All borders to reopen.

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So, Queensland has finally publicized their roadmap to the border reopening, with dates included.

Queensland border details revealed

At 70 per cent of full vaccination, expected on November 19, fully vaccinated people will be able to enter the state by air, if they have a negative test in the 72 hours beforehand and complete home quarantine for 14 days after arriving.

At 80 per cent, expected on December 17, fully vaccinated people will be allowed in via road or air, as long as they test negative 72 hours beforehand. They will not be required to complete a quarantine period.

Queensland Minister for Health Yvette D’Ath said the December 17 deadline meant the latest people could get vaccinated was six weeks before then to ensure they made the cut-off. Source

Meanwhile, in Wes-Tyrannical Australia:

WA government refuses to release COVID modelling guiding extended border closure decision

The West Australian government is refusing to release the COVID-19 modelling guiding its decision to keep borders closed and coronavirus out for months longer than the rest of Australia. Modelling undertaken by the Department of Health, including scenario planning for what WA might look like once COVID is allowed in, has been supplied to Premier Mark McGowan and Health Minister Roger Cook.

However, a Freedom of Information request to view the reports, lodged by WAtoday in August, was refused under a clause which permits a document provided to an executive body such as cabinet to be kept secret. The documents detail how WA would respond to an outbreak and its future options for managing COVID hospitalisations based on vaccination rates.

A spokeswoman for Mr McGowan’s office did not directly respond to why the government was keeping the state’s modelling under wraps. “It’s important to note that as our experts learn more about the Delta variant and its impact, particularly over east now as communities begin to come out of lockdown, modelling continues to be assessed and updated accordingly,” she said. “When policy decisions are made, the WA government has consistently provided the WA public with the evidence that backs up those decisions.” WA’s hospitals are already in crisis 18 months into the pandemic, even without COVID circulating in the community.

Hospital bed reports obtained by WAtoday for the last week of August showed Perth’s three main hospitals – Royal Perth Hospital, Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital and Fiona Stanley – were full or over capacity most days, with patients waiting hours in the emergency department to be seen and staff shortages plaguing service. The pressure has forced the indefinite cancellation of elective surgeries to free up beds.

Mr McGowan has previously indicated WA was aiming to achieve a jab rate between 80 and 90 per cent for those aged 16 and above, and would open the borders six to eight weeks after that point – likely around February or March. Source