What changed from 1am AEST 1 December 2020

• There are no COVID-19 hotspots in New South Wales or Victoria
• This means you can enter Queensland from 1am AEST Tuesday 1 December, even if you have been in greater Sydney or Victoria in the 14 days prior
• Anyone in mandatory government arranged quarantine - due to entering from New South Wales or Victoria - will be able to leave quarantine if they have a negative COVID-19 test, declare in writing they have not been in a South Australian hotspot in the last 14 days, and provide their contact details and Queensland address.
• Specific parts of South Australia will continue to be COVID-19 hotspots.
• You will only be required to complete a Queensland Border Declaration Pass if in the last 14 days, you have been in a hotspot or overseas and didn’t fly into Queensland when you arrived in Australia.
• You must fly into Queensland if you are permitted to enter from a hotspot. You will need to be granted an exemption to enter by road from a hotspot unless you are a truck driver, worker related to the transport of freight and logistics or performing selected essential activities.

The restrictions mean people who have been in a COVID-19 hotspot within the last 14 days will be turned away at our border. 

This applies to everyone who has been in a COVID-19 hotspot in the past 14 days, except people allowed to enter for permitted purposes. 

Queensland residents who have been in a COVID-19 hotspot can return home but will be required to quarantine in government arranged accommodation at their own expense.

COVID-19 hotspots are updated regularly. Currently specific parts of South Australia are COVID-19 hotspots.

You must complete a Queensland Border Declaration Pass 3 days before you come to Queensland if you have been in a currently declared hotspot or overseas (and didn’t fly into Queensland when you arrived in Australia) in the last 14 days. 

You will also have to complete mandatory quarantine in government arranged accommodation.

You don’t need to complete a Queensland Border Declaration Pass if in the last 14 days you:

• Were in a COVID-19 hotspot for the sole purpose of transiting through an airport and didn’t leave the airport.
• Transited through a COVID-19 hotspot by road using private transport stopping only for essential fuel, supplies and to manage driver fatigue, wore a mask when stopping and did not stay overnight in a hotspot.
• Transited through a COVID-19 hotspot by road using private transport to enter an airport in the hotspot and fly to Queensland.

You are only allowed to enter Queensland if you have been in a hotspot in the last 14 days, if:

• Your usual residence is in Queensland or you are moving to Queensland.
• You need to comply with an order to attend a Court or Tribunal or to give effect to orders of the Court or Tribunal.
• You have to fulfil an arrangement or obligation relating to shared parenting or child contact.
• You have to assist with or participate in a State or Commonwealth law enforcement investigation or other action at the request or direction of a State or Commonwealth department or law enforcement agency.
• You need to come to Queensland to complete an essential activity.
• You arrive into Queensland by air and you transfer directly to another flight to leave Queensland and don’t leave the airport or remain in quarantine until your flight out of Queensland.
• You arrive to the Gold Coast airport from an approved airport and transit directly by road to leave Queensland without leaving your vehicle.
• You are a student at a higher education institution or boarding school and are entering Queensland for study, parents and legal guardians are allowed to accompany students who are minors.
• You are entering to receive essential health care or to provide support to a person receiving essential health care.
• You will have to provide evidence of the above when entering Queensland.
• You will be required to complete 14 days mandatory quarantine in government arranged accommodation at your own expense unless exceptional circumstances apply.

You may not have to quarantine if you have been in a COVID-19 hotspot in the last 14 days if you:

• Need to come to Queensland to complete an essential activity.
• Arrive into Queensland by air and you transfer directly to another flight to leave Queensland or quarantine until your flight out of Queensland.
• Can provide evidence that you completed mandatory hotel quarantine in a COVID-19 hotspot and immediately transited to Queensland.
• If you are exempt from quarantine because you are in Queensland to complete an essential activity, you will need to keep and retain records of close contacts whilst you are in Queensland for two weeks after you arrive in Queensland.