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May 15, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Aisling Brennan |James Dowling |Sunday Telegraph ..
Gold Coast man Geoff Rayner has been found safe by police after he went missing more than one week ago. Mr Rayner, 53, had last been seen on Allandale Entrance in Mermaid Waters about 8am on May 8. It was revealed on Wednesday that he had been found alive. “The 53-year-old man missing from Mermaid Waters since May 8 has been located safe and well,” a Queensland police spokesperson said.
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May 9, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | James Dowling |Steve Zemek |Sunday Telegraph ..
The first of the five planes once in Bonza’s fleet has made its way overseas following the company’s failure to renegotiate its forced grounding. The Boeing 737, known lovingly as “Bruce”, departed for Honolulu on Thursday morning under the flight tag of Canada’s budget airline Flair, the aircraft’s co-owner. It left from Sunshine Coast airport shortly after 9am.
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May 9, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Toby Hagon |David McCowen |James Dowling |Sunday Telegraph ..
Porsche has issued an urgent recall for some of its luxury electric car offering over battery issues. Porsche issued the recall on Taycan models Y1A, Y1B and Y1C for the year range 2019-2023, citing a risk of vehicle fire. The defect is suspected to affect 19 vehicles in Australia, with a list of vehicle identification numbers available on vehiclerecalls.gov.au.
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May 7, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Steve Zemek |James Dowling |Will Keech |Sunday Telegraph ..
Budget airline Bonza has again failed to get off the ground, as negotiations with aircraft lenders have stalled. In a statement, Bonza announced all flights from May 8 to 14 would be cancelled and staff would remain stood down in the period. This comes after Bonza administrators Hall Chadwick announced on Friday that it had stood down staff and cancelled flights up until Tuesday following the grounding of its aircraft.
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May 7, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Harry Brill |Geordie Gray |James Dowling |Sunday Telegraph ..
A piece of Aussie true crime history has been rekindled after the Larrimah home of Paddy Moriarty made it to auction six years after his disappearance. Mr Moriarty’s Northern Territory home would usually be a tough sell; the abandoned lot has become overgrown and is more than 158km away from the nearest major town of Katherine. At the time of Mr Moriarty’s disappearance, the population of Larrimah sat at 12. The ABC now estimates it to be closer to seven.
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May 6, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Lily McCaffrey |Steve Zemek |James Dowling |Sunday Telegraph ..
Sydney’s infrastructure bid in the western suburbs is now $1.9b richer after a federal investment in the development corridor. The NSW state government and Commonwealth have jointly pushed to establish a corridor of transport, housing and infrastructure towards the under construction Western Sydney “Aerotropolis” over recent years. It comes as Sydney works to establish the suburb of Parramatta as a “second CBD” for the region, and broadens its train network offerings.
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May 6, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Terry McCrann |Robyn Ironside |James Dowling |Sunday Telegraph ..
Qantas will pay out up to $450 in compensation to customers affected by its flight cancellation policy, after the airline admitted it had misled passengers. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) launched legal action against the airline in August 2023, claiming it sold tickets for 8000 “ghost flights” between May and July 2022.
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May 3, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Eleanor Campbell |Vanessa Brown |James Dowling |Sunday Telegraph ..
Employees of budget airline Bonza were “screaming and crying” when they learnt they would not be paid a month’s wages after its fleet of aircraft were grounded. The airline suspended all flights at 11.51pm on Monday and went into voluntary administration hours later. In a statement, Bonza revealed the leases to its planes had been unexpectedly terminated because it had defaulted on its loans the previous month.
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May 2, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | William Tyson |James Dowling |Sunday Telegraph ..
NSW Police and the state government are offering $1 million to anyone with information on a murder case left unsolved for just under 30 years. Toni Tiki, dead at 26, was found dead in Maroubra on January 1, 1996 with severe injuries that led police to believe she was murdered. She was last seen at a New Year’s Eve party at the South Maroubra Surf Life Saving club around 1.30am, before leaving with an unidentified male friend.
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May 2, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | James Dowling |Eleanor Campbell |Ellen Ransley |Sunday Telegraph ..
One Nation’s Pauline Hanson has alleged that her call for Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi to “piss off back to Pakistan” was her defending the monarchy from “hypocrisy”. Appearing on Thursday at the Federal Court proceeding between the two senators, Senator Hanson’s legal representative Kieran Smark SC delivered the defence’s closing statement. It comes as Senator Hanson’s initial affidavit was made publicly available.
