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Aug 3, 2021 | Business, Community, Political

Logan City businessman speaks out about affects of COVID-19 lockdowns

  • Rod Stephen is a former television journalist and has worked as Foreign Editor for the Seven Network, Australian Bureau Chief for TV3 New Zealand, UK correspondent for Seven and ABC radio and as a producer for Reuters TV in London as well as SBS in Sydney and Melbourne before returning to Brisbane to work at 4BC.

Former Queensland police officer, Mark Ellis has been running a very successful security business called Gatecrash Security for many years and among his prominent clients is billionaire Clive Palmer.

Mr Ellis has said he had a profitable business before the lockdowns started and this fresh lockdown is the last straw.

 

 

 

 

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