Queensland borders will be open from 13 December, ahead of the scheduled 17 December date.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the opening of borders to domestic hotspots would be brought forward allowing for fully vaccinated travellers to travel from interstate – including NSW, Victoria and South Australia –  from 1pm on Monday.

Visitors can head to Queensland via road or air and won’t be required to quarantine if they are fully vaccinated. Travellers will need a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours before their arrival.

Double dosed travellers will not have to wait for two weeks after their second dose in order to be considered fully vaccinated. “The national guidelines say one week is enough, so we will adopt the national guidelines,” Ms Palaszczuk said.

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People who are not fully vaccinated will need to arrive by air and undergo 14 days of hotel quarantine.

Travellers from domestic hotspots will be required to get a COVID-19 test five days after they arrive in Queensland and will be penalised if they do not.

The decision comes as 78.67 per cent of Queenslanders over the age of 16 are fully vaccinated.

“This is going to be a very, very special time of the year and as a government we’ve been very conscious of how important this is, to reunite families,” Ms Palaszczuk said.

Queensland recorded zero new community cases, and three cases were detected in hotel quarantine in the past 24 hours.

“It’s been nearly two years, tragically we’ve lost seven lives, but the results have been really unprecedented compared to the rest of the world,” Ms Palaszczuk said.

“We fought back and contained nearly 50 outbreaks.”

She thanked border communities for their patience.

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“From Monday, vaccinated border zone residents will be able to move freely across the border for any reason,” she said.

“You will need a border pass and the border pass will run for 14 days – but you will not need a test.

“We know that it has been extremely difficult for our border communities and we’re hoping to provide some greater flexibility and freedom of movement for those communities.”

Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll said the police had undertaken extensive planning ahead of the border restrictions easing.

“It’s a massive milestone for people, we’re expecting a lot of people to be travelling into Queensland,” she said.

“As a result, we are expecting extensive delays. I need everyone to plan ahead and pack their patience.”