Queensland has shut its border with NSW after Sydneysiders were caught trying to get into the state illegally.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has ordered people from greater Sydney into 14-day quarantine on arrival in Queensland to stop the NSW capital's COVID-19 outbreak from spreading.
She says people have been caught trying to get into Queensland without quarantining, so the NSW border will be shut from 6am on Tuesday.
"There will be a hard border closure that will be going in place," Ms Palaszczuk told reporters on Monday.
"People will start to seeing barricades going up again this afternoon and it will be back to the strong border measures that we have seen in Queensland that have kept Queenslanders safe."
Queenslanders in the NSW capital have been given until 1am on Tuesday to get home, but they will need to be tested for COVID-19 and go into self-isolation on arrival.
Greater Sydney residents already in Queensland before the quarantine cut off have been ordered to self-isolate and get tested as well.
