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Victorian couple who tested positive to COVID fined $4k each over alleged border breaches
By state political reporter Rachel Riga
Posted 4ddays ago, updated 4ddays ago Police fined the pair $4,003 each for allegedly lying on their COVID border passes before testing positive.(ABC News: Tim Swanston
)ShareQueensland police have fined a Melbourne couple who tested positive to COVID-19 on the Sunshine Coast more than $4,000 each for allegedly lying on their border declaration passes.
The couple allegedly travelled to Queensland via Goondiwindi on June 5 after having been in Victoria.
Key points:
- The Victorian couple allegedly lied on their border passes to enter Queensland while Melbourne was in lockdown
- The Sydney local government area of Waverly has been declared a COVID hotspot
- Healthworkers say changes to vaccine recommendations are "unsettling"
The pair entered the state when the Victorian capital was in lockdown.
Police allege the pair deliberately provided false information to obtain a Queensland border declaration pass.
Authorities were later alerted to the pair after the woman, 44, tested positive to coronavirus on June 9, sparking a major contact tracing effort across south-east Queensland.
The man, 48, also tested positive the following day.
The pair were interviewed by police after being released from hospital, where they were undergoing treatment for COVID-19.
They were each issued with a $4,003 fine for failing to comply with a COVID-19 border direction.
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