Present at the 4:30 am ceremony on Saturday morning will be Queensland Governor Paul de Jersey, Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner, RSL President Tony Ferris and the Premier herself.
Queensland’s chief health officer had granted a special exemption for the gathering of four, Palaszczuk confirmed.
“We will be laying a wreath individually,” she said.
“There will be the National Anthems and there will be The Last Post.
“I hope everyone is understanding, but we did want to make sure that there was a commemorative process for Anzac Day, a very small – but symbolic – gesture that the people of Queensland are recognising the fallen.”
Meanwhile, all Queenslanders have been encouraged to mark Anzac Day by stepping out onto their driveways, verandas or porches at 6:00 am.
“This will be a very different year for us this year, but I see it as being a very symbolic year, because I think this will encapsulate every Australian and get every Australian involved in an Anzac Day Dawn Service, something we probably haven't seen for a very, very long time,” Ferris said.
Queenslanders can access the RSL Queensland’s website to play the wreath-laying service from their front porches, he said.
“To look out your driveway at 6:00 am in the morning and see people lining the streets, still in social isolation, but remembering those that have gone and served this country will be something I don’t think we'll see for a long time to come,” Ferris said.
It comes as Queensland recorded six new cases of coronavirus overnight, taking the state’s total cases to 1024.
In the past week Queensland has reported just 25 new cases, a vast improvement on previous weeks, however Health Minister Steven Miles warned there was still a need for constant vigilance.
“Six is good, compared to those numbers, but it is not zero,” he said.
“And for that reason, we need to continue to be vigilant, to do what we can, to suppress this virus.”
