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Class action: Government to fund school reef trips to boost NQ tourism
Tuesday March 09, 2021
The Queensland government will provide funding to help school students visit the Great Barrier Reef in a bid to boost the flagging tourism industry.
Government-funded school trips to the Reef will help bolster the NQ tourism industry.
The measure comes as the sector braces for the end of the federal government’s JobKeeper wage subsidy payments later this month.
Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has promised a stimulus package for the pandemic-hit industry within weeks, but the state government is trying chip in with its own measures.
Premier Annastacia…
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