Queensland to turn back Victorians while South Australia closes Victoria border

Anyone trying to enter Queensland from Victoria will be stopped at the border and turned around from Friday, while the South Australia-Victoria border has closed.

A police officer stops a driver at a checkpoint at Coolangatta on the Queensland-New South Wales border. Source: AAP

All Victorians will be turned away from the Queensland border from Friday.

A surge in new cases of COVID-19 has pushed the state government to harden its stance on visitors from the southern state.

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