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Time to explain the airport deal: Wallace sunshinecoastdaily.com.au

22 Oct 2018 6:00 AM

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Interview with Cairns Airport chief executive Norris Carter. MacKenzie notes the race to ... 4CA AM, Cairns, John Mackenzie, John MacKenzie

19 Oct 2018 11:18 AM

Duration: 6 mins 33 secs • ASR AUD 804 • QLD • Australia • Gold Coast Airport Radio & TV • ID: X00076491103 Interview with Cairns Airport chief executive Norris Carter. MacKenzie notes the race to get more direct flights into Cairns has been given further momentum after new data revealed more than a million Far North-bound passengers came to the region via Brisbane Airport. He says Cairns Airport aviation boss Paul McLean had previously told the Cairns Post that 75% of international visitors through Cairns travelled on domestic flights with the largest number coming from Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Carter says they are seeing a lot of interests in Cairns with a lot of new developments going on in the city, including the Crystalbrook Collection, the expansion of the Convention Centre, the aquarium and the proposed global tourism hub. He adds they've also seen growth in the number of visitors on the new international flights, so the prospects are good at the moment. Carter mentions the Middle Eastern airlines are about bringing people from Europe. He notes an average visitor spend is about $1,300. Audience N/A All, N/A MALE 16+, N/A FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Norris Carter, Chief Executive, Cairns Airport Mentions Chamber of Commerce|Emirates|Etihad|Jin Air|Nick Loukas|Qatar Airways|SilkAir

Sunshine Coast Airport Winter season sees record number of visitors thehotelconversation.com.au

19 Oct 2018 10:56 AM

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Billy Cross call for Gold Coast gig stadium after Live, Foreigner Brisbane Courier-Mail

22 Oct 2018 1:00 AM

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Interview with Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate. Tate says accommodations are packed for ... Sky News Live, Sydney, Credlin, Peter Gleeson

19 Oct 2018 6:26 PM

Duration: 4 mins 54 secs • ASR AUD 3,232 • National • Australia • Gold Coast Industry News Radio & TV • ID: X00076501004 Interview with Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate. Tate says accommodations are packed for the V8 Motorsport event on the Gold Coast. Gleeson acknowledges the impact of Dreamworld tragedy on the city's tourism numbers, as well as the Gold Coast's run-in battle with the Greens for years. Tate says one thing a city with a tourism capital should remember is to reinvent itself because it is competing worldwide. He announces approval is commencing mid next year for another theme park, which he believes to be a cultural one, as well as the Gold Coast's own Topgolf, located beside Movie World and a Dive Precinct. Regarding the cruise ship terminal, Tate announces they are doing a masterplan which will include the terminal for the Gold Coast. He then gives an update on the M1 upgrade. [cont] Audience 25,000 All, 13,000 MALE 16+, 11,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Tom Tate, Gold Coast Mayor Mentions Anna Bligh, Former Queensland Premier|Brisbane|Cameron Dick, Queensland MP|Foreigner|HMAS Darwin|Peter Beattie, Former Queensland Premier |Ray Hadley, 2GB presenter Also broadcast from the following 10 stations Sky News Live (Melbourne), Sky News Live (Canberra), Sky News Live (Brisbane), Sky News Live (Adelaide), Sky News Live (Perth), Sky News Live (Regional NSW), Sky News Live (Regional Queensland), Sky News Live (Regional Victoria), Sky News Live (Tasmania), Sky News on WIN (Canberra)

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Gleeson says the Gold Coast, the sixth largest city of Australia, is gearing up for one of ... Sky News Live, Sydney, Credlin, Peter Gleeson

19 Oct 2018 6:01 PM

Duration: 3 mins 56 secs • ASR AUD 2,597 • National • Australia • Gold Coast Industry News Radio & TV • ID: X00076500743 Gleeson says the Gold Coast, the sixth largest city of Australia, is gearing up for one of the biggest weekends on its annual calendar; the V8 Motorsport event, but there are suggestions that, like the city itself, the event has become tired and may need some resting. He notes the event is, nevertheless, a massive tourism generator for the Gold Coast with extra 200,000 cramming into the city for three days. Gleeson then states the real issue in the Gold Coast right now is its future prosperity as the Dreamworld tragedy has exposed the over-reliance the city placed on its theme parks and it definitely hurt the Gold Coast's tourism number. He adds the tragedy also exposed the lack of tourism product investment on the Gold Coast over the past 20 years, citing infrastructures as the cruise ship terminal and the Springbrook to Mudgeeraba Cable Car which were touted for 20 years. He believes successive state governments and politicians are being blackmailed by minority green groups who run campaigns of fears, warning elected officials that they will campaign against them come election time. Audience 25,000 All, 13,000 MALE 16+, 11,000 FEMALE 16+ Mentions Greens|Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Former Queensland Premier|Southport Spit|Tom Tate, Gold Coast Mayor Also broadcast from the following 10 stations Sky News Live (Melbourne), Sky News Live (Canberra), Sky News Live (Brisbane), Sky News Live (Adelaide), Sky News Live (Perth), Sky News Live (Regional NSW), Sky News Live (Regional Queensland), Sky News Live (Regional Victoria), Sky News Live (Tasmania), Sky News on WIN (Canberra)

Gold Coast: Other reasons to visit besides the Commonweath Games Adelaide Now

02 Apr 2018 1:34 PM

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FUTURE SEQ: WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED Courier Mail, Brisbane, General News

20 Oct 2018

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Welcome to The Outback your visit is special to us Longreach Leader, Longreach QLD, General News, Col Jackson

19 Oct 2018

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Clifford's smooth landing at Qantas AFR Weekend, Australia, Companies and Markets, Tony Boyd

