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This follows three recently positive COVID-19 cases transiting through Brisbane Airport.
Dr Jeannette Young said the mask wearing direction is in place for exactly this reason. Anyone flying on a plane is reminded to wear a mask at the airport and during the flight.
Picture: Alex Coppel.
“We know most of our positive cases are overseas acquired in people travelling to Queensland on planes,” she said.
“This is why the Australian Government mandated mask wearing on planes and in airports, and we have put in place a specific public health direction in Queensland to enforce it.
Mackay Airport has responded to overwhelming feedback from Mackay residents demanding more direct flight options for the region. A Mackay Airport spokeswoman said no locations for new flights had been ruled out, but the preferred options for a new direct service were Newcastle and Melbourne.
Daily Mercury readers flooded our Facebook page at the weekend with their suggestions, with Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Melbourne and Sydney the most popular travel spots mentioned. Direct flight to Gold Coast would be cool, Facebook user Jason Devine wrote. How s about direct flights to Melb (sic) being an option again? Post COVID and mainly during the AFL season, please and thank you, Daniel Taylor said.
“By next year, the Palaszczuk Government will have delivered 100 tourism infrastructure projects throughout the state, many of which are eco-tourism projects, and close to $400 million in new investment being delivered in partnership with the private sector right across Queensland.
“These projects are creating jobs, stimulating the economy in surrounding regions, and encouraging increased tourism in those areas.”
Other Eco-tourism projects include:
■$2.8m revitalisation of Green Mountains Campground in Lamington National Park (O’Reilly’s – open)
■Australia’s first underwater hotel on the Great Barrier Reef (open – $10m project / Queenslad Government funding $2.75m)
■$10 million Scenic Rim Trail and Queensland’s only Great Walk of Australia (Spicers – open)
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A Qantas flight from Mackay to Brisbane was today diverted to Rockhampton after a strange smell was detected in the cockpit.
A Qantas spokeswoman said passengers aboard QF2509 were unaware of the smell but the pilots made the decision to divert their flight path. A Mackay to Brisbane flight was diverted to Brisbane after pilots detected a strong smell in the cockpit. Picture: Flightstats.com
She said the pilots requested a priority landing to investigate the strong smell and landed normally, without incident in Rockhampton.
“It was not an emergency landing,” she said.
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