Burke Shire stands down staff for flouting COVID-19 restrictions

Derek Barry
Updated April 16 2020 - 11:40am, first published 10:47am
Three Burke Shire staffers were stood down after attending a party in Burketown on Easter weekend.
Three Burke Shire staffers were stood down after attending a party in Burketown on Easter weekend.

Burke Shire have defended their actions in standing down three staff without pay for flouting lockdown restrictions.

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Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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