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Travel by Darren Cartwright   Major cruise lines are pinning their hopes on the success of recent COVID-safe voyages in Asia to convince the federal government to allow them to sail again in Australian waters. For the past few months, Royal Caribbean and Dream Cruises have been cruising within Singaporean waters without a recorded case of COVID-19, says Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasian spokesman Joel Katz. Dream Cruises have a...

Travel by Darren Cartwright   Major cruise lines are pinning their hopes on the success of recent COVID-safe voyages in Asia to convince the federal government to allow them to sail again in Australian waters. For the past few months, Royal Caribbean and Dream Cruises have been cruising within Singaporean waters without a recorded case of COVID-19, says Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasian spokesman Joel Katz. Dream Cruises have a...

The cruise industry says it is ready to return to Aussie waters after months of successful COVID-safe voyages in Asia.

The cruise industry says it is ready to return to Aussie waters after months of successful COVID-safe voyages in Asia.

Open-shut case: Tourism industry ‘punch-drunk’ on border changes Save Normal text size Advertisement Tourism industry heavyweights are pushing for federal and state leaders to agree on how to manage future COVID-19 outbreaks, as Queensland continues to shift the goalposts on border decisions. A surge of southern visitors was expected to boost ailing tourism operators around Queensland in the lead-up to Easter, after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced on Thursday border restrictio...

The CFMEU and Electrical Trades Union have launched a multi-platform campaign arguing that a group of key crossbench senators should vote down the legislation entirely.

Thursday marks one year since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Queensland. Less than a month into 2020, the state was recovering from a summer of devastating bushfires and residents and authorities were bracing for cyclone season. A cleaner in the otherwise vacated King George Square in Brisbane. Credit:Tertius Pickard By March, the nation was in lockdown and Queenslanders could be fined for leaving their homes. The global tally of coronavirus cases has surpassed 100 million and more ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been mocked in a new mural, painted on the side of a pub in time for Australia Day. The mural shows Mr Morrison dressed like Captain James Cook - in a powdered white wig and white pants and shirt with a blue lapelled jacket with knee high black boots. Mr Morrison is also wearing a Hawaiian lei, and holding a Pina Colada in the air, and looks to be bleeding from the chest, where hes been speared with a flag pole. Artist Scott Marsh told news.com.au hes wante...

Sydney’s east is set for a big year in 2021. Picture: John Appleyard News by Stephen Nicholls 26th Jan 2021 2:47 PM Real estate agent Brad Caldwell-Eyles can pinpoint the exact day last year that COVID-19 rattled his world, with the loss of $40m in transactions that were poised to exchange. "It was March 23, and we had a zoom call with our accountants at 11am … they said this is the real deal, its time to batten down t...

Sydney’s east is set for a big year in 2021. Picture: John Appleyard News by Stephen Nicholls 26th Jan 2021 2:47 PM Real estate agent Brad Caldwell-Eyles can pinpoint the exact day last year that COVID-19 rattled his world, with the loss of $40m in transactions that were poised to exchange. "It was March 23, and we had a zoom call with our accountants at 11am … they said this is the real deal, its time to batten down t...