COVID-19 restrictions ease in Queensland but businesses still feel the impacts of lockdown updated 2 Mr Slater bought the club in September 2019, just months before the coronavirus pandemic struck. ( Share Print text only Cancel Restrictions have officially eased today across Queensland following the latest COVID-19 outbreak, but businesses are still reeling from the effects of the three-day Greater Brisbane lockdown. Key points: Visitors can now see loved ones in hospitals, prisons and aged and disability care centres Cinemas, theatres, and stadiums can now operate at 100 per cent capacity Nightclub owner Geoffrey Slater is hoping for a bumper weekend now that dancing is back on the cards.