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Travel expert shares his tips on how to make your Australia trip cheap, quick, and painless

Exclusive: Fares go as low as £595 return from London to Sydney in November

The Independent UK

Newcastle Airport gets funding for new flight destinations

International and domestic routes are being discussed.

Newcastle Herald

Great Barrier Reef wants more tourists to visit – and you can save money by learning to protect it

Tourism is a positive for Australia’s world-famous coral reef, say officials, as more people are urged to visit

The Independent UK

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New Zealand to nearly triple tourist tax for international visitors

Australian tourists will be exempt from the NZ$100 levy which critics say will deter travellers

The Guardian - AU

Alarm as Australia records ‘gobsmacking’ hot August temperatures

Heat building up in country’s centre and driving south-east is causing ‘really unusual’ heatwave that is breaking winter records

The Guardian - AU

Noodles, gelato and a dip: how to spend a day riding the rails of the Sydney metro extension

The new section of the north-west and city line makes parts of the city much more accessible. Here are a few ideas for a day out

The Guardian - AU

Tourism Australia execs who ‘tried to hide’ they were in Cannes spent $66k on the trip

Exclusive: The two Tourism Australia executives who tuned in to a job cuts meeting on Zoom from Cannes flew there in business class and spent more than $66,000 on the trip.

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Sweet dreams are made of this: Queensland’s Big Pineapple is back. Is it still a big deal?

Touting itself in the 1970s as Australia’s No 1 tourist attraction, the country’s biggest ‘big thing’ is back in business

The Guardian - AU

Where’s the beef? Gina Rinehart puts past journalism quarrel aside with pies at the Kennedys

Mining billionaire, who hasn’t always been on good terms with reporters, bankrolls journalism awards. Plus: cuts continue across media companies

The Guardian - AU

Tourism Australia boss given new five-year term in midst of AFP investigation

Exclusive: Phillipa Harrison had her tenure extended at the same time her agency was being investigated by police. And Labor kept the reappointment quiet for nearly two months.

Crikey

‘Disaster in the making’: Environmental groups slam regulator for offshore rig failures

The ongoing shitshow of redundant offshore rigs continues, with environmental groups singling out the ‘failures’ of the government’s regulator.

Crikey

The fight for iron sands: the bitter battle to protect New Zealand’s sea-floor riches

Government’s push to fast-track projects in NZ stirs fears deep-sea mining off Taranaki, long opposed by the community, could go ahead

The Guardian - AU

Regional trains in NSW are old, slow and half-empty – but I still enjoy the ride

The ageing fleet of Xplorer trains are running late half the time and can’t get up to speed on single tracks, but the 10-hour journey still has much to recommend it

The Guardian - AU

A local’s guide to Launceston: ‘Harvest Market on a Saturday morning is 100% part of the culture’

Youthful yet early rising, Launceston has a great mix of nature, food culture and even a colony of monkeys says brewer Will Horan

The Guardian - AU

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AusCycling Road National Championships 2025 routes

Courses released for January 8-12 national title events in Perth

AAP

Vivid festival allure dims with big drop in visitors

The shine has come off Sydney's Vivid Festival with a big drop in visitor figures from the previous year and some blaming prices for its decline in popularity.

The Guardian - AU

They’re 600km off the coast, but farmers on Lord Howe Island say ‘we can’t compete with Woolworths’

A weekly supply plane carries online grocery orders to the island’s 450 residents, but a growing number are returning to subsistence farming

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“Because I Live In New Zealand”: 50 Reasons For New Zealanders To Flex

For many people, New Zealand is known for being the set of the iconic Lord Of The Rings series, but anyone who’s ever stepped foot in the country knows that it’s way more than that. The post “Because I Live In New Zealand”: 50 Reasons For New Zealanders To Flex…

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Newcastle Herald

Airport's international terminal expansion gets closer to take-off

'We're hunting multiple destinations with multiple airlines.'

The Guardian - AU

Saunas, sledding and empty shores: Guardian Australia staff’s favourite east coast winter breaks

Whether you plan on embracing the cold or warming your bones, these well-tested winter holiday spots lean into the best of the season

The Independent UK

What other countries say about visiting the UK – as Australia issues travel warning amid riots

Exclusive: After Australia warned its travelling citizens about riots in the UK, what other alerts are there to visitors?

Marie Claire

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Will Travel to Colombia for Their Next Royal Tour

"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have kindly accepted my invitation to visit our beautiful country."

AAP

Call for Woodside to respect decision on 'climate bomb'

A decision to defuse a "climate bomb" could be imminent as a regulator reportedly puts pristine marine life ahead of Australia's biggest proposed gas field.

Newcastle Herald

Shiraz to Shore: $89m plan for 100km cycle trail linking wineries to beach

The Hunter wants to be a cycle tourism mecca.

Wallpaper

At the heart of Sydney Metro’s expanded Central Station lies a spectacular new public space

The new extension to the Sydney Metro can now be accessed beneath McAslan and Woods Bagot’s monumental roof structure above the city’s historic Central Station

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