20 Oct 2018

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More tests needed following discovery of chemicals at beach near Hobart Airport Brisbane Courier-Mail

19 Oct 2018 2:01 PM

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Boutique stadium 'must' Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast QLD, General News, Ryan Keen

22 Oct 2018

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Interview with Patricia O'Callaghan, CEO, Townsville Enterprise. Clarke reports the ... ABC North Queensland, Townsville, Breakfast, Michael Clarke

19 Oct 2018 8:34 AM

Duration: 9 mins 46 secs • ASR AUD 1,199 • QLD • Australia • Sponsorship Radio & TV • ID: X00076490106 Interview with Patricia O'Callaghan, CEO, Townsville Enterprise. Clarke reports the Federal Government will announce the $15m Townsville Marine Tourism Precinct project today, which will involve the building of a new ferry terminal on Breakwater Terminal. O'Callaghan says the Honeycombes [Property] Group and SeaLink have been working on this project for two years. She adds it’s about connecting islands such as the Magnetic Island, Palm Island, and Orpheus Island to the CBD through different projects. O'Callaghan mentions for visitors the terminal is a gateway to the experience they're looking for, which is in the Great Barrier Reef. She states they take tourism seriously and invest in it. She adds Senator Ian Macdonald is really pushing for this project. O'Callaghan comments on what happened to cyclist Charlie Condell saying this is an unfortunate scenario but they just have to work their way through it. Clarke says the fund came from the Government's Regional Growth Fund. Audience N/A All, N/A MALE 16+, N/A FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Patricia O'Callaghan, CEO, Townsville Enterprise Mentions Stadium Precinct

A proposed new multimillion-dollar initiative could see thousands of extra tourists making ... Triple M Townsville, Townsville, 07:30 News, Newsreader

19 Oct 2018 7:33 AM

Duration: 0 min 31 secs • ASR AUD 224 • QLD • Australia • Other Tourism Industry News Radio & TV • ID: X00076487102 A proposed new multimillion-dollar initiative could see thousands of extra tourists making the most of the North's icons. Fifteen million dollars from the Federal Government's Regional Growth Fund announced today for the Townsville Marine Tourism Precinct at the Breakwater. Herbert LNP candidate Phil Thompson says this is an exciting opportunity. Audience N/A All, N/A MALE 16+, N/A FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Phil Thompson, Herbert LNP candidate Also broadcast from the following 3 stations hit103.1 Townsville (Townsville), Triple M Bundaberg (Bundaberg), Triple M Mid North Coast (Port Macquarie)

Pre-recorded interview with Outback Qld Tourism Association General Manager Peter ... ABC Western Queensland, Longreach, Breakfast, Ollie Wykeham

19 Oct 2018 7:22 AM

Duration: 7 mins 25 secs • ASR AUD 910 • QLD • Australia • Other Tourism Industry News Radio & TV • ID: X00076493732 Pre-recorded interview with Outback Qld Tourism Association General Manager Peter Homan. Wykeham says the Outback Qld Tourism Association, together with the Local Government Association of Qld, plans to delve into data analysis next year to help create a better experience for outback tourists. Homan says he presumes they will look into the growth of the family market. He hopes they will have a solid data for the future. He notes it is good for councils to know the number of people moving through their area so they can manage it better. He believes it would also be good for retailers to know the data. He adds another advantage of it is that they no longer have to get information three months later just like the current data they receive from Tourism Australia. He says RAPAD has made a wonderful initiative through their project with the outback internet. Audience N/A All, N/A MALE 16+, N/A FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Peter Homan, General Manager, Outback Qld Tourism Association Mentions Big Red Bash|Hollow World|Mt Isa [Mines] Rodeo

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BRISBANE Airport’s second nd runway, runway opening op in 2020, will open the way for annual passenger numbers to more than double to 60 million by 2043. A further 20m will fly in and out of Gold Coast Airport and 3.8m use Sunshine Coast Airport, while Toowoomba’s Wellcamp becomes an international freight hub. New research shows Brisbane Airport will become an industrial, commercial and retail “city” with 46,000 workers over the next quarter-century, generating an $8 billion economic impact.

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THURSDAY THE RACQ produces a must-do list of critical roads to be built and upgraded. They include a new tunnel from Toowong to Everton Park and alternative routes to the M1 and Bruce Highway. Detailed analysis by toll roads operator Transurban shows traffic volumes on key public roads will rise by 25 to 50 per cent by 2043. And the first trial of driverless shuttle buses will be launched on islands in Redland City early next year. NEWS 11

TUESDAY SURVEYS of potential i l tourists t ists shows a rapid rap rail network across southeast Queensland would be a game-changer, with interstate visitors 51 per cent more likely to go to attractions in Brisbane, the Gold and Sunshine Coasts. The same Tourism and Events Queensland research showed that strategically marketing the region’s attractions as a package to internationall tourists could boost spending by $20 billion by 2030. Moreton Bay and its islands are ripe for more tourism, but there is wariness over an idea to link Russell and Macleay Islands to the mainland with bridges.

