Show societies across Queensland are breathing a sigh of relief, after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced plans to drop COVID-19 restrictions that they ...
"The show's on June, 10, 11 and 12 and we had done a lot of soul searching and crunching the numbers and logistical points of view on deciding how we would proceed for this year and had made the decision last week that we would go ahead." "That meant that in order to comply with the requirements, to meet the government rules and regulations, we had to provide extra layers of security or staff and that was beyond the financial reach of most of our shows. Last month he accused the Queensland government of discrimination and double standards, angry that COVID-19 vaccine mandates applied to agricultural shows, but not the majority of other users of the same showgrounds.