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The new centre is located at RAAF Base Edinburgh, around 25 kilometres north of Adelaide, and would be available for use by No. 92 Wing’s P-8A Poseidon aircraft used to conduct surveillance operations throughout Australia’s airspace.
In a strongly worded statement, ELA said the decision was “forced by the inability to finalise a lease” for the expansion of its Arnhem Space Centre, which it blamed on the Northern Land Council.
In a seven-year deal with CS Energy, Queensland Airports Limited (QAL) will switch Gold Coast and Townsville airports over to 100 per cent renewable power sources, including Kennedy Energy Park and Columboola, Hughenden, and Moura solar farms, as of midnight on New Year’s Day.
Workers were due to take industrial action on Wednesday, but have won an in-principle agreement that will see an 11 per cent pay rise over two years as well as improvements to rostering and working conditions. Ninety-eight per cent of workers voted in favour of strikes in a ballot filed in October.
The Gulf carrier will end its daily flights from Melbourne to Singapore on 30 March next year, with flight number EK404/405 – to be reassigned to a 777-300ER service, which will operate non-stop to Dubai instead of travelling via Singapore.
According to data released by Flight Centre’s Corporate Traveller division, corporate travel to regional Australia increased by 13 per cent year on year in the September 2024 quarter, with Mackay, Newcastle, Cairns, Townsville, and the Gold Coast among the top regional destinations.
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