Category: Brisbane lockdown

Former State Premier Quits Party Over ‘Heavy-Handed’ COVID-19 Response

Former Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has resigned from the Liberal National Party, citing disappointment with the response of state and federal governments to COVID-19. In a statement released on July 26, Newman said, “I have in recent months become dismayed that the political wing has failed to stand up for our core values of fiscal…


New South Wales on Alert After Women from Queensland Test Positive for Virus

Health authorities in New South Wales (NSW) are on alert after two Queensland women infectious with the CCP virus visited several venues in Byron Bay, a tourist hotspot near the state’s northern border. This comes after Queensland imposed a snap three-day lockdown for the Greater Brisbane area on Monday after recording four locally-acquired cases of…


Panic Buying Hits Brisbane as Southern regions of Queensland go into 3 day lockdown

Panic buying has hit Southeast Queensland as residents ignored Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s appeal not to be frightened by the three-day lockdown on Monday, instead rushing to the stores to secure staples in the lead up to the Easter holiday. The panic buying comes after Queensland Health authorities identified an outbreak of the British variant…


Brisbane Residents Panic Buy Ahead of 3 Day Snap Lockdown

Panic buying has hit Southeast Queensland as residents ignored Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s appeal not to be frightened by the three-day lockdown on Monday, instead rushing to the stores to secure staples in the lead up to the Easter holiday. The panic buying comes after Queensland Health authorities identified an outbreak of the British variant…


Brisbane Under Another Three-Day Lockdown After Recording Four Local Cases

Greater Brisbane has been ordered into another three-day lockdown from 5 pm today after four locally acquired cases of the highly-infectious UK strain of the CCP virus were recorded in Queensland overnight. The four cases include two colleagues of a man from Strathpine; a nurse who worked in a COVID ward, and her sister. One…