Australia information dwell: Qatar Airways to purchase quarter stake in Virgin; beginning gun to fireplace in Queensland election marketing campaign

Majority of Australian charities say demand for non-food assist at all-time excessive

Good360 Australia surveyed 500 charities throughout the nation and located 82% mentioned demand for important non-food assist was at an all-time excessive.

The analysis revealed private hygiene merchandise have been essentially the most in-demand (76%), adopted by clothes (72%), and academic provides (69%).

Managing director Alison Covington mentioned the price of dwelling disaster is pushing “more Australians to the brink, and we are seeing a significant increase in the number of people turning to charities for help.”

It’s not simply the quantity of want that’s regarding, however the truth that 58% of charities are reporting an increase in folks searching for assist for the primary time.

The fact is that our communities want extra than simply meals; they want on a regular basis necessities that contribute to a dignified life. We have to do extra to make sure that all Australians, no matter their circumstances, have entry to the necessities. This contains objects to help private hygiene, for schooling, for dwelling comfortably at house, and for play.

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Extra on Qatar Airways plans to purchase a stake in Virgin

Virgin Australia says its partnership with Qatar will see advantages to flyers from elevated competitors. The press launch says:

The expanded codeshare and collaboration association will present entry to a larger vary of worldwide locations with improved schedules and frequencies, elevated earn and redemption alternatives for members of Velocity and Qatar Airways’ Privilege Membership, and broader entry to nice worth fares for leisure travellers, small and medium-sized enterprises, and company clients.

Qatar Airways CEO Badr Mohammed Al-Meer mentioned:

We consider competitors in aviation is an effective factor and it helps increase the bar, finally benefiting clients. This settlement will even assist help Australian jobs, companies and the broader financial system.

Qatar Airways has introduced it intends to purchase a 25% stake in Virgin Australia, from its present proprietor Bain Capital.

Topic to regulator approval, the deal will see Virgin launch flights to Doha from Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, Virgin mentioned in a press launch this morning.

These flights will open up new connecting flights to locations in Europe, the Center East and Africa. The corporate mentioned:

“The proposed moist lease companies will start in mid-2025, permitting Virgin Australia to evaluate the longer-term deserves and viability of wide-body plane flying whereas offering Australians with larger native competitors for his or her long-haul journey wants within the near-term/

Virgin mentioned the minority stake additionally “serves as a cornerstone investment ahead of an anticipated return of Virgin Australia into public ownership”. Virgin CEO Jayne Jrdlicka mentioned:

This partnership brings the lacking piece to Virgin Australia’s longer-term technique and is a large vote of confidence in Australian aviation. Importantly, it’s going to additional strengthen Virgin Australia’s potential to compete over the long run, which is able to inevitably translate into extra selection and even higher worth airfares for shoppers in addition to extra Australian aviation jobs.

I’m delighted that our nearer relationship [with Qatar Airways] permits us to place our ‘toe in the water’ concerning long-haul worldwide.

Australia’s shopper watchdog can be given a $30m increase to crack down on “unfair” practices by supermarkets and retailers.

Anthony Albanese will put the grocery store giants on discover as we speak over their “dodgy practices”. He mentioned:

We don’t need to see peculiar Australians, households and pensioners being taken for a experience by the supermarkets, and we’re taking steps to ensure they get a good go on the checkout.

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And our enterprise correspondent Jonathan Barrett has this evaluation piece and a few charts to clarify how the large two leapfrogged their rivals on profitability.

The whole lot to know concerning the Queensland election

Queenslanders will go to the polls on 26 October and we’ve assembled the 5 key issues you might want to know concerning the vote.

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The federal authorities has tasked the Australian Competitors and Shopper Fee with cracking down on deceptive and misleading pricing in supermarkets, tipping an additional $30m into the competitors regulator after damning allegations towards Coles and Woolworths. And we even have an evaluation coming as much as present how Coles and Woolworths have leapfrogged their friends in profitability.

Playing reform campaigners have accused wagering firms of “showering” federal politicians with hospitality as the federal government considers promoting restrictions, with new information exhibiting betting teams have given quite a few free tickets to MPs. New evaluation from the Alliance for Playing Reform, knowledgeable by a brand new database amassing all federal politicians’ updates to their parliamentary register of pursuits, reveals a minimum of 19 have accepted hospitality from wagering firms to attend main occasions together with the Melbourne Cup, Australian Open, AFL matches and cricket video games.

A former Royal Australian Navy officer who alleges a colleague’s bullying led to them feeling suicidal was additional traumatised – and pushed to the brink of suicide once more – after showing as a particular “key witness” within the royal fee into defence and veteran suicide. In a Guardian Australia unique, they inform Paul Daley how the method itself retraumatised them.

The Queensland authorities will go into caretaker mode as we speak when premier Steven Miles visits governor Jeannette Younger, formally beginning the countdown to the 26 October ballot. We have now a run down of the 5 issues you might want to know concerning the election, which is anticipated to be received by the Liberal Nationwide get together beneath the management of David Crisafulli. Extra developing.

And a brand new security code for courting apps comes into power as we speak – extra quickly on what which means.