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‘Bookings open 12 months in advance’: when to plan your Christmas 2025 holiday

Australian travel experts share the dates to save for securing your next summer getaway, and the destinations trending for 2025

The Guardian - AU

Vanuatu hit by another earthquake as hundreds of Australians return home

No tsunami alerts were triggered by the latest tremor

The Independent UK

Shaken Vanuatu hit by new quake as Aussies return home

Vanuatu has been hit by another earthquake as Canberra announced more financial assistance and hundreds of Aussies returned home.

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Australia declines to follow EU in forcing airlines to pay passengers for delayed and cancelled flights

Albanese government bows to pressure from Qantas and other airlines and omits compensation scheme from aviation customer rights charter

The Guardian - AU

Qantas Denies Claims Nicole Kidman Popped Off At Lounge Staff Over The Strict Fruit Policy

How do you like them apples?

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Qantas avoids chaos but more strikes ready for take-off

Engineers at Australia's largest airline are taking industrial action to target the peak summer travel period as Qantas refuses to buckle to their pay demands.

AAP

Australia’s Kyiv embassy to reopen as Ukraine aid tops $1.5bn

Penny Wong says Australia will reopen its embassy in Ukraine after closing it in 2022 due to the war with Russia, and Fatima Payman is putting out the call for candidates for her Australia’s Voice Party.

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Long flight to justice ends for sacked Qantas workers

The end of a protracted legal battle is being welcomed by workers illegally sacked by Qantas as they turn to rebuilding their lives after four years.

AAP

‘Capacity crisis’: Qantas scraps PNG flights to free up planes, catches government unaware

‘One crew shortage, one breakdown, one delay, one bad weather event, and the whole system starts to fall apart,’ a pilot said.

Crikey

‘Salaciousness’, ‘Qantas’, ‘Melissa Caddick’: Revealing the clickiest, most loved subjects with readers

‘Sadly what clicks with readers is shrill opinion rather than considered analysis, clear solutions when nuance is needed.’

Crikey

Record number of Chinese tourists expected to visit Australia this summer as market passes pre-pandemic peak

Juneyao Airlines becomes eighth carrier based in mainland China to run flights to Australia

The Guardian - AU

Sky-high $120m compensation bill for Qantas workers

Qantas has struck a deal to compensate more than 1800 workers to the tune of $120 million after the Federal Court found they were illegally sacked.

AAP

Qantas to pay $120m to more than 1,800 baggage handlers illegally sacked during pandemic

Level of compensation – and looming penalties – mean cost of airline’s outsourcing saga has ballooned past budgeted figure

The Guardian - AU

And Crikey’s politician of the year for 2024 is…

Readers might not like it, but it’s clear which politician has been most brutally effective in 2024.

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A radio host, a columnist, a group of protesters: Revealing the first luminaries of Crikey’s Shitstirrers Index

After parsing more than 1,000 nominations, Crikey presents our first few inaugural shitstirrers.

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Why is Rex Airlines being sued? And why is the government still bailing it out?

Despite ASIC investigating Rex over ‘serious governance failures’, the government is still propping it up. Now what?

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Striking Qantas engineers look to crash Christmas party

Engineers at Australia's largest airline have targeted the peak summer travel period with industrial action, escalating an eight-month dispute over a pay deal.

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Reader Reply: I feel stupid for being too loyal, for too long, to Qantas

Crikey reader Ric Clark shares his firsthand experience of Qantas’ dismal performance in the peak travel period.

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Aussie passengers face exorbitant fares, delays and cancellations as Qantas limps through holiday season

‘The Albanese government’s answer is a taxpayer-funded ombudsman, a policy that looks like it was written in the Chairman’s Lounge.’

Crikey

Qantas and Virgin pilots only want one thing this Christmas

Who’s playing naughty, and who’s playing nice?

AAP

Penalties in store for airlines misusing flight slots

An overhaul at Sydney Airport will see airlines fined if they deliberately cancel flights to keep valuable runway slots.

International Business Times

22 Hour Flights Connecting Sydney And New York Set To Begin In 2026

Qantas Airlines launched Project Sunrise to offer nonstop flights from Sydney to London and New York.

The Independent UK

Qantas hopes to end ‘tyranny of distance’ for Australians with world’s longest flight

The aircraft for the 19+ hour Qantas flights will arrive by mid-2026

The Guardian - AU

Sydney to London flight emissions can be halved depending on route, plane and seating

Carbon footprint of an average passenger can vary widely depending on stopovers, plane models and even seating arrangements

The Independent UK

Some flights resume to Bali after huge volcanic ash cloud caused Australian airlines to cancel

Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia have resumed some of the services from Bali to Australia

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