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Virgin unveils Velocity loyalty changes including new status tiers

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October 17, 2024
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The airline will add a new “Forever Gold” status from October next year, matching Qantas’ gold lifetime status, as well as a “Platinum Plus” tier above platinum. Velocity Frequent Flyer hit 12 million members earlier this year, though still lags behind…

WA Police to add first jet to air fleet

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October 17, 2024
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The police force will lease a Pilatus PC-24 and upgrade its existing PC-12 fleet, with the twin-engine PC-24 expected to halve the current travel time from Perth to towns such as Kununurra while being able to land on unsealed outback airstrips.

Greens MP Jenny Leong wearing a “No terfs on our turf” in NSW Parliament

Helen Carrie
October 17, 2024
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The Greens and drifted so far away from what Bob Brown would have mandated back when he founded the party.

The PM has tried to buy ANOTHER home on the Central Coast

Helen Carrie
October 17, 2024
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Anthony Albanese bid on the property last year. We’ve tracked down the bloke who outbid him.

Darwin crime spree sees 8 vehicles stolen overnight

Helen Carrie
October 17, 2024
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Northern Territory Police have arrested multiple offenders after a crime series across the Greater Darwin Area overnight.

QantasLink A220s to go international next year

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October 16, 2024
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Darwin-Singapore, which was slated to launch in December using Embraer E190s, will instead launch in March 2025 using the A220s. The news comes as Qantas rolls out a new route from Brisbane to Palau, alters some key routes to the US and Asia-Pacific, a…

Homemade statue of Olympic breaker Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn erected in Northcote, Melbourne

Helen Carrie
October 16, 2024
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‘Look at the balance they’ve managed to achieve there with that statue.’

Qantas pilots’ union slams Virgin’s Qatar wet-lease deal

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October 16, 2024
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Speaking to The Australian this week, Australian and International Pilots Association president Tony Lucas said the deal – which would see Qatar operate flights to Doha under the Virgin Australia banner – is a “workaround of bilateral agreements” and o…

Airservices and Wisk sign deal to support air taxi integration

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October 16, 2024
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The memorandum of understanding will see Wisk, a subsidiary of Boeing, and Airservices collaborate and share expertise on autonomous air mobility, with an estimated 1 million air taxi flights per year expected by 2043. Wisk is aiming to have air taxis …

Airbus demonstrates teaming system for drones and helicopters

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October 16, 2024
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The demonstration took place in France and Italy from 30 September to 9 October and involved multiple manned helicopters and unmanned systems connected to a single network.