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The business cabin on an Emirates A380 and its 1-2-1 seat configuration. Originally 21B, an aisle seat in the 1-2-1 configuration. Before takeoff, I move to 26D, also on an aisle, following a request from the flight attendant to allow an elderly Italian couple to be seated together. The flight attendant is effusively grateful that […]
A Qantas Airbus A380 flew for hundreds of hours before it was discovered a tool had been left inside one of its engines. The incident came to light on Thursday in an Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation report. It said that a nylon tool, 1.25 metres (4 feet) long, was discovered wedged inside the engine […]
The Albanese government must surely realise that something must be done in the Australian aviation sector, where Qantas and Virgin are the country’s most powerful duopoly. Whatever the action, it must go beyond simply propping up a distant third competitor, with relative spare change, at the taxpayers’ expense. In its latest report into the aviation […]
Coles chair says cost-of-living issues have been ‘politicised’ Jonathan Barrett The Coles chair, James Graham, has opened the supermarket’s annual general meeting by defending the company’s profit levels and criticising “politicised” attacks. Graham told shareholders in Melbourne today that: In this context, it has been disappointing to see how cost-of-living issues have been politicised and […]
Coalition transport spokeswoman Bridget McKenzie said on Saturday that Labor had done nothing to make sure public officials were following the travel policy and selecting the lowest fare. “The prime minister just wants to protect his favoured, dominant airline,” she said. “Labor has allowed the government’s contracted travel provider to consistently favour Qantas.” Nationals senator […]
News Corp, Transurban and Santos are yet again Australia’s top tax dodgers, the latest tax data shows, while the big miners paid full freight. A broken piggy bank (Image: Adobe) Serial tax dodgers News Corp, Santos, Qantas and Transurban once again failed to pay any income tax in Australia in 2022-23, the latest Australian Tax […]
ATO reveals almost a third of companies paid no income tax in 2022-23 Elias Visontay Australia’s largest corporations paid almost $100bn in income tax in a year, fresh statistics published by the government reveal. The latest data, released by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) on Friday, covers the 2022-23 financial year, and reveals the office […]
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Anthony Albanese has denied contacting – in any way – the former Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce or any other airline staff to seek flight upgrades. The prime minister’s office on Thursday confirmed Albanese did not contact Joyce by phone, email, text message or any other direct means, and also did not directly contact Qantas […]
Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie declared on Thursday she would audit her travel history after previously saying she had not received Qantas upgrades and then admitting she had on one occasion. But the Australian Financial Review reported on Wednesday she had received more. “Earlier this week I called on the Prime Minister to provide a complete […]