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Qantas to do regional routes – if demand is there
Qantas are willing to pick up regional flights such as Sydney to Merimbula 'if the demand is there.' Subtext:
Baby steps back to normality for COVID safety in NSW #CutRedTapeCreateJobs
“You’ve just got to be balanced. The economic impact of this, everybody knows, is a health hazard in its
The price of ripping off AU consumers: $7m
ACCC has fined ticket reseller Viagogo $7m for ‘misleading Australian consumers’ by charging significantly more than its advertised price
Budget 2020: How to take advantage in tourism + hosp
The federal government's lauded JobMaker scheme will subsidise the wage of any person in a new job between 16
See it here: Tourism & Hosp. Traineeships + Apprenticeships
Which traineeships and apprenticeships can tourism and hospitality businesses employ as part of the Australian federal government's October 2020
Workers can’t live or train in overflowing regions
Dannielle Hart (right) runs an accommodation service and brewery in Broome, Western Australia. Source: Supplied. TTN, 12th September 2020: The
Good riddance: Scourge of TigerAir gone from skies
TTN 11th Sep 2020 - The Tigerair brand has been ditched by the new capital owners of what was
Answer to wage theft is in monitoring: TTN
We know that wage theft has been a model for major franchisors and in hospitality - and we know
Singapore getting closer with extra routes ex Cairns and Darwin
Silk Air have increased flights from northern centres to Singapore as Qantas and Virgin cut back on less profitable
Restaurant gets in one last cover before evacuation
Compliance issues are being investigated after a Victorian authority ordered evacuation, but dinner guests were hastily served hours later. Docklands
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- NT
ANZAC Travel Bubble opens as baby step to international
The NZ/ Australia bubble has opened one-way. Mandatory AU hotel quarantine still applies, but it's a start. Air NZ says
National Parks director pushed out over indigenous sacred sites
Accountability is front of mind across indigenous sacred sites as NT and WA tourism heats up. TTN - 16 Oct
1000 jobs funded in tourism facilities, World Heritage Areas
Tourism, world heritage and environment funding to aid COVID recovery From smh.com.au, 1st October 2020 World Heritage Areas and tourism facilities
Government already claims ‘ownership’ of Indigenous flag
It's hard to take public pride in indigenous culture when the flag is owned commercially. The Tourism News is following
Singapore getting closer with extra routes ex Cairns and Darwin
Silk Air have increased flights from northern centres to Singapore as Qantas and Virgin cut back on less profitable
- WA
Goodbye Sizzler – value not there for Aussie consumers
"...Diners based on value-for-money servings were no longer popular in Australia, particularly with millennials and Generation Y parents in
1000 jobs funded in tourism facilities, World Heritage Areas
Tourism, world heritage and environment funding to aid COVID recovery From smh.com.au, 1st October 2020 World Heritage Areas and tourism facilities
Twiggy’s Tattarang establishes major attraction
Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's investment company has turned its sights to tourism, especially Western Australian tourism, by laying out plans
Workers can’t live or train in overflowing regions
Dannielle Hart (right) runs an accommodation service and brewery in Broome, Western Australia. Source: Supplied. TTN, 12th September 2020: The
Whale incident as legalisation nears in WA
Woman injured in incident with two humpback whales while swimming off Exmouth By Heather McNeill for WA Today, August 3,
- QLD
QLD outback film festival gets intrastate surge #CutRedTapeCreateJobs
Winton's Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival (VSOFF) is 35% up on its best ever year of ticket sales thanks
Goodbye Sizzler – value not there for Aussie consumers
"...Diners based on value-for-money servings were no longer popular in Australia, particularly with millennials and Generation Y parents in
Hanson denies knowledge of $500k Mission Beach plunder
Pivotal Queensland party One Nation ploughed $500k into an investment group that are keeping Mission Beach property tied up
1000 jobs funded in tourism facilities, World Heritage Areas
Tourism, world heritage and environment funding to aid COVID recovery From smh.com.au, 1st October 2020 World Heritage Areas and tourism facilities
Boats put to (science) work on the unsurveyed reef
