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FAMOUS FOR FUN - THE GOLD COAST07 Jan 2015Whakatane Beacon, Whakatane Bay of Plenty, General News, Nicole Dobson
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Red tape grounds Cape York flights10 Jan 2015Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD, General News, Tony Raggatt
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Deal on airport may be close10 Jan 2015Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD, General News, Tony Raggatt
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PLAN IS NOT UP TO JOB10 Jan 2015Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast, General News, Sue Lappeman
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Thinktank12 Jan 2015Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD, General News, Kathleen Skene
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Care about jobs12 Jan 2015North West Star, Mount Isa QLD , General News
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FAMOUS FOR FUN - THE GOLD COASTNicole DobsonHarvey World TravelWhakatane
Australia^ Gold Coast is a very unique
area and is one of the world's best holiday
destinations. It has everything that is great
about a holiday. Families, couples and
business travellers alike all have a great
time on the Gold Coast with attractions
including some of the world's tallest and
fastest thrill rides, encounters with koalas,
kangaroos and wildlife, tours to the
rainforest or reef and exciting events.
I myself have been to the Gold Coast
a few years ago, but I couldn't pass up
the opportunity to travel over again in
September this year and have a small
break with my Mum and older sister.
With a last-minute upgrade to the
"Works' on our Air New Zealand direct
flight we were on our way. Arriving into
Coolangatta Airport was a breeze; not a
large airport by international standards,
so we were through and meeting my older
sister at the other end in no time. Arriving
at our apartment was a lovely treat I had
not stayed at the Mantra Sun City before,
but after finding out the properly had its
own waterslide we couldn't say no.
I niust admit, the Mantis Sun City was a
great choice. Not only was the apartment
spacious and comfortable and modern,
but their restaurant; Koastal Kitchen, was
simply scrumptious. Must have been the
best grilled lamb rump I've ever tasted.
Up the road to the Coles supermarket we
went for our week's goodies and essentials,
and then back to the apartment to sort out
our week. We had pre-booked the Holiday
World Pass (Dreamworld & White Water
World) along with a night at Draculais
Cabaret We had timed it really well with
the parks, deciding to do Dreamworld
first for the whole day. Dreamworld was
great fun, especially for my older sister,
who had never been to any of the theme
parks before, so the Tower of Terror was
parks before, so the Tower of Terror was
of course a must So a few seconds later
and after a telling off for laughing a t her
expense, we"were off. Gpingearligi,in the ,
morning seemed the best tft**s to go, as
there wereino longwait in the,lines:until:;
later into the afternoon.
We were definitely thankful we had a
returning pass the following day as it
turned out to be the first day of the school
holidays and the lines for entry into the
park were crazy. But we only had a few
people in our returning line and were in
within a matter of minutes and headed
straight to the one ride we didn't get to
experience, Tower of Terror EL A great
way to start our morning and with a quick
hair fix later we were off to White Water
World. It was a rather overcast day but
still warm so a lot of the locals were over
at Dreamworld, so yet again not much
waiting but some great leg exercisers
running up: all the stairs. Note to self,,.
never try the Wedgie again, the name
shoiildhaye given it awayi
Of course if you are old enough and you
can take a good joke or scream Draculas
Cabaret is a must
As they say - "Step inside and become
entangled in our seductive web of sizzling
burlesque, graveyardfock, tummy-clutching
comedy and masochistic madness"! 1 was
an entertaining evening and a lovely meal -
evenwiththecoffih desert . . ••:
The Gold Coast invites you to be excited,
it dares you to be invigorated and it
encourages you to. discover for yourself
why this area has always been and
continues to be a firm-favourite for all
NewZealanders.
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Whakatane Beacon, Whakatane Bay of Plenty07 Jan 2015, by Nicole Dobson
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Aerial shot-Sky Point climb
Koala Bear
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Whakatane Beacon, Whakatane Bay of Plenty07 Jan 2015, by Nicole Dobson
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Red tape grounds Cape York flights
TONY RAGGATT
CORPORATE administra-tors are being accused ofstanding in the way of stop-gap air services to com-munities on remote CapeYork after the collapse ofCairns-based Skytrans.
