Qld Awaits NSW Response to Moving ‘Border’ to Avert ‘Diabolical’ Border Wait

Qld Awaits NSW Response to Moving ‘Border’ to Avert ‘Diabolical’ Border Wait
Police in the southern New South Wales (NSW) border city of Albury check cars crossing the state border from Victoria on July 8, 2020. William West/AFP via Getty Images
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NSW could have averted “diabolical” border wait times by approving the Queensland government’s request in March for checkpoints south of the Tweed River, Annastacia Palaszczuk says.

Thousands of locals in border towns like Tweed Heads and Coolangatta have been grappling with the restrictions for more than four months.