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New plant tipped to bank H20 until 2040

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engineers are already starting 3Dto join forces to create for printed bone replacements as use in trauma patients such the car crash victims, reducing 3DOther TRANSPLANTS with need for amputations. replacprinted kidneys, surgeons potential uses include robe reusing remote-controlled ing bone that has had to BUI HELPED BUILD on during cancer surgery bots to perform operations OMORROW HOW THE OLYMPICS TOMORROW: COULD DO FOR SEQ moved patients hundreds of kilomeor in people with birth defects. BARCELONA – AND WHAT A GAMES imagtres away, and medical Mr Drummond expects doctors enabling the next 25 years 3Ding advances The Prince that in for stemwith the RBWH, to screen returned soldiers printing technology and already commonplace, Hospital, Caboolture, the risk of post-traumatic robotic operations also being Charles cell research will produce and Kilcoy. and stress disorder. by ear, nose and Redcliffe North Health is the made-for-order kidneys tisintroduced become Metro orthoAll are predicted to using a patient’s own throat specialists and in of the Herston livers of commonplace in southeast paedics at the Royal Brisbane major partner in Brisbane’s sue, reducing the likelihood Health Precinct, Queensland by 2043. Mr Drum- rejection. and and Women’s Hospital. first the sur- inner-north, which Metro North Hospital Sequencing “At the moment, the to transform into Health Service chief executive geon sits at a console in the mond hopes in regenerative human genome took 13 years envisleader Shaun Drummond also and $1 billion to complete. theatre to oper- a world within two decades. robot- corner of the that medicine ages breakthroughs in Mr Drummond expects ate the robot,” he said. “I’m an absolute believer in a decade, whole genome sethe ics that will allow Brisbane“I’m a believer that in print livers to sonographers ro- that we’ll be able to will become a “stanbased future, we’ll have surgical within 15 years,” quencing test”. remotely carry out ultrasound bots in regional Queensland and kidneys in our am- dard pathology in remedi- he said. “It appears an organexaminations of patients Huge advances in genetic that will be operated by bition statement as allow doctors to gional areas of Queensland. in cal specialists in Brisbane. to print a medicine will and isation that we want it into pick up diseases much earlier Technological advances “You’ll still have nurses ND transplant MOND the next quarter of a century anaesthetists assisting hands- kidney and 2032.” than ever before. SHAUN DRUMMOND by overare forecast to all but They will also transform patient, and per- somebody the Health with on Herston The 20ha come the tyranny of distance haps a general surgeon medicine from a one-size-fitsincludes the RBWH, that regional Queenslanders available in case of complica- Precinct all approach to personalised the University of Queens- treatments. face when accessing health- tions.” UQ’s Inalleviland’s Medical School, care. They will also help Translational Research Mr Drummond is responsiClinical Research, executive Carolyn ate health staff shortages ble for Australia’s largest pub- Centre for way Health Cen- stitute chief at the Prin“That might change the which and the UQ Oral the outside the southeast corner. Ber- Mountford, based “The expectation is that ro- lic health service, because it’s concam– tre, as well as the QIMR Mr Drummond said of these you behave cess Alexandra Hospital encompasses five hospitals gghofer Medical Research pus in Brisbane’s south, earlier detection necting you with information botic prostate and gynaecowill enable earlier were triggers thought patterns towards a changes IInstitute. logical operations help prevent pro- that for predicts the move Already providing jobs approach treatment to potentially, different bePTSD or head and, the precision medicine of people gression to m more than 13,000 people, haviours,” Mr Rogan said. ex- will reduce the risk trauma.” health as diseases are diagp precinct’s workforce is And in than developing chronic obesity, PwC consulting partner p pected to grow to more nosed earlier and wearable conditions such as health Chris Rogan believes technology improves, he said 220,000 by mid-century. diabetes and cardiovascular in 2043 will Construction of the Hers- disease years before symp- wearable devices role in an hospitals would need fewer be play a much greater tton Biofabrication Institute toms emerge. beds as more people could next im- individual’s health. watches monitored at home. This is aliis due to begin early “Combining … medical Mr Rogan said happening outside yyear. The institute will bring aging technology with worldto nowadays ready a ttogether doctors, scientists leading artificial intelligence crudely referred Missouri in the US, where moror clocks”, Cenaand engineers to improve capabilities, we will be able to as “lifespan four-storey Virtual Care tality forecasters, were already lives with innovato The Mercy Hosp people’s screen our deployed soldiers being developed using algo- tre linked health care to that may have pret tions return for the risk of devel- rithms that estimate remain- pital provides ill patients been considered on stress v viously minutes 250 chronically oping post-traumatic fiction. blast ing lifespan, adding and sub- through an innovative teles science disorder or damage from for healthy activities Although the work is medicine program. exposure,” Professor Mount- tracting time for bad habits. largely experimental, s still said. radiologists and ford s surgeons,

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Accused thought barrister A after The charge came Hynes (pictured) was involved then next-door who in a dispute with A BRISBANE lawyer neighbour, veteran barrister bashed one of Queensland’s Peter Nolan, leaving the man barra bromost prominent criminal with two black eyes and isters in a neighbourhood ken nose at his home in Ascot. the brawl over noise, believed Hynes is the former director his Hynes man had verbally abused of commercial law firm recruitment children, a court was told. 49, Legal and runs a Robert Mark Hynes, was told the alin the firm. The court the pair yesterday pleaded guilty to the tercation between children, Brisbane District Court Hynes’ after over started tennis serious assault of a person who were playing on a 60 in August 2016.

