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QLD:Qld tourism deserves spotlight: industry19 Jan 2015AAP Newswire, Australia , National, AAP

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To improve Gold Coast roads, Scott Emerson, Transports Minister, QLD announced ...20 Jan 2015 7:31 AMABC Gold Coast, Gold Coast , 07:30 News, Newsreader

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To improve Gold Coast roads, Scott Emerson, Transports Minister, QLD announced LNP's $143m allotted funding from the leasing ofstate's asset to expand roads including Bundall Road in Southport. Emerson says the works will begin after election and shall befinished by the Commonwealth Games.

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Scott Emerson, Transports Minister, QLD

Hosts discuss the upcoming Qld election. Cath Webber, Gold Coast Bulletin editor, ...20 Jan 2015 8:11 AMGold FM, Gold Coast, Breakfast, Liz Cantor and Jason Matthews

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Hosts discuss the upcoming Qld election. Cath Webber, Gold Coast Bulletin editor, questions why Annastacia Palaszczuk,Queensland Opposition Leader hasn't visited the Gold Coast. Host believes Campbell Newman is happy to sit back and allow the LNPto shoot itself in the foot with negativity. Host says Gold Coast people want the 'light rail to heavy rail', clarity on the cruise-shipterminal, a definitive promise on bikie laws and a commitment that the Commonwealth Games will work. They discuss reports thatroads infrastructure in Qld's north is not keeping up with the population. Webber says Clive Palmer's comments are sad because heloves the Gold Coast. She notes page 6 of today's Bulletin reports on Palmer's vow that his party are promising a heavy rail toCoolangatta. She asks where the Bulletin has been unfair to Palmer. She says going on like this undermines him.

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Cath Webber, Gold Coast Bulletin Editor

TOP FLIGHT21 Jan 2015Cairns Post, Cairns QLD, General News, Nick Dalton

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QLD:Qld tourism deserves spotlight: industry

By Jamie McKinnell BRISBANE, Jan 19 AAP - Queensland tourism bosses want more of the spotlight on the industry in thestate election campaign given its enormous contribution to the economy. The Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC) on Monday joined a handful of regional tourismorganisations for a forum about the sector's priorities. "The core message is that already tourism is playing a critical role in the economy as a provider of jobsand as a provider of regional opportunities," QTIC chief executive Daniel Gschwind told AAP after theBrisbane meeting. Almost a quarter of a million people were directly or indirectly employed by the tourism and hospitalityindustries, which contributed around $18 billion to Queensland's economy each year, he said. But the economy would be challenged as other industries, including the resource sector, slowed down. "Economists globally predict strong continued growth for tourism and strong opportunities for Australia inthat growing global market," Mr Gschwind told AAP. He stressed the next Queensland government needed to support targets including an additional 56,000employees in the industry over the next five years in order to deliver $20 billion worth of activity. "Setting the policies right for an industry that's growing in this state and provides so many jobs is anabsolute key priority for the next government." It would need to deliver supportive infrastructure including road and aviation access and a regulatoryenvironment that encouraged private investment, Mr Gschwind said. "Given the importance of this industry as an employer, as a provider of export opportunities I think it doesdeserve a bit more attention," he said. Labor has promised an extra $40 million over four years to help grow tourism in Queensland. The Liberal National Party has splashed out on several big ticket infrastructure promises including $375million to create a major highway in regional Queensland, $150 million for a new stadium complex inTownsville and $500 million for the regions that would help upgrade 11 airports. AAP jmk/jsm/arb/

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4.3 million passengers: Airport hits record heights

TOP FLIGHTNICK DALTON

A RECORD 4.3 million passengersthrough Cairns Airport last calendaryear was driven by growth throughthe domestic terminal.

As well, the airport says it is on tar-get to exceed 4.55 million passengers

in a financial year for the first time.Airport chief executive Kevin

Brown said there had been a 1.7 percent increase in December 2014 com-pared to the previous year.

“Most routes that operatedthroughout the year from December2013 to December 2014 have shown

increased passenger numbers,” MrBrown said.

