Entire Super Netball season moves to Queensland
The Super Netball season will move to Queensland, in a huge win for the Sunshine State.
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The entire Suncorp Super Netball season will move to Queensland, in a huge win for the Sunshine State.
The season will include up to 60 matches, including finals, which will be played across the state including in Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Cairns and Townsville.
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Making the announcement, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said all six interstate teams will start to arrive in Queensland from today to start the condensed “netball bonanza” season.
“It’s a bit like that saying, Queensland is beautiful one day, perfect the next - well we have AFL one day and super netball the next,” she said.
The teams to be based in Queensland include Collingwood Magpies, Melbourne Vixens, Adelaide Thunderbirds, Giants Netball (Sydney), NSW Swifts, West Coast Fever (Perth) in addition to Queensland teams Firebirds and Sunshine Coast Lightning.
The Government will provide $2.2 million to support Netball Australia to move the players.
Ms Palaszczuk said the move will pump thousands of dollars into local businesses and help the tourism industry.
The plan to relocate the teams has been approved by Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young, with all Victorian players and staff to be tested on day four and 10 of their quarantine.
“My number one priority remains keeping Queenslanders safe during this pandemic,” Ms Palaszczuk said.
It follows the AFL moving teams to Queensland as Victoria struggles with outbreaks of coronavirus.
Victoria today recorded a further 363 new cases of COVID-19 and announced face masks will be made mandatory.
Queensland recorded no new cases of coronavirus in the 24 hours to this morning.
The state has two active cases remaining.
There have been 1071 total confirmed cases in Queensland and 459,139 tests conducted.
Six Queenslanders with COVID-19 have died. 1,060 patients have recovered.
Originally published as Entire Super Netball season moves to Queensland
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