Gold Coast businesses gearing up for border reopening
ABCGold Coast business leaders say the race is now on to get staff back into the workplace ahead of the reopening of Queensland to interstate travellers. Key points: The Gold Coast Central Chamber of Commerce says businesses can now plan with certainty The City of Gold Coast is being called on to book major events including music concerts Businesses are hurrying to retrain staff, organise rosters, and restock Yesterday, the Queensland Government announced a staged reopening of the border. Vaccine urgency Sonu Haikerwul, who runs a health clinic in Broadbeach, said the December 17 deadline could help "get our act together" on vaccination but more was needed. "We're not 80 per cent vaccinated like our neighbouring states and we will get cases," she said. "We need to make sure that particularly when we're getting to 70 and 80 per cent that we are making sure that people are still complying," she said.