New attractions for theme park fantastic for the Gold Coast13/05/2021|6min
Adoni Media Managing Director Leisa Goddard says a Gold Coast theme park s investment into new thrill rides is fantastic news for an industry that has been so dependent on the international tourism dollar. From a tourism perspective it s great news. We know how tough the Gold Coast has done it and how dependent they are on the international tourism dollar and that s not going to be coming into Australia anytime soon, she told Sky News host Peter Gleeson. The Gold Coast is built as the playground for Australia - if they can put more attractions in there that s fantastic.
Anthony Albanese has a long way to go : Leisa Goddard13/05/2021|4min
Federal Labor Leader Anthony Albanese has a long way to go as his ALP voters do not support him as the preferred prime minister, according to Adoni Media Managing Director Leisa Goddard. When you look at the polling, 41 per cent of ALP voters alone aren t supporting Albanese as preferred prime minister. He has a long way to go, she told Sky News host Peter Gleeson. His big thing tonight was about jobs - well if you talk to anybody in the resource sector they think Labor s abandoned them.
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Australia needs to ‘focus on mental health’ going forward: Gleeson10/05/2021|5min
Sky News host Peter Gleeson says there’s been some extraordinary stories come out of the “post-COVID funk” and the area which Australia needs to concentrate on going forward is mental health.
“Because while many people have been fortunate to get JobKeeper, JobSeeker, and a raft of concessions that have helped them through this, there are many out there that haven’t, he said.
“And their mental health has suffered.”
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Josh Frydenberg has ‘really come into his own’10/05/2021|4min
Sky News contributor Caleb Bond says federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has “really come into his own” over the last couple of years.
“He’s shown that he is adaptable, and that he is willing to do the things that need to be done, and has come up with good policy,” he told Sky News host Peter Gleeson.
“If it weren’t for JobKeeper and JobSeeker we would be in a far worse economic position than we are today.
“And that was a pretty quick, decisive bit of policy that was put in place for the good of the nation.”
South Australians could vote on extended shopping hours10/05/2021|2min
South Australians could be given the opportunity to vote on the extension of shopping hours under the first referendum in 30 years.
The Advertiser is reporting the public would vote on the issue at the election next March.
Sky News contributor Caleb Bond says he suspects the push won’t get up given they have tried to deregulate shopping hours before” and the upper house “has said no”.
“I suspect in this case what they will do is say no again to the possibility of taking this to a referendum,” he told Sky News host Peter Gleeson.