COVID-19 hotspots
Question Id | Question Test | Response | Next |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Queensland entry and testing requirements checkerComplete the following self-check for advice about what to do if you are travelling to Queensland or if you are already in Queensland. Begin hereHave you been in a declared hotspot in the last 14 days? | Yes | OutcomeHotspot |
| No | Q2 | ||
| Q2 | Your current locationWhere are you now? | NSW | OutcomeNSWAdvice |
| Victoria | Q7 | ||
| Queensland | Q4 | ||
| Other state or territory | Q7 | ||
| Overseas | OutcomeOverseas | ||
| Q4 |
Greater Brisbane restrictionsEased restrictions for impacted areas of Greater Brisbane are in place from 6pm Monday 11 January to 1am Friday 22 January. Your previous locationHave you been in any of these in the last 14 days? | NSW | OutcomeNSWAdvice |
| Victoria | OutcomeinQLD | ||
| Queensland | OutcomeinQLD | ||
| Other state or territory | OutcomeinQLD | ||
| Q6 |
Are you in Greater Brisbane? Greater Brisbane includes the local government areas of Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Ipswich, Redlands and Logan. | Yes | OutcomeLockdown |
| No, but I have been there at some point on or after 2 January | OutcomeLockdown | ||
| No | Q4 | ||
| Q7 | Have you been in NSW since 11 December 2020 | Yes | Outcome1NSW |
| No | Outcome1 |
You can enter Queensland
There are no travel restrictions to enter or be in Queensland based on the information you provided. You do not need to complete a border pass.
While in Queensland:
- Greater Brisbane has additional restrictions from 11-22 January. Read about these restrictions and what it may mean for you.
- be aware of any active contact tracing alerts
- monitor your health and if you have any COVID-19 symptoms get tested immediately and quarantine at home or your accommodation until you receive a negative COVID-19 test result. See where to get tested
- follow the current Public Health Directions
You can enter Queensland but will need a border pass
While there are no travel restrictions to enter or be in Queensland based on the information you provided, you will have to to complete a border pass because you were in NSW at some point since 11 December.
While in Queensland:
- Greater Brisbane has additional restrictions from 11-22 January. Read about these restrictions and what it may mean for you.
- be aware of any active contact tracing alerts
- monitor your health and if you have any COVID-19 symptoms get tested immediately and quarantine at home or your accommodation until you receive a negative COVID-19 test result. See where to get tested
- follow the current Public Health Directions
While in Queensland
- Greater Brisbane has additional restrictions from 11-22 January. Read about these restrictions and what it may mean for you.
- monitor your health and if you have any COVID-19 symptoms get tested immediately. See where to get tested
- follow the current Public Health Directions
Contact tracing alerts in Queensland
If you have been to active contact tracing locations during relevant time periods you may have to get tested immediately and quarantine at home until you receive a negative test result or for 14 days, depending on the location.
Regardless of where you have been, if you have any COVID-19 symptoms get tested immediately.
You will need a border pass to enter Queensland
You are permitted to enter Queensland for any purpose. You will need a Border pass before you enter.
While in Queensland:
- Greater Brisbane has additional restrictions from 11-22 January. Read about these restrictions and what it may mean for you.
- be aware of any active contact tracing alerts
- monitor your health and if you have any COVID-19 symptoms get tested immediately. See where to get tested
- follow the current Public Health Directions
You will have to quarantine if coming to Queensland from overseas
Anyone who has been overseas in the last 14 days:
- must follow the Quarantine for International Arrivals Direction.
- will not require a Queensland Border Declaration Pass unless they have been in a COVID-19 hotspot or in New South Wales since 11 December 2020.
If you are arriving from overseas, you’ll need to follow the requirements on the Department of Home Affairs website including applying for an exemption to enter Australia if you are not in an exempt category.
Border restrictions are in effect for people who have been in a hotspot
See the Border Restrictions currently in effect to find out whether you are allowed to enter and what to expect when entering Queensland after having been in a hotspot in the last 14 days.
You should get tested
Anyone currently in Queensland who has been in Victoria in the last 14 days, should get tested immediately and quarantine at home or their accommodation until receiving a negative COVID-19 test result.
Entering from Victoria
You should get tested when you arrive in QLD
Anyone travelling to Queensland who has been in Victoria in the last 14 days, should get tested in Queensland once they reach their final destination and quarantine at home or their accommodation until receiving a negative COVID-19 test result.
If you are travelling to isolated areas where there is no COVID-19 testing clinic nearby (such as island resorts, Outback stations and other remote locations) you may get tested in Victoria within the 48 hours before you travel to Queensland. Due to high demand for testing in Victoria please only consider this option where there is genuine time and/or cost difficulty in getting to a testing facility upon arrival in Queensland.
You do not need to complete a border pass.
Follow NSW Health advice
See NSW Health's Latest COVID-19 news and updates to find locations with reported cases, areas and suburbs with increased testing.
To enter Queensland, you will need a border pass
You are permitted to enter Queensland for any purpose. You will need a Border pass before you enter.
If you come into Queensland and you haven't done so, you should get tested immediately and quarantine at home or your accommodation until you receive a negative test result.
While in Queensland:
- Greater Brisbane has additional restrictions from 11-22 January. Read about these restrictions and what it may mean for you.
- be aware of any active contact tracing alerts
- monitor your health and if you have any COVID-19 symptoms get tested immediately. See where to get tested.
- follow the current Public Health Directions
Please note the information contained in this self-assessment is general in nature and should be interpreted alongside the latest Public Health Directions and quarantine advice.
Queensland restrictions
Information about current restrictions in:
Hotspots are places in Australia or safe travel zone countries where health officials have found a lot of people with COVID-19, or places that are at risk of a lot of COVID-19 infections. Hotspots are legally listed so that people travelling from those high-risk areas into Queensland can be identified.
New South Wales
From 1am AEST Monday 21 December 2020 35 New South Wales LGAs are considered COVID-19 hotspots.
Find out more about the current Queensland border restrictions.
Search by NSW suburb or postcode
Map of COVID-19 hotspots
Entering Queensland from a COVID-19 hotspot
People who have been in a hotspot in the last 14 days or since the hotspot was declared (whichever is shorter), will only be able to enter Queensland if they are a returning Queensland resident or required to enter for a limited range of essential reasons. Queensland residents returning to Queensland from a hotspot must quarantine for 14 days on entering Queensland in government arranged accommodation at their own expense. This will help reduce the chance that they might infect other people.
Details of who is exempt from mandatory quarantine, even if they have been to a hotspot, can be found on the Border Restrictions page.
Declaration of COVID-19 hotspots
Hotspots are legally listed so that people travelling from those high-risk areas into Queensland can be identified.
See the Chief Health Officer's Declaration of COVID-19 hotspots.
LGAs declared hotspots in New South Wales
- Bayside
- Blacktown
- Blue Mountains
- Burwood
- Camden
- Campbelltown
- Canada Bay
- Canterbury-Bankstown
- Central Coast
- City of Sydney
- Cumberland
- Fairfield
- Georges River
- Hawkesbury
- Hornsby
- Hunter’s Hill
- Inner West
- Ku-ring-gai
- Lane Cove
- Liverpool
- Mosman
- North Sydney
- Northern Beaches
- Parramatta
- Penrith
- Randwick
- Ryde
- Strathfield
- Sutherland
- The Hills
- Waverley
- Willoughby
- Wollondilly
- Wollongong
- Woollahra
- Sydney Harbour (unincorporated)