Staff from the Qantas Engineers’ Alliance, which comprises the AMWU, the AWU, and the ETU, downed tools in Melbourne on Thursday, with more strikes planned at other major airports over the next two weeks. The alliance warns it is “highly likely to affect Qantas flights in all major capitals”.

The 32-hectare development will be located between the Tullamarine Freeway and Airport Drive, and is set to be built in three stages over approximately nine years, with construction expected to begin next year and the first tenants tipped for 2026.

The system is tailored to RAAF Base Darwin’s specific security requirements and Darwin’s unique environment and will leverage a family of systems approach, deploying a range of active and passive sensors, and kinetic and non-kinetic effectors.

The agreement between the state government and the Far North-West Joint Organisation (FNWJO) will see subsidies continue until at least November 2025 for Air Link’s services from Dubbo to Bourke, Walgett and Lightning Ridge, as well as FlyPelican’s service from Sydney to Cobar.