There’s a big change coming to Australian airports,but it’s not enough
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.

  • byBen Groundwater

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‘Big vape’:How Chinese multinationals and organised crime fuelled a public health crisis
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.

  • byEryk Bagshaw andLaura Sparkes
Australia quietly ditches $4.6b detention contract with scandal-plagued Serco

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.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
National tech outage causes delays at airports across Australia

National tech outage causes delays at airports across Australia

The issue affecting Australian Border Force systems led to significant disruptions for passengers.

  • byJessica McSweeney
The little-known industry with a $120,000 starting salary that is crying out for new trainees

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.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
No maps,no GPS,no training:How 44 people survived being turned back in the Timor Sea

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.

  • byZach Hope andAmilia Rosa
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Mongols bikie’s dash with $10,000 cash after encrypted app arrest

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.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
This rule puts Border Force workers above the law – and it was just quietly extended

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.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Goodbye golden gateway:Big changes ahead for Brisbane Airport

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.

  • byCameron Atfield
Passenger anger over new ‘improved’ SmartGates at Australian airports

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.

  • byMichael Gebicki
Anonymous tip leads police to discover 900kg meth imported into Sydney

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.

  • byJessica McSweeney andNick Newling