Families and friends have been reunited at Brisbane Airport after Queensland reopened its international and interstate borders ahead of schedule on Monday.
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Video clips showed a mother and son hug as the Australian Girls Choir fittingly sang "I still call Australia home" to welcome arrivals to the Sunshine State.
The mother was holding a "Welcome home Mr and Mrs" sign to greet her newly-married son and daughter-in-law from the UK.
"My son and daughter-in-law who have been living in England for five years. Were planning to get married in 2020 in Greece and we were all going. But, of course, we couldn't do that," the mother told ABC News.
"So they got married in September this year, and we're now welcoming them home after five years. So we're so excited."
The clips were posted to Instagram by Labor Leader Anthony Albanese on Monday.
"Beautiful scenes at Brisbane Airport with families reuniting. Congratulations Queenslanders. Shoutout to the Australian Girls Choir for a beautiful rendition," Mr Albanese captioned the post.
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Meanwhile, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said "this is going to be a very, very special time of the year".
"As a government, we've been very conscious of how important this is to reunite families," she wrote on Facebook.
"Queensland's cautious approach has kept Queensland safe. We will live with COVID - but on our terms."
Queensland reopened its borders at 1am on Monday, December 13 after the state reached its 80 per cent vaccination target earlier than expected last week.
Fully vaccinated travellers can now arrive from interstate hotspots by road or air without quarantine, but must test negative to COVID-19 in the previous 72 hours.
All arrivals, regardless of vaccination status, must get another COVID-19 test on day five after they arrive in Queensland.
People arriving in Queensland from hotspots who are not fully vaccinated must arrive by air and hotel quarantine for 14 days.
Meanwhile, Australian citizens or permanent residents living overseas can fly directly into Queensland via Brisbane International Airport.
Immediate family members travelling with an Australian citizen or permanent resident can also arrive in Queensland from overseas.
International arrivals must be fully vaccinated, return a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of departure, and will have to do 14 days of home or hotel quarantine.
Fully vaccinated border zone residents with a border pass will be able to move freely across the border with no test required.
Border zone residents who are not fully vaccinated will only be able to cross the border for limited reasons, as is the case now.