Year: 2023

Registered VH-VQX, the aircraft – the first of two on order from Airbus, with the second to arrive by the end of the year – makes WA Police the first law enforcement jurisdiction in the Southern Hemisphere to operate the H145.

The United Firefighters Union said the “zombie” reforms, which arose from a CASA review under the former Coalition government, would see fewer aviation firefighters protecting air travellers and add delays to response times.

Air traffic control via satellites is a step closer after Skykraft conducted a “world-first” trial of the technology. The test used the same Very High Frequency (VHF) band traditionally employed by ATC, but that currently can only be accessed in the range of a ground-based radio.

Peter Harris, who chaired the Productivity Commission from 2012 to 2018, said it was the “height of absurdity” to think that the domestic market can only sustain two airlines as calls continue to mount for an overhaul of the controversial take-off slot system.

Scamwatch has received 209 reports in the past four months about text message scams targeting loyalty program members, including Qantas, Coles, and Telstra consumers.

Speaking on Today this week, Mr Shorten, now the Federal Minister for Government Services, seemed to agree with host Karl Stefanovic’s description of Australia’s airports as a “basket case” beset by “last minute cancellations [and] delays that stretch into the hours and days”.