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were court at their property, the told by Mr Nolan to keep The noise down one night. told children went inside and at. Hynes they had been sworn Defence barrister Jeff HunHynes ter, QC, told the court a had been told by his children bushman had come out of the them. es and begun yelling at beHe said Hynes’ wife lieved the man who confronted the children was a prowler. today. Hynes will be sentenced

at the begindi- Work Commission FORMER ABC managing who ning of this week. Ms rector Michelle Guthrie, According to the ABC, last salary packwas dumped from her role have Guthrie had a total month, is understood to for the financial against age of $890,987 launched legal action year ending June 2017. Justhe national broadcaster. Former ABC chairman is It is believed Ms Guthrie Guthrie to and tin Milne asked Ms 13 – halfseeking millions of dollars, a legal resign on September is expected to make five-year term. no rea- way through her the claim that the board had “I am devastated by ABC to terminate son to terminate her, the decision board’s said at and Fairfax Media report. my employment,” she It’s understood Ms Guthrie the time of her dismissal. Fair lodged paperwork at the BCME01Z03MA - V1

and its smaller size of its dams more population forecast to by than double to 500,000 said. on 2040,” the spokesman in the A NEW desalination plant, Options outlined in BrisSecurity Prothe Sunshine Coast or to se- 2016-2046 Water bane, is among options gram include a desalination cure southeast Queensland’s plant in the northern (Sunshine relong-term water supply. a Coast) or central (Brisbane) the on Seqwater is developing gions, building a weir Coles Crossplan for the next 30 years. con- Mary River near of Bo“Outside a sharp rise in wall ing, or raising the sumption or a severe drought, rumba Dam south of Gympie. no SEQ does not need another Seqwater stresses that supply bulk drinking-water have been made and decisions to closer until after 2030 – and technology in coming decades 2040,” a spokesman said. could provide other options. by That is due to the $7 billion Meanwhile, research Gold firm PwC water grid, including the and professional services QueensCoast desalination plant suggests southeast the western corridor recycled land could become a giant combat soaking up water scheme, built to and sponge in 25 years, Drought reusMillennium and the every drop of water parks, garchanges in behaviour since. date ing it to water city “Our assessment to farms. water dens and urban shows the next bulk experts and cliWeather the on source will be needed suggest that by on the mate modelling little Sunshine Coast, based 2030, there will be very so winter and spring rainfall, HEALTH ADVANCES: Mathilde bebric water conservation will prefabrication QUT’ss p sselle, of QUT Desselle, is and pelvis come increasingly important. printe p 3D-printed b, with a 3D lab tissue The “porous city” approach g for tis scaffolding (inset) scaffo ght) Isabel already being incorporated (belo right) neration; (below diregeneration; fresh into developments in China Raadschelders, 2, with and y y St City rects rainfall from roads roduce from the Northey Tara produce footpaths into underground Farm in Brisbane. Pictures: Dew use tanks to be stored for later Croser, Annette sea. instead of washing out to sin“It’s about not letting a gle drop of water go to waste,” said PwC’s real estate advisory director managing Robert Cavallucci. and founder of Israelpert on said The system would struction is completed Cannabis Saul Kaye just a see the laying of new their site, north of Brisbane. medical cannabis was asphalt that can be Asterion Cannabis presi- small part of the equation. said penetrated by water, dent Paget Hardgreaves “With hemp, I think for has which would flow into there was huge potential in (southeast Queensland) grow a drain. medicinal cannabis growth got ideal conditions to PwC also foresees Queensland. massive amounts,” he said. will “Our research and science vertical urban farms that “A part of that hemp 350 is being done at UQ (Universi- also go into the pharmaceutwould generate up to the acre … But I ty of Queensland) and times more produce per to ical, medicinal side while that weather here is conducive than conventional farms, think the major industry at, growing it,” he said. disused land and rooftops Australia should be looking “I think there will be many is the hemp production. Hemp would become greenhouses more producers of cannabis food. You’ve got an ideal siturun for and by locals. by (2043).” ex- ation in Australia.” International cannabis

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Perfect conditions for crop CHRIS HONNERY HEMP and medicinal cannaboom bis is poised to become a industry in southeast Queensland thanks to the region’s prime growing conditions. by And a change last year and Food Standards Australia New Zealand which labelled safe “low-THC hemp seeds” has for human consumption sevsparked the creation of eral new food and beverage milk products such as hemp and hemp beer.

the Hemp production is inworld’s the fastest-growing dustry, according to experts to who say Australia is poised it. benefit immensely from is Southeast Queensland to the also set to be home world’s largest greenhouse cannabis production facility. Medicinal cannabis comInc’s pany Asterion Cannabis by flagship facility, to be built Van Der Hoeven, is expected to have an annual cannabis more production capacity of conthan 500,000kg once

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Pair accused of helping women bail while O’Dea’s application for bail was denied. The Australian Federal syndiCommonTWO alleged criminal help- Police withdrew to cate members accused of wealth offences yesterday ing women thwart Federal make it easier for the pair to be their charges. Court orders by stealing to extradited on state children will be extradited The Commonwealth charcourt Queensland to face ges will be laid in Brisbane today. Magistrates Court today. Dr William Russell MasPridgeon was yesterday and offence singham Pridgeon, 64, in charged with the state Patrick O’Dea, 63, appeared of aid and abet child stealing. Grafton Local Court yesterday. AFP this week charged for Pridgeon did not apply

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to Pridgeon with conspiracy by defeat justice, punishable and imprisonment for 10 years to deal in the proceeds of crime more, the value of $50,000 or punishable with imprisonment for 15 years. on O’Dea will be extradited stalkstate charges of unlawful ing. He will today be charged with Commonwealth offences justice of conspiracy to defeat punishable by imprisonment; to using a carriage service

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the albeen knowingly part of used longest-running child stealing ofleged conspiracy, which three menace, harass or cause cases. The AFP charged the same encrypted applicaand fence and publish an account people in Queensland by tions that are used by terrorists of proceedings, punishable gangs. NSW, while a West Australia and organised crime to be imprisonment for one year. woman is expected Some of the text messages AFP did not rule out furdisapcharged following Operation were sent by Signal, and ther arrests yesterday. Noetic, a complex, two-year pear after they are read. The Courier-Mail revealed and investigation which included Some of the children being yesterday an alleged criminal unraiding a yacht that was the mothers – who had made spirit syndicate with links to their re-fitted to allegedly had founded allegations that 2016 federal election their children and their mothers raids partners sexually abused been swooped on in grid overseas. with children – had been off the across the country, Pensioners and many promissing for years. and have to police claiming they mastersaid fessionals are minded some of Australia’s