“This is encouraging to see. Themajority of the growth was for T2(domestic) passengers which includeabout 25 per cent international travel-lers. All airlines kept flights and seatsat levels seen last December.

“The domestic increase came asthey filled more seats on all theirroutes to Cairns.

“December is traditionally a busymonth domestically with localstravelling away for the festive seasonand visitors coming to Cairns for theirholidays. International numbers for

December were boosted by ChinaEastern’s Shanghai service but alsoimpacted by various factors, includingAir New Zealand changing its Auck-land service to seasonal and the with-drawal of Jetstar’s Cairns-Darwin-Singapore flight.”CONTINUED PAGE 4

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Cairns Post, Cairns QLD21 Jan 2015, by Nick Dalton

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Sky is not the limit as Cairns takes offFROM PAGE 1

“We are well on track tosurpass our previous full-yeartotal passengers number of4.55 million and expect this tobe further boosted in the2015-16 financial year as theintroduction of a direct SilkAirSingapore service and a directJetstar Bali service take full ef-fect,” Mr Brown said.

Figures in Decembertopped 396,500, up by 6700people or a 1.7 per cent in-crease. Travellers through theinternational terminal weredown by 1900 or 4.2 per cent to43,300 while throughput in thedomestic building was up by13,500 or 4.2 per cent to333,100. There were 20,100transit passengers.

Herron Todd White re-search director Rick Carr saidtotal passengers were up 3.1 percent last calendar year, slowerthan 2012 (7.1 per cent) and2013 (4.2 per cent), “but still ahealthy number.”

“December figures werequite good and it gels withhotel reports of a good Christ-mas-New Year as well as Port

Douglas getting back on itsfeet,” he said.

Mr Carr said overseas fig-ures were down due to the“chopping and changing” ofservices/capacities during theyear, including Jetstar to Dar-win changing from interna-tional to domestic.

“All the pointers are forcontinued healthy growth dur-ing 2015 as a result of moreconvenient international con-nections being establishedwith China, Bali and Singaporeand a more competitive Aus-tralian dollar.”

Tigerair Australia commer-cial director Adam Rowe saidCairns continued to be a popu-lar destination for the carrier.

A Jetstar spokesman saidthe airline was “very proud tocarry more passengers in andout of Cairns than any otherairline”.

“With the introduction ofour three times weekly serviceto Bali scheduled to launch atthe end of March, 2015 looksset to be another exciting year.”

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Tigerair launches $16 return flight tickets

NICK DALTON

BUDGET airline Tigerair iscranking up its airfare war witha new sales campaign offering$16 return tickets – if buyersbuy a full fare for their firstjourney.

The carrier launched thesale to mark carrying its 16 mil-lionth passenger.

Tigerair Australia commu-nications head Vanessa Regansaid that as Tigerair’s footprintcontinued to grow the airlineremained committed to beingthe “consumer champion”when it came to providingvalue and choice for Australianconsumers.

“Tigerair’s 16 millionth pa-ssenger sale offers Australians

the opportunity to buy a full-priced fare on their outwardjourney and pay only $16 forthe return leg, on a limitednumber of fares across the en-tire Tigerair network,” shesaid.

“There are tens of thou-sands of $16 seats on saleacross Australia.”

The sale continue until mid-

night on Friday or until ticketsare sold out.

They are available on flightsfrom Brisbane to Cairns andCairns to Melbourne and Syd-ney from April 21 to June 24.

The sale follows campaignslate last month offering $20one-way tickets from Cairns toBrisbane and return flightsfrom $79.

A Jetstar spokesman saidthe airline always encouragedcustomers to log on to its web-site and check out its price beatguarantee when a competitorstarted a sale.

“If a customer finds an eli-gible flight on the same routeat a comparable time, we’llbeat their price by 10 per cent,”he said.

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Slice of $60m ‘too little’THE tropical north’s tourismindustry has been challengedto compete for the LNP’sQueensland First $60 milliontourism fund because there are“no guarantees” of funding forthe region.

But the region’s tourismmarketing boss Alex de Waalhas called for a funding com-mitment for the region overand above what has beenpromised for the entire state.

