Queensland’s decision to reshut its border to NSW has bizarrely caused Brisbane to surge past Sydney to become the country’s busiest airport.
Queensland reshutting its border to NSW caused domestic passenger traffic nationwide to drop 40 per cent from 1,455,000 in July to 850,000 in August.
The Soviet-era Antonov AN 124 landed at Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport on 5 October and left four days later on 9 October at 5.50am.
Newcastle needs to secure $65 million by early next year to upgrade its runway – or face waiting another 20 years for its next chance to fly long-haul.
NSW's 12-day streak of no mystery cases of COVID-19 has ended – meaning it's now fallen short of Queensland’s 28-day requirement to open its border.
Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein has confirmed he’s now looking at bringing forward the state’s border opening from early December to October 26.