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vertical-align: top; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 15px;" valign="top"> <table class="social_table" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="table-layout: fixed; vertical-align: top; border-spacing: 0; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-tspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; mso-table-bspace: 0; mso-table-lspace: 0;" valign="top"> <tbody> <tr style="vertical-align: top; display: inline-block; text-align: center;" align="center" valign="top"> <td style="word-break: break-word; vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 0; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/QldTruckingAssn/" target="_blank"><img width="32" height="32" src="https://d2fi4ri5dhpqd1.cloudfront.net/public/resources/social-networks-icon-sets/circle-blue/facebook@2x.png" alt="Facebook" title="Facebook" style="text-decoration: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; height: auto; border: 0; display: block;" /></a></td> <td style="word-break: break-word; 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padding-left: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif"><![endif]--> <div style="color:#555555;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;"> <div class="txtTinyMce-wrapper" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; color: #555555; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;"> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Volume 42, Issue 06, 9 January 2022</span></strong></p> </div> </div> <!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> <table class="divider" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="table-layout: fixed; vertical-align: top; border-spacing: 0; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; min-width: 100%; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" role="presentation" valign="top"> <tbody> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" valign="top"> <td class="divider_inner" style="word-break: break-word; vertical-align: top; min-width: 100%; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <table class="divider_content" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="table-layout: fixed; vertical-align: top; border-spacing: 0; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid #BBBBBB; width: 100%;" align="center" role="presentation" valign="top"> <tbody> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" valign="top"> <td style="word-break: break-word; vertical-align: top; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!--[if (!mso)&(!IE)]><!--> </div> <!--<![endif]--> </div> </div> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </div> </div> </div> <div style="background-color:transparent;"> <div class="block-grid mixed-two-up" style="min-width: 320px; max-width: 800px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; Margin: 0 auto; background-color: #ffffff;"> <div style="border-collapse: collapse;display: table;width: 100%;background-color:#ffffff;"> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="background-color:transparent;"><tr><td align="center"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:800px"><tr class="layout-full-width" style="background-color:#ffffff"><![endif]--> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]><td align="center" width="600" style="background-color:#ffffff;width:600px; border-top: 0px solid transparent; border-left: 0px solid transparent; border-bottom: 0px solid transparent; border-right: 0px solid transparent;" valign="top"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px;"><![endif]--> <div class="col num9" style="display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; max-width: 320px; min-width: 594px; width: 600px;"> <div class="col_cont" style="width:100% !important;"> <!--[if (!mso)&(!IE)]><!--> <div style="border-top:0px solid transparent; border-left:0px solid transparent; border-bottom:0px solid transparent; border-right:0px solid transparent; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> <!--<![endif]--> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="table-layout: fixed; vertical-align: top; border-spacing: 0; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;" valign="top"> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" valign="top"> <td style="word-break: break-word; vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 35px; text-align: center; width: 100%;" width="100%" align="center" valign="top"> <h1 style="color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><strong>QLD-Critical Industry workers new Close Contact Rules</strong></h1> </td> </tr> </table> <!--[if (!mso)&(!IE)]><!--> </div> <!--<![endif]--> </div> </div> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]></td><td align="center" width="200" style="background-color:#ffffff;width:200px; border-top: 0px solid transparent; border-left: 0px solid transparent; border-bottom: 0px solid transparent; border-right: 0px solid transparent;" valign="top"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px;"><![endif]--> <div class="col num3" style="display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; max-width: 320px; min-width: 198px; width: 200px;"> <div class="col_cont" style="width:100% !important;"> <!--[if (!mso)&(!IE)]><!--> <div style="border-top:0px solid transparent; border-left:0px solid transparent; border-bottom:0px solid transparent; border-right:0px solid transparent; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> <!--<![endif]--> <div class="img-container center fixedwidth" align="center" style="padding-right: 0px;padding-left: 0px;"> <!--[if mso]><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr style="line-height:0px"><td style="padding-right: 0px;padding-left: 0px;" align="center"><![endif]--><img class="center fixedwidth" align="center" border="0" src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/a094431a-3703-47bd-bc1b-c32d6c8901d6/me_qta/Map-Qld.png" style="text-decoration: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; height: auto; border: 0; width: 133px; max-width: 100%; display: block;" width="133" /> <!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </div> <!--[if (!mso)&(!IE)]><!--> </div> <!