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Airservices to roll out Brisbane noise reduction plan next month

Guest authors
October 30, 2024
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Starting 28 November, air traffic controllers will increase the use of Simultaneous Opposite Direction Parallel Runway Operations (SODPROPS), which would allow more flights to take off and land over Moreton Bay rather than populated areas of Brisbane.

The Chairmans Lounge

Helen Carrie
October 30, 2024
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Please call for an inquiry into air travel of all MPs, their staff and senior officials.

The union buster and the unionist – an unlikely friendship

Helen Carrie
October 30, 2024
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Albanese puts over that he is some kind of working-class hero.

Entitled and out-of-touch Albo has serious questions to answer

Helen Carrie
October 30, 2024
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The man is out of touch with the Australian people.

Jetstar may be eyeing another ex-Bonza route

Guest authors
October 30, 2024
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The airline is believed to be negotiating with Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport to launch a new route to Melbourne, which was reportedly one of Bonza’s more successful services before its collapse earlier this year.

Army conducts training with new Black Hawk fleet

Guest authors
October 30, 2024
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The Australian Army is rapidly bringing its fleet of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters into service, with the aircraft and crew flying more than 1,400 hours in support of introduction into service activities since the aircraft’s arrival in 2023.

Cessna crew smelling fumes flew on 200km and past 4 airports

Guest authors
October 29, 2024
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The crew of the Cessna 404 Titan, VH-LAD, chose to fly back to Emerald Airport 200km away when they detected the fumes in the cabin on 11 April 2024, which caused symptoms including headaches, dizziness and nausea.

Qantas Brisbane–Manila flights underway again

Guest authors
October 29, 2024
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The first QF97 service took off from Brisbane shortly before 10pm on Monday night aboard the A330-200 VH-EBG, and will operate four times per week. The route is expected to add more than 100,000 annual seats between Australia and the Philippines.

Several measures in Australia’s Covid response would not be accepted again

Helen Carrie
October 29, 2024
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A large-scale report into Australia’s response to Covid-19 found trust had been “eroded” due to “heavy-handed” measures taken in the pandemic.

Abandoning Bass Strait oil and gas structures would breach international law

Helen Carrie
October 29, 2024
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Australia must insist on full removal when ExxonMobil decommissions offshore gas project, Wilderness Society says.