We’ve got to implement the national plan, that’s why it’s so important.
And I know, across Queensland where cases, you know, particularly up north, they’ve been very few and far between.
And I know there will be people who will be concerned, they’ll go ‘well, hang on, we haven’t had it up here. So, you know what, why do we have to go and open up to other states and other countries and all the rest of it’.
Well, if there’s any place that understands the importance of being connected to the rest of the world and the rest of the country, it’s north Queensland. And it’s in particular Cairns.
And so for those jobs, for those livelihoods, for the future of north Queensland, the national plan is essential. And it’s safe*.”