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'Out of order': Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk slams federal MP's Nazi comparison

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Queensland has recorded no new COVID-19 cases in the local community, as Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk rebuked a federal MP over comments comparing restrictions to Nazism.

There were three new cases recorded in hotel quarantine, all of whom were unvaccinated arrivals from Victoria.

Ms Palaszczuk said it was a clear example of why vaccination was vital.

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She also stonewalled questions about her tense relationship with the federal government.

Yesterday, she accused the Commonwealth of wanting to give Queenslanders "COVID for Christmas".

Today, she wouldn't be drawn further, either on that comment or in the confusion around PCR testing at the border.

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"I look forward to working cooperatively with the federal government," she said.

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"I think everyone needs to work together."

She said the issues had been "addressed" in length yesterday.

She did deliver a clipped rebuke of federal LNP MP George Christensen's comparison of COVID-19 policies to those of Nazi Germany and other tyrannical regimes.

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"Those comments are definitely out of order," she said.

Ms Palaszczuk said the government was considering a border bubble between Tweed and the Gold Coast.

"We are looking at that," she said.

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However, the outbreak of COVID-19 in Byron Bay was reason for caution, she said.

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Residents of the bubble would not have to return a negative COVID-19 test to cross the border.

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Queensland is currently at 85.29 per cent single dose and 74.51 per cent fully vaccinated.

The Premier urged tourism hotspots in Cairns and the Gold Coast to get vaccinated in particular.

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