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2015 off to a flying start for Australian tourism04 Feb 2015Dimboola Banner, Dimboola VIC , General News

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The Townsville Airport has been granted permission and resources to welcome and sen...09 Feb 2015 7:02 AM4TO FM, Townsville, 07:00 News, Newsreader

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The Townsville Airport has been granted permission and resources to welcome and send off international flights. Ewen Jones, HerbertFederal MP, says he has been working for some time to secure a customs, quarantine, and immigration dispatch offices in the airport.Tony Abbott, Prime Minister, was in Townsville to announce the plan, hoping that it will bring more businesses for the North. WarrenTruss, Federal Infrastructure Minister, says the move will help develop the region.

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Tony Abbott, Prime Minister|Warren Truss, Federal Infrastructure Minister

Clarke says there is a lot of focus on Prime Minister Tony Abbott today and the party ...09 Feb 2015 7:23 AMABC North Queensland, Townsville, Breakfast, Michael Clarke

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Clarke says there is a lot of focus on Prime Minister Tony Abbott today and the party room meeting from 8am in Canberra. He says inthe weekend Abbott was in Townsville along with Warren Truss, Deputy Prime Minister, and Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs,to release a joint press release with Peter Dutton, Minister for Immigration with news that Townsville Airport will be able to supportregular international flights. Clarke says the release says increased visitor numbers will boost the tourism industry in northern Australiaencouraging businesses to invest and helping to unlock the region's potential.

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Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs (excerpt)|Tony Abbott, Prime Minister (excerpt)

Townsville Enterprise says it will continue negotiations to secure international flights to ...09 Feb 2015 8:31 AMABC North Queensland, Townsville, 08:30 News, Newsreader

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Townsville Enterprise says it will continue negotiations to secure international flights to the region after the Federal Governmentannounced it would subsidise some cost. Jetstar has welcomed the announcement and says it hopes to launch flights from Townsvilleto Bali this year.

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Patricia O'Callaghan, Chief Executive Officer, Townsville Enterprise|Tony Abbott, Prime Minister

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Michelle Landry, Federal Member for Capricornia is creating committee to campaign for ...09 Feb 2015 8:31 AMABC Capricornia, Rockhampton, 08:30 News, Paul Robinson

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Michelle Landry, Federal Member for Capricornia is creating committee to campaign for international airport status for theRockhampton Airport. Landry says she hopes that introducing international services will encourage an increase in national directflights as well. The Prime Minister Tony Abbott promised funding for border security services at the Townsville Airport to allow thenorthern city to accept international flights.

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Michelle Landry, Federal Member for Capricornia

Interview with Patricia O' Callaghan, Townsville Enterprise. Tapiolas mentions that Prime...09 Feb 2015 8:57 AMABC North Queensland, Townsville, Mornings , Paula Tapiolas

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Interview with Patricia O' Callaghan, Townsville Enterprise. Tapiolas mentions that Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced somemeasures last Saturday that will change border security costs. Tapiolas says there are hopes that it will attract more companies to flyinternationally into Townsville. Tapiolas mentions that Jetstar believes it will be cost effective if flights from Townsville to Bali will startthis year. O' Callaghan says there are already plenty of commercial interests from the airlines since the announcement. O' Callaghanmentions that two commercial airlines plan to support Townsville as an international airport. O' Callaghan says it is a positiveannouncement for tourism and trade in Townsville.

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Patricia O'Callaghan, Townsville Enterprise

MacKenzie reads out the newspaper headlines from the newspapers....09 Feb 2015 9:07 AM4CA AM, Cairns, John Mackenzie, John MacKenzie

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MacKenzie reads out the newspaper headlines from the newspapers.Cairns Post- A fisherman had to be pulled from a fast-flowing and swollen Barron River last night after his vehicle became bogged in risingfloodwaters.- The lowering Australian dollar will not only boost tourism but flow on to other sectors of the Tropical North's economy.- Former Cardwell Shire Council Mayor Tip Byrne passed away at Ingham Hospital on Saturday at the age of 83.- The streets of Cairns are awash in red as Chinese New Year festivities get cracking the first of 23 direct daily China Eastern flightsfrom Shanghai touched down at at Cairns Airport yesterday morning, bringing 300 travellers eager to see what the region offered.- A long awaited report on unleashing the economic potential of Northern Australia will be released by the end of the month.

