Beach rule breakers risk jeopardising Queensland’s relaxed social distancing measures
By Natalie Oliveri07:32
Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll believes large crowds in clear defiance of social distancing rules at Burleigh Hill on the Gold Coast could put the state’s newly-relaxed lockdown measures at risk.
“Please don’t do that again this afternoon, there will be more police out,” Commissioner Carroll told Today.
It’s a public holiday across the state today, with officers on the lookout for those breaking the rules.
“We are asking people to stay apart,” she said.
“If an area is very busy, please stay away from there so we can maintain that social distancing.”
In total, 146 fines were handed out on the weekend for “reckless and terrible behaviour”, she said.
Those fines included seven people a party at an Airbnb at Carrara and a further 18 people the next night.
While in Brisbane, police had to break up a balcony party with 10 guests.
“Those people are clearly not doing the right thing,” Comm. Carroll said.
