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Complaining about poor customer support from Qantas and Virgin, and swapping horror tales about delayed flights has change into one thing of a nationwide pastime.
Yesterday’s much-anticipated white paper was meant to put out how the federal government plans to problem the duopoly – particularly within the wake of the collapse of Rex Airways.
Nevertheless, our transport reporter Elias Visontay reckons that regardless of the promise of an airline ombudsman the federal government has kicked key selections into the lengthy grass and handed the buck on others.
PIF: Australia urged to step up help for Pacific neighbours
Daniel Hurst
Good morning from Tonga, the place the Pacific Islands Discussion board has entered its second day.
With the local weather disaster anticipated to be excessive on the agenda, an alliance of civil society teams have known as on Australia to “step up and support our Pacific neighbours”.
Local weather finance is predicted to be a significant situation on the Cop29 local weather summit in Azerbaijan in November, as a result of imminent expiry of the earlier dedication by rich nations to mobilise $US100bn of local weather finance a 12 months.
An alliance of teams, together with ActionAid Australia and Oxfam Australia, have urged Australia to declare its help for a brand new $US1tn international local weather finance purpose, arguing this might immediate different rich nations to step up. They’ve set out their case in a brand new report titled: “seizing the moment: a new climate finance goal that delivers for the Pacific”.
The report mentioned each Australia and New Zealand’s personal local weather finance contributions had been “falling short of need”. It mentioned Australia had dedicated to offer $AU3bn within the five-year interval to 2025, however this was “well short of its estimated fair share of the $US100bn goal, which is $AU4bn per year”.
Rufino Varea, the regional director of the Pacific Islands Local weather Motion Community, mentioned Pacific communities had been “enduring some of the world’s worst climate impacts despite contributing the least to the crisis”.
The chief director of ActionAid Australia, Michelle Higelin, mentioned:
We will’t tinker across the edges in the case of local weather finance. The local weather disaster is already pushing Pacific nations into excruciating debt, and deepening gender inequality.
The UN secretary common, António Guterres, is in Tonga and is predicted to deal with the problem a little bit later at the moment. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is because of fly out of Australia later this morning and is because of arrive in Tonga tonight for the talks, which wrap up on Friday.
Police arrest over 1,600 in main anti-crime operation
Police forces throughout the nation have arrested 1,600 folks, laid greater than 2,900 costs and seized over $93m of medicine in a week-long motion focusing on illicit drug and organised crime exercise.
In an announcement, Victoria police mentioned the operation’s sole purpose had been “to reduce the availability of illicit drugs – and the associated life changing harm they present – within the community”.
Operation Vitreus concerned all Australian state, territory and federal police forces, in addition to New Zealand police. It ran from Monday to Friday final week and 528 search warrants had been executed throughout the 2 nations.
The assertion mentioned the operation had seen:
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1,611 drug-related arrests;
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2,962 drug-related costs;
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nearly 1,400kg of illicit medicine and over 2,500 hashish vegetation sezied, with a road worth of roughly $93m;
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71 gun seizures; and
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the seizure of over $2.2m in money.
Minister to unveil new worldwide scholar cap
Paul Karp
The schooling minister, Jason Clare, advised the Australian Monetary Evaluation larger schooling convention final week the brand new proposed worldwide scholar cap will likely be supplied to universities “in the coming week”.
Guardian Australia understands that this will likely be made public at the moment. The tertiary schooling sector expects at the least an overarching determine of what number of worldwide scholar enrolments the federal government is planning for 2025.
The colleges sector is predicted to push again strongly, arguing that restrictions which have already been put in place have already lower numbers.
In his speech final week, Clare set out the justification for the cap:
Two years in the past there have been 521,831 worldwide scholar enrolments in Australia. Right now there are 810,960. Right now there are about 10% extra in our universities than there have been earlier than the pandemic.
The larger development has been in VET (Vocational Training and Coaching). There are nearly 50% extra in VET programs than there have been earlier than Covid hit.
That development has additionally introduced again the shonks trying to make a fast buck. It has lured individuals who actually are right here to work, not research. And it’s put the repute of this trade below strain. That’s a truth.
It has additionally resulted in ministerial course 107. In the event you work in worldwide schooling you’ll know the affect that has had.
Some universities have benefited from it. However some have been hit arduous. It’s why numerous universities have requested me to behave to place extra sustainable preparations in place. I do know universities and different worldwide schooling suppliers are craving element. That element will likely be supplied to universities within the coming week.
This will likely be a greater strategy to handle worldwide schooling. It will likely be fairer and supply a greater basis for it to develop sustainably into the longer term.
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Extra voters again Peter Dutton’s name to pause arrivals of Palestinians from the Gaza battle than oppose it, our newest Important ballot exhibits, in an indication the opposition chief’s rhetoric is politically worthwhile. Responding to a query whether or not Australia was not off course, 52% mentioned no and 29% mentioned sure.
Following on from that, the federal government confirmed final evening the way it will sort out Dutton’s risk when the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, unleashed a stinging assault on the opposition chief, calling him “the most divisive leader of a major political party in Australia’s modern history”. Giving the John Curtin Oration in Melbourne, Chalmers accused the opposition chief of beginning tradition wars, canine whistling and dividing Australians “deliberately, almost pathologically”. Extra developing on these political tales with response anticipated to Chalmers’ feedback.
Guardian Australia understands that the schooling minister, Jason Clare, will at the moment reveal the brand new proposed worldwide scholar cap for universities. The tertiary schooling sector expects at the least an overarching determine of what number of worldwide scholar enrolments the federal government is planning for 2025. Extra developing.
Australia has recorded its hottest-ever winter temperature, with Yampi Sound within the Kimberley area of Western Australia reaching 41.6C yesterday. The report is predicted to be formally confirmed by the BoM later at the moment and exceeds the previous nationwide report of 41.2C, which was reached at West Roebuck on 23 August 2020. It comes amid report temperatures throughout Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory and New South Wales, and has seen spring flowers seem further early.
And police throughout the nation have arrested 1,600 folks, laid greater than 2,900 costs and seized over $93m price of medicine as a part of Operation Vitreus, a week-long joint operation focusing on illicit drug and organised crime exercise. Extra particulars quickly.