Cairns MP and assistanttourism minister Gavin Kingsaid the Queensland First fundwould be used for events, cul-tural, sporting and film pro-duction, a $20 million drive

tourism package and the con-tinuing “attracting aviationfund” of $8 million.

“It’s a competitive fund overthree years for regions to com-pete in, so there are no guaran-tees for Cairns,” he said.

“All up it’s an $88 millionannouncement and commit-ment over and above the re-current funding that TourismQueensland already gets(about $100 million a year).

“In terms of Cairns it’s ab-solutely huge because 2014was (the region’s) biggest cal-endar of events.

“Whether that was NRL orAFL or Chinese New Year or

ATE, there was almost anevent a month.

“Cairns is becoming a realevents destination.”

Mr de Waal said tourismwas the lifeblood of the re-gion’s economy.

“It’s not rocket science. Ifthe LNP or Labor Party aretruly committed to creatingjobs and improving our econ-omy, then a significant in-creased investment in tourismwill pay dividends,” he said.

Priorities are approval ofthe $8.1 billion Aquis integrat-ed resort and the creation of aone-stop destination for Chi-nese tourists.

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4.2m visitors targeted

NICK DALTON

VOTE FOR TOURISM JOBS

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TOURISM leaders yesterday demanded the LNP details its policy for the $27 billion-a-year tourist industry — or risk a revolt at the polls. Cairns, Barron River and Cook are among the top eight electorates with the highest intensity of tourism employment — with some on a knife’s edge ahead of the January 31 ballot. Stephanie Riopelle and fellow Sailaway deckhand Greg Hoare, 22, (pictured) are among nearly a quarter of a million workers — and voters — who depend on tourism for a livelihood. FULL STORY PAGES 10-11

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CAMPAIGN: How The CairnsPost reported on the messagetfrom tourism leaders.

MORE than 4.2 million visi-tors a year will be needed inthe tropical north by 2020 toreach a target of $4.3 billion inannual tourism revenue.

In an election wishlist re-leased yesterday, TourismTropical North Queenslandhas set $4.3 billion as its rev-enue aim, requiring 4.23 mil-lion travellers from withinAustralia and overseas.

The wishlist outlines fivekey areas, headlined by the ap-proval of the $8.15 billion Aquisintegrated resort with its ca-sino licence, funding to attractnew direct flights, especiallyfrom China, and the creationof Cairns as a one-stop shopfor Chinese tourists.

Others include more roads,boardwalks, trails, tracks andtourism signs, infrastructurefor sports and other events andmore investment in Wi-Fi and4G networks for better tele-communications.

Tourism Tropical NorthQueensland chief executive

Alex de Waal said reaching the$4.3 billion target would createan extra $1.8 billion in visitorspending, 3750 jobs, 12,200rooms per night, 1600 flightsand 2000 cars on the road as

part of drive tourism. He saidthe region’s tourism contribut-ed $3.1 billion to the state’sgross state product and 22,000jobs.

“It is critical for the TropicalNorth Queensland commun-ity that these tourism infra-structure priorities areaddressed,” Mr de Waal said.

“These priorities are the keyeconomic enablers required tosupport the Government’sstrengthening of the four pil-lars of the economy in TropicalNorth Queensland.

“Our region is united in itscall for support of these priori-ties and Tourism TropicalNorth Queensland has beenconsistent in our messaging tothe local members, state mem-bers and wider community.”

Cairns MP and assistanttourism minister Gavin Kingwould not be drawn on thewishlist, except on Aquis.

“There’s nothing for us toannounce at this stage onAquis. We have repeatedly re-quested and said publicly andsaid at media conferences thatthe Fung family missed theirOctober 31 deadline to submittheir integrated resort devel-opment application, which isdisappointing,” he said.

“There’s still 13 days to go,we can’t announce everythingin one day unfortunately.”

Queensland Tourism In-dustry Council chief executiveDaniel Gschwind said employ-ment and investment in tour-ism would energise Queens-land’s prosperity and couldhelp improve the Tropical

North Queensland region’s 7.9per cent unemployment rate.

