Crime by Luke Mortimer
Premium Content POLICE are investigating after an elderly woman was struck in the face and spat on during a dispute reportedly sparked by smoking in a shopping centre car park. A good Samaritan who intervened and tried to help the woman was also spat on. Officers from Tweed Byron Police District were called after the assault at Sunnyside Mall Shopping Centre at Murwillumbah about 11.45am on Thursday, December 17. A file image of Sunnyside Mall at Murwillumbah in the Tweed Shire. Picture: Brad/Wagner Police were informed a man and a woman had been involved in an argument with a 75-year-old woman at the Tweed Shire shopping centre.
When Annastacia Palaszczuk announced the return of border checkpoints on Monday her spin doctors pumped her social media pages with propaganda hailing the decision as a huge win for Queenslanders.
A video of the premier announcing the change was posted on her Facebook and Twitter pages with the title Queensland reinstates hard border closure with Greater Sydney .
At the same time, new Health Minister Yvette D Ath tweeted an image of the words Queensland s hard border to NSW is back to protect Queenslanders imposed on a bright red background to catch as much attention as possible.
When Annastacia Palaszczuk announced the return of border checkpoints on Monday her spin doctors pumped her social media pages with propaganda such as this
Queensland police turn away more than 100 coronavirus hotspot travellers attempting to enter after hard border reimposed
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Police have so far turned around 57 vehicles containing 115 people at the Queensland-New South Wales border.
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Queensland police have warned travellers who attempt to illegally enter the state from coronavirus hotspots that they will be caught after more than 100 people were turned away yesterday.
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Police are monitoring more than 70 entry points across Queensland
Home quarantine compliance checks stepped by police on nearly 200 homes across Queensland
The warning comes as police have ramped up border security on the state s road crossings and increased compliance checks on travellers undergoing home quarantine.