QLD to open border to VIC and NSW on 1 December

Today, QLD Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced that she would open the border to all of NSW and VIC on 1 December, provided both state record zero local COVID-19 infections tomorrow:

It’s been 28 days since New South Wales had an unlinked case. Victoria passes the 28-day mark tomorrow. All going well it too should be open at 1am on December 1.

— Annastacia Palaszczuk (@AnnastaciaMP) November 24, 2020

Great news. Hopefully Palaszczuk won’t pull up the drawbridge if a case or two emerges in coming weeks.

We need Australia open by Christmas.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.