Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews countered that the Palaszczuk government pushed to allow people involved in film and television or sport to enter the state.

“But when they have their own failure that they can’t manage,they’re very quick to jump up and down,try and blame the Commonwealth government,and then demand that borders be shut down or caps be reduced,” she said.

“We have Annastacia Palaszczuk,who is saying she wants to go over to the Olympics in Tokyo;in fact,that was one of the reasons she gave[for] her need to step up and get the Pfizer vaccine.

“She’s arguing against her own travel to Tokyo.”

A state government spokesman said Queensland was required to provide a final submission to the full IOC before it voted on who would host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

“The jobs and investment this decision represents is possibly the most important moment for Queensland in a generation and the culmination of years of work,” he said.

“The lord mayor and the premier are nominated to make that presentation.”

Millions of Queenslanders wereplunged into their third lockdown this year after an unvaccinated 19-year-old receptionist at a Brisbane hospital caught the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID and was infectious in the community for 10 days.

People who work with COVID patients or on COVID wards must be fully vaccinated,but the receptionistsat just outside the ward.

Her case waslinked to an unvaccinated person who had been allowed to travel “repeatedly” between Australia and Indonesia and was being treated for COVID at the Prince Charles Hospital.

Ms Palaszczuk said she supported vulnerable people returning home,but caps needed to be reduced and a discussion held about ensuring travellers were vaccinated before entering.

Queensland Opposition Leader David Crisafulli said the number of people returning from overseas should be discussed “with rigour”.

“It doesn’t change the fact that the hotel quarantine system in this state has let the people of Queensland down again,” he said.

The Premier faced criticism recently after shereceived a Pfizer shot in preparation for travel to Tokyo,despite being eligible for AstraZeneca at the time as she was 51.

She explained she was not getting AstraZeneca as there was a shorter time between doses required for Pfizer,and the Tokyo trip was fast approaching.

Ms Palaszczuk maintained she could not get the jab sooner because she had to have a tetanus shot after being bitten by her dog,Winton,and the flu vaccine,both of which required space from both COVID vaccines.