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We spoke to dozens of current and former Qantas staff, this is what they say is wrong at the airline
Dozens of Qantas staff, from pilots to flight attendants, tell ABC's Four Corners how they fear the airline's stellar safety reputation could be undermined.- As banks impose tougher lending standards and interest rate hikes drive property prices down, more Australians who borrowed at the height of the pandemic housing boom will find themselves in a mortgage trap, unable to refinance.
- The government says it's the largest indexation increase to payments in more than 30 years for allowances, and 12 years for pensions.
- Police say dead and injured people were found at 13 crime scenes in Saskatchewan province, and some victims appear to have been targeted while others were chosen at random.
- It's a big morning for Australian tennis, with Nick Kyrgios in a marquee match-up against world number one Daniil Medvedev, and the conqueror of Serena Williams, Ajla Tomljanovic, vying for a quarter-final place later on. Follow all the action in our live blog.
- Lyn Dawson was missing for 40 years but her brother and sister never gave up hope. ABC's Australian Story goes behind the scenes as her siblings prepared for the outcome of her husband Chris Dawson's murder trial and digest the guilty verdict.
- The former president slams Joe Biden for the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago residence and describes his successor's comments last week as the "most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an American president".
- When the Reserve Bank heavyweights next gather around the board table, the question will not be about whether to raise rates, but by how much, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
- As the end of a temporary halving of Australia's fuel excise draws near, the ACCC is ordered to watch for fuel retailers seeking to take advantage of the hike.
- Use our interactive and see how you would tackle some of the scenarios facing Australians — but a word of caution: you'll have to make some difficult decisions.
- Emergency services have resumed a search this morning for a missing back-country skier in Kosciuszko National Park.
- Migrant doctors, nurses, engineers and pharmacists say their bridging visas are stopping them from getting jobs in Australia — but they are working to change that.
- The most-thrilling weekend of finals in a generation delighted footy fans and further ignited a premiership race to savour. We digest the week that was.
- World champion Max Verstappen wins his home race for the second-straight year, taking advantage of a poor Mercedes strategy call during a chaotic race.
- Doctors warn patients are suffering, and becoming addicted to pain medication, as their conditions worsen during long waits for elective surgery at public hospitals.
- More than 120 potential COVID-19 vaccines are in clinical trials. Here are some of the improvements they're working on, writes Paul Griffin
- Germany says Russia is "no longer a reliable energy partner" after announcing multi-billion dollar measures to help ease price pain.
- What Australia is searching for and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories.
- NATO jets intercept an Austrian-registered aircraft which took off from southern Spain and flew near Paris and Cologne before crashing into the Baltic Sea.
- An Aboriginal burial site in the Torres Strait has been uncovered by rising tides — fuelling a murder mystery archaeologists believe pre-dates colonial settlement in Australia.
Perth Children's Hospital staff 'expecting another Aishwarya' as leaked emails reveal ongoing crisis
Leaked emails reveal Perth Children's Hospital is still battling staff shortages 16 months after the death of Aishwarya Aswath and that the shortages threaten to compromise the care given to seriously ill babies.- There is one sector of the finance industry where workers have maintained an above-average share of earnings, even as wages have plunged relative to profits elsewhere.
- Authorities in flood-hit Pakistan have strategically breached the country's largest freshwater lake, displacing up to 100,000 people from their homes in an effort to save more densely populated areas.
- More than 200 people have died on Queensland roads this year, as experts say more drivers are admitting to dangerous driver behaviour such as drink driving.
- An e-scooter rider is transported to hospital after a crash at the intersection of Melbourne and Edmonstone streets.
- Sexual abuse of young female players by older male coaches happens "right and left" on the WTA Tour and safeguarding against it must be a priority, according to the former world number one.
- The three-month inquest will explore the circumstances of Kumanjayi Walker's death in the remote community of Yuendumu, where he died hours after being shot by Constable Zachary Rolfe, who was found not guilty earlier this year.
