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Brisbane Airport begins $90m carpark upgrade

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February 28, 2024
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The extension, expected to commence shortly and complete by mid-2025, will add 1,700 long-term parking spaces to the current P2 carpark, removing the existing 30-minute parking area and spaces for vehicles over 2.4 metres in height. Solar panels will a…

A career like no other: saving lives on land, in the sea and the sky

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February 28, 2024
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Saving lives and protecting communities is all in a day’s work for Babcock’s highly trained, experienced, and motivated helicopter crew members.

Inland Rail Reveals Designs of Three New Broadford Bridges

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February 27, 2024
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The Marchbanks Road, Short and Hamilton Street bridges in Broadford need to be rebuilt to provide clearance for taller double-stacked freight trains to pass underneath

Longer regional rail strike as dispute deepens

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February 27, 2024
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Victoria’s regional rail network will be at a standstill on the eve of the Labor Day long weekend as workers walk off the job for […]

Multi-billion-dollar direct rail line to Sunshine Coast announced

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February 27, 2024
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A long-awaited rail line connecting the Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay and Brisbane is a step closer to construction as the Queensland government commits almost $3 billion towards the first stage of the project.

Singapore Airlines opens new Perth lounge ahead of fourth daily flight

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February 27, 2024
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The redesigned SilverKris lounge will serve SIA’s business class and qualifying frequent travellers, with the airline to add a fourth flight per day from 31 March. The extra flights will use 303-seater A350-900 aircraft, adding 220,584 more seats to th…

Hobart Airport embarks on 3-year terminal overhaul

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February 27, 2024
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The current terminal was designed for 1.5 million passengers per year and currently handles 2.6 million, with forecasts of 3.5 million by 2030. The upgrade – to be carried out by Hutchinson Builders – will see the terminal double in size, with works ex…

Lack of female pilots behind bad pay figures, say airlines

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February 27, 2024
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Qantas and Virgin have argued a global lack of women becoming pilots or engineers is the reason airlines performed badly in gender pay data released by the federal government.

Qantas to face the music over standing down of safety rep

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February 27, 2024
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Judge David Russell in November found the major airline guilty of unlawfully standing Theo Seremetidis down over a direction he made to staff to cease cleaning planes that had landed from COVID-19 “hotspots”. Qantas now faces up to $1 million in penalt…

Network Aviation strikes to resume from Wednesday

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February 27, 2024
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The Australian Federation of Air Pilots, which suspended planned strikes over the weekend due to the risk from ex-Tropical Cyclone Lincoln, are planning three rolling one-day work stoppages for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday now that the threat has pas…