zone resident has been in a COVID-19 hotspot outside of the border zone, they may only enter Queensland if permitted under Part 3.

Note: A border zone resident is subject to other public health directions while in Queensland.

A border zone resident who is not fully vaccinated and in the preceding 14 days has been in the restricted border zone and has not been in a COVID-19 hotspot outside of the border zone may only enter and remain in Queensland for one of the following essential purposes: to obtain medical care or supplies or other health care services, including a scheduled COVID-19 vaccination which cannot reasonably be obtained within New South Wales; or to fulfil a Court ordered obligation relating to shared parenting or child contact; or in the event of an emergency situation.

Essential work is defined under Schedule 4:

Essential work refers to work that is urgently required for safety reasons, for emergency repairs, or that is necessary to maintain essential services and supplies to the community, or to a part of the community, performed by:

a medical practitioner or other prescribed health practitioner; or a pathology collection worker, including a pathology courier; or an aged care or disability worker, where considered essential to maintain continuity of care for aged care recipients or people with disability; or by an emergency health services or emergency services worker; or national defence, state security or police worker; or school passenger transport operatorexcluding taxi, limousine and rideshare operators; or an emergency infrastructure worker; or air crewor maritime crew; or by an emergency volunteer; or by a disaster management worker; or by a critical infrastructure worker; or by a tradesperson or construction worker for essential or emergency construction or essential or emergency repairs only; or a person endorsed by the chief executive of a Queensland Government agency as an essential worker.

Note: Vaccination requirements apply to people undertaking essential work (see paragraphs 29 to 30).

Border Restrictions Direction (No.52) | Queensland Health