Homeowner on the NSW-Queensland border scrawls 'Berlin Wall' sign on the side of their house as Sunshine State remains shut off from NSW
- A homeowner on NSW and QLD border has scrawled protest note on their house
- Queensland closed its state borders in March to slow the spread of COVID-19
- Protest message compares the borders closures to the infamous Berlin Wall
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A furious homeowner on the New South Wales and Queensland border has scrawled a protest message against coronavirus lockdowns on the side of their house.
A video posted to Instagram on Tuesday shows the graffiti reading 'Berlin Wall' with three arrows pointing to a street sign further down the road advising the state border remains closed.
The message references the infamously guarded wall constructed after World War II that divided the German capital into East Berlin and West Berlin.
'Fair bit going on in Tweed / East Berlin,' the caption to the video reads, comparing the house location in Tweed Heads, Queensland to the communist part of the city.
A homeowner near the QLD and NSW border has likened the state's COVID-19 border closures to Cold War era Berlin
The Berlin Wall was constructed in 1961 and separated socialist East Germany from the capitalist west during the Cold War.
The heavily guarded wall was torn down in 1989 during the collapse of the U.S.S.R and communist Eastern Bloc of Europe.
The post has been liked by almost 6,000 people since being posted on Tuesday morning with some seeing the amusing side to the message.
'The Aussie Berlin Wall.' one person agreed.
'Hahaha go Coolangatta,' another person wrote, referring to the corresponding town on the NSW side of the border.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced in March that Queensland would enforce strict closures of it's borders to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Police were posted at border checkpoints and stopped thousands of cars trying to enter the state.
The protest graffiti scrawled on the house in Tweed Heads near the NSW and QLD border
Police stopping cars trying to cross the NSW border into Queensland in March 2020
Queensland police officers are seen operating a vehicle checkpoint at Coolangatta on the Queensland-New South Wales border, Friday, May 22, 2020
Two challenges against the government's constitutional right to keep the borders shut are being heard in the High Court, one being backed by billionaire businessman and former politician Clive Palmer.
On Monday, Ms Palaszczuk did not rule out opening Queensland's borders to select states, despite a potential second COVID-19 wave in Victoria.
She said her government will not make any formal decision about whether this is feasible until after national cabinet meets on Friday.
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Queensland had flagged the second week of July as a possible border reopening date, pending a review of restrictions by the Chief Health Officer.
But escalating community transmission in Melbourne has cast a shadow over that estimate.
'There is a lot of active community transmission happening in Victoria,' Ms Palaszczuk told reporters on Monday.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (pictured) cracked down on non-essential travel by closing down national parks and tightening border controls amid the coronavirus pandemic
A COVID-19 coronavirus sign at a Pacific Highway vehicle checkpoint on the Queensland-New South Wales state border near Coolangatta
'There were some 40 new cases over the weekend (and) they have 108 active cases. Everyone is concerned.'
Ms Palazczuk said reopening to select states does not have the support of Prime Minister Scott Morrison, but is being considered by South Australia.
'The prime minister has said that he does not want to have certain states open to certain states, so I think that will have to be a very considered conversation at national cabinet,' she said.
People from East Germany greet citizens of West Germany at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 22, 1989
Tourists take pictures alongside the Berlin Wall in modern day Germany
The spike in cases in Melbourne prompted Queensland's Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young to include all 31 local government areas in Greater Melbourne as well as bordering areas of Murrindindi, Mitchell, Moorabool, Macedon Ranges and Greater Geelong as hotspots.
Victorians can expect to spend two weeks in confinement if they do step foot in Queensland.
However, opening up stadiums has been much easier for Queensland's Labor government, with major sporting venues allowed to have 25 per cent capacity, up to 10,000 spectators, from next weekend.
The relaxation of those restrictions comes as the state recorded a streak of zero new cases and has avoided the outbreak predicted to follow a Black Lives Matter rally two weeks ago which drew some 30,000 protesters.
As of Tuesday, school students, workers and freight drivers can enter the state without an issue, but Queensland remains closed to anyone else.
A Queensland police officer moves a stop sign at a vehicle checkpoint on the Pacific Highway on the Queensland
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