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Saturday, December 09

How Covid set tourism back five years and wiped out $153 billion in spending

The Covid pandemic wiped out $153.6 billion in tourism expenditure between March 2020 to June 2022, according to new data from the Federal Government’s Austrade.

Quarantine scrapped by next month as NSW throws hand grenade into national plan

Australia’s fractured national reopening plan has been thrown further into chaos after NSW decided to go it alone in scrapping quarantine, catching Queensland authorities by surprise.

Several quarantined travellers have attempted to escape the Pacific International Hotel in Cairns but one allegedly succeeded this week. (Image: Supplied)

Quarantined traveller ‘jumped balconies, broke door’ to escape, see mum

A woman who allegedly escaped hotel quarantine in Cairns to visit her mother is now staying in the watchhouse. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says there are rules for a reason.

Four steps to the other side: PM outlines plan to unlock borders, crush COVID

State and federal leaders have agreed to a four-phase plan to get Australia’s battle against the COVID pandemic back on track, including slashing the number of people allowed back in the country and using lockdowns as a last resort to fight the virus.