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Virgin Australia is in a Santa Claus mood, promising to fast-track a new enterprise bargaining agreement for its pilots that saw them snag a 15% pay rise, with a further 6% over the next two years. But over at the Scroogy Roo, Qantas is ready for a fresh fight with its short-haul pilots after they […]
No La Niña – but a damp summer ahead, BoM update suggests Peter Hannam La Niña might be off but that doesn’t mean summer won’t be a damp one As flagged yesterday, the Bureau of Meteorology‘s fortnightly update of the climate drivers influencing Australia’s weather reinforces the likelihood that we won’t have a La Niña […]
While ministerial meetings are supposed to remain confidential, the fact that Albanese complained at length to his colleagues about his treatment by the media is the latest in a series of leaks to this masthead, following revelations about Labor’s handling of proposed questions for the next census, possible changes to negative gearing and concerns about […]
Albanese denies directly soliciting Qantas upgrades from Joyce or a proxy Karen Middleton Anthony Albanese insists he never contacted then Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce directly, nor through an intermediary, to share travel plans or seek flight upgrades, refuting the claim in a new book that he solicited them from the airline’s boss while he […]
Thousands of Australians have been swindled out of their money as the number of reported scams hit record highs. Consumers and small businesses reported more than 10,000 scams in 2023/24, an 81 per cent increase from the year before, according to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority’s annual review released on Thursday. While this spike in […]