He said using the right ap-proach could see the TropicalNorth Queensland region takea bigger market share ofQueensland’s tourism growth.

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Resort tops tourism listGOLD Coast Tourism has putthe construction of an inte-grated resort in the Broad-water at the top of an electionwish list that calls for immedi-ate help from government tostop the industry’s decline.

The integrated resort devel-opment is one of three priori-ties highlighted by the peaktourism body, which is alsopushing for more marketingand events funding and a com-mitment to push Gold CoastDestination Tourism Manage-ment Plan goals.

Gold Coast Tourism chiefexecutive officer Martin Win-ter will today call on all partiesto recognise the challengesfacing the industry and the im-portance of the city in deciding

the future of tourism forQueensland.

“Irrespective of the (elec-tion) outcome, the incomingstate government must ac-knowledge tourism as one ofthe four pillars of Queens-land’s economy, with the GoldCoast alone injecting $4.5 bil-lion in visitor expenditure eachyear,” he said.

Mr Winter, who also point-ed out that 30,000 people inthe city were employed intourism, said if domestic visitorexpenditure continued to fallin Queensland it would have adevastating effect.

“Overnight domestic visitorexpenditure in Queensland fellby $212 million in the year end-ing September 2014,” he said.

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Labor sticks knife into $16.5 billion project

COALSHOULDERANTHONY GALLOWAY

LABOR’S commitment to the $16.5 billion Car-michael mine and the thousands of jobs it would bring to the North is under serious ques-tion.

Queensland Opposition Leader AnnastaciaPalaszczuk has ruled out funding the rail line connecting Abbot Point to the proposed coal mine – a move that would throw the huge pro-ject in doubt.

At Labor’s campaign launch yesterday, MsPalaszczuk also pledged not to fund dredging of Abbot Point or dump dredge spoil in wetlands

near the port. The LNP and Townsville Enter-prise say this would spell the death knell for In-dian company Adani’s megamine – which would be the largest in Australia and create 6000 new jobs – while environmental groups have praised the decision.

The Newman Government has pledged toco-invest in the rail line between the Galilee Basin and the coal port, expected to cost about $2.2 billion, but says it cannot reveal how many taxpayer dollars would be spent on building the infrastructure until its commercial negotiations are complete. FULL REPORT: pages 4-5

LABOR RULES ANTHONY GALLOWAYLABOR’S commitment to the$16.5 billion Carmichael mineand the thousands of jobs itwould bring to the North isunder serious question.

Opposition Leader Annas-

tacia Palaszczuk has ruled outfunding the rail line connect-ing Abbot Point to theproposed coal mine – a movethat would throw the hugeproject in doubt.

At Labor’s campaign launchyesterday, Ms Palaszczuk also

pledged not to fund dredgingof Abbot Point or dump dredgespoil in wetlands near the port.

The LNP and TownsvilleEnterprise say this wouldmean the death knell forIndian company Adani’smega-mine, which would cre-

OUT MINE CASH

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Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD21 Jan 2015, by Anthony Galloway

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ground.“With the known benefits to

the region, we encourage theALP to reconsider its decisionto reverse the current agree-ment if elected and adopt a bi-partisan approach to the Adaniproject, which is crucial to thegrowth of this region,” he said.

North Queensland Conser-vation Council co-ordinatorWendy Tubman said taxpay-ers should not be funding coalmines. “This is corporate wel-fare for an Indian coal mining

ate 6000 jobs.But environmental groups

have praised the decision.The Newman Government

has pledged to co-invest in therail line between the GalileeBasin and the coal port, ex-pected to cost about $2.2 bil-lion, but says it cannot revealhow many taxpayer dollarswould be spent on the infra-structure until its commercialnegotiations are completed.

Ms Palaszczuk said Laborsupported the development ofthe Galilee Basin but projectsneeded to stack up commercial-ly without taxpayer support.

“The Adani CEO (Jeya-kumar Janakaraj) himself hassaid that the project must becommercially viable in its ownright, and I agree with him,”Ms Palaszczuk said.

