Originally Posted by
currawong
The QLD (like all the others) border is not closed.
Restricted. Not closed.
Entry is conditional. Not closed.
Some people just don't get it.
Semantics.
The Western Australia border is closed to NSW and VIC residents if you are not:
- a senior Government official who is carrying out the official's duties, is responsible (alone or with others) for the safety of the Nation or a State or territory against threats such as terrorism, war, or espionage and is required to be present in Western Australia in connection with those duties;
- Active military personnel (including members of the Australian Defence Force Reserve on active duty) required to be on duty in Western Australia while in Western Australia; or
- A person who is carrying out functions under a law of the Commonwealth
- The Premier of Western Australia and any member or members of the Premier's staff
- A Commonwealth parliamentarian or
- Are specifically authorised by the Emergency Services Commissioner.
The other 14,500,000 citizens who are not one of those categories are forbidden from entering Western Australia.
You can call the border "restricted" all you want. The
practical effect of the directions though, is to specifically exclude nearly 60% of Australian's citizens from entering WA, based on nothing more than the Citizens state of residence.