Jake Nelson

Titled “Touching the Jet Stream”, the book, published by Hardie Grant, is billed as “a compelling, factual and gripping memoir from one of Australia’s most consequential chief executives”, and will cover Joyce’s career across 30 years in the aviation industry.

The inaugural flight FC275 touched down in Launceston just after 1pm on Wednesday aboard the Saab 340B VH-VEQ, marking the beginning of a new year-round connection between Tasmania’s north and the nation’s capital.

Under the $10 billion Australian Fuel Security and Resilience package, unveiled for next week’s budget, $3.2 billion will be used to establish a government-owned Australian Fuel Security Reserve of around a billion litres to bolster long-term supply and storage of jet fuel and diesel.

The survey, conducted by the Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian government alongside the Interim Aviation Consumer Ombuds Scheme, found delays most commonly ranged from 15 minutes to three hours, with only 31 per cent satisfied with how they were handled.

As reported by The Australian Financial Review, the premier told reporters in Sydney that the government believes contracts are “sacrosanct” amid a dispute with Webuild over a push by the contractor to inject an extra $2.2 billion into the beleaguered project.

The Jericho Disruptive Innovation (JDI) team has prototyped JabX, an uncrewed aerial system based on the Jabiru 400 airframe, as part of Project Camel Train to help move cargo more quickly across Australia’s north.