Queensland will fully reopen in time for Christmas regardless of whether the state has vaccinated 80 per cent of its population.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk released the state's long-awaited road map out of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday.
"We have to reunite families, this is fundamental," she said, while also vowing to kick the vaccination drive into top gear.
The road map sets out two key dates, the first being 19 November.
That's when new modelling suggests 70 per cent of eligible Queenslanders will be fully vaccinated.
Once that happens, arrivals from interstate hotspots will be allowed in if they are fully vaccinated and come by air. They must also have returned a negative COVID-19 test in the previous 72 hours and spend 14 days in home quarantine.
Fully vaccinated international arrivals on direct flights to Queensland will still have to spend two weeks in hotel quarantine.
The second key date is 17 December. That's when 80 per cent of eligible Queenslanders are expected to be fully vaccinated.
The Premier described that date as "locked in", indicating the second stage of the reopening will proceed even if the 80 per cent target isn't achieved.
Fully vaccinated arrivals will be allowed in by road and by air, without having to quarantine. But they must still return a negative test within the previous 72 hours.
Fully vaccinated international arrivals on direct flights will then switch to two weeks of home quarantine, if the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee agrees with the plan.
Once Queensland's vaccination rate reaches 90 per cent, there will be no entry restrictions or quarantine requirements for any travellers, regardless of whether they've come from interstate or overseas.
As with other states, fully vaccinated Queenslanders will enjoy more freedoms than those who refuse the jab.
Venues will also be able to let only fully vaccinated patrons in, and then if they choose, relax COVID-safe measures from 17 December or when the 80 per cent target is reached, whichever comes first.
"We will work with industry and business but we expect that there will be some settings and venues that decide to be vaccinated only, and in return, they will have eased restrictions," Deputy Premier Steven Miles said.
Ms Palaszczuk said the plan was "measured and cautious" and the focus between now and mid-December will be to get every Queenslander vaccinated.
She has ordered her ministers to embark on a statewide blitz to address the significant gap between vaccination rates in Brisbane, compared with regional and remote communities.
"We are one state. We need the vaccination rates to increase right across the state," she said.
The state's Education Minister Grace Grace is also looking at getting vaccination teams into schools, during school hours.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said Queenslanders aged 20 to 39 were the main group yet to be vaccinated. That cohort comprises about 584,000 people or 15 per cent of the state's eligible population.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young. Source: AAP
Treasurer Cameron Dick said Monday marked "the end of zero COVID" in Queensland but the state would be able to reopen without widespread disease, death and suffering.
There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported on Monday.
Currently, 72.5 per cent of eligible Queenslanders have had one dose of a vaccine, and 56.9 per cent are fully vaccinated.
