Premier Annastacia Palaszczcuk faced criticism for granting border passes to family members of more than 100 NRL players and league officials despite the NSW border closures. 

Public health orders prohibited non-essential workers from entering Queensland, yet an exemption was given to a charter plane arriving from Sydney carrying NRL families on Monday afternoon.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called on Queensland to bring in home quarantine as seen successfully in South Australia in order to deal with the wait time for hotel quarantine availability.