
Qantas tips a profit that even outstrips its Covid tax-payer handouts
After huge losses and a taxpayer bailout during Covid, Qantas has forecast a pre-tax profit of about $2.4 billion for 2023.
After huge losses and a taxpayer bailout during Covid, Qantas has forecast a pre-tax profit of about $2.4 billion for 2023.
Just an hour after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk declared the political bickering with the federal government over the handling of the pandemic should stop, her deputy has ratcheted up the attack.
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Pressure is mounting on zero-COVID states to reopen their internal borders, as international travel recommences in Australia.
Thousands of people are trying to get into Queensland from interstate amid uncertainty about when the state government will open to the rest of Australia.
The post-COVID opening up of Australia’s international borders and lifting of restrictions to allow events, tourism and large gatherings was likely to heighten the risk of terrorist attacks, according to Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews.
Even when the border bubble is reinstated on Monday, essential workers will be required to show evidence they have had at least one dose of vaccine.