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Opinion
Air travel
There’s a big change coming to Australian airports, but it’s not enough
Australia is finally beginning to replace paper incoming passenger cards with a digital version, but there’s still room for improvement at our airports.
- by Ben Groundwater
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Investigation
Smoking & vaping
‘Big vape’: How Chinese multinationals and organised crime fuelled a public health crisis
The Albanese government has introduced some of the world’s toughest vaping laws, but the black market is thriving. Now pharmacists are in open rebellion.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Laura Sparkes
Australia quietly ditches $4.6b detention contract with scandal-plagued Serco
The British multinational will no longer run immigration detention centres, ending a partnership that has been riddled with claims of violence, drug trade, neglect and understaffing.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Network outage
National tech outage causes delays at airports across Australia
The issue affecting Australian Border Force systems led to significant disruptions for passengers.
- by Jessica McSweeney
The little-known industry with a $120,000 starting salary that is crying out for new trainees
Customs brokers are retiring in great numbers with few young trainees coming up through the ranks, despite an attractive starting salary.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Exclusive
Asylum seekers
No maps, no GPS, no training: How 44 people survived being turned back in the Timor Sea
Many members of the group tried to reach Australia after seeing a TikTok video promising them high wages. They never made it.
- by Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
Mongols bikie’s dash with $10,000 cash after encrypted app arrest
Accused drug importer Emmanuel Kappos was arrested at Melbourne Airport bound for North Cyprus after a federal police crackdown on the encrypted Ghost app.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
Exclusive
Asylum seekers
This rule puts Border Force workers above the law – and it was just quietly extended
The government has renewed a rule that exempts Operation Sovereign Borders staff from the need to take “reasonable care” not to harm asylum seekers at sea.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Goodbye golden gateway: Big changes ahead for Brisbane Airport
Travellers leaving Brisbane will soon have a very different airport experience as the international terminal undergoes “a giant leap” into the future.
- by Cameron Atfield
Opinion
Tips & advice
Passenger anger over new ‘improved’ SmartGates at Australian airports
Border Force claims the new SmartGates have made things quicker, but that’s not my experience or those of our readers. But at least one positive change is coming.
- by Michael Gebicki
Anonymous tip leads police to discover 900kg meth imported into Sydney
A Sydney man is facing life in prison after methamphetamine with a street value of $828 million was found hidden in industrial machinery imported from the United States.
- by Jessica McSweeney and Nick Newling
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