COVID-19: Queensland to open borders to NSW as of 1 February 2021

Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk has today announced that all current border restrictions that apply to residents of NSW, will be lifted as of a minute past midnight on Monday1 February.

Most of NSW could already cross the border, except for Greater Sydney, and more specifically a set of local government areas that had recorded outbreaks associated with the Northern Beaches and Berala cluster.

Apparently, contact tracers in NSW were racing to link 6 new infections before Queensland reviewed its border closures, and they did it!

Annastacia Palaszczuk is expected to hold a press conference from Cairns, in far north Queensland later this morning.

2PAXfly Takeout

This is another timely reminder to wear your seatbelt when seated. Holding you close to your seat will protect you from the sort of injuries sustained on this flight, when unsecured passengers flew to the ceiling of the aircraft, and then came crashing down once the ‘drop’ ceased.

The hope will be that this is an anomaly – a ‘freak accident’ in casual parlance. If it is a systemic error either mechanical or electronic, then this is a larger concern for the airlines that fly Boeing Dreamliner 787 aircraft. Let’s hope it isn’t. If it is, it will pile on the woes to Boeing’s existing stack.

Calooh Callay!

Let’s hope that Steven Marshal makes the same announcement about the South Australian borders later today. If that’s the case, I will be on a plane next week!