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QT BUSINESS FEATURE INSIDE LAKES WEEKLY No 788 BULLETIN FIRST ON THE STREET 16th Feb - 22nd WWW.LWB.CO.NZ • BUY • ACCOMMODATION • SELL • INFORMATION • JOBS • [email protected] The Minister has spoken. Minister Nash has spoken, do not expect any more government support for “bleeding” tourism businesses. Unless there is a change of alert levels. Ok, so rather than be proactive and support the tourism industry, just cut us off at the knees and only feed us a bit of wage subsidy every time another community outbreak occurs. Case in point right now with Auckland at Level 3. Thanks Minister Nash, thanks Prime Minister Ardern. That is really positive and kind. Community outbreaks here and in Australia will keep happening. That’s a given but no reason to abandon plans for an Aussie Bubble and giving hope to “bleeding” tourism in our region. The Aussies let Kiwis enter without quarantine, then quickly and defi nitively shut us off at the fi rst sniff of Covid, as they have done now with the latest outbreak. They do the same thing domestically. Look at Victoria. Cut off from the rest of Australia. But you can still travel Sydney to Brisbane return with no quarantine. If our leaders really gave a hoot about the lower South and West Coast, they would work harder All smiles at the offi cial opening of Queenstown Fire Station. (Back row, from left) Area on that Aussie Bubble. manager Keith McIntosh, QLDC councillor Heath Copland, deputy chief executive of FENZ Russell Wood; (front, from left) FENZ regional manager Mike Grant, FENZ Minister Nash says they are “working hard” but what does “working hard” board chair Paul Swain, Internal Affairs Minister Jan Tinetti, and Queenstown fi re chief mean? Because it seems whenever Minister Nash’s boss, the PM, speaks Terry O'Connell another pathway to open borders with Australia is proposed. What was it the PM said pre-Christmas? Oh, that’s right… “Cabinet has agreed in principle to establish a quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia in the fi rst quarter of 2021”. Fake news or are the words “in principle” political FIND US FOLLOW US speak for bullshit? You decide. But for those of us who need to operate a THE MALL, QUEENSTOWN @MARGOS_QT business this teasing is just cruel. We know there will be a stop/start nature to such a bubble. Right now, it would be closed. Like most New Zealanders, I am a big supporter of the sledgehammer method of dealing with Covid outbreaks. Shut it down quick smart. But then be prepared to open back up again. As soon as Australia starts allowing Kiwis in without quarantine again, we should be doing the same with any State of Australia that has no community cases. However, it seems the Government are not prepared to work hard enough to make an #veganvibes Aussie Bubble work - turning us into the sacrifi cial lambs who are being slowly strangled. monthly For the greater good we must go into hibernation, or pivot, close permanently, pick fruit in Cromwell, or just go broke. In the meantime, get your hand out for the next round of the wage subsidy because as Minister Nash said, it is the most we can expect in way of fi nancial support. 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Located beside the Gibbston Tavern, close to the vineyards and biking trails. Includes a lock up storage area below and whiteware. But, there are unlikely to be any international tourists in New Zealand until 19a Wellswood Way 1 Furnished $450per week next year at the earliest. This architecturally designed apartment is not your average “one-bedder”. The question for government then, he said, is how much taxpayers’ money The spacious bedroom positioned upstairs includes generous wardrobe space and wonderful they should use to “subsidize or prop up businesses that are probably not views of the Remarkable Mountains. going to be viable for at least another 11 months”. A Fresh, light and airy living room leads out to a private courtyard off ering great outdoor living, a large storage shed, and your own off street carpark. Nash told show host Duncan Garner: “If you’ve got a business that is solely 2 BEDROOMS or predominantly reliant on overseas tourists and you haven’t been able to 10D Coal Pit Road 1 Unfurnished $450 per week pivot from an international base to a domestic base, then I’m afraid you’re probably going to have to have some very hard conversations with your This modern 2 bed unit is spacious, warm and situated in the picturesque Gibbston Valley. Rental properties are rarely available in this area and don’t last long bank, your creditors, your directors and your employees. 26 McChesney Road 2 Whiteware $500 per week “The cold, hard reality is that we’re probably not going to see overseas This charming Lockwood style home provides a sense of character & warmth with the tourists in this country until next year.” wooden interior. It has two bedrooms, two bathrooms (one of which includes a large bath), He said the government is “working very hard” on an Australian bubble. laundry and toilet. 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