Why? Doherty are charging us a fortune. It’s been a wonderful couple of years for them financially
And IIRC Doherty Institute issued at least one previous forecast - in 2020 - that was a mammoth overestimate.
Every time organisations like this are alarmist, it costs airlines like Rex hundreds of thousands of dollars in bookings, if not more. Like others I reckon there's decling, and low, community confidence in travelling interstate.
'Never waste a crisis' is the mantra of handsomely paid health officials, the media who love the extra viewers/readers/listeners and not forgetting a dishonourable mention to the vast majority of state politicians.
jb747's sentiments are 200pc correct about us getting on with life. What a pity someone like him can't operate every flight to CBR with pollies, staff, and officials on board and give them a 20 minute lecture about why we need to act rationally.
So many of us want to travel, which among other huge benefits creates jobs. My prayers are for the huge numbers in 'emerging economies' who've lost work as a result of the big downturn in international tourism. Unlike here, many lack social welfare to support them, although they have a different familial model to the smaller nuclear family many Caucasians have.
Rex could normally be expected to carry international visitors looking for cheap(er) fares but there aren't too many here, despite being allowed from a few nations such as Singapore.