Deflection: Chief medico thrown under bus seven times
Queensland’s Chief Medical Officer has copped the blame for the state’s harsh border policies, the Premier passing the buck to her seven times.
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Grandma denied son’s funeral, offered ‘crumb’ in return
A northern NSW grandmother who was told via email that she would not be allowed to attend her son’s funeral has been offered a “crumb” in return. She has accepted it, but “would like the full loaf and I can’t have the full loaf apparently”.
Stunning admission on Tom Hanks’ VIP treatment
As a slew of further heartbreaking border stories come to light, Queensland’s Chief Health Officer has made a stunning admission about preferential treatment for Hollywood star Tom Hanks.
How international travel will look post-COVID
It has been revealed what international travel could look like when borders are finally reopened. The steps being considered for travellers will have you missing the old border security check ins.
$50m boost for flatlining niche industry
It’s a type of tourism that’s all but evaporated in the age of COVID, but a $50 million rescue package aims to breathe new life into the sector.
Heartbreaking way daughter said goodbye to father
From behind a full face mask, Sarah Caisip — the woman at the centre of a standoff over Queensland’s strict border rules — has farewelled her father following an emotional plea from Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
UQ forges ahead as Oxford vaccine stumbles
While the world-leading AstraZeneca vaccine trial has hit a stumbling block, the UQ research into its own vaccine candidate continues and it could still be released mid next year.
Parties wrangle over green tape
There will be unnecessary jobs delays and a regulatory nightmare for the mining and infrastructure sectors under a proposed environmental overhaul, Labor has claimed.
‘Stop the insanity’: Pressure mounts on QLD over border
The first pieces of a “road out” of the pandemic will be laid at a make-or-break National Cabinet meeting today, with Gold Coast business leaders, federal ministers and the NSW premier all cranking up the heat on Queensland’s hardline border block.
States not doing enough to lift economy out of recession
Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe says the states need to do more to revive Australia’s nosediving economy and is urging premiers to follow his advice for a massive spend on major projects to create jobs and lift the country out of recession.
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