Qantas raises fares and cuts domestic flights as travel patterns shift due to Middle East turmoil
As Persian Gulf carriers reduce routes, the Australian airline is also feeling the impact of rising fuel costs
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Global instability is set to hit NSW ratepayers, with councils planning sharp increases to bin collection fees and rates charges as soaring fuel costs and global instability strain budgets.
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Coalition calls for 5 per cent deposit scheme to be for only Australian citizens
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New stamps released for ANZAC Day focusing on peace efforts
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Sydney summers are now hotter and nearly 50 days longer, study finds
Sydney has been experiencing about 15 extra days of summer every decade since 1990. (ABC News: Patrick Thomas)
· Gavin Coote
Nicole Kidman’s next role is one few expected. Even she admits it’s ‘a little weird’
Though Nicole Kidman’s time on the silver screen is far from over, the Australian star has announced an unexpected career move – she is becoming a death doula.
· Nell Geraets
'Make a noise': The ordinary people who took their fight to our highest court
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Brisbane Airport to add two new hotels – and new services to Asia
Brisbane Airport is set for a major capacity boost on land and in the air, with plans unveiled for two new hotels alongside an increase in international services to South-East Asia.
· Cameron Atfield
Police recruit allegedly raped female colleague at training academy
Police are investigating an allegation that a male police recruit sexually assaulted a female colleague at the force’s training academy in Goulburn.
· Amber Schultz, Riley Walter
Harry and Meghan Australia visit LIVE updates: Duke to visit AFL’s Western Bulldogs and Canberra on day two of tour
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Breaking: Qantas cancels flights between Adelaide and Mount Gambier amid fuel shortages
Topic:Regional Communities
· Sam Bradbrook
Iran releases assets of women’s football team captain in Australia asylum drama
Zahra Ghanbari had been on list of ‘traitors’ whose assets were frozen
· Agence France-Presse
Qantas slashes domestic flights as fuel crisis grips airline industry
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· Richard Wood
Ben Roberts-Smith’s arrest won’t erase the pain for Afghans – but it shows Australia is willing to face uncomfortable truths | Shadi Khan Saif
In the context of the Afghanistan war, this kind of accountability is rare, and it matters
· Shadi Khan Saif
Harry and Meghan arrive in Australia for four-day tour
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have arrived in Australia for a four-day tour which will see them combine visits to charitable causes alongside private, money-making engagements.
· Simon Atkinson
Retail giants scrap delivery fees in response to fuel crisis
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Man charged with using newly banned phrases in Queensland tries to argue law 'insane'
Catholic anti-war activist Jim Dowling (left) is one of the first people to be charged with using phrases banned in Queensland earlier this year. Source: AAP / Rex Martinich
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Qantas hikes fares, cuts domestic services as fuel uncertainty starts to bite
Qantas says it is working with the Australian government and fuel suppliers, who were confident in fuel supply for the rest of April and well into May. Source: AAP
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Victoria Arbiter discusses Prince Harry and Meghan's Aussie visit
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‘I don’t know why they’re coming’: Australians on Harry and Meghan's visit
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are in Australia this week for a four-day tour, seven years after their first trip to the country when they were still senior members of the Royal Family. The BBC spoke to people in Sydney about what they think of Harry and Megan’s visit.
Cricket bible honours Mitchell Starc, lashes England team for Ashes capitulation
Cricket’s “bible” – the Wisden Cricketer’s Almanack – has crowned Australia’s Mitchell Starc as the men’s player of the year, while eviscerating England’s team for their Bazball debacle Down Under in the summer’s Ashes series.
· Glenn Moore
Minns promises more fast-chargers and electric trucks in revamped EV policy
Premier Chris Minns says policy will give road users a ‘real alternative’ that’s cheaper than petrol
· Australian Associated Press
Katy Perry slams Ruby Rose sexual assault allegations as ‘dangerous reckless lies’
US pop star Katy Perry has denied sexually assaulting Ruby Rose, slamming wild allegations made by the Australian actor and model on social media as “categorically false” and “dangerous reckless lies”.