--<![endif]--> </div> </div> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </div> </div> </div> <div style="background-color:transparent;"> <div class="block-grid " style="min-width: 320px; max-width: 800px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; Margin: 0 auto; background-color: #ffffff;"> <div style="border-collapse: collapse;display: table;width: 100%;background-color:#ffffff;"> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="background-color:transparent;"><tr><td align="center"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:800px"><tr class="layout-full-width" style="background-color:#ffffff"><![endif]--> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]><td align="center" width="800" style="background-color:#ffffff;width:800px; border-top: 0px solid transparent; border-left: 0px solid transparent; border-bottom: 0px solid transparent; border-right: 0px solid transparent;" valign="top"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px;"><![endif]--> <div class="col num12" style="min-width: 320px; max-width: 800px; display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; width: 800px;"> <div class="col_cont" style="width:100% !important;"> <!--[if (!mso)&(!IE)]><!--> <div style="border-top:0px solid transparent; border-left:0px solid transparent; border-bottom:0px solid transparent; border-right:0px solid transparent; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if mso]><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif"><![endif]--> <div style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;line-height:1.5;padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;"> <div class="txtTinyMce-wrapper" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; mso-line-height-alt: 21px;"> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">From <strong>midday Sunday 9 January 2022</strong>, there are new close contact rules in place for workers in critical industries. Freight and Logistics is a critical industry.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">An employer in a <a href="https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/current-status/queensland-restrictions-update/changes-to-requirements-for-close-and-casual-contacts#critical-industry-modal" style="color: #141dc5;">critical industry</a> can identify and create a Critical Worker List of critically essential roles.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">A <a href="https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/current-status/queensland-restrictions-update/changes-to-requirements-for-close-and-casual-contacts#close-contact-definition-modal" style="color: #141dc5;">close contact</a> who performs a critically essential role can then leave quarantine to carry out that role if they:</span></p> <ul> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">have no COVID-19 symptoms</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">are fully vaccinated</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><strong>Critical industries</strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">The following are considered a <strong>critical industry</strong> in the context of critically essential workers:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">Health</span></p> <ul> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">Emergency services, including police, the Queensland State Emergency Service and maritime rescue</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">Power and utilities</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">Stores in remote locations or communities</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">Essential retail (including supermarkets)</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">Freight and Logistics</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">Public Transport</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">Education – secondary, primary and kindergarten school teachers</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">Agriculture and Fisheries production</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">Resources</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">Major manufacturing, distribution and critical supply chains (food, pharmaceuticals and petrol).</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><strong>Critical essential roles</strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">A critical essential role is one that:</span></p> <ul> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">requires a person with particular skills; and</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">must be performed in person at the workplace; and</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">must continue to be performed to:</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">prevent an immediate risk of death or serious injury to a person; or</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">prevent serious harm (social, economic or physical) in the community.</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><strong>What employers need to do</strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">An employer in a <a href="https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/current-status/queensland-restrictions-update/changes-to-requirements-for-close-and-casual-contacts#critical-industry-modal" style="color: #141dc5;">critical industry</a> who requires a <a href="https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/current-status/queensland-restrictions-update/changes-to-requirements-for-close-and-casual-contacts#close-contact-definition-modal" style="color: #141dc5;">close contact</a> to attend the workplace to carry out a critically essential role must create a Critical Worker List and have it available if required by an emergency officer.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><strong>What critical essential workers need to do</strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">If you have an employee that has advised they are a <a href="https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/current-status/queensland-restrictions-update/changes-to-requirements-for-close-and-casual-contacts#close-contact-definition-modal" style="color: #141dc5;">close contact</a> who performs a critically essential role in your business, they can can leave quarantine to carry out that role as long as they:</span></p> <ul> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">have no COVID-19 symptoms</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">are fully vaccinated.