A Brisbane lawyer vows to pay $1,800 every week until Queensland's October 31 election to fly a plane trailing a banner that reads 'She is heartless' in protest of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's coronavirus border stance.
Ms Palaszcuzk insists decisions around COVID-19 restrictions and exemptions are made by the state's Chief Health Officer, Jeannette Young.
"We know that Indigenous Australians are more at risk to what is essentially an introduced disease," he said. The Mayor referred to the Palaszczuk Government's strict border measures as a lose-lose situation that has his support.
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