- Heather Jacobs has heart failure and angina and was told in December that she'd be seen at a specialist cardiology clinic within three months. She's still waiting.
- After spending time in a high-security prison with a double killer, Ahmed Elomar now watches Sydney's gang wars from the sidelines. He's showing youth in the city's west crime is not worth it.
- Sydney-born doctor Ariah Steel has managed a stroke patient, seen a baby being born and worked in emergency — all in a week of GP training in a small country town.
- It's not easy to be a missionary for rugby league at the end of the sport's universe, however, Carol Manga's passion for the game he loves has never wavered as he prepares to pull on his national colours one last time.
- Businesses are worried that even a lifted migration cap will not be enough to secure workers, while those who stayed in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic say the visa process is long and complex.
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- The world's loneliest tree stands on Campbell Island in New Zealand, with its nearest companion more than 220 kilometres away — but its unlikely existence is helping to advance climate change research.
- The excess of grey and white in home design right now is commonly referred to as 'greige'. The trend has been big before.
- Venus and Serena Williams redefined tennis as we know it and brought a whole new audience to the game.
- The burning rubber proved unmissable for thousands of motoring enthusiasts as Red CentreNATS roared back into Alice Springs for burnouts and drag racing.
- As final preparations are put in place for Judith Durham's state memorial service in Melbourne on Tuesday, we want to hear your memories of the singer's extraordinary impact.
- Kubra* was just 11 years old when she became engaged to her older cousin. The Sydney girl tried to convince her family the relationship was "toxic", but her pleas fell on deaf ears.
- There's no doubt Serena Williams is one of the greatest players tennis has ever seen. Whether she is the GOAT — greatest of all time — depends on how you measure success.
- Serena Williams tops most of the winning stats you could want to talk about in tennis, but even that doesn't quantify the impact of her 20-plus-year career at the top of the sport.
- Multi-employer bargaining is part of a suite of policies designed to lift workers' wages, writes Gareth Hutchens.
- Deep storage is considered the Holy Grail of efforts to turn the electricity grid green — and a roll call of interesting characters is on the trail.
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It's not easy to be a missionary for rugby league at the end of the sport's universe, however, Carol Manga's passion for the game he loves has never wavered as he prepares to pull on his national colours one last time.
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More than 120 potential COVID-19 vaccines are in clinical trials. Here are some of the improvements they're working on, writes Paul Griffin
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The most-thrilling weekend of finals in a generation delighted footy fans and further ignited a premiership race to savour. We digest the week that was.
By Dean Bilton
When the Reserve Bank heavyweights next gather around the board table, the question will not be about whether to raise rates, but by how much, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
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We spoke to dozens of current and former Qantas staff, this is what they say is wrong at the airline
Dozens of Qantas staff, from pilots to flight attendants, tell ABC's Four Corners how they fear the airline's stellar safety reputation could be undermined.- As banks impose tougher lending standards and interest rate hikes drive property prices down, more Australians who borrowed at the height of the pandemic housing boom will find themselves in a mortgage trap, unable to refinance.
- The government says it's the largest indexation increase to payments in more than 30 years for allowances, and 12 years for pensions.
- Police say dead and injured people were found at 13 crime scenes in Saskatchewan province, and some victims appear to have been targeted while others were chosen at random.
- It's a big morning for Australian tennis, with Nick Kyrgios in a marquee match-up against world number one Daniil Medvedev, and the conqueror of Serena Williams, Ajla Tomljanovic, vying for a quarter-final place later on. Follow all the action in our live blog.
- Lyn Dawson was missing for 40 years but her brother and sister never gave up hope. ABC's Australian Story goes behind the scenes as her siblings prepared for the outcome of her husband Chris Dawson's murder trial and digest the guilty verdict.
- The former president slams Joe Biden for the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago residence and describes his successor's comments last week as the "most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an American president".
