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Hospital staff demand essential workers checkpoint

Following an outcry by whistleblowers yesterday, the HSU has now joined the border fight.

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24th Dec. 2020 2:12 PM

‘Very short notice’: Hospital staff pay price for closure

Queensland Police has admitted officers did not have enough notice to implement border checkpoints for essential workers...

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24th Dec. 2020 9:12 AM

Queensland Police has admitted officers did not have enough notice to implement border checkpoints for essential workers, including crucial hospital staff.

Alternatives suggested to deal with border traffic nightmare

Two Twin Town politicians reveal their solutions to the Queensland border traffic nightmare plaguing the Tweed.

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23rd Dec. 2020 11:12 PM

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA – NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 23 2020: Police check cars as they cross the Queensland NSW border at GriffithStreet Coolangatta. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Steve Holland

‘Disappointing’: Chamber lobbies Qld over border blues

A North Coast chamber of commerce revealed their list of changes to help the CBD in the border traffic mayhem.

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23rd Dec. 2020 3:12 PM

The border restrictions have been stepped up. Police setting up barriers in Miles Street, Coolangatta. Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

‘Devastating’: Border business blow days before Christmas

They have survived two sets of floods, bushfires and a pandemic — now North Coast businesses face their biggest challenge...

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22nd Dec. 2020 4:12 PM

Everything you need to know about the border changes

The shock decision, just days before Christmas, has been labelled as "shooting from the hip" and filled with...

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22nd Dec. 2020 12:12 PM

Traffic on Wharf St Tweed Heads today about midday leading into the Griffith St Coolangatta Queensland border checkpoint. Photo: Jessica Lamb

Worldwide shortage of popular product at centre of pandemic

A Northern Rivers business reveals a surprising trend.

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03rd Oct. 2020 12:10 AM

Wharf St shop Coast Cyclery staff Darcy Harris, owner Brendan Brooks and Paul Woodger have noticed more families partaking in cycling during COVID. Photo: Jessica Lamb

Construction industry’s plan to ‘sweeten’ the deal for Qld

CONSTRUCTION workers could soon be exempt from border restrictions under a new proposal.

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18th Sept. 2020 3:09 PM

Tweed MP Geoff Provest addressing the 150 strong crowd at the Master Builders Association Cross Border conference at Tweed's Twin Towns earlier this month. Photo: Jessica Lamb

JOBS ON THE LINE: ‘People can only hold on for so long’

More than 60 houses on the Northern Rivers remain without roofs and more than $150 million worth of projects hang in the...

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05th Sept. 2020 6:09 AM

G.J. Gardner Homes Tweed Heads & Ballina managing director Peter Leotta. Photo: Jessica Lamb

NSW Premier bursts Ballina’s hopes of being inside bubble

Premier tells packed crowd South East Queensland ‘a much bigger threat to Northern NSW’ than vice versa

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04th Sept. 2020 12:09 PM

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