Cut-price airfares an incentive for open borders: PM
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The offer to subsidise 800,000 air fares in a bid to buttress the international tourism sector should stop the states from closing their borders in the event of a coronavirus outbreak, the federal government said.
The cut-price ticket offer, which aims to flood regions heavily dependent on international tourism with domestic holidaymakers, pointedly pays half the air fares of 32 interstate flights and only one intrastate flight â that between Adelaide and Kangaroo Island.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison leaning out of a Qantas plane on Thursday ahead of announcing the $1.2 billion industry package. Â
Seven reasons why Tasmania s Tamar Valley is better to visit than France s Champagne
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Let s face it, none of us are going wine tasting in France any time soon. But the world s second best sparkling wine region (behind Champagne) is right under our noses… in northern Tasmania.
And get this; the Tamar Valley might be second best for sparkling wine quality, but it s arguably better for a sparkling wine tasting holiday. Here s seven reasons why Tasmania s Tamar Valley wine region might be better to visit than Champagne…
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The sparkling wine here is considered second only to Champagne
Because of its latitude and unique agricultural conditions, the Pipers River section of the Tamar Valley wine region (it s in the north-east corner of the valley) is considered to produce the greatest sparkling wine on earth outside of Champagne. In the 1980s, winemakers from iconic champagne house, Louis Roederer, scoured the world looking for the best place to make sparkling wi