Hopes of ending weeks of heartache for communities on the Queensland-NSW border have been dashed once more, with the states’ leaders again strongly disagreeing over a proposal to move the hard border checkpoints south. Queensland in late July reintroduced a hard border with its southern neighbours in response to the spiralling outbreak of COVID-19 in NSW, progressively tightening exemptions for cross border travel. Currently, only a small class of essential workers from NSW can enter Queensland, creating chaos for the southern Gold Coast and Tweed regions. But the Queensland government announced NSW had finally come to the table on moving the hard border. An earlier offer to move checkpoints south to temporarily include the border town of Tweed Heads within Queensland was declined by NSW. “We are very pleased that finally, after so many months, NSW has now said they are open to talking with us on moving checkpoints,” Queensland Attorney-general Shannon …