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1.10am BST
Half a dozen trucks have been pulled over by police on the Tullamarine Fwy, between Moreland and Pascoe Vale Rd. There have been reports of drivers protesting by driving 20kms an hour on the freeway towards the city. @abcnews @abcmelbourne pic.twitter.com/0qyAehGhkr
12.55am BST
Palaszczuk says restrictions (not a lockdown) for the Brisbane and Moreton Bay region will be announced by the chief health officer, Jeannette Young, later this morning.
That will include measures at aged care centres, prisons and in disability settings.
There’s no need to panic because Queenslanders have been doing the right thing, especially in the south-east, but what Dr Young has said we’ll be doing, and she’ll give more details, is that we want it go back to people wearing their masks indoors.
We’ve been here before. I know that south-east Queenslanders will rise to this challenge once again.