However, the adminis-trators, Brisbane firm Bent-leys, say it is inappropriatefor Skytrans creditors to as-sume the risk for the flights.
Regional Express an-nounced yesterday it wasunable to start scheduledservices to the Cape com-munities previously operat-
ed by Skytrans before theend of January as it hadhoped.
Rex spokesman WarrickLodge said the Civil Avi-ation Safety Authority had
an emergency mechanismknown as a “Charter Sub-stitution Arrangement”,which would allow Rex toobtain regulatory approvalto commence regular airservices within a week.
“The Charter Substi-tution Arrangement re-quires a sign-off by the
Skytrans administrator as aformality and it does notcarry any liability, risks orresponsibility for the de-funct operator and its ad-ministrator,” Mr Lodgesaid.
“Unfortunately, the ad-ministrator has refused to
co-operate in signing-off onthe Charter SubstitutionArrangement in spite of anoffer of full indemnity byRex and representationsmade by the Department ofTransport and MainRoads.”
He said it was disap-pointing the administratorwas leaving the Cape com-munities isolated duringthe wet season.
He said they would haveto commence the normalregulatory process to oper-ate to the Gulf and wouldpostpone a start to servicesto Kowanyama, Edward
River, Aurukun and Bama-ga until mid-March.
The Bulletin could notcontact a spokesman forBentleys, however the com-pany has told other media itwas inappropriate for cred-
itors to assume the risk ofallowing Rex to take overthe routes without first ob-taining CASA approval.
The Queensland Gov-ernment has chartered air-craft from Cairns-basedHinterland Aviation andTownsville-based WestWing Aviation to help pas-sengers stranded by theSkytrans shutdown.
Warrick Lodge.
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Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD10 Jan 2015, by Tony Raggatt
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Deal onairportmay becloseRAGGATT
HOPES are growing that cost-effective customs and quaran-tine services can be provided atTownsville so internationalflights can begin.
Federal Herbert MP EwenJones said yesterday he hadmet with Deputy Prime Minis-ter and Transport MinisterWarren Truss, new Immi-gration Minister Peter Duttonand with officials in the PrimeMinister’s office before Christ-mas and the signs were good.
“I have always been confi-dent,” Mr Jones said.
“The Prime Minister, theDeputy Prime Minister andthe (Immigration) Minister arekeen to see it happen, so wehave the political will.”
The high cost of providingcustoms, quarantine and bor-der protection services atTownsville has worked againsta bid to return internationalflights to the city.
While a charge of $55 perpassenger is levied at other air-ports with regular internation-al services, the Governmenthas called for $90 per passen-ger to be levied at Townsville.
Mr Jones said public ser-vants would have to be flowninto the city and accommodat-ed here for what would not be afull-time operation.
AirAsia and Jetstar areinterested in introducing a ser-vice to Townsville, but theextra charge levied on passen-ger tickets has been a majorsticking point.
Also, the Immigration De-partment’s Australian Cus-toms and Border ProtectionService wrote to AirAsia last
year rejecting the carrier’s pro-posal, saying it would diluteother border-related activitiesand risk security.
Late last year former immi-gration minister Scott Morri-son overturned that, asking theservice to reconsider ways toaccommodate AirAsia by es-tablishing interim borderclearance processes on areasonable cost recovery basis.
Mr Jones said another par-tial international destination,Maroochydore on the Sun-shine Coast, overcame theissue with its council under-writing the exercise and withcustoms officers brought in onbuses from Brisbane on dayswhen services operated.
Mr Jones said the marketand not the Governmentshould decide the viability ofservices.
He said he wanted the issueresolved by the end of thismonth.
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Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD10 Jan 2015, by Tony Raggatt
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PLAN IS NOT UP TO JOB
SUE LAPPEMAN Email: [email protected]
Queensland needs better from its leaders on the employment frontQUEENSLAND politiciansreally should be more inter-ested in the state’s escalatingunemployment rate as manyof them are going to be out ofa job on February 1.
