An organisation representing international airlines has called for an end to mandatory 14-day hotel quarantine for unvaccinated arrivals, deeming the practice “redundant”.

Qantas has agreed to possibly begin conciliation talks with cabin crew unions, after initially moving to terminate its enterprise agreement with international cabin crew altogether.

Imposing a flight curfew on Brisbane Airport would be unlikely to help with flight noise complaints, and the “worst thing to happen” to the airport, according to airport CEO Gert-Jan de Graaf.

Tens of thousands of people have been locked out of Western Australia indefinitely, after the state announced it would delay its reopening of international and domestic borders, airlines say.