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ASIO chief warns of critical infrastructure sabotage threat

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March 1, 2024
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Mike Burgess, Director General of Security at Australia’s Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), has raised concerns over the potential for sabotage targeting critical infrastructure. Speaking at ASIO’s annual threat assessment, Burgess…

QantasLink trades frequency for bigger planes on Sydney–Armidale

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February 29, 2024
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Starting on 20 May, QantasLink will fly two fewer services per week to the regional NSW city, but capacity will be maintained by replacing all De Havilland Dash-8 Q300s currently serving the route with 74-seater Q400s.

Jetstar adopts ‘sunset-inspired’ uniforms as its third decade dawns

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February 29, 2024
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Created by Australian fashion designer Genevieve Smart in consultation with 40 Jetstar pilots, cabin staff and airport employees, the uniforms will be worn by more than 5,000 Jetstar workers across Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore starting l…

Australian politician ‘sold out’ to foreign regime after being recruited by spies

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February 29, 2024
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Mike Burgess outlines activities of spy network dubbed ‘the A-team’ in annual threat assessment, without naming former politician nor the country involved

Truck driver kills motorcyclist in Melbourne

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February 29, 2024
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Another truck driver kills a vulnerable road user (motorcyclist this time). Maybe Melbourne has too many trucks? A truck a minute at this school crossing […]

Landslide win for new Virgin cabin crew enterprise agreement

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February 29, 2024
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Ninety per cent of employees approved the deal, which includes pay increases of between 14 and 18 per cent over three years, as well as an extra six days off per year, recognition for unpaid standby time, and overtime after nine hours.

Air New Zealand-Singapore partnership greenlit for 5 more years

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February 29, 2024
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As part of the deal, which began in 2015 and is now authorised until March 2029, the two airlines plan to operate a fourth daily seasonal Auckland–Singapore service from 27 October 2024 to 29 March 2025. The carriers say the partnership has grown NZ–Si…

A passion for flight

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February 29, 2024
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A factory near Hamilton Airport in New Zealand has been lovingly manufacturing aircraft for more than 70 years. But after a brutal COVID shutdown, NZAero has revived the project to return with a next-generation utility aircraft, the SuperPac 750XL-II.

SA-first for public transport users who travel on the train

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February 29, 2024
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Keolis Downer Adelaide, current operator of Adelaide Metro train services has become the first public transport provider in South Australia …

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Virgin Australia Flight Attendants Agree On A New Contract

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February 28, 2024
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Virgin Australia and its flight attendants had reached an in-principle agreement in December 2023.