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Former top Virgin executive to head Airservices for 12 months

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July 18, 2024
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Rob Sharp, who left Virgin in 2019 as part of a management restructure, was CEO of Tigerair for four years before becoming Virgin’s group executive for airlines. After Virgin, he served as secretary of Transport for NSW from 2021–23, and will now serve…

NJE staff had to ‘manually scoop toilet waste’ on charter flight: TWU

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July 18, 2024
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The TWU says the four-hour flight, which carried the Fremantle Dockers AFL team home from Launceston to Perth on Saturday, 13 July, ran out of water after around half an hour, disabling the toilets and posing a “significant health and safety risk”.

Australian ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd says Australia should “Chill” if trump wins!

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July 18, 2024
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If President Trump is elected on 5 November, we’re not going over some chasm

Dovetail angles for Europe with hydrogen powertrain demo in Spain

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July 18, 2024
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The Australian company, part-owned by Rex, unveiled the powertrain at an event in Seville, the first of its kind in Spain. The system demonstrated in Seville was designed for a Beechcraft King Air, and comes after Dovetail had been on the hunt for a Eu…

Has the Green Dream by Twiggy Forrest gone bust?

Helen Carrie
July 18, 2024
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Twiggy Forrest’s ‘green dream’ has gone bust.

Google Wing drone delivery launches in Melbourne

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July 18, 2024
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It comes with Wing’s Jesse Suskin set to speak at Australian Aviation’s upcoming Australian Aviation Summit on 29 August.

CFMEU accuses Albanese of opening ‘gates of hell’ in explosive new statement

Helen Carrie
July 18, 2024
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The CFMEU has come out swinging with a new statement, saying the Albanese government has “opened the gates of hell” by taking the construction union on.

Melburnians want airport rail and more buses before the Suburban Rail Loop, survey says

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July 18, 2024
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It surveyed 1000 Melbourne residents, to be published on Thursday, which shows 72 per cent support airport rail and 66 per cent support improving the bus network.

Video Podcast: Is Australia’s domestic airline market full?

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July 17, 2024
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Adam and Jake discuss Qantas boss Vanessa Hudson’s suggestion that Australia has no room for more domestic airlines.

DroneShield shares tumble as investors spooked

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July 17, 2024
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Shares in the US publicly listed technology company have drastically fallen over the past week following massive market capitalisation reportedly equating to approximately $2 billion.