- When the Reserve Bank heavyweights next gather around the board table, the question will not be about whether to raise rates, but by how much, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
- As the end of a temporary halving of Australia's fuel excise draws near, the ACCC is ordered to watch for fuel retailers seeking to take advantage of the hike.
- Use our interactive and see how you would tackle some of the scenarios facing Australians — but a word of caution: you'll have to make some difficult decisions.
- Emergency services have resumed a search this morning for a missing back-country skier in Kosciuszko National Park.
- Migrant doctors, nurses, engineers and pharmacists say their bridging visas are stopping them from getting jobs in Australia — but they are working to change that.
- The most-thrilling weekend of finals in a generation delighted footy fans and further ignited a premiership race to savour. We digest the week that was.
- World champion Max Verstappen wins his home race for the second-straight year, taking advantage of a poor Mercedes strategy call during a chaotic race.
- Doctors warn patients are suffering, and becoming addicted to pain medication, as their conditions worsen during long waits for elective surgery at public hospitals.
- More than 120 potential COVID-19 vaccines are in clinical trials. Here are some of the improvements they're working on, writes Paul Griffin
- Germany says Russia is "no longer a reliable energy partner" after announcing multi-billion dollar measures to help ease price pain.
- What Australia is searching for and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories.
- NATO jets intercept an Austrian-registered aircraft which took off from southern Spain and flew near Paris and Cologne before crashing into the Baltic Sea.
- An Aboriginal burial site in the Torres Strait has been uncovered by rising tides — fuelling a murder mystery archaeologists believe pre-dates colonial settlement in Australia.
Perth Children's Hospital staff 'expecting another Aishwarya' as leaked emails reveal ongoing crisis
Leaked emails reveal Perth Children's Hospital is still battling staff shortages 16 months after the death of Aishwarya Aswath and that the shortages threaten to compromise the care given to seriously ill babies.- There is one sector of the finance industry where workers have maintained an above-average share of earnings, even as wages have plunged relative to profits elsewhere.
- Authorities in flood-hit Pakistan have strategically breached the country's largest freshwater lake, displacing up to 100,000 people from their homes in an effort to save more densely populated areas.
- More than 200 people have died on Queensland roads this year, as experts say more drivers are admitting to dangerous driver behaviour such as drink driving.
- An e-scooter rider is transported to hospital after a crash at the intersection of Melbourne and Edmonstone streets.
- Sexual abuse of young female players by older male coaches happens "right and left" on the WTA Tour and safeguarding against it must be a priority, according to the former world number one.
- The three-month inquest will explore the circumstances of Kumanjayi Walker's death in the remote community of Yuendumu, where he died hours after being shot by Constable Zachary Rolfe, who was found not guilty earlier this year.
- Heather Jacobs has heart failure and angina and was told in December that she'd be seen at a specialist cardiology clinic within three months. She's still waiting.
- After spending time in a high-security prison with a double killer, Ahmed Elomar now watches Sydney's gang wars from the sidelines. He's showing youth in the city's west crime is not worth it.
- Sydney-born doctor Ariah Steel has managed a stroke patient, seen a baby being born and worked in emergency — all in a week of GP training in a small country town.
- It's not easy to be a missionary for rugby league at the end of the sport's universe, however, Carol Manga's passion for the game he loves has never wavered as he prepares to pull on his national colours one last time.
- Businesses are worried that even a lifted migration cap will not be enough to secure workers, while those who stayed in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic say the visa process is long and complex.
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It's not easy to be a missionary for rugby league at the end of the sport's universe, however, Carol Manga's passion for the game he loves has never wavered as he prepares to pull on his national colours one last time.
by Nick Campton
More than 120 potential COVID-19 vaccines are in clinical trials. Here are some of the improvements they're working on, writes Paul Griffin
By Paul Griffin
The most-thrilling weekend of finals in a generation delighted footy fans and further ignited a premiership race to savour. We digest the week that was.
By Dean Bilton
When the Reserve Bank heavyweights next gather around the board table, the question will not be about whether to raise rates, but by how much, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
by business editor Ian Verrender
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