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Australia shouldn't open up the borders to any more countries until the national coronavirus vaccine rollout in completed, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says. The state government is in talks with airlines to restart direct flights from New Zealand to regional tourism destinations as soon as the travel bubble opens on April 19. Ms Palaszczuk is keen for cross-Tasman tourism to resume, but she's wary about opening the international borders to more countries. Australia shouldn't open up the borders to any more countries until the national coronavirus vaccine rollout in completed, Que...

A former governor of Papua New Guinea has died of coronavirus in Australia. Businessman Malcolm 'Kela' Smith, 77, died in Queensland after being flown to Australia with the virus on March 28. He spent more than a week in ICU at Redcliffe Hospital, north of Brisbane, before passing away on Monday. READ MORE: Malcolm Smith was flown to Australia last month.(Nine) The former Australian Defence force member owned businesses including Pacific Helicopters, and set up a charity for underprivileged children in Australia, the Kela Foundation. Papua New Guinea MP Robert Agarobe called Mr Smith, who was...

Ms Palaszczuk described Mr Smith's death as "tragic" and offered condolences to his family. "He was a very sick gentlemen … I want to thank our staff who looked after him and took care of him," she said. Mr Smith had been medevaced from PNG on March 28 and was being treated in the intensive care unit at Redcliffe Hospital, north of Brisbane. Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said Mr Smith was transferred as an "urgent aeromedical retrieval". "He wasn't infectious at that time, which is why he was treated at Redcliffe ICU," Dr Young said. "I'm very grateful to the staff who managed hi...

"My aviation life with Malcolm Kela Smith was a love-and-hate relationship as competitors, and we had our moments, however we were best of friends who shared more than a few beers together and assisted each other in times of need when it came to work," Mr Agarobe wrote. "We both had the utmost respect for each other as brothers and aviators." The PNG Post-Courier newspaper reported that the businesses owned by Mr Smith in Goroka in the Eastern Highlands had closed on Monday, following confirmation of his death. Mr Smith was the owner and founder of Pacific Helicopters PNG, as well as a local ...