Roadmap to easing restrictions UPDATED from March 13

Latest update from the Queensland Government’s Roadmap to easing restrictions.

The Roadmap provides sensible and gradual steps to a COVID recovery that will reconnect our communities and keep our economy moving by supporting business, industry and Queensland jobs.

Current Restrictions

  • Gatherings: 50 people allowed to gather in homes and 100 in public spaces across Queensland. From 1am Saturday 13 March 100 people are allowed to gather in homes and 500 in public spaces.
  • Indoor premises: One person per 2m2 (e.g. restaurants, cafés, pubs, clubs, museums, art galleries, places of worship, convention centres and Parliament House), including standing eating and drinking. Indoor play areas and unattended amusement and wellbeing machines) within a premises can open with a COVID Safe Checklist.
  • Wedding ceremonies: Up to 200 people or one person per 2 square metres (whichever is greater) and all guests can dance (both indoors and outdoors).
  • Funerals: Up to 200 people or one person per 2 square metres (whichever is greater).
  • Indoor events: 500 people permitted at indoor events with a COVID Safe Event Checklist. Larger events require a COVID Safe Plan.
  • Ticketed venues: 100% capacity at seated, ticketed venues with patrons encouraged to wear masks on entry and exit (e.g. theatre, live music, cinemas, indoor sports, universities and other higher education institutions). Performers can distance from audience at 2m, except choirs which remain at 4m from the audience.
  • Outdoor events: 1500 people permitted at outdoor events with a COVID Safe Event Checklist. Larger events require a COVID Safe Plan.
  • Open air stadiums: 100% seated capacity (with a COVID Safe Plan). All patrons encouraged to wear masks on entry and exit.
  • Dancing: Dancing is allowed in all indoor and outdoor venues including outdoor music festivals, pubs, beer gardens, clubs and nightclubs, subject to the one person per 2m2 rule.
  • Contact tracing information: All hospitality industry businesses (i.e. pubs, clubs, restaurants and cafés) in Queensland must comply with electronic contact information collection requirements.
  • Large lectures in universities and other higher education institutions (such as TAFEs and RTOs) are now allowed up to 100 per cent capacity if seating is ticketed and allocated.
  • From 1am Saturday 13 March restrictions on caravan and camping parks of one person per 2 square metres are lifted.

You must wear your mask when at an airport or on a domestic or international flight departing or arriving in Queensland.

While not mandatory, you are encouraged to:

  • carry a mask with you at all times when you leave home
  • wear a mask when travelling on public transport, in a taxi or ride share or in shopping centres
  • wear a mask in any indoor or outdoor space when physical distancing is not possible.

More information on masks is available from the Queensland Health website.

More information about borders, hotspots and travel can be found on the Queensland Border Declaration Pass website.

If there is community transmission in Queensland, measures in impacted parts of the State may include:

  • Reducing gathering limits in homes and public spaces
  • Increased use of masks
  • Aged care, disability accommodation, hospitals and corrections restrictions put in place
  • Increased use of PPE in aged care facilities and hospitals
  • People need to be seated in indoor venues
  • Places where dancing is permitted reduced.

See also updates to COVID Safe Plans (Outdoors Queensland)

 

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