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1 week ago | 
thestandard.org.nz | Blake Johnson |Astrid Young |Nick Rockel |Karl Gading Sayudha
Gordon Campbell Werewolf: “a home for longform journalism on politic, art, and culture.”Clearly, the world needs to stop talking about Israel’s right to defend itself, and start talking about the world’s need to defend itself against Israel. Gaza, Lebanon, Iran….these have become the stepping stones in Israel’s plan to expand its rule, unrivalled, over all the land between the river and the sea. Iran was on the cusp of making a nuclear weapon?
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1 month ago | 
thestandard.org.nz | Michael Reddell |David Slack |Blake Johnson |David Uren
Daily review 14/05/2025 Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:30 pm, May 14th, 2025 - No comments Categories: Daily review - Tags: Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other … Related Posts
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
7news.com.au | Caleb Taylor |Blake Johnson
Airline passengers have given their tick of approval for new digital incoming passenger cards which have replaced the traditional paper copy of the declaration on some flights into Brisbane Airport. For the past five months, Brisbane Airport has been using digital forms for passengers flying from New Zealand to Brisbane. The trial has been deemed so successful the airport is now rolling it out to all Qanta international arrivals.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
aspistrategist.org.au | Blake Johnson
2025 will be a big year for Pacific security as Pacific island nations grapple with upcoming elections, disaster recovery, watching the situation in New Caledonia and navigating geopolitical tensions. The Australian government will be kept busy as it seeks to remain the region’s primary security partner.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
7news.com.au | Blake Johnson
Drink prices at the MCG are going up between 20 and 50 cents each. The changes will be implemented on Wednesday, in time for a bumper summer of cricket, including predicted record crowds for the Boxing Day Test against India. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Prices for food and drinks at MCG revealed. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today A standard 425mL beer goes from $11.50 to $12A bottle of water is up 20 cents to $4.90.
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Dec 16, 2024 | 
7news.com.au | Blake Johnson
Passengers board NZ1 tonight with little idea they’ve struck gold. Their ultra long-haul flight is about to enjoy rare and favourable weather conditions, considerably shortening their flight time. This is the world’s 7th-longest flight which often clocks in at close to 18 hours, but on this occasion, it’s forecast to come in at under 17 hours – a handy result in the aviation industry, especially on ultra long-haul flights.
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Dec 15, 2024 | 
7news.com.au | Blake Johnson
Looking like a hybrid drone, helicopter (with its propeller at the back) and boat, the “Alia” plane sat shiny and imposing on the Beta Technologies factory floor. If this is the future of aviation, it wasn’t as outrageously Jetsons-themed as my imagination had drawn it, but it looked curious enough to catch the eye and its sleek, modern lines were attractive. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Could electric planes be the future of flight?
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
7news.com.au | Blake Johnson
Jetstar’s recent wave of new routes continues, with the budget airline adding a direct service from Brisbane to Bangkok — the only airline to do so. JQ 65 flies three times a week on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday departing at 2.20pm and arriving in Bangkok at 7.30pm (local time). The return flight JQ 66 departs Bangkok on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 9.25pm arriving in Brisbane at 8.25am the following morning.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
openforum.com.au | Blake Johnson
Political instability in the Pacific isn’t significantly increasing. It just feels like it—with the recent dissolution of parliament in Vanuatu and motions of no confidence in Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Solomon Islands. Although the past two years show a spike in leadership challenges, these are due to specific countries—Vanuatu in 2023 and PNG in 2024—and not widespread circumstances.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
7news.com.au | Blake Johnson
Virgin Australia’s first international airfares in five years have gone on sale, with the partnership with Qatar Airways now live. The first VA flights to Doha should take off in June 2025, pending final government approval. The competition watchdog has provided an initial approval, but a final decision by the Foreign Investment Review Board is pending. The flights will be on Qatar Airways planes and will have Qatar Airways crew onboard. The flights will have a VA flight number between 1 and 29.
