Authorities will convene in the coming days to establish how road-based restrictions can later be placed along the state's borders.
But Queensland chief health officer Jeannette Young said it would be "business as usual" for those commuting between northern New South Wales and Queensland on a daily basis, even after the border closures were in place.
"We have a very close relationship with northern New South Wales — a lot of people live there and work in Queensland and vice versa," Dr Young said.
"People in northern New South Wales come to Brisbane and the Gold Coast for everything … healthcare, shopping, everything."
Dr Young said the border closures were in place to stop travellers from other capital cities with high community transition rates visiting remote areas of Queensland.
"We do not want people who are currently in Sydney or in Melbourne who have been exposed to go up to the Whitsundays for instance — we've got no cases up there," she said.