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Sunday, 26 June 2022

Travel

perth to rome flight diaryPremiumOn the inaugural direct flight from Perth to Rome

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

TravelPremiumMore airport chaos amid holiday rush

The disruption at Australian airports is set to continue as the winter school holiday rush sets in.

Catie McLeod

Wellness travelPremiumFood for thought

MOGENS JOHANSEN engages all his senses during a visit Singapore Airline’s catering facility near Changi Airport.

Mogens Johansen

QueenslandGold Coast’s Currumbin a well-kept, best-kept secret

Sophisticated restaurants and cafes in the lush green hinterland

Ian Neubauer

SingaporePremiumSingapore landmark hotel still amongst the best

The Pan Pacific in Singapore ticks all the right boxes for MOGENS JOHANSEN

Mogens Johansen

Travel techSmart noise cancelling earbuds

MOGENS JOHANSEN takes a look at Belkin’s new SOUNDFORM noise cancelling earbuds and a cool new smart speaker

Mogens Johansen

NEW DELHIPremiumIndia’s Qutub Minar, a case of complexity & politics

History is in the spotlight, waiting for a court to rule

Stephen Scourfield

London getawaysPremiumOh, we do like to be beside the seaside in England

STEVE McKENNA selects five seaside escapes from London

Steve McKenna

TravelPremiumQantas savaged in fake ad

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

Inflation hitsVideoCommentsPremiumQantas boss warns of price hikes amid $1.7b higher fuel bill

Qantas will trim cut back on domestic flights and increase the price of airfares in response to skyrocketing fuel costs.

Josh Zimmerman

politicsPremium‘Kissed and made up’: Mark’s new BFF

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

TRAVELPremiumQantas gives $5000 payment to 19k staff

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

MotoringPremiumFury over plan to make all streets 40km/h

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

TravelPremiumAirport chaos as school holidays begin

Big crowds are flocking to Australia’s airports once again with chaotic scenes coming from the start of school holidays.

Hamish Spence

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Qantas unveils two nonstop international flights from Perth

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

Sustainable solutionsCommentsPremiumWA Govt’s single-use plastics ban hits bubble tea businesses

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

Asylum seekersPremium‘Ham-fisted’: Dutton fires up over key issue

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has blasted Labor for taking a “ham-fisted” approach to one security issue.

Catie McLeod

TravelPremiumQantas loses bag with mum’s ashes inside

A woman is “non-functional with distress” following a mistake from Qantas after she flew into Sydney from London.

Hamish Spence

FrothingBunbury’s first microbrewery opening date announced

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

the pod well travelledAlbany to Uluru with Stephen Scourfield

Our Travel Editor returns from a direct Albany to Uluru flight. He talks to WILL YEOMAN

William Yeoman

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Qantas warns airport snarls to continue ‘for weeks, months’

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

west travel clubDirect from Albany to the heart of Australia

Sixty-nine readers join us for a long weekend of contrasts

Stephen Scourfield

EcotourismKiller whales of Bremer Canyon

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

memoirPremiumA peripatetic family

A famous WA family gets a fitting tribute in Patsly Millet’s new book, Inseparable Elements

William Yeoman

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