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MONDAY R RESEARCH by PwC suggests 40 per cent of vehicles on the region’s roads are likely to be v aautonomous within 25 years. A technological revolution in transport modes will w mean greener city centres, dominated by pedestrians, cyclists and electric bikes. The p Courier-Mail reveals a plan for a ”Brisbane subway” C underground rail system has been ignored by the u State St Government since it was included in a transport strategy nearly 10 years ago. tr

WEDNESDAY AN EXCLUSIVE poll for The Courier-Mail shows Millennials are more concerned about increasing urban density than other age groups. Experts say more needs to be done to encourage aand enable “missing middle” forms of dwellings such aas terraces, townhouses and granny flats in medium density suburbs. d The Canadian city of Vancouver is held up as a model of urban design to cope with rapid population m growth. Tall, slim towers allow light, breeze and gr views with plenty of public space at ground level. vi

FRIDAY HEALTH chiefs iefs predict 3D 3D-printed i d kidney and liver ttransplants, surgery by robots controlled by medics hundreds of kilometres away and bed-less hospitals h rremotely monitoring patients at home will become ccommonplace. Southeast Queensland is identified as a prime location for a boom medicinal cannabis and hemp lo production industry. p A long-term water supply study says a desalination plant in Brisbane or the Sunshine Coast d is among options to ensure sources beyond 2040.

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20 Oct 2018 AFR Weekend, Australia Author: Tony Boyd • Section: Companies and Markets • Article type : News Item Classification : National • Audience : 48,773 • Page: 22 • Printed Size: 2036.00cm² Region: National • Market: Australia • ASR: AUD 18,029 • Words: 3910 Item ID: 1025029760 Licensed by Copyright Agency. You may only copy or communicate this work with a licence.

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Clifford's smooth landing at Qantas Aviation Leigh Clifford has navigated through headwinds at Qantas, and is set to hand over the controls in clearer air, writes Tony Boyd.

s Leigh Clifford approaches the end of a near 50-year career in Australian business, he is more than willing to have one final shot at the union movement A week before stepping down as Qantas chairman, the former hard man of mining is worried that Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will take the country back to the bad old days, when industry-wide agreements suffocated business innovation. T d have to say, one of the issues when we've had 27 years of economic prosperity is that people can't remember what life was like back in the "90s," he says in an interview at the Qantas head office in Mascot Til give you an example - remember the coal industry? We used to have nationwide strikes and we'd agree a nationwide set-up. And of course all that did was stifle investment it made some businesses uneconomic and people lost their jobs." Clifford, who thinks it would be a grave mistake for Shorten to adopt the Australian Council of Trade Unions' policy of industry-wide bargaining, is one of the few business people to have fought the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and won. While in charge of Rio Tinto's coal mines in the Hunter Valley in the late 1990s, Clifford was successful in removing a range of crazy work practices that effectively transferred management control of the workforce from the company to unions. The practices included unionists being paid to shadow every external contractor working on site, unions deciding promotions through seniority rather than merit, non-union staff being banned from operating any equipment and strict demarcation of simple tasks. One famous case witnessed by former Chanticleer columnist Alan Kohler involved a unionist with the highest level of seniority being paid to hose out the showers - because that's the job he chose to do.

The coal union battle ran for about four years, cost Rio Tinto tens of millions of dollars and, ultimately, involved compromises on both sides. But the end result was more flexible work practices and a vastly more profitable business. Rio's terms and conditions were later adopted by BHP, making the entire sector more productive. This history will sound familiar to anyone who has watched the transformation of Australia's aviation industry over the past decade. Alan Joyce, the former Jetstar executive chosen by Clifford in 2008 to lead Qantas, used a strategy of shock and awe to fundamentally change the airlines' relationship with the three separate unions representing engineers, transport workers and pilots. Joyce, with the full backing of Clifford, grounded the Qantas fleet on October 31,2011. This cathartic, game-changing industrial relations confrontation led to calls for Joyce to be sacked. But Clifford was rock solid in his support "The grounding was the only time I've seen Leigh take a poll of the board. He said it was a management decision but that the CEO should know he has the board's support, so he went around the table and the support was unanimous," Joyce says. The grounding was a turning point in the history of Qantas, according to Joe Hockey, who is Australian ambassador to the United States. He was in opposition when the fleet was grounded but later played a critical role as treasurer in turning down a Qantas request for government help in 2014. "Leigh Clifford is a member of the rapidly disappearing club of strong, decisive, fearless chairmen who, even in the face of heavy criticism, will stand by their chief executives if they believe it to be right" he says. "He can not be intimidated and I think the best example of that was when Qantas grounded their fleet There was not a cigarette paper's difference between him and Alan Joyce publicly.