According to the polls, al-though the LNP is likely toretain government, they willlose many of their seats.
So you would think theyhad added incentive to en-sure Queenslanders havemore stable and higher qual-ity job choices.
Before the 2012 election,Campbell Newman promisedto bring the state’s unem-ployment rate – then at 5.5per cent – down to 4 per centwithin six years.
Three years later it is cur-rently at 6.9 per cent.
Mr Newman claims 1100jobs a month have been cre-ated since the LNP came topower but many are not full-time jobs and can be just afew hours of work a week.
At the same time Queens-land has been losing almost800 full-time jobs a month.
Whatever happened toencouraging the develop-ment of IT or other know-ledge-based industries on theGold Coast to safeguard usagainst downturns in con-struction and tourism?
Mr Newman citedbusiness uncertaintyholding back on jobcreation for his early runto the polls.
Yet a recent survey ofsmall businesses found thelack of economic activity wasone of their major concerns,no doubt caused to some de-gree by job insecurity and thehigh unemployment rate.
It’s still early in the cam-paign but so far the LNP’spromise of a ‘strong plan forjob creation’ is all about min-ing and casinos.
Mr Newman is dependingon the granting of three newcasino licences, including oneon the Gold Coast, and min-ing projects in the GalileeBasin to reach that 4 per cent.
But fly-in fly-out jobs havebeen a mixed blessing for theGold Coasters who havetaken up mining positions,putting pressure on theirhealth and their families.
Meanwhile, any downturnin the economy or propertymarket immediately impactsthe Gold Coast’s construc-tion industry.
Mr Newman’s four-pillareconomy focuses on agricul-ture, construction, resourcesand tourism.
Only construction andtourism are any good for theGold Coast and they are nolonger enough.
What is the use of havingthree world-class universitiesif the students they train fleeafter graduation because of alack of opportunities?
Labor, if by a supernatu-ral feat win government,has an Advance Queens-
land policy which promisesto create hi-tech jobs and a
knowledge-based economy.All very fine words but not
much detail.And if past Labor govern-
ments are anything to go by,the Gold Coast will be forgot-ten again, stereotyped as justa leisure destination anddoomed by its own success intourism and development.
We need a fifth pillar.
So far the LNP’s promise
of a ‘strong plan for job
creation’ is all about mining
and casinos
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Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast10 Jan 2015, by Sue Lappeman
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Campbell Newman in Townsville yesterday.
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Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast10 Jan 2015, by Sue Lappeman
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WITH CHIEF REPORTER KATHLEEN SKENE
Email: [email protected]
Marriott general manager Neeraj Chadha has worked in tourism across the world. He believes the Gold Coast must continue to grow and change if it is to remain internationally competitive.What do you love about the Gold Coast?“There isn’t much that I don’t love about the Gold Coast – I love the place.
“I first came here with my father in 1993 and I looked around and I said ‘this is the place I want to live one day’. It was a bit of a dream at that point.
“I had moved to Melbournein 1992 and just came here for a holiday.
“The environment and beaches. I’ve got two daughters and Australia is one of the safest places in the world and the Gold Coast is one of the safest places in Australia.
“I couldn’t think of a betterplace to bring up the kids – there is so much to do.
“You can get up in the morning, have a hit of golf – nine holes – show up at work at 8 o’clock, still have time for a beer with a friend and still spend time with the girls before they go to bed.
“The air and environment around is super.”
What do you think could be done better on the Gold Coast?
“Australia as a country is locatedfurther away from the rest of the world, so when you’re looking at a place like the Gold Coast you need to have an absolute clarity of vision of where you would like to see this destination to be and almost stay a step ahead of the game.
“I think going forward and remaining competitive internationally we need to make sure that prosperity continues in the future and it’s not just for the generations of the past.
“Having a clarity of that vision and community buy-in of the vision so you’re not battling for every project that you bring to the table – you’re not battling for a cruise ship, you’re not battling for a resort, you’re not battling for light rail.