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Federal Government gives Townsville Airport go ahead for international flights09 Feb 2015 9:35 AMAustralian Aviation Magazine by australianaviation.com.au

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An aerial shot of Townsville Airport. (Seth Jaworski)Townsville Airport will be able to accept scheduled international flights from the start of March after the federal government agreed tosupport passenger processing at the North Queensland...

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Interview with Carol Doyle, President, Study Cairns to talk about the impact of building ...09 Feb 2015 11:11 AM4CA AM, Cairns, John Mackenzie, John MacKenzie

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Interview with Carol Doyle, President, Study Cairns to talk about the impact of building the CQ University at [the Cairns CBD].MacKenzie says that the education sector is doing well with the announcement that CQ University is going to be established in themiddle of the town. MacKenzie reads an article that says Study Cairns is working with education providers and business groups tomarket the city [Cairns] as a global education city. MacKenzie mentions that Doyle, said that CQ University's decision to open acampus in the Central Business District was a game changer. MacKenzie mentions that according to Doyle, Study Cairns is workingwith TTNQ, The Regional Council, Advance Cairns, Chamber of Commerce and the Airport to develop strategies to maximise theinternational education city brand and to provide community support for students while studying. Doyle says that building the CQUniversity at the CBD will have an impact on transport. Doyle talks about the impact of having young people at the CBD. Doyle saysthat JCU is also looking at increasing the capacity for the university. Doyle says that on-campus accommodation has been an issue.Doyle says that connectivity to the world is important and Australians lost their connections to Japan a few years ago. Doyle says thatJapan was one of the strongest markets and inability to get the direct connectivity will have a huge impact. Doyle says that having thedirect flights into Singapore enables connectivity to other parts of the world.

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Carol Doyle, President, Study Cairns

Interview with Lord Sebastian Coe, Olympic champion runner, about his career. Coe, ...09 Feb 2015 4:08 PM612 ABC Brisbane, Brisbane , Drive, Rebecca Levingston

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Interview with Lord Sebastian Coe, Olympic champion runner, about his career. Coe, who is in Brisbane for the QUT BusinessLeaders Forum, discusses his highlights of the London Olympics and his appointment to the British Olympic Association and the 2020Tokyo Olympics Coordination Commission, as well as his work with the Paralympics, the Oceania Track and Field Convention andconsultation on the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Coe discusses the incredible difficulty of organising a sports event aslarge as the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games, and addresses the 'cynics' who doubt his ability to successfully manage suchevents. Coe talks about the tourism effects in London from the 2012 Olympics and compares them to those forecast for theCommonwealth Games.

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Lord Sebastian Coe, Runner

Interview with Kevin Gill, CEO, Townsville Airport. Mailer says Tony Abbott, Prime ...09 Feb 2015 5:22 PMABC Southern Queensland, Toowoomba , Drive, Robert Mailer

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Interview with Kevin Gill, CEO, Townsville Airport. Mailer says Tony Abbott, Prime Minister sets aside from time from ringing hiscolleagues to visit Townsville airport. Gill says they are opening Townsville Airport for business as an international airport. He addsfour carriers committed services to Bali. mailer asks if the government subsidies announced by the Prime MInister are going directlyinto trying to facilitate the services and Gill affirms. He says Jetstar have announced their interest.

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Kevin Gill, CEO, Townsville Airport

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The Federal Government cleared the way for Townsville Airport to host international ...09 Feb 2015 6:01 PMSeven Townsville, Townsville , Seven Local News, Rob Brough and Joanne Desmond

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The Federal Government cleared the way for Townsville Airport to host international flights. Tony Abbott, Prime Minister, saysTownsville will become a gateway to Australia for the Asian market. The government will cover the cost of Customs and Immigrationstaff at the terminal. Flights to and from Auckland could also happen. AirAsia has flagged interest in offering an international servicefrom Townsville and Jetstar wants to start flights to Bali.

