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Holiday plans PremiumAirlines inject extra staff to ease congestion at airports

Qantas and Jetstar are rostering on management staff to help ease the airport congestion pain as hundreds of thousands of people prepare to take-off on holidays.

Geoffrey Thomas

TravelHow to beat the passport queues

As long queues continue to gather outside passport offices, here’s everything you need to know to beat them.

Owen Leonard, Hamish Spence

MotoringPremiumFury over plan to make all streets 40km/h

A council’s plan to lower the speed limit on all local roads to 40km/h has been met with a fiery response from residents.

Hamish Spence

TravelPremiumAirport chaos as school holidays begin

Big crowds are flocking to Australia’s airports once again with chaotic scenes coming from the start of school holidays.

Hamish Spence

Travel guidePremiumMelbourne is back and here is why

It was the city that endured more time in lockdown than anywhere else in the world, but Melbourne is ready to leave this record in the past and re-establish its title as the home of arts, shopping and coffee.

Jade Jurewicz

TravelQantas launches major frequent flyer deal

Qantas has launched another major deal to get Aussies back in the sky – this time targeting those with unused frequent flyer points.

Duncan Murray

TravelPremiumVirgin drops massive ticket sale

Virgin Australia has dropped a round of very cheap tickets, offering domestic flights from as little as $49.

Duncan Murray

TravelPremiumPost-Covid top travel destinations revealed

Research shows most Aussies will travel in the next two years, but the pandemic has changed the way we plan our holidays. Here is what you need to know.

Angie Raphael

TravelJetstar drops massive birthday sale

Jetstar is celebrating its 18th birthday with a 48-hour sale on more than 400,000 cheap tickets, including free return flights.

Duncan Murray

TravelBig change to domestic flight rules

Australia’s domestic airlines have scrapped a major bonus for travellers that was in place during the pandemic.

Madeleine Achenza

AnimalsBaggage handler’s kind act rewarded

A baggage handler who melted millions of hearts after his random act of kindness went viral on social media has been rewarded.

Hamish Spence

TRAVELAussie passport among world’s worst

A new travel study has given Australia’s passport one of the worst value for money rankings in the world, following a survey of 48 countries.

Hamish Spence

LATESTPremiumBig change coming to Covid travel rules

A major hurdle for travellers entering and leaving Australia has been scrapped, more than two years after it was first implemented.

Holly Hales

TravelPremium‘Happy Easter’: Airport nightmare continues

Airport terminals are once again heaving as travellers brace for long queues and more delays over the Easter long weekend.

Hamish Spence

CovidSuper contagious Covid variant arrives in Aus

Australia’s first case of a new and highly transmissible Covid variant has been detected in a recently returned overseas traveller.

Duncan Murray

TravelPremiumWhat you must know before you cruise

Cruise ships will soon make their return to Western Australia, but it will not be smooth sailing for everyone. Here’s what you need to know before you pack your bags.

Angie Raphael

TravelPremiumHuge change for Fiji travel

Fiji is introducing major changes to travel rules in a big win for Australian holidaymakers. Here’s everything you need to know.

Hamish Spence

TravelPremiumBargain flights to top Aussie holiday spots

Aussies can snatch a bargain getting to some of their most beloved holiday destinations as searches for flights surge in the wake of border reopenings.

Duncan Murray

Get aboardPremiumUltra-cheap flights from Perth to Bali up for grabs

West Aussies desperate to holiday abroad can now fly to Bali for just over $100, with Jetstar tempting us to travel again with a sale that starts at midnight tonight.

Duncan Murray

travelWA’s $500k tourism border giveaway

Thousands of tourism vouchers for Western Australia will go up for grabs tomorrow. Here’s how to get one.

Courtney Gould

TravelAustralia announces big travel rule changes

Australia has tonight announced two major travel rule changes that will come into effect from Sunday.

Ashleigh Gleeson

flyingAirlines’ fierce warning to travellers

Australians boarding flights this Christmas could be placed on a ‘no fly list’ over one thing.

Ellen Ransley

Travel Gift IdeasPremiumTravel gift ideas for food and wine connoisseurs

PENNY THOMAS discovers a smorgasbord of gift ideas in Margaret River

Penelope Thomas

Omicron explosionAustralia set to change travel rules as new variant spreads

A key meeting has taken place this morning to discuss the new and concerning COVID variant that has emerged overseas.

Ellen Ransley, Anton Nilsson