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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. Indonesian police have arrested crew members of an asylum seeker boat which sank off the coast of west Java on Tuesday. Of the 60 people on board, eight died, and another four remain missing. Amy Partington reports. Day 17 of the Occupy Brisbane protest and numbers are starting to dwindle. After two evictions, 11 arrests and up to $30,000 in damage Brisbane City Council is finally cracking down. Claudia Kirkman reports. Read on » Brisbane City Council issues fines to Occupy protestors 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. The Australian Medical Association says public hospitals around the country are going backwards despite extra funding. According to the AMA’s annual report card, hospitals in every state including Queensland are failing to meet key benchmarks. Amy Partington reports. Design engineers at Holden have voiced concerns for Australian jobs amid rumours that the signature Commodore series will soon be designed overseas. The engineers’ union says job cuts could begin in the next two months, if the company goes ahead with the move. Rebekah Fay 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. Eight people have drowned and 15 are still missing after an asylum seeker boat carrying around 70 people sank off the coast of Indonesia. The Federal Government is now urging the coalition to reconsider its Malaysia people-swap solution. Candice Anderson reports. Occupy Brisbane protestors have been moved on from Post Office Square in Brisbane today. Police arrived in the Square at 4.30am this morning to begin negotiations with the group. Kayla Millhouse reports. |
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