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Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs|Patricia O'Callaghan, Townsville Enterprise CEO|Tony Abbott,Prime Minister|Warren Truss, Deputy Prime Minister

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Jetstar

Special Report....09 Feb 2015 6:05 PMSeven Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, Sunshine News, Rob Brough

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Special Report.In the next year, the Sunshine Coast will host four national and international events such as the Australian Lifesaving Championships.Tourism operators have been given the next few months to reform the industry. Visitors have commented on prices in Noosa afterleaving Sunshine Coast Airport today. Tourists have left critical reviews of local establishments online.

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Jason Opray, Sunshine Coast Councillor|Peter Pallot, Sunshine Coast Airport|Vox pops with tourists

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Jetstar|TripAdvisor

City leaders will start to focus on promoting Townsville and North Queensland to an ...09 Feb 2015 7:00 PMWIN Townsville, Townsville , WIN News, Samantha Heathwood

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City leaders will start to focus on promoting Townsville and North Queensland to an international market after Tony Abbott, PrimeMinister, announced that the Federal Government will make customs, quarantine and immigration services available at the airport.Ewen Jones, Member for Herbert, says the project will let airlines test the demand of the market. Kevin Gill, Townsville Airport, saysthe announcement opens the airport for business. Jetstar says it wants to fly to Bali from later this year. Patricia O'Callaghan,Townsville Enterprise CEO, says the announcement is also positive for trade.

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Ewen Jones, Member for Herbert|Kevin Gill, Townsville Airport|Patricia O'Callaghan, Townsville EnterpriseCEO|Tony Abbott, Prime Minister

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Jetstar

Debate on nets and cull10 Feb 2015Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD, General News, Andrew Potts

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City must turn out for sports10 Feb 2015Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD, General News

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INVEST IN THE REAL WORLD10 Feb 2015Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD, General News, Alice Gormam

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Aloha from Hawaii an airbridge too far10 Feb 2015Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD, General News, Ian Frazer

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Bristow gets fixed-wing option in Airnorth stake10 Feb 2015Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD, General News

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Push for airport is taking off10 Feb 2015Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton QLD , General News

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Airline to hire up to 40 in Cairns10 Feb 2015Cairns Post, Cairns QLD, General News, Shannon Power

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Regular Segment: Earsay with Mark Oberhardt, reporter. ...10 Feb 2015 6:54 AM4BC, Brisbane , Breakfast , Ian Skippen and Loretta Ryan

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Regular Segment: Earsay with Mark Oberhardt, reporter.He says there are real problems with getting crowds to Gold Coast sporting events including the races because of the transportproblems. He notes The Foo Fighters are playing Suncorp Stadium the same night as the Roar and so the Roar have to go to theGold Coast. The Indigenous All Stars match may also be moved to Townsville because of the lack of crowds. Oberhardt says thereare real concerns about crowds for the Commonwealth Games.

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Mark Oberhardt, Reporter

2015 off to a flying startfor Australian tourismGROWTH opportunities

for Australia's tourismindustry are set to increasefollowing the settlement ofa landmark new airservices agreement betweenAustralia and China.

Deputy Prime Minister andMinister for Infrastructureand Regional DevelopmentWarren Truss, along withTrade and InvestmentMinister Andrew Robb, whois responsible for tourism,today announced theconclusion of negotiationsbetween the two countries.

"Making it possible forAsian markets to grow hasbeen a key priority for theAbbott Government, and thisnew deal with China willallow Chinese airlines toalmost triple their services toAustralia over the next twoyears," Mr Truss said.

"Under the newarrangements, Australian andChinese airlines will be ableto immediately operate up to26,500 seats per weekbetween Australia's majorgateway cities and Beijing,Shanghai and Guangzhou -an increase of 4,000 weeklyseats or around 18 percent onthese routes.