Whilst there's no international tourists, scientists have gamefully employed tourism boat operators to do the largest census ever of
- TAS
1000 jobs funded in tourism facilities, World Heritage Areas
Tourism, world heritage and environment funding to aid COVID recovery From smh.com.au, 1st October 2020 World Heritage Areas and tourism facilities
Council urged to shift sale as-is for expediency #CutRedTapeCreateJobs
Hobart Council are viewing the lack of action by a Chinese developer as a yes or no rather than
Spirit of Tasmania migrates ports
Spirit of Tasmania to move Victorian operations from Port Melbourne to Geelong Published: ABC News 23 April 2020 By Lucy
Volunteering in hospitality proven helpful for #socialanxiety
Hospitality is never easy, but for those who find all social interaction uneasy, serving food can be a great
Music and fine art collided to get Hobart humming
When Brian Ritchie of the Violent Femmes and David Walsh of MONA museum decided to invest in Hobart, Hobart
- NSW
Baby steps back to normality for COVID safety in NSW #CutRedTapeCreateJobs
“You’ve just got to be balanced. The economic impact of this, everybody knows, is a health hazard in its
1000 jobs funded in tourism facilities, World Heritage Areas
Tourism, world heritage and environment funding to aid COVID recovery From smh.com.au, 1st October 2020 World Heritage Areas and tourism facilities
Test island reopens post-JobKeeper
Lord Howe Island are presenting as the ultimate corona- and economic test case for the Australian tourism industry. Lord Howe
Let the tents in: operators call to #CutRedTapeCreateJobs
A plan to end social distancing by November 1st 2020 in very low-risk areas would allow landowners to permit
Archibald winner is a lot of things, but it’s not fine art.
It's hard to ignore the 'hard right' view of the 2020 Archibald Prize as pandering to the Black Lives
- VIC
Lockdown lift will come from Vic biz pressure #CutRedTapeCreateJobs
Victorian businesses are at the end of their tether, with the Vic. Premier unwilling to give a standard hotspotting
Gerner + silks question proportionality of response
"Mr Gerner’s argument questions whether restrictions... (are) contrary to the implied constitutional rights of freedom of movement within states
1000 jobs funded in tourism facilities, World Heritage Areas
Tourism, world heritage and environment funding to aid COVID recovery From smh.com.au, 1st October 2020 World Heritage Areas and tourism facilities
The shorter the shelf life, the worse the devastation
Providores of short-shelf life items like herbs have been the businesses in the restaurant supply chain hardest hit by
Entire cheese supply chain on bull run
Artisan cheesemakers on a roll thanks to COVID-19 lockdown, expensive European imports ABC Rural By national rural reporter Marty McCarthy Please
- ACT
AHA suing Canberra apartments over commercial use
ACT government investigating residential apartment block operating commercially. Hotels group pushes to shut down luxury apartment complex Knightsbridge Canberra canberratimes.com.au -
Canberra planners on the defensive over dev
Canberra public servants are expressing awareness of community need in new developments. Redeveloped 'Acton Waterfront' won't be 'yuppie private enclave',
Budget 2017: What the tourism industry gets
The Turnbull government has delivered a very crowd-pleasing budget - but as usual, tourism is not directly addressed. Tourism News
$190 fee to tourists must go: Osmond
Why Australian visas for Chinese travellers need to be cheaper By Margy Osmond, June 22, 2016, First published in the Sydney
Bad layout blocks retailers from 250k festival-goers
Image: Canberra retailer Mal Briggs' comic book shop is blocked by tents for the entirety of the National Multicultural
- SA
COVID the accidental antidote to the ‘cultural cringe’
It's been a fine line between sophistication and snobbery, but so grateful are expats for our health freedoms in
1000 jobs funded in tourism facilities, World Heritage Areas
Tourism, world heritage and environment funding to aid COVID recovery From smh.com.au, 1st October 2020 World Heritage Areas and tourism facilities
Innovation in tourism to be congratulated: Fairfax
Congratulations on product innovation, says Fairfax Traveller's Ben Groundwater. New products are popping up to the delight of Australian
Razed tourism regions suffering through 2020
'Shell shock': Kangaroo Island struggles to recover amid bushfire grief and Covid-19 Picture: Quentin Chester/The Guardian From: The Guardian 27th June
Bad creative gives SA Tourism a bad name
TTN Editorial - After a tousle for SA Tourism's advertising account, international ad agency TBWA has used SA Tourism's