“Labor’s policy has alwaysbeen to ensure dredge spoilwas used to reclaim land at theport in order to facilitate anyfuture expansion, as opposedto the LNP’s plan of havingtaxpayers fund a private com-pany’s dredging and disposaloperations.”

Deputy Premier Jeff Seeneysaid that the two announce-ments meant under Labor thedevelopment of the GalileeBasin “will never happen”.

“Townsville will play amajor role in the developmentof the Galilee Basin because it’smuch further north than theBowen Basin, so this will costTownsville many thousands ofjobs,” Mr Seeney said.

“The Galilee Basin has zeroinfrastructure and it has to bebuilt from the start.

‘‘The Government needs tobe a part-funder of the com-mon-use infrastructure such asthe rail line ... and it’s very im-portant for major internationalinvestors to know the Govern-ment is onside and is support-ive of the project.”

Townsville Enterprisechairman Kevin Gill said StateGovernment support was vitalto get the project off the

company that has a lousy envi-ronmental record and cannotfind funding for the proposalon the open market,” she said.

Mundingburra MP DavidCrisafulli said that Labor hadmade the move to win inner-city seats in southeastQueensland.

“This week the LNP saved1000 mining industry jobs(pledging to change laws to ex-tend Glencore’s copper opera-tions) but now the Labor Party

has destroyed over 2000 jobs,”he said.

“You can’t come to NorthQueensland promising theworld and then slink back toBrisbane to betray us for a fewpreferences in southeastQueensland.”

Labor’s candidate forTownsville, Scott Stewart, saidthat he supported his leader’sdecision.

“The age of entitlement isover. This is where big corpo-

rations need to step up andtake responsibility for them-selves,” he said.

A spokesman for Adani saidit was a longstanding practiceof all governments to play akey role in the development ofgreenfield basins.

“Adani has consistently saidit will work closely with all ap-proving authorities in ensuringthat whichever option is pur-sued adheres to the best sci-ence and advice,” he said.

‘‘ You can’tcome to

North Queensland promising the

world and then slink back to

Brisbane to betray us for a few

preferences in southeast

QueenslandDAVID CRISAFULLI

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WORD ON THE STREETWhat is the biggestissue in Currumbin andwho will you vote for?

TERRY YANG, PALM BEACH, VOTING ALPI would like tosee the StateGovernmentcreate aworld surfingreserve in thearea toprotect the beaches.

SAM McCULLOCH, CURRUMBIN, ALPI want to see policies which protect our beaches.They are thebest thing we have here.

MIKE NELSON,TALLEBUDGERA, ALPEmploymentis the biggestissue we havehere so I wanta government which cancreate jobs and Newman can’t do that.

RICHARD SCARCE, PALMBEACH, UNDECIDEDI will vote forsomeone whowill chip in to theconstruction of more swimmingpools in Currumbin. Thereare none down here and it is a huge problem.

EMMA CHARLES, TUGUN, LNPWe need better transporthere and itwould begood to see the light railgo from Southport to the airport in Coolangatta.

JEREMY COGHLAN, CURRUMBIN, LNPThe light railneeds to be extended down hereand then tothe airportbecause wehave very little tourism infrastructure down here.

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Homes go to widen road PROPERTIES will be re-sumed to make way for thewidening of Bundall Rd.

The work is part of a $140million roadworks package an-nounced by the Newman Gov-ernment yesterday which isexpected to be completed bythe April 2018 Gold CoastCommonwealth Games.

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Premier happy to run his race against FIFOs without ‘invisible’ Abbott SARAH ELKS

TONY Abbott won’t hit the hust-ings with Campbell Newman un-less he’s invited for a “jointannouncement”, as the Premierinsists he doesn’t need “fly-in, fly-out politicians” to win the election.

Bill Shorten yesterday accusedMr Newman of hiding the PrimeMinister, the “invisible man”, fromQueensland voters for fear of hisfederal unpopularity spreading tothe Liberal National Party.

In his first public remarks sincereturning from holidays, MrAbbott gave his strongest indi-cation yet that he would not joinMr Newman on the campaign trailahead of the January 31 poll.

