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Sydney Airport sees $267m loss ahead of final sale to consortium
/Sydney Airport has reported a $267 million loss for the full year to December 2021, drastically topping its 2020 full-year loss of $145 million.
Read moreThe Last Navigator
/From the Queensland bush to Bomber Command and Pathfinders… a true story of courage and survival against the odds. Paul Goodwin shares details on his late father’s story and the finding of his profession as the ‘The Last Navigator’. This is the powerful, first-hand account of Gordon Goodwin’s wartime experience, and his bravery in undertaking
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/The state of Qatar may be controversial, but its airline has won the hearts and minds of millions of customers by continuing to take stranded passengers home during the pandemic. Here, Adam Thorn asks Qatar Airways’ new vice president of the Pacific region, Tom Scruby, why his business soldiered on while its rivals shrivelled into
Read moreAt Highs Snaps, we believe powerful data is the key driver to making smarter decisions, achieving higher cost saving, and improving project timelines
/Imagine monitoring a construction site or inspecting an asset without leaving the comfort of your desk? Well, imagine no more. With the power of drones, we can now collect high resolution aerial imagery and survey-grade data and turn it into a digital replica that can be completely navigated and inspected virtually. This allows interaction with
Read more‘The biggest change since the advent of the jet engine’
/In September, Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack unveiled the government’s new masterplan to make Australia a world leader in drones and eVTOL (flying cars, to you and me). On the surface a policy paper, it was essentially a call out to the industry to come together to work out how we can grow and manage
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/Whisper it, but drones are already patrolling our most vulnerable facilities day and night, and, in many cases, using AI to fly and monitor bad guys. Here, we speak to Department 13 chief executive Lee Croft about how the technology works, who’s using it and why it’s going to change the nature of the security
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