Noosa News
Con-air: $15m waterbomber sits idle as island burns
The Courier-Mail can reveal the Bundaberg-based Canadian Conair air tanker Q400AT – which is capable of dropping 10,000 litres at once – was not tasked to the island until November 17, despite it costing the state $15 million and the fire by then already burning for 34 days.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk gloated in a pre-election blitz of the regions that the plane would “ensure our communities are protected” and even wrote on Facebook that it could “get to…
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