Police patrol checkpoint to prevent spread of coronavirus but some motorists question whether methods are strict enough
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The last time the Queensland-New South Wales border was closed, 101 years ago, authorities built a barbed-wire fence between Coolangatta and Tweed Heads.
On Thursday, the border was declared “closed” for the first time since the Spanish Flu outbreak of 1919. But there was no barbed wire. There were no roadblocks separating the twin communities. Police patrolled only the main highway routes to the north, and only a few cars were turned around at those checkpoints.
“That’s not a border closure, it’s a detour,” one commuter told ABC Radio Brisbane talkback after being waved through. “Are we fair dinkum or what? That was laughable.”
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