</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><strong>When leaving their place of quarantine to go to work, they must:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">use a mask when indoors. Also wear a mask outdoors if they cannot physically distance from other people.</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">travel to and from the workplace by private transport, by the most direct route practicable and without stopping (except for refuelling and that should be contactless if possible)</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">monitor their symptoms</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">regularly clean their hands</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">take a rapid antigen test (RAT) on day 6 of their quarantine period</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">practice physical distancing from other people until the end of their quarantine period</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">comply with any industry or employer requirements for workers in a critically essential role</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">Notes:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">If your workplace is in a remote area, you can quarantine close to the remote workplace rather than return to your original place of quarantine and then return to that original place of quarantine when your shift ends.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">Workplaces and health surveillance controls remain critical to reduce the risks of COVID-19.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><strong>More information</strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/industry-and-businesses/managing-covid-19-in-workplaces" style="color: #141dc5;">Managing COVID-19 in the workplace</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/current-status/public-health-directions/confirmed-cases-and-close-contacts/close-contacts" style="color: #141dc5;">Close contact quarantine and testing requirements</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/current-status/public-health-directions/confirmed-cases-and-close-contacts/isolation-covid19-diagnosed-case" style="color: #141dc5;">Isolation for people who are diagnosed with COVID-19</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"> </p> </div> </div> <!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> <table class="divider" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="table-layout: fixed; vertical-align: top; border-spacing: 0; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; min-width: 100%; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" role="presentation" valign="top"> <tbody> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" valign="top"> <td class="divider_inner" style="word-break: break-word; vertical-align: top; min-width: 100%; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <table class="divider_content" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="table-layout: fixed; vertical-align: top; border-spacing: 0; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid #BBBBBB; width: 100%;" align="center" role="presentation" valign="top"> <tbody> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" valign="top"> <td style="word-break: break-word; vertical-align: top; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!--[if (!mso)&(!IE)]><!--> </div> <!--<![endif]--> </div> </div> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </div> </div> </div> <div style="background-color:transparent;"> <div class="block-grid mixed-two-up" style="min-width: 320px; max-width: 800px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; Margin: 0 auto; background-color: #ffffff;"> <div style="border-collapse: collapse;display: table;width: 100%;background-color:#ffffff;"> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="background-color:transparent;"><tr><td align="center"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:800px"><tr class="layout-full-width" style="background-color:#ffffff"><![endif]--> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]><td align="center" width="600" style="background-color:#ffffff;width:600px; border-top: 0px solid transparent; border-left: 0px solid transparent; border-bottom: 0px solid transparent; border-right: 0px solid transparent;" valign="top"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px;"><![endif]--> <div class="col num9" style="display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; max-width: 320px; min-width: 594px; width: 600px;"> <div class="col_cont" style="width:100% !important;"> <!--[if (!mso)&(!IE)]><!--> <div style="border-top:0px solid transparent; border-left:0px solid transparent; border-bottom:0px solid transparent; border-right:0px solid transparent; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> <!--<![endif]--> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="table-layout: fixed; vertical-align: top; border-spacing: 0; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;" valign="top"> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" valign="top"> <td style="word-break: break-word; vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 35px; text-align: center; width: 100%;" width="100%" align="center" valign="top"> <h1 style="color:#a42036;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><strong>NSW-Isolation exemption for workers critical to food supply</strong></h1> </td> </tr> </table> <!--[if (!mso)&(!IE)]><!--> </div> <!--<![endif]--> </div> </div> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]></td><td align="center" width="200" style="background-color:#ffffff;width:200px; border-top: 0px solid transparent; border-left: 0px solid transparent; border-bottom: 0px solid transparent; border-right: 0px solid transparent;" valign="top"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px;"><![endif]--> <div class="col num3" style="display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; max-width: 320px; min-width: 198px; width: 200px;"> <div class="col_cont" style="width:100% !important;"> <!