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Fair Work awards ex-dnata employee $36k in unfair dismissal case

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September 30, 2025
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As reported in The Australian, 21-year-old Courtney Sewell said she felt forced to resign from her part-time work for Emirates with dnata at Perth Airport earlier this year after a sexual harassment complaint against a male co-worker was closed with no…

RAAF heads to Japan for first trilateral Exercise Bushido Guardian

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September 30, 2025
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Operating from Misawa Air Force Base, the exercise will see eight RAAF F-35A Lightning II fighter jets from No. 3 Squadron train alongside Japanese and US aircraft. Traditionally a bilateral exercise between Australia and Japan, the 2025 program is the…

Perth Airport master plan lays out billions in infrastructure works

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September 30, 2025
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Available for public comment online, the Master Plan forecasts annual passenger numbers to grow from 17.48 million to 30.8 million by 2046, with aircraft movements to grow from 160,800 to 222,800 per year and air freight to reach as much as 269,000 ton…

Sydney–San Francisco passengers to see streamlined bag screening

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September 30, 2025
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Daily United Airlines flights from Sydney to San Francisco have been selected for the trial of US Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) International Remote Baggage Screening (IRBS), which removes the need to re-check baggage onto connecting flights in…

Deadly Arnhem Land bird strike was all but unavoidable, says ATSB

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September 30, 2025
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The Bell 206L-3 LongRanger helicopter VH-JMM was operating charter services in Arnhem Land on 14 July this year when it hit a white‑bellied sea eagle, which flew through the windscreen and caused serious upper body injuries to the passenger. The bird d…

Qantas resumes Perth–Hobart flights with A319s

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September 29, 2025
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Flight QF1672 touched down in Hobart at around 1:40pm on Friday afternoon aboard VH-8NQ, returning to Perth shortly before 3pm. The route revives a service last operated in 2023, and will fly three times per week, providing an extra 32,000 annual seats…

RAAF Richmond marks 100 years with massive air show

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September 29, 2025
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Held at RAAF Base Richmond over the weekend, the event attracted around 80,000 people, and featured both static and aerial displays such as the F-35A Lightning II, F/A-18F Super Hornet, E-7A Wedgetail, P-8 Poseidon, and 100 Squadron’s heritage aircraft.

Long-serving Black Hawk arrives at Australian War Memorial

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September 29, 2025
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Black Hawk A25-112, originally produced by American defence company Sikorsky, was operated by the Australian Defence Force alongside other aircraft seeing operational service in Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, East Timor and Pakistan.

Qantas to tie CEO Vanessa Hudson’s bonuses to airline’s reputation

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September 29, 2025
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The proposal would see up to 20 per cent of Hudson’s total share rights under the Qantas long-term incentive program vest based on the Flying Kangaroo’s reputation score, as tracked by external firm RepTrak. The Qantas board is also raising her salary …

RAAF Lightning jets take to the northern skies in Arnhem Thunder 25

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September 26, 2025
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The exercise, which wrapped up last month, involved collective training and offensive counter air activity at RAAF Bases Tindal and Darwin, including live weapon drops at the Delamere Air Weapons Range and coordination with the Surveillance and Control…