Tourism

Small business owner receiving advice. | Newsreel

Extra scope for low-cost legal support for business

Small businesses can now access low-cost legal support for an expanded range of disputes. Federal Small Business Minister Julie Collins said $2.6 million had been
Read more 4 March 2025
Man pouring a beer. | Newsreel

Federal tax reprieve for beer drinkers

The tax payable on beer poured in a pub will not rise for two years. The Federal Government has announced it would freeze the annual indexation on draught beer from
Read more 4 March 2025
Airplane cockpit. | Newsreel

Spike in interference of airline navigation systems

The rate of interference with airline navigations systems jumped by almost 200 percent last year, raising concerns within the International Air Transport Association
Read more 3 March 2025
Luke Edwards Visit Moreton Bay General Manager. | Newsreel

Luke Edwards steps up as new MBRIT CEO

Experienced tourism executive Luke Edwards will step up and take full control of Moreton Bay Region Industry & Tourism (MBRIT). Currently the General Manager of
Read more 3 March 2025
Qantas A321XLR. | Newsreel

Qantas cabin upgrade to end overhead luggage shuffle

Qantas will increase the capacity of its overhead lockers by 50 percent in a major cabin upgrade made possible by a jump in half-year profits. Qantas Group CEO Vanessa
Read more 27 February 2025
Woman walking in Queensland rainforest, Australia. | Newsreel

Olympic flavour to tourism industry’s election asks

By Steve Zeppa Queensland tourism operators have urged an incoming Federal Government to support sector workforce development and sustainability and cultural goals in
Read more 27 February 2025
The first Japanese air raid on Australia's mainland, at Darwin on February 19, 1942. | Newsreel

Australia’s first battlefield targets military tourism

Being Australia’s first battlefield is the cornerstone of a Northern Territory push to establish itself as a military tourism destination. Territory Tourism and
Read more 26 February 2025
Small business owner with paperwork. | Newsreel

Red tape review open to small business operators

The feedback lines are now open for Queensland small businesses to have their say on the government red tape inhibiting their progress. State Small and Family Business
Read more 25 February 2025
Brisbane. | Newsreel

Brisbane poised to be a lifestyle supercity

Brisbane is set to leverage the current energy running through the Asia-Pacific and use the 2032 Games as a springboard to become a lifestyle supercity. A new report,
Read more 24 February 2025
Airport departures Melbourne. | Newsreel

Police respond to 4200 airport incidents over holidays

Police were called to more than 4000 incidents at Australia’s major airports over the Christmas-New Year holiday period. Australian Federal Police (AFP) Aviation
Read more 18 February 2025