BREAKING: EKKA cancelled for the second year in a row, due to covid outbreak in Qld, with 13 new covid cases today. 9News Queensland

⚠️ Public Health Alert ⚠️ New contact tracing locations for:📍 Cairns 📍 Trinity Beach 📍 Yorkeys Knob Full details can be found at health.qld.gov.au/tracing

BREAKING: Queensland has recorded 16 new local COVID cases overnight. The state conducted 51,479 tests yesterday, a new daily record. 7NEWS.com.au #COVID19 #7NEWS

“A very difficult announcement” Victoria to lock down for 7 days from 8pm tonight.

#BREAKING: Victoria is entering a week-long lockdown after a spike in Covid-19 cases. Here's what you need to know: newscomau.org/LockdownCalled…

Announcement of seven day lockdown to keep Victorians safe:

NSW recorded 452 new locally acquired cases of #COVID19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.

Bravo Qantas for a very emotive advertisement. Let’s get vaccinated and back in the sky #GetVaccinated

#BREAKING Another truck driver has tested positive to covid - he travelled from NSW and lives on the Gold Coast - infectious in the community for about 5 days @10NewsFirstQLD

Australian International Islamic College on the Gold Coast is closed after a student “boasted they’d returned from a trip to Melbourne”. The family of five is quarantining but is refusing to be tested or cooperate with authorities. @10NewsFirstQLD

Testing clinics on the northern Gold Coast are already starting to fill up with people who have been told by Queensland Health they are close contacts. The Health Minister is providing an update on the situation at 1.15pm 9News Gold Coast

Father’s Day in 2021. Families split by the border meet at plastic barriers to celebrate. Hundreds of people lined up along the road, some have tables and chairs @10NewsFirst @10NewsFirstQLD

#BREAKING no local cases in Queensland @10NewsFirstQLD

#BREAKING: A school student has tested positive to COVID. Students have been sent home from St Thomas More College Sunnybank. @10NewsFirstQLD

BORDER UPDATE: Premier says students and essential workers will be allowed to travel from the 12 NSW LGAs into Queensland. @10NewsFirstSyd @10NewsFirstQLD

QLD Covid Update 🦠 5 local cases recorded today (including 13yo student reported yesterday) - all in the same family. Source of cluster is believed to be a NSW visitor. No lockdown today but Premier says next 24-48 hours will be critical. @10NewsFirstQLD

BREAKING: Hotel Quarantine to be wound back in NSW. More than 100 people, including Qantas employees, will be able to quarantine from home for 7 days. Must be vaccinated with TGA approved vaccines, it will be policed with tech being used in South Australia. 9News Australia

#BREAKING: One new case - close contact of aviation worker identified yesterday. Masks must now be worn on the Gold Coast + new restrictions on hospitals @10NewsFirstQLD

#BREAKING: Two community cases, both linked and in home quarantine. Still concerns about the Gold Coast - but no further restrictions will be imposed just yet. | @10NewsFirstQLD