The Prime Minister has weighed in on Melbourne’s long-promised, never-delivered train line from Tullamarine airport to the city the airport telling the terminal owners to be better corporate citizens. And Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas has used a business lunch in front of hundreds of corporates to double down on threatsContinue Reading
Aussies planning on travelling between the Gold Coast and Melbourne this month may have to rethink their Christmas plans as Bonza cancels flights on the major route. The struggling budget airline was due to kick off flights between the Gold Coast and Melbourne’s Avalon airport on Tuesday, however the newContinue Reading
Australia Post has opened a new $75m state-of-the-art parcel facility that will help the company meet the country’s surging e-commerce demand. The 14,000sq m processing hub, located next to Avalon airport, north of Geelong, boasts a capacity to sort through 40,000 parcels a day with an option to expand toContinue Reading
Defence Minister Richard Marles has slammed criticism of his $3.6 million in taxpayer-funded VIP flights revealing he “stands by” every flight he has taken. Speaking on Channel 9‘s Today show, host Karl Stefanovic, Mr Marles fired up over the flights accusing the Coalition of a “smear” over the taxpayer-funded spending.Continue Reading
Anthony Albanese and his deputy Richard Marles have scored a big pay pump which will increase their pay to $586,768 and $432,860 respectively. The pay rise for all politicians is worth 4 per cent and is the largest single increase in nearly a decade, taking the base salary of aContinue Reading
Australia could soon be getting its first Disneyland, with a prominent figure throwing her support behind the construction of a CBD theme park. Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp threw her support behind the idea of a Down Under Disney in Fishermans Bend. “As Australia’s capital city of fun, of courseContinue Reading
A South Korean defence contractor has been awarded a multibillion-dollar contract to supply Australia with a fleet of infantry fighting vehicles. Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy confirmed on Thursday morning the government’s selection of Hanwha’s “Redback” IFV over German company Rheinmetall’s “Lynx” design. Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Simon StuartContinue Reading
A woman branded a “drunk Karen” after she was booted off a Gold Coast flight became the “internet’s No.1 star” because of the vicious social media attention she received, a court has been told. Erica Jayne Carlson achieved online infamy after she was filmed being escorted off a Jetstar flightContinue Reading