“Staying exactly the same asin the past is no guarantee of success in the future.”
In your travels, what have you seen being done elsewhere you think could work well here?“There are a few places in the world that have reinvented themselves or really become destinations despite their
pdistance challenges, and they’ve done that through creating fantastic, robust events calendars.
“Gold Coast could think bigger and not be worried about the fact that we can’t be as big as the Carnivale in Rio.
“The other part for me wouldbe the connectivity. There have been discussions about a larger freeway that makes Gold Coast another suburb of Brisbane – probably they are things we need to think about for the future.
“A high-speed train connection so people can commute between Sydney and the Gold Coast – and taking that to a wider scale with the airport, continuing to build it and making it a serious international airport.”
If time, money, laws and approvals were no issue, what is one big project you’d undertake tomorrow?“I would like to see Gold Coast not just depend only on tourism. I’ve seen some businesses move their Australian headquarters to the
y pinfrastructure incentives to an industry that is not necessarily existing in that city.
“People can nowadays be
Gold Coast. Other businesses have their Asian headquarters on the Gold Coast.
“With improved connectivitya lot of our functions are becoming location-agnostic to some extent.
“Another thing some countries have done well, especially in the developing world, is special economic zones. They provide clear
working anywhere in the world – they can be sitting on a beach and doing their business.
“Having something like thaton the Gold Coast that attracts that business back would be fantastic.”
What conversations should Gold Coast movers and shakers be having?“Support some of the leadership that’s trying to do some great jobs. All of us have great opinions and great ideas but there is a vision that we all buy into, the question is ‘what can I do to support those people who have the ability and are in a position to deliver those jobs?’.
“Projects such as the connectivity, projects such as the integrated resort and casino – they can be done in a responsible way that does not harm. There is enough technology – do it the right way.”
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Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD12 Jan 2015, by Kathleen Skene
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CLEAR CITY VISION
HIGH—SPEED TRAIN TO SYDNEY
REGULATED BUSINESS ON THE BEACH
LIGHT TO HEAVY RAIL CONNECTION
CHECKLIST
SUPER FREEWAY TO BRISBANE
NEERAJ CHADHASurfers Paradise Marriott Resort and Spa general manager Neeraj Chadha left India when, at 17, he decided against becoming a doctor or engineer like many of his friends and followed a dream to travel.
He did hotel management training in Switzerland, where he applied to immigrate to Canada, Australia, Switzerland and the US. In the end, it was the cricket that drew him Down Under. He landed in Melbourne in 1992. “The World Cup final between England and Pakistan was going to be
there, so that drove the choice that day,” he said.
He started working withthe Sheraton in Melbourne and was smitten by the Coast during a holiday the following year. “When the opportunity came up to be on the Gold Coast, it was a decision made very quickly.”
Mr Chadha, who is alsomulti-property vice-president, Australia, for Marriott International, has also worked in Sydney, Sri Lanka and India – the cricketing pedigree of those countries he describes, laughing, as “pure coincidence”.
The Gold Coast is one of the safest places in Australia. I
couldn’t think of a better place to bring up the kids – there is so
much to do
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Care about jobsWOW, what a selective memory JohnWharton has.
The Macair collapse (the originalWest Wing) caused all manner ofdisruption to the North West and theGulf.
The new West Wing did not have thecapability due to aircraft size that bothSkytrans and Rex had, hence they gotthe contract.
Rex provided an excellent service tothe Western communities as didSkytrans to the Gulf and the South Westand servicing centres such as Birdsville,Bedourie and Boulia through to MountIsa.
Mr Wharton, the Labor Governmentserved the Richmond Shire – and in factall shires – in the electorate very, verywell.
The Labor candidate’s response is inline with every fair thinking person’sreaction – care about the hundreds ofjobs being lost and the collapse of yetanother airline in our region.
John, I recollect that you got on the
Katter “horse’’ last election butobviously that relationship is now over.
HAG HARRISON, Soldiers Hill.Labor Party Mount Isa branch vice-president
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North West Star, Mount Isa QLD12 Jan 2015
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