North Queensland Airways Brisbane, Queensland with De Havilland Dragon eight-seat biplanes. The airline was plagued by many accidents, three of them accompanied by fatalities: Following this final disaster NQA went into liquidation, and on 25 October 1938 its assets were purchased in full by Airlines of Australia. Its airline services were maintained by the new owner and its successor Australian National Airways. North Queensland Airways North Queensland Airways Pty. Ltd. (NQA) was an Australian company established on 7 May 1936 to operate air services in Queensland, Australia. With its headquarters at Cairns, Queensland it initially had a share capital of 50,000 pounds in
Capital punishment in Australia The poll showed a small majority of Australians (52.5%) favoured the death penalty for deadly terrorist acts in Australia while 47.5% didn’t. This was a significant increase from 2009 when only 23% of Australians supported the death penalty being imposed for convicted murderers. Capital punishment in Australia Capital punishment in Australia was a form of punishment in Australia that has been abolished in all jurisdictions. Queensland abolished the death penalty in 1922. Tasmania did the same in 1968, the federal government abolished the death penalty in 1973, with application also in the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. Victoria