Freight and logistics

Freight and logistic operators

Freight and logistic operators include:

  • heavy vehicle drivers
  • rail crew and drivers
  • non-heavy vehicle commercial freight operators
  • logistics and support workers
  • any other persons essential to the delivery of freight in the course of a freight movement.

Affected Areas

Affected Area means the Local Government Areas of:

  • Fairfield
  • Liverpool
  • Canterbury-Bankstown
  • Parramatta
  • Campbelltown
  • Georges River
  • Cumberland
  • Blacktown
  • Bayside
  • Burwood
  • Strathfield

And the following postcpodes of Penrith (in the State of New South Wales):

  • Caddens
  • Claremont Meadows
  • Colyton
  • Erskine Park
  • Kemps Creek
  • Kingswood
  • Mount Vernon
  • North St Marys
  • Orchard Hills
  • Oxley Park
  • St Clair
  • St Mary

Proximate contacts

A close contact is someone who you have been:

  • in an enclosed space with 2 hours or longer or
  • within 1.5 metres for 15 minutes or longer.

Freight and logistics operators

Last updated: 7 March 2022

Effective 15 January 2022, the Queensland Freight Protocol no longer applies and Queensland border checkpoints are no longer in operation.

Freight and logistics operators entering Queensland from another state or territory are no longer required to produce:

  • an F Pass
  • negative COVID-19 test result
  • proof of COVID-19 vaccination status
  • written records of contacts.

Interpreting services

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Interpreting services are available for people who have difficulty communicating in English. Please telephone 13 QGOV (13 74 68) and ask for an interpreter.


COVID-19 testing locations

Dedicated heavy vehicle COVID-19 testing locations in Queensland

The dedicated heavy vehicle COVID-19 testing sites located at Boondall, Charlton, Port of Brisbane, and Goondiwindi ceased operations on 7 March 2022.

You can still be tested free of charge at any of the Queensland Health testing clinics if you:

  • have symptoms
  • are a close contact of a positive case
  • are following a quarantine or isolation direction.

Heavy vehicle driver testing locations across Australia

The NHVR COVID-19 Support Map provides details of all dedicated heavy vehicle driver testing sites across Australia.

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COVID-19 support for heavy vehicle drivers

Find out more about a number of changes made by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator to assist heavy vehicle drivers and operators during the ongoing COVID-19 situation. Visit the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator website.

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COVID-19 support for rail crew and drivers

Find more COVID-19 border information for train drivers and rail safety workers at the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator website.

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COVID-19 support for agriculture freight workers

Find advice and assistance for agriculture freight workers at the Business Queensland website.

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Travelling across borders

Travelling from Queensland to other states and territories

For further information on the restrictions when travelling to other state and territories from Queensland visit:

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Stay connected

Stay up-to-date with the latest information.

You can:

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More information

You can:

  • call 134 COVID (13 42 68) for a fast response to COVID-19 queries
  • call QLDTraffic on 13 19 40 for the latest information on road closures and traffic conditions across Queensland
  • visit www.qldtraffic.qld.gov.au or download the QLDTraffic app for further assistance

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Last updated:
3 March 2023