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Health Minister Greg Hunt has argued the country has a duty to help bring Australians home after Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews questioned the practice.

The former Executive Officer of Headquarters Air Academy has been appointed as the new commanding officer of the recently reformed RAAF No. 100 Squadron. Wing Commander Philip Beanland said he felt “extremely privileged” to take the role for the unit that will have the motto “then, now, always” and its own unique badge. This content

Air New Zealand also responded to Auckland’s new lockdown by stopping food and drink service and closing some lounges.

It comes as Victorian Premier Andrews said the “hyper-infectious” British strain of COVID is spreading faster than contact tracers can keep up with.

The new building has the capacity for 200 passengers and was completed less than a year after work began.

Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson said it would aim to maintain its majority ownership, which now stands at 52 per cent.