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Australian Liberal Party Ditches 2050 Net Zero Target

Helen Carrie
November 13, 2025
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Opposition Leader Sussan Ley announced an aspiration for net zero without timelines or legislation.

Littleproud speaks after Liberals net zero decision

Helen Carrie
November 13, 2025
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“The Nationals came up with a cheaper, better, fairer plan than Labor’s $9 trillion net zero plan,” he said.

‘Where’s the $2.4 million?’: Brittany Higgins’ bankruptcy order delayed by court technicality

Helen Carrie
November 13, 2025
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Justice Paul Tottle found in August that social media posts from Higgins and Sharaz had conveyed an imputation that Reynolds and her office had orchestrated to “cover up” the alleged rape of Higgins.

Another blow to the NH90 helicopter platform as Norway pulls out

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November 13, 2025
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Sweden and New Zealand are among international militaries still operating the aircraft, while the Australian Defence Force grounded its MRH-90 Taipan helicopter fleet after a fatal crash during Talisman Sabre 2023.

Newcastle will have its first direct link to Singapore next year

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November 13, 2025
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Jetstar will ramp up its recently-launched Newcastle–Bali service to four per week from 29 March, adding 24,000 seats per year, and will introduce another leg connecting through to Singapore. It comes a week after the low-cost carrier announced a simil…

High-speed rail could link WSI to Newcastle in under 2 hours

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November 13, 2025
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Speaking at The Australian Financial Review Infrastructure Summit in Sydney, Minister Catherine King said the Sydney to Newcastle high-speed rail line – which the government hopes will run to WSI by 2042 – will offer significant benefits for travellers…

Black Hawk airlifts 2-tonne boulders for NSW dam repair

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November 13, 2025
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The helicopter, N166DP, hauled 24 basalt boulders weighing a total of roughly 40 tonnes to shore up the 100-year-old Lavertys Gap Weir on Wilsons Creek near Mullumbimby, which was damaged in the 2022 floods and by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred earlier thi…

Melbourne runway overruns were metres from disaster

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November 12, 2025
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A Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330-300, 9M-MTL, passed just seven metres over the top of work vehicles at the end of Melbourne’s runway 34 on the night of 7 September 2023, followed by a Bamboo Airways 787-9, VN-A819, passing less than five metres overhea…

Cathay comes back to Adelaide after more than 5 years

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November 12, 2025
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Flight CX173 from Hong Kong touched down in Adelaide shortly before 10:20am on Wednesday aboard the A350-900 B-LRJ, returning as CX174 two hours later. The non-stop flights will operate three times per week until 27 March 2026.

CASA calls for industry to dob in dodgy helicopter operators

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November 12, 2025
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In an industry briefing column, chief executive Pip Spence said it would be “remiss of [her] not to reiterate the need for everyone to play a role in keeping aviation safe” following events over recent months that “led to a focus on helicopters in the …