"A further 7,000 weeklyseats to and from thesedestinations will be phased inover the next two years, to atotal of 33,500 weekly seats.

"This opens upopportunities for Australianairlines to better serve theChina market."

Mr Robb said the newarrangements build on thesuccess of the China-Australia Free TradeAgreement (ChAFTA)concluded recently with

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Beijing."Just as ChAFTA creates

significant opportunities forAustralian businesses inChina, this new dealincreases connectivity

between our economies,particularly in tourism," MrRobb said.

"Last year, 100 millionChinese travelled abroad andthis is set to double to some200 million by 2020. Triplingaviation capacity from Chinainto Australia over the nexttwo years will ensure we arewell placed to capture ourshare of this growth."

Mr Robb said in 2013-14,nearly 760,000 Chinesetravellers spent close to $5billion in Australia, and withthe hugely popular ChineseNew Year around the corner,conclusion of thenegotiations were mosttimely.

"China is our mostvaluable tourism exportmarket. This agreement -along with the launch of therecent pilot program foronline visa applications byChinese visitors - means ourtourism sector is well primedfor 2015," Mr Robb said.

Recognising thesignificance of emergingmarkets in China, Mr Trusssaid that, for the first time,the new arrangementsprovide a separate pool ofcapacity dedicated to cities inChina other than Beijing,Shanghai and Guangzhou.

He noted that the capacityavailable for airports inChina's second and third tiercities is set at the same levelas major Chinese gatewaycapacity, which will helpaccommodate the demands ofthese rapidly growingregions.

"Airlines can continue tooffer unlimited passengerservices between China andregional Australian ports,such as Cairns, Adelaide,Darwin and the Gold Coast,ensuring tourism operators inour rural and regional areashave access to the lucrativeChinese tourism market," Mr

Truss said."Removal of unnecessary

regulation has also been apriority for the Government,and Chinese agreement toremove any requirements forgovernment approval ofairfares in China will furtherreduce regulatory burdens onAustralian airlines doingbusiness there.

"The AustralianGovernment is committed toensuring that we have theaviation capacity necessary tomeet future demand into andout of foreign markets andrecognises the potential ofAustralia as a prime tourismdestination within the Asia-Pacific region."

When operating services toand from all cities inAustralia other than theAustralian Major Gateways(Sydney, Melbourne,Brisbane and Perth), airlinesof both sides enjoy opencapacity.

When operating servicesbetween the Chinese MajorGateways (Beijing, Shanghai,Guangzhou) and theAustralian Major Gateways,airlines of both sides mayoperate the following:

• with immediate effect,26,500 seats each way eachweek;

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TOURISM FROM P. 7• from October 2015,

30,500 seats each way eachweek; and

• from October 2016,33,500 seats each way eachweek.

When operating servicesbetween all cities in Chinaother than the Chinese MajorGateways and the AustralianMajor Gateways, airlines ofboth sides may operate thefollowing:

• with immediate effect,26,500 seats each way eachweek;

• from October 2015,30,500 seats each way eachweek; and

• from October 2016,33,500 seats each way eachweek.

In addition, airlines ofboth countries linking anAustralian Major Gatewayand another city in Australiaas part of a multi-stopinternational service, mayoperate an extra 2,500 seats

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each way each week.A phased expansion of

traffic rights at beyond andintermediate points has alsobeen negotiated. By October2016, airlines of each sidewill be able to access anadditional three beyondpoints of choice (except forpoints in North America) and

an additional six intermediatepoints.

These rights provideaccess to Australian airlinesto fly beyond China to avariety of locations, includingEurope, and will offer greaterflexibility for airlines flyingto China via intermediatepoints in Asia.

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Debateon netsand cull

ANDREW POTTSANDREW.POTTS@NEWS.COM.AU

THE death of a surfer has reig-nited debate over the need forshark nets along the Queens-land and NSW coastline.

