The border stoush between Queensland and NSW could soon be over, with an end date for restrictions announced as NSW records seven days without a single locally transmitted case of COVID-19.
Four new cases of the coronavirus were diagnosed in NSW in the 24 hours to 8pm on Thursday - all returned travellers in hotel quarantine, including one from Victoria.
In the past 10 days, the state has recorded only one new locally acquired case.
NSW's streak of zero community transmission comes as Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Friday announced NSW residents will soon be able to travel to the Sunshine State without quarantining, with the border set to reopen on November 1.
Ms Palaszczuk said the hard border will lift the day after Queenslanders head to the polls - provided NSW has had no mystery cases of COVID-19 in the 28 days prior.
The announcement follows months of tension between Ms Palaszczuk and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian over the issue.
From Thursday residents in the Byron Shire, Ballina, the city of Lismore, Richmond Valley including Casino and Evans Head, Glen Innes and 41 other NSW postcodes were added to the Queensland-NSW border bubble.
For months people from NSW coming to Queensland from outside the old border bubble were required to quarantine for 14 days at their own expense.
