Adam Thorn

Trade Minister Dan Tehan said the remaining 200,000 flights would “go like hot cakes” and argued every dollar spent on them is generating ten times more for the wider tourism industry.

The organisation has said a final decision on moving the roles won’t be made until June, and would then take two years to implement.

In a statement, the State Department said it was vital to the national interest to “assist our ally in developing and maintain a strong and ready self-defense capability”.

A single RAAF F-35A Lightning II flew over Canberra at midday on Sunday as part of the ANZAC Day National Service.

New Zealand has paused the trans-Tasman bubble to WA after Perth and the Peel region entered a three-day lockdown.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has written a withering newspaper column about rival Rex, mocking its “empty aircraft” that are so old the “propellers are literally falling off”.