A pair of shark attacks injust 24 hours, including thedeath of surfer Tadashi Naka-hara yesterday morning, havesparked calls for nets and othermeasures to be introduced innorthern NSW

Drumlines and other sharkprotective measures have beenin place off the Gold Coastsince 1962 and their use hasbeen backed by prominent sur-fers and civic leaders as a“highly effective” protocol.

Surfers Paradise councillorLex Bell served on the councilwhen shark nets were intro-duced and said they had prov-en highly effective.

Cr Bell was mayor of theGold Coast in the 1980s whenfurther measures were intro-duced.

“Statistically the chance ofbeing taken by a shark is quitelow, with or without the netsand drumlines, but they offer agreat psychological reassur-ance for surfers,” he said.

“While the environmental-ists feel differently I believethey serve a purpose and areeffective.”

The Gold Coast has 27beaches and 11 of them haveshark nets.

The rest use a system ofdrumlines with baited hooks tocatch sharks.

Iron man Ky Hurst yester-

day took to social media sayingthe incident was tragic butcampaigning against a sharkcull, saying the ocean was theirback yard.

However Ballina MayorDavid Wright said he did notagree with the use of sharkcontrol measures and said in-stalling nets in the area wouldnot be possible.

“I do not support the issueat all and I have spoken outagainst nets being used be-cause too many innocent crea-tures get caught,” he said.

“Even if I wanted it, thecouncil could not possibly af-ford them because we wouldeffectively have to net 15km ofbeach and we do not have thatkind of money.”

Department of Fisheriesfigures for the 2013-2014 finan-

cial year show 667 sharks werekilled as part of shark controlprograms, while a further 100creatures, including turtles anddolphins, also died.

Tweed Heads-based formerpro surfer Mark Occhilupo ad-mitted nets and drumlineswere a “touchy subject” butsaid they worked well.

“It is a touchy issue but Ithink they do work, especiallyon the Gold Coast where wehave not had a shark attack ina long time,” he said.

“However, it is a matterwhich is always worth review-ing and revisiting.”

Gold Coast Tourism chair-man Paul Donovan said thedeath of Mr Nakahara was“incredibly sad” but believedthe Gold Coast was “lucky” tohave shark nets.

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Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD10 Feb 2015, by Andrew Potts

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City must turn out for sports

EDITORIALTHE Jekyll and Hyde nature of the GoldCoast’s relationship with sport could not bemore evident than right now.

On the one hand, soccer is on the as-cendancy in the wake of the enormousboost to the sport through Australia’s in-credible Asian Cup win. Brisbane Roar hasannounced it will play its rounds in theAsian Champions League at Robina.

But on the other hand Gold Coast indif-ference is threatening to kill off anotherimportant event in the sporting calendar,the All Stars rugby league clash, with fewerthan 10,000 tickets sold to Friday night’sgame at that same Robina stadium.

From a tourism perspective the Roardeal involving the Gold Coast makes plen-ty of sense, especially given the potentialfor Chinese, Korean and Japanese sportingfanatics to come to our tourism mecca tosupport their teams and then enjoy whatthe city has to offer. Indeed it is a market-ing dream for a city that lives on its repu-tation as a destination.

The Japanese side, Urawa Red Dia-monds, brought about 3000 Japanese fansto Sydney when it played there in 2007.

Ticket prices for the week-night Roargames will be $10 for adults and $5 forchildren, with Brisbane fans also travellinghere by train for free.

It’s a great marketing strategy to fill avoid as rugby league crowds have beendropping off while the Titans have strug-gled. League fans also complain of highentry fees and costs of food and drink.

The city’s poor record in crowd attend-ances also extends to an inability to hold onto national teams. Some franchises havehad to pack up and walk away, including –ironically – our A-League soccer side, Gold

Coast United.Over the years the city has also lost two

national baseball teams, two basketballfranchises, a national ice hockey leagueteam, and went for some years without arugby league side in the national competit-ion after the demise of the Chargers in1998, which had followed the Seagulls andbefore them, the Gold Coast Giants. Thecity did not claw its way back on to theNRL map until 2007, following a four-yearcampaign for the Titans to be admitted.