“(Mr Newman) wants to run hisown race, and who can blame himfor wanting to run his own race?”Mr Abbott said.

“He doesn’t need Tony Abbottor Julie Bishop or Joe Hockey tohold his hand. When there’s a jointannouncement to be made, we’llmake them.”

The absence of the Prime Min-ister from Queensland has doggedMr Newman since he called thesnap election, as the federal Oppo-sition Leader and a cavalcade ofsenior Labor politicians travelledto the state to push federal issuesinto the spotlight.

This month, The Australian re-vealed that unpopular federal bud-get measures could swing keymarginal seats from the LNP to

Labor, while a Galaxy poll in TheCourier-Mail showed that one inthree Queenslanders would vote

against the LNP because of federalconcerns.

Mr Newman yesterday dodged

questions about whether he’d toldMr Abbott to stay away.

“I’ve made it very clear to thePrime Minister what this electioncampaign is about,” he said, afterannouncing $80 million in tour-ism funding on the Gold Coast.

“It’s about a strong plan forQueensland and this team, which Ilead proudly, standing on our rec-ord with our vision for deliveringjobs in the future for Queensland.”

He attacked Mr Shorten andother Labor politicians’ involve-ment in Annastacia Palaszczuk’scampaign.

“We don’t need to be proppedup by people from interstate.Sadly, it is a lack of leadership inLabor … and that’s why they needpeople, fly-in, fly-out politicians, to

help them at this time,” Mr New-man said.

The Premier also refused to an-swer repeated questions fromjournalists about whether he visi-ted broadcaster Alan Jones’shome before the 2012 election andpromised to oppose the expansionof a Darling Downs coalmine.

“I said yesterday that I’d betalking about the things that mat-tered to Queenslanders in thiscampaign … I will not be com-menting on Alan Jones,” Mr New-man said.

On Monday, he describedJones — who will be broadcast onBrisbane radio for one hour everyweekday until January 31 — as just“a bloke from Sydney” who hadnothing new to say.

JACK TRAN

Campbell Newman hams it up at a Gold Coast radio station

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The Australian, Australia21 Jan 2015, by Sarah Elks

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Local travellers notfazed by weak AussieAirports December's data flies in the face of currency woesJamie Freed

The weaker currency appears to havedone relatively little to dampen theappeal of an overseas holiday duringthe Christmas period.

Sydney Airport and MelbourneAirport both reported growth in thenumber of Australian passport holderstravelling in the month of Decemberrelative to the prior year, despite the fallin the Australian dollar.

Sydney Airport reported a 1.9 percent rise while Melbourne Airportreported a 5.6 per cent rise, with thepercentage rise at Sydney Airport hold-ing above the national average 1.5 percent rise for 2014.

The Australian Bureau of Statis-tics has not released any official over-seas arrivals and departures data sincethe month of September as a result ofdata processing issues.

This has left the market lookingfor other ways to discern the effect ofthe lower dollar and weaker consumerconfidence on outbound travel.

In September, Australian outboundtravel growth slowed to just 0.8 percent, down from 5.1 per cent in Augustand 4.6 per cent in July.

Flight Centre Travel Group issueda profit warning in December butblamed its weaker-than-expectedresults on lower consumer confidencerather than the fall in the Australiandollar. Flight Centre said it expectedthat overseas travel growth rates hadbeen subdued in October and Novem-ber based on its bookings.

Sydney Airport's November figureshad shown just a 0.6 per cent rise inthe number of Australian passportholders travelling through the airport,well below the 7.3 per cent reported atMelbourne Airport in the same month.

Sydney Airport has been growing ata slower rate than Melbourne Airport,which lacks the curfew that applies toits northern counterpart

Sydney Airport reported a 2.8 percent rise in international passengerslast year, compared with an 8 per centrise for Melbourne Airport

CIMB had expected a 3 per centrise in international traffic at SydneyAirport and a 1 per cent rise in domes-tic traffic. Airports earn more moneyfrom international passengers thandomestic ones.

Domestic passenger growth at Syd-ney Airport was just 1.2 per cent last

year, while Melbourne Airport was2 per cent last year.

