Instead, PCR tests for interstate travel will be covered by the government under Medicare, funded jointly by the Commonwealth and the states, as has been the case for all walk-in testing clinics.
The Queensland government announced on Tuesday that from 1 January, Rex will take over the Central 1 route, connecting the regional towns of Roma and Charleville to the state’s capital of Brisbane.
The Royal Australian Air Force has welcomed the arrival of a new tranche of fifth-generation fighter jets, in its final delivery for 2021.
HARS Aviation Museum will be exhibiting various types of Australian aircraft, including the Super Constellation “Connie”, which arrived in Australia in 1991 for restoration, former Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Neptune 273, ordered by Australia in 1951, and former Vietnam War RAAF Caribou, first ordered in 1963 to replace its existing Dakota aircraft.
Ongoing strict border rules, coupled with a slow vaccine rollout in Queensland and Western Australia will delay the recovery of Australia’s aviation and travel markets, according to the local head of Emirates.
The airline said that the slew of cancellations, which will affect in excess of 20,000 passengers in total, were necessary due to “uncertainty” over the resumption of quarantine-free trans-Tasman travel.