A drastic proposal to Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will take her plan to national cabinet next week, with authorities to also discuss it with the federal government in coming days. But the proposal is understood to have stumped the Morrison Government because Queensland does not need Commonwealth approval for changes to its quarantine system as long as it meets guidelines established last year. Ms Palaszczuk s plan could only operate through existing international ports - meaning arrivals would need to land somewhere with capacity to process international passengers before they were shuttled to a regional community. Former federal Health Department boss Jane Halton, who led the Morrison Government s review into hotel quarantine, said there had been quite worrying changes to the virus that highlighted that quarantine systems would have to be adaptable.
A drastic proposal to Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will take her plan to national cabinet next week, with authorities to also discuss it with the federal government in coming days. But the proposal is understood to have stumped the Morrison Government because Queensland does not need Commonwealth approval for changes to its quarantine system as long as it meets guidelines established last year. Ms Palaszczuk s plan could only operate through existing international ports - meaning arrivals would need to land somewhere with capacity to process international passengers before they were shuttled to a regional community. Former federal Health Department boss Jane Halton, who led the Morrison Government s review into hotel quarantine, said there had been quite worrying changes to the virus that highlighted that quarantine systems would have to be adaptable.
Belfast s Out To Lunch festival goes online to serve up arts and culture events throughout January
Belfast s annual Out to Lunch Festival has returned in spite of the current lockdown, with a full menu of culturally stimulating online events to enjoy. David Roy rounds up this year s offerings Emer Maguire will be appearing at this year s Out To Lunch festival
Martin Lynch will be in conversation at this year s Out To Lunch festival
BELFAST S annual Out To Lunch Festival is all about kick-starting Belfast s cultural calendar with a post-New Year programme of arts and culture events served up throughout January in worker-friendly lunchtime slots and accompanied by delicious hot food.
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Prophets, Makers and Risk Takers: A Showcase of Writing from Northern Ireland. An exciting and unique one-day Writers’ Symposium, part of the Cathedral Quarter 2021 Out to Lunch Festival, that invites writers, readers and industry professionals from across the globe to explore writing from Northern Ireland.
The symposium will show the breadth of writing talent that Northern Ireland has to offer and is supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s Organisations Emergency Fund and the Department for Communities’ Covid-19 Social Enterprise Fund.
Curated by local author Jan Carson, the symposium aims to bring together leading voices in writing from across Northern Ireland (NI) to discuss how NI writers’ approach global issues and themes; how they are revisiting ideas associated with the history and politics of NI, how they are finding new ways to tell the stories, exploring what opportunities exist outside NI, ho
Community pride will make the Western Downs come alive this Australia Day, as the region comes together to celebrate all things great about our country,.