What was it like to be on the first flight direct ever to take Australians straight into continental Europe? This is Travel Editor STEPHEN SCOURFIELD’S diary from Saturday night’s flight
Stephen Scourfield
The disruption at Australian airports is set to continue as the winter school holiday rush sets in.
Catie McLeod
MOGENS JOHANSEN engages all his senses during a visit Singapore Airline’s catering facility near Changi Airport.
Mogens Johansen
Sophisticated restaurants and cafes in the lush green hinterland
Ian Neubauer
The Pan Pacific in Singapore ticks all the right boxes for MOGENS JOHANSEN
MOGENS JOHANSEN takes a look at Belkin’s new SOUNDFORM noise cancelling earbuds and a cool new smart speaker
History is in the spotlight, waiting for a court to rule
STEVE McKENNA selects five seaside escapes from London
Steve McKenna
Australia’s once beloved national carrier has been savaged in a fake ad aimed at the airline’s treatment of workers and passengers.
Duncan Murray
Qantas will trim cut back on domestic flights and increase the price of airfares in response to skyrocketing fuel costs.
Josh Zimmerman
Mark McGowan has a new best friend. And you’ll be surprised to learn it’s the man who compared his rule to North Korea.
Courtney Gould
The national airline carrier has announced a welcome boost for thousands of employees as it recovers post-Covid, but senior management and executives are not eligible.
Ellen Ransley, Lauren Ferri
A council’s plan to lower the speed limit on all local roads to 40km/h has been met with a fiery response from residents.
Hamish Spence
Big crowds are flocking to Australia’s airports once again with chaotic scenes coming from the start of school holidays.
Perth is finally on Qantas’ long-range radar after years of neglect with two new nonstop international services to Johannesburg and Jakarta to be confirmed this morning.
Geoffrey Thomas
The State Government’s single-use plastics ban has posed unique challenges for bubble tea businesses that have found it difficult to source sustainable alternatives, Perth business owners have said.
Caitlin Paroczai
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has blasted Labor for taking a “ham-fisted” approach to one security issue.
A woman is “non-functional with distress” following a mistake from Qantas after she flew into Sydney from London.
The team at Bunbury’s first micro-brewery have been fermenting up a storm and are now ready to announce their opening date.
Jacinta Cantatore
Our Travel Editor returns from a direct Albany to Uluru flight. He talks to WILL YEOMAN
William Yeoman
Qantas boss Alan Joyce says the massive queues and baggage snarls plaguing Australian airports will continue for ‘weeks or months’ before they improve — but we’re in a much better position than Europe.
Adrian Lowe
Sixty-nine readers join us for a long weekend of contrasts
Each summer, just off a tiny town along the south coast of Western Australia, the southern-hemisphere’s largest congregation of killer whales gather for a feeding frenzy extravaganza.
Belinda Charman
A famous WA family gets a fitting tribute in Patsly Millet’s new book, Inseparable Elements
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