Sunshine Coast police officer Senior Sergeant Scott Wiggins at the Bruce Highway checkpoint to prevent Brisbane residents from reaching the region. Sunshine Coast District Superintendent Craig Hawkins said the high-tech surveillance gear was effective and that the message was working. The roads have been really quiet, Supt Hawkins said. A quiet, consistent day so the message is getting through. Supt Hawkins said 73 vehicles were pulled over in total since the curfew was put in place and it had resulted in six vehicles being turned away and one fine issued. We issued one ticket for failure to comply with Chief Health Officer directions, he said.
Three people on the Coast have been given infringement notices for providing false declarations at the border while another failed to comply with home quarantine.
More than 40,000 tests were conducted in NSW on Christmas Day.
Anyone who arrived in Queensland from greater Sydney has been placed into mandatory hotel quarantine since 1am on December 22.
Supt Hawkins said only a handful of people were in hotel quarantine on the Coast.
He said most of the people who had opted to fly into the region were Queenslanders returning home.
âWeâve only had a couple of people transferred into hotel quarantine, less than 10, itâs not a concern for us,â Supt Hawkins said.
âA lot of the flights have been cancelled, theyâve diminished significantly.
âWe are still meeting flights from Canberra and other national flights.â
It s important businesses review their practises. We have had cases where illegible handwriting was provided. Now the electronic format is a requirement. Businesses have a role to play in keeping people safe. Ms Palaszczuk said on Sunday that authorities were unable to get in touch with everyone who visited The Glen Hotel in Eight Mile Plains, after a woman who s since tested positive for COVID-19 visited it on December 16, because there was illegible handwriting with check-ins. That is not on, it is simply not on, Ms Palaszczuk said. So we are giving a very clear message to our pubs and clubs and cafes right across Queensland, that you will have 72 hours to get your house in order and that means you must have QR codes or you must have electronic devices in place otherwise you will be going back to the one per 4 square metres and people will not be able to stand up and enjoy their drinks.