--[if (!mso)&(!IE)]><!--> <div style="border-top:0px solid transparent; border-left:0px solid transparent; border-bottom:0px solid transparent; border-right:0px solid transparent; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> <!--<![endif]--> <div class="img-container center fixedwidth" align="center" style="padding-right: 0px;padding-left: 0px;"> <!--[if mso]><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr style="line-height:0px"><td style="padding-right: 0px;padding-left: 0px;" align="center"><![endif]--><img class="center fixedwidth" align="center" border="0" src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/a094431a-3703-47bd-bc1b-c32d6c8901d6/me_qta/Map-NSW.png" style="text-decoration: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; height: auto; border: 0; width: 133px; max-width: 100%; display: block;" width="133" /> <!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </div> <!--[if (!mso)&(!IE)]><!--> </div> <!--<![endif]--> </div> </div> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </div> </div> </div> <div style="background-color:transparent;"> <div class="block-grid " style="min-width: 320px; max-width: 800px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; Margin: 0 auto; background-color: #ffffff;"> <div style="border-collapse: collapse;display: table;width: 100%;background-color:#ffffff;"> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="background-color:transparent;"><tr><td align="center"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:800px"><tr class="layout-full-width" style="background-color:#ffffff"><![endif]--> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]><td align="center" width="800" style="background-color:#ffffff;width:800px; border-top: 0px solid transparent; border-left: 0px solid transparent; border-bottom: 0px solid transparent; border-right: 0px solid transparent;" valign="top"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px;"><![endif]--> <div class="col num12" style="min-width: 320px; max-width: 800px; display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; width: 800px;"> <div class="col_cont" style="width:100% !important;"> <!--[if (!mso)&(!IE)]><!--> <div style="border-top:0px solid transparent; border-left:0px solid transparent; border-bottom:0px solid transparent; border-right:0px solid transparent; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if mso]><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif"><![endif]--> <div style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;line-height:1.5;padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;"> <div class="txtTinyMce-wrapper" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000; mso-line-height-alt: 21px;"> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><strong>Update from Transport for NSW</strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"> </p> <ul> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">Critical workers in the food logistics and manufacturing sectors granted a leave of absence as close contacts will be permitted to leave self-isolation to attend work if they have no symptoms of COVID-19, to ensure the state has continued access to essential goods.</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">Workers will only be eligible to leave self-isolation if their employer determines that their absence from the workplace poses a high risk of disruption to the delivery of critical services or activities, and they are unable to work from home.</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">These workers must wear a mask and comply with risk-management strategies put in place by their employer, <u>including daily Rapid Antigen Tests</u>.</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">Any worker who tests positive or who develops symptoms of COVID-19 must self-isolate. </span></li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">The new rules take effect immediately and apply to critical workers in the following sectors:</span></p> <ul> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">agriculture (biosecurity and food safety personnel undertaking critical duties)</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">manufacturing (production and manufacturing of food, beverages, groceries, cleaning and sanitary products)</span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><strong>transport, postal and warehousing (food logistics, delivery and grocery fulfilment)</strong></span></li> <li style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">The exemption from the isolation rules for close contacts also applies to emergency services workers who are necessary for the delivery of critical services and who cannot work from home.</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 20px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span style="font-size: 13px; mso-ansi-font-size: 14px;">For more information refer to Guidance on the exemption of critical workers from the <a href="https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/Documents/exemption-critical-workers-close-contacts.pdf" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; 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min-width: 100%; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" role="presentation" valign="top"> <tbody> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" valign="top"> <td class="divider_inner" style="word-break: break-word; vertical-align: top; min-width: 100%; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <table class="divider_content" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="table-layout: fixed; vertical-align: top; border-spacing: 0; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid #BBBBBB; width: 100%;" align="center" role="presentation" valign="top"> <tbody> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" valign="top"> <td style="word-break: break-word; vertical-align: top; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!--[if (!mso)&(!IE)]><!--> </div> <!--<![endif]--> </div> </div> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </div> </div> </div> <div style="background-color:#d9d2d2;"> <div class="block-grid " style="min-width: 320px; 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