· Chris Hook
Harry and Meghan touch down for first Australian trip since royal exit
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Police hunt man seen on CCTV after cleaner's horror discovery
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Ukulele club's 600 members may be strumming their way to better brain health
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· Jessica Ross
Prince Harry and Meghan touch down in Melbourne
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Harry and Meghan touch down in Melbourne for whirlwind Australia tour
Passengers who sat near the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as they flew business class from Los Angeles to Melbourne were clueless about their famous seatmates until the pair were whisked off the plane.Prince Harry and Meghan arrived in the Victorian capital on a commercial Qantas flight at 6am and departed the airport…
· Maddison Leach
Leeds consigue su primera victoria en la liga en 45 años en Old Trafford al vencer 2-1 al United
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Roblox launches accounts for children and teens as grooming concerns grow
Despite its popularity among Australian kids, Roblox is not currently included in the government's under-16s social media ban. Source: AAP / Dean Lewins
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Live: Stocks rally and Australian dollar gains on hopes of US-Iran deal
Stocks have risen and oil price futures have retreated back below $US100 a barrel overnight, as the US Navy's blockade of Iranian ports has begun in the Strait of Hormuz.
· Stephanie Chalmers
‘Carelessly squandered’: Wisden scolds England’s tumultuous Ashes tour
Series defeat in Australia ‘a chance so blithely spurned’
· Ali Martin
England 'feckless, reckless and legless' in Ashes - Wisden
England were beaten 4-1 in Australia, their fourth successive away Ashes series defeat
· Bbcsport
Australia to join UK, France-hosted summit on Strait of Hormuz
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· Courtney Gould
Race to save Brisbane River's very hungry Australian lungfish
Seqwater senior scientist David Roberts is working to help hungry lungfish. (Supplied: Seqwater)
· Jennifer Nichols
Morning Mail: Trump post prompts outrage, Coalition’s hardline immigration plan, Harry and Meghan’s ‘faux-royal visit’
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Australia news live: poor hospital food adding to health costs; suspected crocodile remains found on Adelaide roadside
Governments spending $2.13bn annually on low quality food in public settings, report says
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Wrong time, wrong place: Sydney's gun violence costing innocent lives
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Woman accused of forcing international Jetstar flight to divert
A woman's alleged abusive behaviour aboard an international flight forced the plane to divert to Perth, where she was arrested.The 37-year-old from Melbourne was yesterday charged with behaving in an offensive and disorderly manner that endangered safety on an aircraft.Events began on Sunday when the flight depart…
· Richard Wood
The Labor figures and government critics in early health board exit lounge
Welcome to Brisbane Times’ Queensland public sector column, Public Circus. This week: further health board intrigue, an audit office check-in, job swappers’ mysterious and important work, and more.
· Matt Dennien, James Hall
Yamal quiere emular a LeBron y Neymar con un Barça que busca una remontada en la Champions
Lamine Yamal celebra tras anotar el tercer gol del Barcelona en la victoria 4-1 ante el Espanyol en la Liga de España, el sábado 11 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Joan Monfort)
· Tales Azzoni
Mother of Bondi Junction victim rebukes 'sympathy dressed up as action'
The bereaved family of one of the Bondi Junction stabbing victims is urging the NSW government to address "what has actually been done" in the wake of the inquest and the attack's second anniversary.
· Isabella Ross
The long march to heal a nation continues, this time to Canberra
More than 840 long kilometres lie ahead as Indigenous leader Travis Lovett and thousands of determined walkers set off on Sunday to march from Melbourne to federal parliament in the cause of nationwide truth-telling about the colonisation of Australia.
· Tony Wright
Oil price up, local shares to bounce back; US markets steady
Oil prices are hovering just under $US100 ($141) per barrel but Australia’s sharemarket is expected to bounce back on opening after US stocks held steady overnight despite ceasefire talks failing to end the US and Israeli war with Iran.
· STAN CHOE
Prince Harry and Meghan's Australia visit kicks off
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The two cities where Aussies are getting $50,000 richer
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Brutal reality of night shift workers like Monique and Jarrod
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