'It was one of the most courageous corporate decisions made in the quarter-century I have been in public life. Even when there was powerful political blowback from the government at the time, they did not cower." Clifford says the transformation of Qantas under Joyce's leadership is vindication of his decision to appoint him ahead of a range of other candidates. Til be judged by how the community and the market views the capability and success of the CEO that I appointed - and I reckon I get a tick on that regard," Clifford says. The two have a relationship that includes robust discussion. "We've had a good relationship, we speak often, I'm pretty candid, but I think publicly there ought not be any separation," he says. T d have to say that that"s been a pretty successful relationship. I am also a strong believer in you shouldn't fight for the microphone, I believe that the CEO ought to be the spokesman for the company. When you fight for the microphone, you know, differences arise." Along the way, Joyce has been forced to learn some of Clifford's old-style aphorisms such as the following: "We need to keep pad and bat close together", "As smooth as a gravy sandwich", "As cool as the other side of the pillow", "Tell me the time, not how to build a watch" and "It's like fishing in a puddle". Joyce says Clifford is not a micromanager. "He trusts people to get on with the job," he says. "He's very supportive but he expects results, and that's the way it should be." Apart from the grounding, there was another occasion when Clifford and Joyce were bound together in crisis. It happened in late 2013 and early 2014 when the capacity wars between Qantas and Virgin badly affected profits. The capacity wars pitched Qantas against the half a dozen international airlines backing Virgin. Many of them were government-owned with very deep pockets and no apparent concern

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about profits. Clifford says Virgin was "incinerating" capital and severely impacting Qantas' profitability. Joyce and Clifford lobbied the government to change the Qantas Sale Act which limits foreign buying of Qantas shares to 49 per cent of the total. They also asked for a government guarantee of the airline's debt "Now, it really opened up the question of the Qantas Sale Act" Clifford says. "We would like the ability of foreign shareholders and Australian shareholders to own shares in the company like they do in any other. "I remember I had discussions with Tony Abbott at the time. We didn't reach agreement on it so life went on. There was no one coming to save us so we had to do it ourselves and we've put ourselves in a very strong position." The then-treasurer Hockey says he did two due diligences on Qantas at that time as part of the request from the airline for a $4 billion debt guarantee. "There was a 50-50 chance that we could get there," Hockey says. "We could just not bring ourselves to support what they wanted and as soon as they recognised that they moved on. They knew we were serious when we didn't bail out SPC Ardmona and when we stopped subsidising the car industry." Hockey says that in the end, everybody understood the government could not take on the liabilities of an airline, especially given the experience of the Ansett collapse. This episode showed Clifford's business pragmatism. He was willing to abandon his commitment to free market principles and seek government help to save an Australian icon. As it turns out there were some technical changes to the Qantas Sale Act but there is a still a 49 per cent cap on foreign ownership, which inhibits the ability to raise capital. Clifford has not blindly supported every high profile or controversial action taken by Joyce. Just as he canvassed the board about the grounding, Clifford conducted his own poll of Qantas shareholders and customers before supporting Joyce's very public support for same-sex marriage. "I was supportive of the same-sex marriage," Clifford says. T d have to say, like a lot of people, if you asked me 10 years ago, I'd have said, "Why do we need this?' But I'd come to the view, the whole world's moving like this."

moving like this." Clifford's polling of customers and shareholders found a groundswell of support for same-sex marriage. "I then sat down with the board and I told them the result of my findings and they said: 'Look, we understand Alan's position, but we're satisfied that you've done a fair broad sounding of let's say of our constituency.' "I then said to Alan, 'Now, Alan, a lot of business people are signing up to this.' Then I said: 'Be arm-in-arm with the rest of your supporters.' "Well, of course what happened, Alan's standing there and the rest stepped back. And, Alan became the face of it and quite often he was saying nothing, but there'd be people saying, Tm sure he's saying," virtually putting words in his mouth. "But it's gone and it's passed ... the sun still comes up in the morning and the world's moved on." During Clifford and Joyce's early period as chairman and CEO, the Qantas strategy jumped around a bit. In December 2008, the company investigated a possible merger with British Airways as part of a plan to build its international business and become more efficient Clifford says the focus on what would or would not work internationally was important because it led to hard questions. "When we decided it [British Airways] was not going to work we said: •Well, what are the options for us to fix this international business'?" he says. "Out of that came the Emirates deal and frankly, that was fantastic." The Emirates deal resulted in Qantas downgrading its Singapore hub. But that is now back along with Project Sunrise, which involves Qantas having long-haul flights to key international destinations. "We've put our international business in a much better position with the re-fleeting and the Melbourne, Perth, London route, which has put the UK network in a much stronger position." This conversation naturally leads to the future of aviation and where Qantas will be in 10 years' time. "Well, look, I think firstly, the amount of global travel on aeroplanes is going to increase dramatically, and Asia is where that"s going to be huge," he says. "I think that what Qantas is doing is we have had to rationalise our fleet for efficiency and to meet the market We have now got the fleet in Jetstar A320s and 787s and they meet the

A320s and 787s and they meet the Jetstar requirements. "In Qantas, we've got from QantasLink, the regional carriers, then we've got the domestic using 737s and A330s. Internationally, we've got the A380s, we're phasing out the 747s, which are higher fuel, and introducing 787-9s, which are very fuel-efficient" He thinks the big opportunity for Qantas and Australia more generally is Chinese tourism. "We are the 17th most popular destination for Chinese," he says. "Sure as hell there's a lot of Chinese travelling, I think there's about 130 or 140 million travelling and that"s going to increase, so that will provide opportunities. "Now, we're not going to go andflyto 20 cities in China, but with our linkages and our associations with China Southern and China Eastern well be able to service China." Clifford says the Qantas domestic business is strongly helped by a revival in the resources sector in Western Australia and the frequent flyer program is a "huge success". He rejects the idea that the loyalty program is becoming more important than the airline. "The reason we've got a loyalty program is because we've got an airline and I think we can make that loyalty program even more successful." Clifford believes the share market has not fully understood how Qantas has changed under Joyce's leadership. He says the diversity of businesses under the Qantas umbrella should reduce the amplitude of volatility in the company's earnings. He says that, in turn, should warrant a higher price earnings multiple. In other words, a higher market valuation for Qantas. "We had to prove to the market that we aren't as I call it experiencing the amplitudes that we were sometimes in the past" he says. "I think the market initially was a bit sceptical. But you know, I think we've shown, we have had record profits for the last three years or so." A respected fund manager, who did not wish to be named, said the essential issue facing investors in Qantas was the leverage to the oil price. "Qantas earns about $1.6 billion and it spends about $3.2 billion on fuel," he says. "You can hedge that but only about 18 months to two years out After that you are back to being exposed to the spot price of oil." Clifford says Qantas is in a much