Brisbane Airport last week reporteda 5.5 per cent rise in international pas-sengers in 2014, the fastest growth ratesince 2005. Domestic passenger num-bers rose by a more modest 1 per cent

In total, Sydney Airport reported38.5 million passengers last year, com-pared with Melbourne at 31.7 millionpassengers and Brisbane at 22 million.

Sydney Airport chief executive Ker-rie Mather said the percentage of seatsfilled by international carriers had risenby 1.6 percentage points last year.

Australian travellers account forabout half of the international traffic atthe airport but the number of Chinesetravellers grew by 16.4 per cent last year.

"Growth in Chinese travellersthrough Sydney Airport accounted for50 per cent of foreign nationalitygrowth," Ms Mather said.

Melbourne Airport said Japan wasthe standout market for growth as aresult of new direct flights from Mel'bourne to Tokyo on Jetstar.

The number of Japanese passportholders passing through the airportgrew by 58 per cent versus 24.5 per centgrowth in Chinese passport holders.

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CEO KerrieMathersaysChinesetravellersaccountfora growing proportionof Sydney Airport traffic. PHOTO: SASHAWOOLLEY

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Australian Financial Review, Australia21 Jan 2015

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Marriott Resort and Spa a $100m opportunityMercedes Ruehl

The Surfers Paradise Marriott Resortand Spa on the Gold Coast has been putup for sale by Indonesia's RajawaliProperty Group and price expectationsare said to be as high as $100 million.

The sale comes as the Gold Coasttourism market strengthens off theback of the drop in the Australian dol-lar. It also follows the several high-profile five-star hotels selling in thepast 12 months including the SofitelWentworth Hotel, Sheraton on thePark in Sydney and the Sheraton NoosaResort and Spa.

The signature five-star hotel under-went a $20 million refurbishment in2011 and now the Indonesian group -after several off-market approaches -wants to sell in order to focus its capitalon its core business in Asia.

McVay Real Estate has been exclu-sively appointed to manage the sale."The market fundamentals arestrengthening at a great pace," SamMcVaysaid.

"A combination of the drop in theAustralian dollar, increased domesticand international airline capacity andthe upcoming 2018 CommonwealthGames create a market that is primedfor growth."

The Surfers Paradise Marriott is a28-level tower with 329 guest roomsand suites. Marriott has a long-termhotel management agreement until2024 with another 10-year option.According to McVay, the hotel's trad-ing performance since the completionof the refurbishment near four yearsago has improved.

The 1.74-hectare freehold waterfrontsite has tennis courts on the southernedge that could be developed in thefuture. There is potential for a residen-tial tower and also an expansion of theexisting Marriott marina, althoughboth are subject to council approval.

The hotel features a heated saltwaterlagoon pool, which includes a man-made reef and live fish for snorkelling.

It also has one of the largest conferencefacilities on the Gold Coast

Mr McVay said it is the perfect timeto offer a five-star hotel for sale in Aus-tralia given demand from all investortypes. Local players to new Asianentrants are showing unprecedentedinterest in hotel assets.

The landmark Sheraton Noosa onQueensland's Sunshine Coast sold to

the local Karedis and Laundy familiesfor about $110 million last year.

Sunshine Insurance Group becamethe first Chinese insurance group toinvest in directly in Australian propertyafter buying the Sheraton on the Parkin Sydney. A wide field of buyers is alsolikely to chase the Hilton Sydney andWestin Sydney, both of which areexpected to change hands this year.

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Australian Financial Review, Australia21 Jan 2015, by MERCEDES RUEHL

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The Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort and Spa on the Gold Coast underwent a $20 million refurbishment in 2011.

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Australian Financial Review, Australia21 Jan 2015, by MERCEDES RUEHL

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Xenophon queries Rex donations EXCLUSIVE

ANTHONY KLANAVIATION

INDEPENDENT senator NickXenophon has called large politi-cal donations by listed regionalairline Rex “incredibly baffling”and said he would be buyingshares in the company so hecould press board members onwhy the donations were made.

