The reputation of Australia’s major airlines have taken a hit on the world stage – again. Skytrax’s 2024 World Airline Awards dubbed “the Oscars of the aviation industry” were announced in London this week and it was not a happy result for our carriers down under. Only two years ago,Continue Reading
Robert Irwin is in line for a Gold Logie, as the 20-year-old’s career in the entertainment world hits a new level. The son of the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin is one of the youngest to be nomintated for the presitigous award recognising the best in the Australian television industry.Continue Reading
Virgin has nestled into the gap left by Bonza going bust with a heap of deals into the Gold Coast. A sale announced on Monday only applies to Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday flights to/from Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra but for dates between June and December. With no checked baggageContinue Reading
The east coast is looking at a weekend “washout” and potentially up to a fortnight of rain as an unusual weather pattern emerges. By the end of the weekend, “well over a month’s rain,” may have fallen on Sydney, say meteorologists, with more than 100mm coming down between Friday andContinue Reading
Australia is unlikely to return to widespread mask mandates, experts say, despite the country grappling with a surge of Covid-19 cases. In some states, Covid-19 cases are higher than they were last winter, with two highly infectious strains of the virus circulating among the community and hospitalisations increasing. But crucially,Continue Reading
Australians are missing out on earning more on their savings, the competition watchdog has found, as it lashed the banks for operating “complex” and “opaque” pricing systems on deposit accounts. An inquiry conducted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on retail savings rates has released its final report,Continue Reading
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s popularity has been in free fall for months, but she remained defiant to continue serving as Queensland premier. She now says that all changed sitting around the national cabinet table last week. In a surprise announcement on Sunday, Ms Palaszczuk said the “time was right” to step downContinue Reading
What is the charge for a meal? A succulent Chinese meal? Apparently, thanks to inflation, far more than the average Aussie can accept. In the space of two years, one Chinese restaurant on the NSW South Coast has raised the prices of its family meal packages by up to 63Continue Reading
What is the charge for a meal? A succulent Chinese meal? Apparently, thanks to inflation, far more than the average Aussie can accept. In the space of two years, one Chinese restaurant on the NSW South Coast has raised the prices of its family meal packages by up to 63Continue Reading
A late swing to the Yes vote will not deliver enough votes to secure a majority in any state according to the final Newspoll before the referendum. But in a silver lining for campaigners, the poll suggests there has been a modest increase in support in the final week ofContinue Reading