WA gold miner Calidus Resources has agreed a deal with East Pilbara to co-fund a $7 million upgrade of the council-owned Marble Bar Airport.

Four local aviation providers in the north of WA have written to the state government accusing them of favouring rival Aviair for government charter work during the coronavirus crisis.

This was the poignant scene on Saturday morning as Melbourne Airport shifted its ANZAC dawn service onto the airfield for the first time in its history.

Peter Dutton has talked up a so-called “trans-Tasman bubble” that would allow international flights to resume between New Zealand and Australia.