Internationally recognised tourism expert Professor Sam Huang believes another year of hard borders could cripple Australia’s largest service export industry. In this opinion piece, he explains why.

Four industry heavyweights (metaphorically speaking, of course) have gathered to highlight just how tough it is to be a travel professional right now.

Things are starting to look up for Berejiklian, even if she did find out about Palaszczuk’s big news at the same time everyone else did.

The airline is also promising new regional flights if, of course, states can be persuaded to ease up on border closures.

In the latest spat between Aussie states, Gladys has gone after Annastacia, with the latter refusing to budge on border reopenings despite a low number of cases in NSW.

The peak industry body has warned governments around the world that further country-wide border closures could seriously jeopardise global economic recovery.

It was only a couple of months ago that Mark McGowan was slagging off NSW over its border stance, and now he wants to copy Gladys.

The row between the states over remaining border closures has intensified, so much so that Mark McGowan is now donning a hard hat and safety vest.