International airlines have urged NSW to allocate domestic quarantine hotel rooms to overseas arrivals when the NSW-Victoria border reopens.
Professionals Australia says CASA has let staffing numbers at its Southern Region drop from 53 to 24, which is causing “excessive overwork”.
Queensland and WA’s border closures have caused Brisbane-Cairns and Perth-Broome to become the two most popular Qantas routes in the country.
Tasmania Police said its drones have already helped locate stolen guns, find missing vehicles and chase down cars refusing to pull over.
Queensland’s continued refusal to open its borders to Sydney caused the latter’s domestic passenger traffic to flatline in September.
Link Airways is set to rival FlyPelican and launch direct flights between Canberra and Newcastle from 20 November.