Mr Xenophon, who led a Sen-ate committee inquiry into muchcriticised government investiga-tion into the crash of a Rex-owned passenger plane offNorfolk Island, said the airlinehad an “obligation” to disclosewhy the donations were made.

Between July and November2012 — amid a three-year inquiryinto the Norfolk Island crash —Rex made a $250,000 donationto the ALP, $95,700 to the federalNationals and $40,000 to theLiberal Party. This made thesmall airline one of the biggestpolitical donors in the country.

“Rex is a public company andit had an obligation to explainwhether even one (word) regard-ing the crash was spoken withany of the political parties,” MrXenophon told The Australian.

“This largesse to political par-ties is inexplicably baffling and Iwill be buying some shares in Rex

and asking them to explain it.”Rex spokeswoman Alicia

Chapple has declined to respondto repeated questions from The

Australian this week regardingthe donations and other matters,saying that the airline did “not seethe need to devote additional re-sources to this matter”.

The airline had earlier incor-rectly claimed it had made no do-nations to the LNP; however,when shown otherwise, MsChapple said the airline hadmeant it had made no donationsto the Queensland LNP.

Of particular interest wasRex’s $250,000 donation to thefederal ALP given the airline wasa highly vocal critic of the Laborgovernment.

In 2013 Rex publicly said theALP was “hellbent” on destroy-ing regional aviation and “alongwith it pretty much the rest of theeconomy”.

Mr Xenophon said it appearedto defy reason why Rex woulddonate heavily to a government itwould shortly afterwards de-

scribe as “destroying its industry”.“Perhaps Rex had a case of

Stockholm syndrome?” he said.In 2009 a Rex aeroplane —

operated under the group’s Pel-Air brand — ditched into theocean with six passengers onboard, badly injuring one.

A lengthy Australian Trans-port Safety Board investigationblamed the Pel-Air pilot involvedin the crash but failed to mention57 breaches or “serious deficien-cies” at Pel-Air.

Mr Xenophon headed a Sen-ate committee inquiry into thatbotched investigation, which ledto the federal government lastmonth calling on the ATSB to re-open the investigation.

Rex has also come under thespotlight after it was last yearawarded a series of key Queens-land government contractswhich had previously been heldby Cairns-based rival Skytrans.

Rex hasn’t responded to questions about its donations

Rex is a public company and it had an obligationto explain whether even one (word) regarding thecrash was spoken with any of the political partiesNICK XENOPHON, FEDERAL SENATOR

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The Australian, Australia21 Jan 2015, by Anthony Klan

Business News, page 19 - 229.00 cm²National - circulation 116,854 (MTWTF)

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Premier opens his tourism wallet and finds $80mPREMIER Campbell New-man spent most of yesterdaycampaigning on the GoldCoast, announcing $80 mil-lion in tourism funding.This announcement camea day after the QueenslandTourism Industry Councilcalled for a commitmentfrom political parties toensure tourism was stronglysupported.Labor has previouslyannounced $40 million to bespent in tourism.Yesterday Mr Newmanannounced $20 million toupgrade roadside rest stopsand better signage while $60million would go towards aFirst Tourism Fund overthree years to help attractmajor international sportingevents, blockbuster films,

television shows and majorcultural events to Queens-land.“This fund will supple-ment support for Tourismand Events Queensland,Screen Queensland andother promotion and mar-keting by government,” hesaid.Yesterday Mr Newmanvisited the set of Pirates ofthe Caribbean 5 at a secret

location on the Gold Coast.Meanwhile, Deputy Pre-mier Jeff Seeney hit at yes-terday’s Labor announce-ment that it would scrap theRoyalties for the Regionsprogram if elected.While Labor promised anextra $200 million under ascheme for regional Queens-land, Mr Seeney said theLNP created Royalties forthe Regions to fund infra-structure works that Laborhad neglected for 20 years.He said the LNP deliveredon their commitment of $495million over four years tolocal areas.“We have announced wewill provide another $500million to this critical pro-gram if we are re-elected,”he said.

❝This fund willsupplementsupport fortourism ...

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