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Long commute deal breaker as workers stay close to home

Long commute deal breaker as workers stay close to home

Spending hours on public transport or driving to work is falling out of favour as more employees seek local and hybrid working options.

PM under pressure to overhaul ministerial entitlements

PM under pressure to overhaul ministerial entitlements

PM under pressure to overhaul ministerial entitlements

PM under pressure to overhaul ministerial entitlements

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has asked the expenses watchdog to look at changes to entitlements as the travel claims scandal deepens.

Rule-breaking AG to repay taxpayers for family holiday

Rule-breaking AG to repay taxpayers for family holiday

Rule-breaking AG to repay taxpayers for family holiday

Rule-breaking AG to repay taxpayers for family holiday

Australia's top law officer will reimburse taxpayers after a family holiday was ruled outside guidelines, but Treasurer Jim Chalmers says she should not resign.

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Pre-poll expense tweaks made to 'simplify': minister

Pre-poll expense tweaks made to 'simplify': minister

The government has defended rule changes made before the federal election amid a growing furore about politicians' taxpayer-funded travel expenses.

Aussie travellers to give up socials crossing US border

Aussie travellers to give up socials crossing US border

Travelling to the United States without a visa will require Australians to give their social media accounts in the latest Trump move on American borders.

PM won't sack minister as travel expenses saga grows

PM won't sack minister as travel expenses saga grows

Federal minister Anika Wells will keep her job in Anthony Albanese's government as more incidents of her travel at taxpayers' expense attract scrutiny.

Minister's public purse spending bonanza under audit

Minister's public purse spending bonanza under audit

A besieged cabinet minister under fire for slugging taxpayers with the bill to fly her husband to sports events has referred herself for an independent audit.

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Labor digs in on entitlements as minister cops scrutiny

Labor digs in on entitlements as minister cops scrutiny

Labor digs in on entitlements as minister cops scrutiny

Labor digs in on entitlements as minister cops scrutiny

A senior minister has splashed thousands of dollars of taxpayer money on family travel, as the Albanese government stands behind rules allowing the spend.

Call for independent body to review minister's spending

Call for independent body to review minister's spending

Call for independent body to review minister's spending

Call for independent body to review minister's spending

The coalition wants a review of the communications minister's spending as she comes under renewed fire for the cost of taxpayer-funded trips.

Minister under fire for $100k NY trip to spruik laws

Minister under fire for $100k NY trip to spruik laws

Minister under fire for $100k NY trip to spruik laws

Minister under fire for $100k NY trip to spruik laws

Sussan Ley says the communications minister should have been focusing on her day job rather than jetting to New York in the middle of the Optus outage crisis.

Jetstar flights resume after software issue resolved

Jetstar flights resume after software issue resolved

Jetstar flights resume after software issue resolved

Jetstar flights resume after software issue resolved

Jetstar flights have resumed across Australia after the airline resolved a software issue but a separate passport system outage has also caused delays.

Travel agency confesses to overcharging British clients

Travel agency confesses to overcharging British clients

Travel agency confesses to overcharging British clients

Travel agency confesses to overcharging British clients

An Australian corporate travel agency says large clients in the UK have been overcharged going back three years, and an investigation is ongoing.

Laos hostel where two Australians died could reopen

Laos hostel where two Australians died could reopen

Laos hostel where two Australians died could reopen

Laos hostel where two Australians died could reopen

The federal government has backed the families of two Australian teenagers who died from methanol poisoning, angered by reports the hostel could reopen.

Bounce in US travel keeps Flight Centre looking up

Bounce in US travel keeps Flight Centre looking up

Bounce in US travel keeps Flight Centre looking up

Bounce in US travel keeps Flight Centre looking up

Middle East tensions and Trump travel wariness may have hit Flight Centre in the last financial year but signs of profit blue skies ahead are encouraging.

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US airlines cancel 1200 flights as shutdown continues

Flight cancellations and delays have continued despite the US Senate passing a bill to end the longest government shutdown.

US Senate passes bill to end government shutdown

The US Senate has passed a bill to end the 41-day government shutdown, sending it to the House for a final vote.

US flight cancellations top 2100 due to shutdown

Just over 2100 flights have been cancelled within, into, or out of the United States, according to FlightAware, a website that tracks air travel disruptions.

Qantas shares at six-month low as business travel slows

Qantas is vowing to adjust domestic capacity because there's been less demand for business flights than it had forecast.

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Rex sale lands but there's no cheap flight guarantees

There's hope regional airline Rex can expand its manifest under the wing of an international buyer, but questions remain about key parts of the deal.

Drones over Danish airports 'meant to spread fear'

Drone flyovers that shut down Danish airports were a "systematic" hybrid attack, but authorities don't know who was behind the latest incursions.

Senior drivers targeted in flood of fake online reports

Rumours the federal government is introducing new laws targeting mature drivers including a night time curfew have been exposed as AI-generated nonsense.

Safety push for travellers after methanol poisoning

The heartbreaking death of two Australian teenagers has sparked extra safety tools online to help prevent young travellers suffer methanol poisoning.

Qantas profit soars, reputation repairs 'on schedule'

Australia's biggest airline has ordered a fleet of new jets as its profit takes flight and its CEO wins praise for tackling the company's battered reputation.

Outback music festival built for comfort, not for greed

Organisers of Australia's biggest outback music festival have ruled out building on the event's sold-out crowd of 15,000.

Sound no barrier for bands and fans at outback festival

With no neighbours to annoy as far as the eye can see, performances at Australia's largest outback music festival are loud and proud.

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