It was a similar story with the GoldCoast’s foray into Aussie rules. We had theBrisbane Bears from 1987 to 1992 – andthen the long haul to convince the AFL thecity had business and community supportfor the Gold Coast Suns.

So while excitement builds over theprospect of three Roar games on our turf,disappointment waits in the wings with theAll Stars league game, which may go theway of the Rugby Sevens and indeed anyrugby Tests here in the wake of poor crowdturnout. What is particularly sad is that theAll Stars concept enjoyed early success inreconciliation and as a sports event thanksto Titans hero Preston Campbell.

A small turnout on Friday night willamount to a warning shot across our bows.It is not a good look as the city fights toprove itself as a sporting destination in thecountdown to the Commonwealth Games.

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Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD10 Feb 2015

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INVESTIN THEREALWORLDA change of government should notmean a return to a time of fear andloathing among the business sectorQUEENSLAND could have anew Labor Government by to-night – and the state’s businesscommunity is nervous.

With good reason.The state’s business sector is

firing. Property prices are ris-ing, clearance rates are strong,tourism is buoyant and smallbusiness has reported a returnof confidence.

Ask anyone running a busi-ness about life before the LNPgovernment won office in 2012and they’ll tell you it was gruel-ling.

The GFC created a volatileoperating climate, which wasexacerbated by steep rises inpower and water prices, the re-sult of the Beattie/Bligh era.

The lucky ones are stilltrading. Many are not.

Peter Yared, president ofthe Gold Coast Central Cham-ber of Commerce, says it tookabout a year for the NewmanLNP state government leader-ship to take effect.

Now the Gold Coast is backto looking like the bolshie city

we all know and love.What the city needs to en-

sure a buoyant future is a sup-portive government, not onethat sees business as a cashcow to be milked dry.

All power to AnnastaciaPalaszczuk and her team fortheir election success, but let’s

call it for what it was. Theirswas an accidental win.Queensland Labor is the Ste-ven Bradbury of politics.

There is scant informationon what they plan to do andhow they plan to pay for it.

And that’s why the businesscommunity is worried.

Mr Yared, who works in thetourism industry, says the big-gest fear among the GoldCoast business community isthat international investmentin the city will stop.

“The Labor Governmenthas pretty much said they’renot going to go ahead with thecruise ship terminal; and theyhaven’t put their weight be-hind the light rail extension,”he says.

“There’s a lot of infrastruc-ture and investment projectsthat are so close to fruition andthe biggest fear is that nowthey will stop.

“If people stop investing inthis city it has major ramifica-tions for everyone.

“They need to get in thereand make these things happen,otherwise we’re going to havea very bad couple of years.”

What Labor politiciansshould acknowledge is that byreturning LNP candidates inall eight of the city’s elector-ates, residents essentially saidthey supported the big devel-

opment projects the LNP plan-ned for the Coast. Oppositionto these projects is akin tobeing against job creation.

On ABC radio late last weekALP Queensland State Sec-retary Evan Moorhead said hisparty would “grow jobs”.

He committed to creating6500 new public service jobs inteaching and nursing, a move,which will appease the vocalcritics of the Newman Govern-ment that controversially cut14,000 public sector jobs.

But anyone who runs abusiness knows you can’t haveit all. Tough times call for

tough measures and while Ifeel for the people who losttheir jobs in the public servicecuts, I also say “welcome to thereal world”.

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Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD10 Feb 2015, by Alice Gormam

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In the private sector there’sno such thing as a job for life.

What we do have inQueensland are 403,000 smallbusiness operators who em-ploy 50 per cent of private sec-tor workers.

And 66 per cent of thosesmall businesses operate insoutheast Queensland and Ibet many are nervous aboutwhat’s to come.

Will their efforts be valued

and respected or will they betrashed and held to ransom bya government of idealists?

It’s not until you’ve put yourown money on the line thatyou really respect how hard itis to be financially viable.

