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Marion Rae

End to lockdown, vaccine stoush lingers

Australians are being encouraged to travel over the Easter weekend and feel safer as the COVID-19 vaccine rollout gets back on track, egged on by an end to Queensland's lockdown.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced the Greater Brisbane lockdown will end on Thursday and called on all leaders across the country to consider lifting hot-spot travel restrictions.

Just one new community case was recorded overnight, linked to one of the existing two clusters, as thousands of Queenslanders came forward for testing.

"That is good news for Queensland and Easter is good to go," Ms Palaszczuk told reporters.

The lockdown will be lifted from midday local time (1pm AEDT).

But the stoush over the supply of vaccine doses continues.

"We give out our figures every day and it would be great to see the Commonwealth do exactly the same," Ms Palaszczuk said.

"Our total vaccinations now are at 79,534."

Health Minister Greg Hunt is aiming for a target of 750,000 doses administered nationally by the end of Thursday as batches of Australian-made vials become available.

So far 670,000 vaccinations have been delivered, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison has promised the million dose mark will be hit next week after ditching initial hopes of four million by now.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese said the Morrison government was "all smirk and mirrors" about Australia being at the front of the queue for vaccines.

"That just wasn't true," he said.

"It has to accept responsibility for this and it has to get it right."

Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles slammed federal minister David Littleproud for blaming states for a bungled rollout.

"We have right now on hand just three days' supply of the Pfizer vaccine. We have 12 days' supply of the AstraZeneca vaccine," he said.

"David Littleproud is 2021's April Fool."

Dr Miles said Queensland would not be facing risks of outbreaks from returning travellers with new strains of COVID-19 if the Morrison Government had agreed to a national quarantine facility.

Lacking adequate protection, Queensland's Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young has opted for a two-week lockdown for Brisbane nursing homes.

She said only 56 of 186 aged care facilities that the Commonwealth planned to vaccinate in the outbreak area have had doses administered.

"The last thing I want to see is, just at the last hurdle - which is where we are, we're rolling out the vaccine to every aged care facility - an outbreak and have a whole load of deaths," Professor Young said.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is still furious about "misleading" data leaked by her federal colleagues implying her state was to blame for delays to the COVID-19 vaccination program.

"I hope the Commonwealth actually listens to us and agrees to let our support them otherwise we won't get the deadline and it will take too long in Australia will fall behind the rest of the world," she said.

Being able to trace and connect cases is key to removing restrictions and ending fears people have about travelling and then being stuck in quarantine when rules change.

Revellers, musicians and local businesses have already taken a hit from the cancellation of Byron Bay's popular Bluesfest after community transmission linked to the Brisbane clusters.

Federal Tourism Minister Dan Tehan said the rollout should boost confidence.

He encouraged Australians to take up subsidised half-price airfares to 15 regional locations.

Mr Hunt says the federal government is "not frustrated or grumpy with any of the states or territories".

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