Almost a month after it closed to Greater Sydney, Queensland will shut its borders to all of New South Wales from 1am on Friday, July 23.

For the rest of lockdown, trains and buses are running on Sunday timetables, and Sydney Metro and light rail are doing reduced services.

The airline's VA-X & Win competition will launch once COVID-19 vaccines are made available to all Australian adults.

The suspension has been put in place for 72 hours initially, and will be under constant review.

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