Sadly our likely new prem-ier and one-third of her teamhaven’t had to prove them-selves financially.

An article in the AustralianFinancial Review recently high-lighted that one-third of theALP’s new Queensland MPswere former union officials orparty advisers.

Annastacia is a career ad-viser who worked her waythrough the ranks of studentpolitics and ministerial advis-ory positions to finally win theseat of Inala, previously heldby her father Henry.

So in the months to come asLabor formulates a plan, I hopethey don’t undo all of the New-man government’s hard work.Yes they should listen to, andhave greater respect for, the

voting public. Government byslogan and slick PR does notwork. Ask Campbell Newman.

But the new governmentshouldn’t make change for thesake of change. Don’t wastemoney redesigning the gov-ernment logo and slogan; don’tchange the names of depart-ments, necessitating an ex-pensive change of stationaryand other collateral. Don’tcede to the influence of thefaceless union bosses. Governfor the good of all Queensland.

Focus on the big issues –starting with support for thestate’s key industries of tour-ism, resources, agriculture andconstruction.

Reduce red tape and let pri-vate enterprise flourish andprovide the jobs that you sayyou want.

Since the election, Laborapparatchiks have been quickto assure us “the business com-munity has nothing to fearfrom Labor”.

Now it’s time to prove that.

What the city needs to ensurea buoyant future is a

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Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD10 Feb 2015, by Alice Gormam

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Queensland Labor leader Annastacia Palaszczuk should listen to, and respect, the voting public. Picture: LIAM KIDSTON

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an airbridge too far

SIX thousand people, including the Premier Joh

Bjelke-Petersen, signed a petition in April 1980, demanding an international airport for Townsville.

Four months later the Federal Government allocated $5 million towards upgrading Townsville Airport at Garbutt, to enable international flights by February 1981.

Qantas, the only international airline allowed to operate in Townsville, flew in 122 passengers from Honolulu on the first flight, which arrived on February 10, 1981.

The Townsville Bulletin, which had organised the petition with Radio 4TO, welcomed the flight.

“The best guarantee of a golden future for North Queensland international tourism will be satisfied visitors who will become ambassadors for us,” the paper said.

Qantas regional director Robert Low put a slightly different point on view.

“Townsville is ready for

The first Qantas flight from Honolulu arrived inTownsville on this day, February 10, in 1981, amid doubts the city would become a legitimate tourist destination

international flights — butlet’s face it, I can’t believe that

every tourist coming fromAmerica or New Zealand isgoing to stay in Townsville,”he said. “Some are going to gonorth to Cairns and theTableland and south to theWhitsundays.”

Qantas initially offeredweekly services linkingTownsville with Auckland,Honolulu and Los Angeles.

Townsville’s campaign hadbegun a couple of years beforethe big petition, first throughthe North QueenslandInternational AirportCommittee, and later aTownsville AirportCommittee, chaired by the

managing director of Kern Brothers Ltd, Barry Paul. The Cairns Airport Development Committee emerged about the same time as the Townsville-based North Queensland committee, in January 1979.

Members of this committeeincluded Cairns Harbour Board chairman Mick Borzi, Ron Davis, George Chapman, Bill Allen, Tom Pyne and Sir Sydney Williams.

In 1980 the Federal Government approved Cairns as an international airport and set in train a major redevelopment in 1981 by vesting ownership in the Cairns Port Authority. The government also provided funding for expansion, which included lengthening of the runway to 2600m and

construction of a new terminal building.

The first stage of Cairns International Airport opened in April 1984, prompting Qantas to cut flights to and from Townsville, citing cost pressures. Qantas announced that flights from North America would be directed through Cairns and flights to Auckland and Singapore through Townsville.

In 1991 Qantas withdrew itsremaining international services from Townsville in favour of Cairns, explaining traffic through Cairns had risen 72 per cent since 1988.

The last Qantas flight fromTownsville to Auckland left on March 3, 1991.

