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Gold Coast marks more than 1.2m passengers over 2025 peak

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February 12, 2026
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Around 47,000 more passengers transited the airport in the 2025 holiday peak than in 2024, with 600,000 in December and a further 637,000 in January. It comes as airlines including Qantas, Jetstar, and Fiji Airways look to ramp up services from the Gol…

Sunshine Coast Airport opens new baggage handling facility

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February 12, 2026
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Featuring several hundred metres of new conveyor belts, alongside Rapiscan CT screening technology, higher throughput, and updated infrastructure to “minimise operational disruptions and downtime”, construction on the facility began in May last year an…

Qantas takes global bronze medal for on-time performance

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February 11, 2026
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The Flying Kangaroo arrived at the gate within 15 minutes of schedule 83.32 per cent of the time last month, OAG said, behind China Southern in first place at 89.4 per cent, and Hainan Airlines in second place at 87.92 per cent. Out of a total 22,676 Q…

Video Podcast: A busy week for the bush

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February 11, 2026
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On this week’s Australian Aviation Podcast, special guest host and former Rex and Virgin Australia pilot, Captain Michelle Huntington, returns to lend Jake her regional aviation expertise as they unpack all the big news from outside the big smoke.

QantasLink donates Network Fokker 100 to aircraft museum

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February 11, 2026
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VH-NHO touched down in Parkes on Tuesday afternoon after a flight from Perth via Kalgoorlie, having flown 18 years for Network after its delivery in 2008. It comes as QantasLink looks to replace its Fokker 100s with newer aircraft, including mid-life E…

One Nation Surges to 28% in Australian Poll, Nipping at Labor’s Heels

Helen Carrie
February 11, 2026
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Labor holds a 54-46 two-party preferred edge over the Coalition, whose internal splits—Liberals at 14 percent, Nationals at 1 percent.

Police Disperse Praying Muslim Men During Sydney Protest Breakup

Helen Carrie
February 10, 2026
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The event has fueled debate on public order, religious freedom, and police tactics.

Albanese’s Phrasing on Herzog Visit Draws Antisemitism Criticism

Helen Carrie
February 10, 2026
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Albanese told radio listeners the Jewish community requested ‘their head of state’.

Flight training under the microscope after fatal Gippsland crash

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February 10, 2026
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Speaking to ABC’s 7:30, RAAus chair Michael Monck said that one accident does not necessarily point to wider systemic problems. It comes as the organisation faces scrutiny over training shortfalls that allegedly contributed to the deaths of 20-year-old…