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Annastacia Palaszczuk arrives in Tokyo for Olympic vote despite petition demanding she stay in Queensland
More than 130,000 Australians signed a petition demanding the Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk be denied travel to Tokyo after she led calls to slash the cap of international arrivals Down Under.
Zoe ZaczekDigital Reporter
July 19, 2021 - 9:30AM
Annastacia Palaszczuk has touched down in Tokyo for the Olympics despite more than 130,000 Australians signing a petition demanding she stay put in the Sunshine State.
The Queensland premier and Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner transited through Sydney and boarded a flight to the Japanese capital overnight ahead of the International Olympic Committee vote on Wednesday.
Petition for Annastacia Palaszczuk be denied the right to travel to Tokyo hits 120,000 signatures
More than 120,000 Australians have signed the petition for the Queensland Premier to be refused an exemption to travel to Tokyo.
Crystal WuDigital Reporter
July 17, 2021 - 6:33AM
Outraged Australians have blasted Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk s decision to fly out to Tokyo amid Australia s COVID-19 crisis.
The petition calling for Ms Palaszczuk to be denied the right to travel while many Australians are still stranded overseas, has reached more than 120,000 signatures. Annastacia Palaszczuk has successfully advocated for a brutal and heartless halving of Australian quarantine spaces, making it even more difficult for Stranded Australians to return home, the change.org petition wrote.
Airlines flying zero passenger flights will have to rely on carrying cargo and outbound passengers to make the routes financially sustainable, however some are expected to halt services to Australia entirely as a result of the new caps.
Rather than cleanly halving the number of passengers each flight can carry, the new passenger limits, which airlines must comply with by 14 July, appear to incentivise airlines decreasing route frequency to allow them to group their passenger allowances into fewer, more financially sustainable flights.
One-third of all flights into Sydney have been given zero passenger allocations, while the remainder will only be allowed to carry between 25-26 passengers. Sydney’s weekly flight cap will be halved to 1,505 from 14 July – the largest of any airport.
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