IAN FRAZER

The best guarantee of agolden future

for NorthQueensland

internationaltourism will be

satisfiedvisitors whowill become

ambassadors for us

T O W N S V I L L E B U L L E T I N

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Townsville Mayor Mike Reynolds, in his robes of office, greets MrWei Chui ofAlberta, Canada, the first overseas visitor to alight atTownsville airport, on February 10, 1981.

Qantas international jumbo jets on the tarmac at Townsville airport c1991.

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Bristow gets fixed-wing option in Airnorth stakeGLOBAL helicopter service to the oil and gas industry, Bristow Group, has acquired an 85 per cent stake in regional airline Airnorth.

Bristow CEO Jonathan Baliff saidthe investment strengthened its position in Australia, allowing it to offer integrated fixed and rotary-wing logistics solutions, valued by its customers.

“We also gain access to key South-

East Asian markets where we do not currently operate,” Mr Baliff said.

Airnorth, based at Darwin, carriesmore than 350,000 passengers a year in scheduled and charter services to more than 20 destinations across three countries, including domestic services across the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland, and internationally to East Timor and the Philippines.

The airline operates services between Darwin and Townsville.

Airnorth’s headquarters will remainin Darwin and it will retain its name and brand identity.

It will continue to operate under Airnorth CEO Michael Bridge, who will remain on the board.

Simone Saunders will also remainon Airnorth’s board and in the role of director of finance and commercial.

Bristow will have three representatives on the Airnorth board.

Director of Bristow’s Australia Business Unit Allan Blake said many of its global clients were requesting transport between airports and bases as they sought to refocus on their core business.

“Recent tenders in Australia haverequested fixed-wing services,” Mr Blake said.

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Push forairport istaking offNOW is the time for takeoff,in Michelle Landry’sopinion.Time for take-off on theRockhampton “InternationalAirport” idea that is.The Member forCapricornia yesterday saidshe wanted internationalstatus for RockhamptonAirport back on the agenda.Her calls come after PrimeMinister Tony Abbott’sdeclared from March 1,Townsville Airport willreceive international flights.Ms Landry’s first step wasto form a committee of“major stakeholders”.“The issue we have is thecost around having customsand quarantine for theairport,” she said.“I don’t wantRockhampton’s push forinternational airport statusto focus primarily ontourism... we could look atother sources of strength inareas such as agriculture,where we could export cattleto Japanese markets.“We can only get this if wehave total communitysupport... projects like GreatKeppel Island will push ourcase.”Ms Landry yesterdayasked followers on socialmedia for their ideas.Two followers said:■ Robert Blyde: The onlyway this could happen is ifthe casino licence wasestablished in Rocky or atthe Capricorn InternationalResort and by forcing thelease holders of Keppel tomeet some obligations withconsequences to a timeframe and re-open theresort.

■ Sara Petersen: First weneed to get back morecompanies, not just Qantasand Virgin... and betterdirect flights, like Sydney,Cairns, etc. Screw theinternational status.

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Airlineto hire up to 40in CairnsSHANNON POWER

ONE of the airlines filling thevoid in Cape York is set to hireformer Skytrans staff and leasetwo new planes in a move toset up permanent services tothe region.

West Wing Aviation(WWA) was appointed to atwo-week emergency servicesarrangement after Skytransannounced it would cease allservices from January 5 thisyear.

The arrangement was ex-tended after other airlines, in-cluding NSW’s RegionalExpress (Rex), failed to pursuepermanent arrangements toservice the Cape.

WWA spokesman MichaelThinee said the demand forCape services was “goingthrough the roof”, and up to 40staff would be hired locally,

Mr Thinee said the newstaff would be 100 per centCairns based and WWA wouldhave a clearer idea of timelinesfor the start of its Cape Yorkservices by February 27.

“There are a few things weneed to work out like ad-ditional aircraft, staff andgoing through the CASA (CivilAviation Safety Authority)process,” he said.

Mr Thinee – a former Sky-trans general manager – saidhe had a good understandingof the Cape York market.

He admits that arrange-ments for permanent servicesto Cape York have gone aheadfaster than anyone could haveplanned.

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