Queensland premier vows to ‘stand strong’ on border controls until all children are vaccinated
by Sarah Martin Chief political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5P2K1)
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The consensus among Australian leaders over the national Covid plan has fractured further with the Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, warning children could be at risk if state borders reopened.
Palaszczuk, talking ahead of Friday's national cabinet meeting, said she expected the Doherty Institute to provide updated modelling on how children would be impacted by the relaxation of border restrictions.
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