Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will hold further discussions with the Prime Minister over his request the state's border restrictions be eased.
In a letter to Ms Palaszczuk, Scott Morrison reportedly expressed concern about the economic hit to the agricultural sector and supply chains, warning they were at risk of being impeded by border restrictions.
Ms Palaszczuk said the letter was addressed to all premiers and said its contents were "generic".
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Ms Palaszczuk said she was happy to talk further on the issue at national cabinet.
"The prime minister has written to all premiers. We only just received that letter. It's a very generic letter and of course we're happy to have further discussions at national cabinet," she said.
"It's just a very generic letter. It talks about health, well freight we have a national agreement about freight and the testing of drivers and in relation to health we want the best health care for all Australians no matter where they live."
Border likely to remain closed for Christmas
Yesterday Ms Palaszczuk said the Queensland borders would remain closed to Victoria and NSW until there was no active coronavirus community transmission.
"We will put the safety of Queenslanders first and we do not have any intentions of opening any borders while there is community transmission active in Victoria and NSW," she said.
"I think we're going to continue to see restrictions in Victoria until up around Christmas time.
"That's very unfortunate for people living down there, but it's a serious situation, you only have to look at what's happening around the world, and we definitely don't want to see that here."
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Today she reiterated her statement and said she could not offer any kind of certainty on the easing of restrictions until there was no community transmission.
"That is looking too far down. I know people want certainty but we can't give that certainty when the situation is evolving and changing," she said today.
"As you are seeing there are more hotspots being added in NSW. That is something we are monitoring.
"The situation in Victoria is very concerning. We hope they get their numbers under control … I can't deal in hypotheticals."
Speaking on Today this morning, Queensland Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski said the border closure was a huge strain on police resources.
He said preparations to man the borders were being made into next year.
"We have over 1200 officers per roster dedicated to the COVID response," he said. "We've been doing that for many months now. We're managing it. It's a strain. We're planning ahead. We realise we may be going into next year with this type of approach and our planning is thorough around that."
"The message is very clear – make sure you have the reason to enter Queensland. If you are coming out of the hotspot states as well as Victoria and ACT you will not be let in unless you have exemption and should have border declaration pass ready," he said.
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