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stronger position than it was when he took over as chairman from Margaret Jackson in November 2007. "Obviously, we've got a challenge at the moment with the oil price," he says. "But, you know, the advantage we've got with these new planes, they are much more efficient But we've also always got to be very alert to costs in general. "I think the team and the management team here have shown that they can run a premium carrier and a lowcost carrier and they can take cost out of the business and they've done so." Clifford has enormous respect in the broader business community. He is one of the elite group of business people who came through Melbourne University. Most of them played in the university's AFL football side called the University Blacks. The Blacks alumni include the following CEOs: Robert Champion de Crespigny of Normandy Mining; Russell Jones from Amcor, Ian "Choco" Johnston from Cadbury Schweppes; and David Morgan from Westpac Banking Corp. Another Blacks alumnus is David Crawford, the chairman of South32 and Lendlease. Crawford says his career path has crossed with Clifford's many times over the past 50 years, including at Melbourne University. "He's a very direct no-nonsense person," Crawford says. "He's programmed to speak his mind and when he does so they are considered thoughts and make a lot of sense. "I think he's done a good job at Qantas, particularly when they got into difficulty a few years ago. "Having been in the rough and tumble world of the mining industry he was well suited to the task of taking hard decisions and backing them up with good common sense, logic and a great deal of acumen." Leon Davis, who mentored Clifford and handed over the CEO reins at Rio in 2000, said Clifford is "undoubtedly one of Australia's business leaders". "Leigh was a straight shooter, Davis says. "He carried on in that fine tradition when he joined Qantas. "One of the things people tend to forget about Qantas is that it was a very big government-owned company that was privatised with the aim of it becoming more efficient

"That is very difficult to manage. If if s done, well it looks easy and if it's done badly everybody knows about it" Davis says. When asked about Clifford, Morgan says: "I think he's a very good guy and was a very good professional. He did a good job at Rio, which was a wellmanaged company for a fairly long, period of time." Asked about Clifford's sporting ability Morgan, says: "Leigh may not like me saying this, but he was a much, much better businessman than he was an Australian rules footballer. That said, I'm told he is very handy indeed around the golf course." Clifford admitted he would have time for more golf but he does not want people to think his career just ended. T m not stepping off the planet," he Says. Incoming Qantas chairman and former CEO of Wesfarmers, Richard Goyder, says he is looking forward to continuing the good work done by Clifford and Joyce. "I joined the board about a year ago, so I've had the benefit of seeing the partnership that Leigh and Alan have built and how the board as a whole functions." Both Goyder and Clifford made a point of saying Joyce is not "not going anywhere for some time to come".

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Qantas chairman Leigh Clifford has been described by his business peers as a straight shooter, PHOTO: LOUIE DOUVIS

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The world according to Leigh Clifford How he will be judged: I'll be judged by how the community and the market views the capability and success of the CEO that I appointed. And I reckon I get a tick on that regard. Revival of resources sector: The production boom's taken off and of course what's happening, especially with the iron ore players, they're chewing through reserves of iron ore so now they're having t o . . . build some new capacity. So the resource industry's come back quite a bit, not quite like it has been, but nonetheless it's come back, and that's positioned us. Relationship with CEO: We've had a good relationship, we speak often, I'm pretty candid, but I think publicly there ought not be any separation. Role of the board: The board's role is firstly to choose the CEO, to agree strategy, but be part of the formulation of strategy, but basically the management are the ones who bring the strategy forward and the board's got to agree and endorse that strategy. APRA review of CBA: Everybody in business has been very alert to that. We have discussed that internally ourselves... it's caused everyone to think about a whole range of issues. And one that really brought it home to me is being very alert to customer views. David Murray's view on governance: i endorse a lot of what David Murray said. It's hard enough running a business without sort of spending all your time, what I'd call ticking boxes, which supposedly ensure that you're safe and people are free of

harassment. Just get on and do it and get people on the board to understand the importance of it, who have got experience. Same-sex marriage: I was supportive of the same-sex marriage... Like a lot of people, if you asked me 10 years ago, I'd have said, "Why do we need this?" But I'd come to the view, the whole world's moving like this. Failed request for government guaranteed debt I remember I had discussions with Tony Abbott at the time. We didn't reach agreement on it so life went on. There was no one coming to save us so we had to do it ourselves and we've put ourselves in a very strong position. Industrywide wage bargaining: It's making life easy for union officials because they don't have to go out to the work site and argue their case... and won't have to go out on the stump and talk to the employees about the implications of what they're talking about. Corporate tax cuts: There's no question that the tax cuts in America have invigorated investment and we're starting to see that flow into wage rises. We've got to encourage investment in Australia. And how are we going to do that? Competitive tax rates, plus ... employees sitting down with management regarding productivity. Hayne royal commission: It's been a pretty cathartic exercise, I'm sure, for many in the banks... the regulators have been thrust into this too. I trust that they'll come out sensibly recognising that confidence in the banking system is essential for Australia going forward.

