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Army vehicle mechanic Warrant Officer Class Two James Gorman inspects a G-Wagon in the workshops of the 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment

"If I had half a dozen more staff I could have them on full time." In fact, the shortage of good chefs has impacted the operations of restaurants and hotels. "There are a lot of hotels that are restricting their access to in house guests only," Mr Karras said. "Australia has relied on backpacker chefs here for too long." President of the Australian Culinary Federation's Cairns branch, Brian Down, said trainees could get a start as a basic cook by completing a Cert II in cookery at TAFE. "You can complete courses quickly according to your ability," Mr Down said.

Am I missing something? Perhaps Australia no longer needs tourism dollars, even domestic tourism dollars?

Australia’s charitable, not-for-profit and community-owned hotels offer travellers a chance to book a break that gives back

Premium Content Subscriber only Southeast Queensland was smashed by severe thunderstorms on Wednesday evening, with giant hail, 100,000 lightning strikes, flash flooding and damaging winds. Brisbane’s peak-hour traffic was thrown into chaos with suspended trains, traffic light outages, flash flooding and hour-long delays to commuters through key inner-city routes. Energex reported about 11,000 properties without power at 6.30pm, most on the Sunshine Coast. Flash flooding was reported across Brisbane, with at least two vehicles caught in floodwater at Moorooka. Rain gushes in through the b...