Channel NewsAsia
A strategic Sydney naval base is to be used to dock large cruise liners, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Sunday, just months after the government advised against it on security grounds. Sydney is running out of space to accommodate an...
The Age
In an address to NSW Labor conference delegates in Sydney, Ms Gillard said the visit to Sydney of Queen Mary 2 in March brought 2500 visitors. "With a guarantee of expanded capacity, we could see a visit of that kind every month in summer," she said.
Sydney Morning Herald
Ms Gillard will unveil the plan to allow cruise ships to dock at Garden Island to delegates at the NSW Labor conference on Sunday, Fairfax Media reports. She will reportedly announce that the government is preparing a long-term plan for the base,...