Leigh Clifford supported Alan Joyce through tough times, PHOTO: PHILIP GOSTELOW

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Travel itinerary Key Qantas milestones

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Dec 2006 C Airline Partners Australia (APA) makes bid for Qantas supported by unanimous recommendation of the board May 17,2007 Q APA bid fails after failing to reach 50% minimum acceptance condition ' O Chairman Margaret Jackson says she will retire from board Aug2O07Q LeighClifford named new chairman - follows 37 years with Rio Tinto, CEO from 2000 to 2007 Nov 2007 O Clifford takes over as chairman at the Qantas annual meeting

jiii 18,2008 O Qantas says it will cut 1500 jobs in response to the sustained high oil prices and changing economic conditions jiil 28,2008 Q In Clifford's first and most important decision, he appoints Alan Joyce as CEO, passing over executive GM John Borghetti and CFO Peter Gregg Sep 24,2008 Q Defers plans for an initial public offering of its Frequent Flyer business Sep2S, 2008O Refutes an article claiming the company would raise capital

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Confirms i t is exploring a potential merger with British Airways Launches equity raising including a $500m institutional placement - to support fleet renewal, reduce debt and support its irivestment-gf a<le credit rating Stops paying dividends. Does not resume until 2016. Proposes five-year plan to return Qantas International to profitability

Oct 31,2011Q Responds to union action by grounding the airline - the drastic response had an estimated financial impact of $20m per day Dec 19,20110 V Qantas and Licenced Engineers Union reach agreement

2012 O Announces $500m reduction in capital expenditure May 4,2012 ) Announces a further $400m in capex and flags a new strategy linked to increase in domestic capacity. New services added to peak times on core east coast business routes, reintroduction of large planes on Sydney-Perth route -

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• »lt has been an absolute privilege to lead the Qantas board for these past 11 years. The national carrier has never been in a stronger position and that's a credit to the management team and the 30,000 employees that make up the Qantas Group family. Leigh Clifford May 22,2012 Q New management structure separating domestic and international divisions for operational, commercial and reporting functions 2 O Repayment of $650m in debt ahead of schedule and $ l 0 0 m share buyback O ACCC gives conditional approval for Emirates alliance Fair Work decides against union claim that Qantas workplace conditions should apply to other entities like jetstar

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Capacity war with Virgin causes Qantas to issue profit warning- underlying loss before tax of $250m to $300m expected for 1H13 Lobbies the government for a debt guarantee as part of its efforts to regain an investmentgrade credit rating Announces $2bcost reduction program,

freezing of wages, deferring aircraft purchases and axing 5000 jobs Mar 3,2014 Q Government says i t i ntends to repeal foreign ownership restrictions i n the Qantas Sale Act Aug 20,2015 ( Proposal to distribute $505m to shareholders as capital return Nov 23, 2015 Health insurance offering Qantas Assure launched, in partnership w i t h NIB Dec 11,2016 ( Announces i t will offer non-stop Perth to London flights by March 2018 Mar 2017 ( Qantas and other large companies like Westpac and Telstra urge then PM Malcolm Turnbull t o legalise same sex marriage May9,2017 ( Alan Joyce attacked onstage at an event i n Perth by a man protesting against "social engineering" by corporations Nov IS, 2017 A postal survey shows 61.6% of Australians support marriage equality Jun20,2018 Former Wesfarmers CEO Richard Goyder announced as Clifford's successor Aus 23,2018 Qantas' domestic operations deliver EBIT of S l . l b , 25% higher than the prior year and a new record SOURCE: QANTAS, FINANCIAL REVIEW

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Boutique stadium ‘must’ RYAN KEEN

GOLD Coast entertainment king Billy Cross is leading calls for a 12,000-person stadium, saying “build it and they will come” – and Mayor Tom Tate has an “ideal” site. Mr Cross is urging city and state funding for a facility after his Cross Promotions and Supercars staged Saturday night’s GC600 outdoor gig with Live, Foreigner and Sheppard. More than 10,000 people came to the concert. Mr Cross said the city would get similar calibre bands regularly adding the Gold Coast to their tours if it had a permanent venue that size. The city has capacity for 2000 to 3000 at the HOTA amphitheatre in Bundall and Helensvale’s NightQuarter. For outdoor concerts there is a huge leap to the Gold Coast Suns home ground Metricon which seats 25,000 but has the potential to hold 40,000. There is nothing in between. “Build it and they will Mr Cross said come,” yesterday after the show at the Broadwater Parklands. “We are missing out on so many acts because we don’t have a venue for 12,000. “If we had such a facility it would make my job much easier but I know so many other promoters around Australia who would love a venue of that size here.” Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said he “100 per cent” supported a boutique stadium and that he already had a favoured spot – but wouldn’t say where. “I have identified a site near the light rail that I believe is ideal. I want to discuss it with

councillors first, it’s definitely an active concept,” he said. “I led the conversation when our AFL and NRL teams were facing tough lease conditions with Stadiums Queensland. That has been resolved for now but our city needs a stadium of around 10,000 to 15,000 capacity.” Cr Tate has previously said

the former exorbitant lease costs for CBUS Super Stadium could make interest payments on a $20-million loan to build a boutique stadium. Mr Cross said Southport’s Broadwater Parklands was “easy to get to, easy to leave”. “Last night we had 12,000 people and within half an hour those people left,” he said. “ A facility like that will also help Southport because 10,000 people will then go out so it becomes great for the economy.” co-owner Bec Titans Frizelle, also a boutique stadium fan, said there was aclear there is a gap in that segment of the market. “While we have incredible promoters like Billy and Jackie Cross prepared to do it and bring acts here, we should be capitalising,” she said. Destination GC boss Annaliese Battista said it would stack up financially and not take long to get return on investment. “It’s good for the economy,” she said.