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Premium Content  Queensland s battered tourism industry has suffered a $13 billion wipe-out as the full cost of the coronavirus pandemic can finally be laid bare. New figures from Tourism Research Australia show Queensland s tourism industry - a $26 billion empire at the end of 2019, was slashed in half last year as international travel bans, border closures, and COVID outbreaks decimated travel. In an encouraging sign, Queensland has weathered the storm better than major rivals NSW and Victoria, but some have questioned whether the State Government is doing enough to help kickstart tourism s revival. There are also fears of more dark times ahead as the full impact of the end of JobKeeper comes into effect, with dire predictions that up to a quarter of Queensland s 40,000 tourism businesses could go broke before emerging from the pandemic.
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By Jerrie Whiteley
Herald Democrat
In a world where everything has been changed, it seems, reading books in one way many people dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, Sherman Public Library s Adult Services Librarian Sunny Purdin said both library staff and patrons have had to make adjustments to keep everyone safe.
Purdin released the following list of the most checked out books of the year for the library. However, she cautioned, that list does not include the books that were checked out digitally through services like Libby.
Digital books have been really big during the pandemic. Those who wanted to be able to flip their books pages with their actual fingers were able to access the library s stacks in several ways.