Jetstar and Virgin planes on the tarmac at Sunshine Coast Airport.
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The Sunshine Coast has been revealed as one of the major winners in the federal government’s half-price airfare initiative.
Designed to stimulate domestic travel within Australia, 800,000 half-priced fares were made available through airlines and travel agents on April 1.
The flights, taking off between April 1 and the end of September, were part of the federal government‘s $1.2bn tourism support package.
Since going on sale, about 663,000 of the discounted fares were already purchased with the final few expected to sell within days.
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âGet a steak into you, put some tomato sauce on it, maybe mushroom sauce.yum!â
That was Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormackâs response to activists calling for Rockhamptonâs iconic Beef Australia event to be canned.
Launched in Australiaâs Bicentennial year, 1988, Beef Australia, Rockhamptonâs flagship triennial event, has injected countless millions of dollars into the regionâs economy and advanced the nationâs beef industry throughout its 33 year history.
But People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has labelled Beef 2021 âa gruesome eventâ. PETA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokeswoman Emily Rice has called for Beef Australia 2021 to be canned, labelling the festival âgruesomeâ. Picture: Supplied
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The nation âowes Gladstone a debt of gratitudeâ for helping keep Australiaâs economy turning during COVID, Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack says.
With limited impact from the pandemic, the regionâs agriculture and resource industries continued to power ahead, Mr McCormack said, contributing billions to the economy.
The Nationals leader was in Gladstone on Tuesday, to announce $10 million in funding for a hydrogen knowledge centre and the beautification of Auckland Hill.
Mr McCormack said the port city had been an âeconomic powerhouseâ helping drive export income and provide valuable economic contributions.
âThis nation owes Gladstone a debt of gratitude for what it has done through COVID,â he said.
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Gladstone Regional Council and Gladstone Ports Corporation have thanked the Federal Government for $10m in funding that will help industry, tourism and economic growth.
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack was in Gladstone on Tuesday to announce the funding for a hydrogen knowledge centre and to beautify Auckland Hill.
Gladstone region Mayor Matt Burnett said the investment would provide the community with many opportunities and thanked the Australian Government for its commitment to strengthening the area’s economic and tourism growth.
“Council recently facilitated the transfer of Auckland Hill to the Gladstone Ports Corporation to enable further development of the East Shores precinct,” Mr Burnett said.
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