The Queensland government has brought forward the reopening of its border to domestic travellers to Dec. 13, four days earlier than the original date of Dec. 17, as vaccination rates near 80 percent of the state population. “This is going to be a very, very special time of the year,” Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told reporters on Dec. 6. “I know people have said to me personally, some of them haven’t seen their grandkids for the first time,” she added. “Nominating a time and date provides travellers and business with certainty to make their plans and comes four days early.” Currently, 87.37 percent of eligible Queenslanders have received one jab of a vaccine, while 78.67 percent are fully vaccinated. Additionally, interstate travellers arriving by road and air must be fully vaccinated and provide a negative COVID-19 PCR test—no quarantine is required. However, those who are unvaccinated and living in a declared “hotspot” …