The Townsville Council Is To Vote On A Visitor Tax For Magnetic Island, And It Will Apply To Day Trippers, Too.

That is just one recommendation in a report after a two year study  by the council and a bevy of (sigh) consultants.  There are plenty of tricky questions in this one, and The Magpie is just the bird to ask them. Not only how the money will be collected and spent, but what happened to… View full story »

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