Karlie Brady

Journalist

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has today announced the Queensland borders will reopen to Greater Sydney from 1 December, while Victoria is expected to also open on the same day with a decision to be made tomorrow.

Ms Palaszczuk said New South Wales had met the requirements that the Chief Health Officer, Dr Jeannette Young, had set of 28 days of no new coronavirus diagnoses which could not be traced to another known case.

“So can I say to New South Wales, we welcome you from 1 December,” she said.

So from 1:00am, 1 December residents of Greater Sydney will no longer be required to quarantine when entering the sunshine state. 

"In further good news, tomorrow is the day Victoria will meet that threshold as well, so I will update everybody again tomorrow morning.

"I have advised the Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews that if they reach that 28 days tomorrow then they too will be open on the first of December," Ms Palaszczuk said.

She added that after many hard months of being separated, this was good news for many families.

"We know how tough this has been on families, this is a great day, it is exciting news."

Dr Young said Queensland health authorities would wait a little longer to see how the outbreak in South Australia goes before reopening the border to them.

The decision will be reviewed at the end of the month.