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Sydney poaches iconic surf event from Queensland amid quarantine dispute – Sydney Morning Herald
The iconic Snapper Rocks event is now set to take place on Sydney’s northern beaches. It is the second World Surf League event NSW has secured from interstate.
[Its] fundamentally because NSW was the only state willing to accept our charter plane landing with all our international athletes. We tried in other states but werent able to achieve that, Mr Stark said. Unfortunately those state governments werent able to provide us with a pre-approved quarantine hub system to get into their state.
Queensland Tourism Minister Stirling Hinchliffe told The Courier Mail on Monday the WSL had taken short-term dollars at the expense of surfing tradition, suggesting…
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