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Qantas Chief Executive Officer, Alan Joyce, has been grilled at a Senate inquiry in Sydney over the grounding of the entire Qantas fleet last Saturday. And in further bad news for the airline engine trouble has forced a Qantas A380 flight from Singapore to London to land in Dubai. Jessica Sier reports. Recent record profits by Australian banks have triggered another wave of consumer anger. But a leading financial analyst from QUT says healthy bank results are proof our economy’s in great shape. Michele Harris reports. Read on » Big four banks keeping Australia’s economy strong. The Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says the Occupy Brisbane protesters are no longer welcome in the Central Business District and should move on. This morning Police forcibly removed the protesters from Queen’s Park but the group has now moved to another inner city location. Jess Sier reports. Australian travellers will soon have the choice of another budget airline as Air Australia prepares to launch its new service. The launch coincides with the start of an airline price war as Virgin Australia moves to take advantage of the recent turmoil in Qantas. Erin Smith reports. Suncorp Insurance has released a report identifying the top 10 Brisbane suburbs worst affected by the January floods. While the report reveals the average cost per suburb of personal insurance claims, many homes across Brisbane are still a long way from removing the scars left by the raging Brisbane river. Matt Warren reports. A QUT study has found that despite tighter child safety laws, one in four parents is still not restraining children properly in cars. A range of other safety issues have been raised at a national injury prevention conference in Brisbane this week. Jessica Sier reports. The Reserve Bank has cut the cash interest rate by 25 basis points and the major banks are moving to lower their mortgage rates in response. Westpac and the Commonwealth Bank were the first of the majors to announce cuts, while ANZ and the NAB say they have their rates under review. Sonya Harris reports. Qantas has begun the difficult task of clearing the backlog of passengers after it was ordered by Fair Work Australia to get the planes back in the air. But the saga continues, as the airline scrambles to address the potential damage to its reputation. Amy Partington reports. Neighbourhood rows over trees are no longer an issue for the courts in Queensland. Residents now have the right to take fencing issues into their own hands. Candice Anderson reports. Qantas planes are back in the skies tonight two days after CEO Alan Joyce grounded the entire fleet. Independent umpire, Fair Work Australia, was forced to step in to clean up the mess, putting a stop to all industrial action and ordering the airline to resume services. Candice Anderson reports. |
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