Lockdown 31 July to 8 August

Published Mon 02 Aug 2021

REMINDER: The Hockey Queensland office is closed, and staff are working from home. If you need to contact the team, send us an email via the contact form here: https://www.hockeyqld.com.au/contact/

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11 local government areas (LGAs) in Queensland have entered a lockdown commencing 4pm Saturday 31 July 2021.

The LGAs impacted by the lockdown include:

Brisbane City Council
Logan City Council
Moreton Bay Regional Council
Ipswich City Council
Redland City Council
Sunshine Coast Regional Council
Gold Coast City Council
Noosa Shire Council
Somerset Regional Council
Lockyer Valley Regional Council
Scenic Rim Regional Council.

Anyone who was in South-East Queensland at or after 1am Saturday 31 July 2021 is required to follow the same lockdown rules even if they are no longer in South-East Queensland.

In summary from 4pm Saturday 31 July until 4pm Sunday 8 August 2021, people in the impacted local government areas can only leave your residence (which includes temporary accommodation such as a holiday rental) for limited permitted purposes such as:

obtaining essential goods or services within 10km, including healthcare
exercise in your local area
attending essential work or school, and childcare for the children of essential workers or vulnerable children
assisting vulnerable persons
obtaining a COVID-19 test or vaccination.

In a practical sense for sport, recreation and fitness organisations, this means that during the lockdown period:

Organised community sport, recreation and fitness is not permitted.
Non-essential businesses are not allowed to operate - this includes gyms.
You can exercise away from your home, within 10km, with your household group and/or one other person not from your household.

Masks
You must wear a face mask at all times when you leave home, including outdoors and for exercise, unless you have a lawful reason not to.

You must wear a mask in indoor spaces, such as:

shopping centres and supermarkets
hospitals and aged care facilities, if permitted to visit
indoor workplaces (where safe to wear a mask and you can’t physically distance)
public transport, taxis and rideshare, and waiting places or queues for this transport, and
airports and travelling on planes.