Rail and bus commuters in South East Queensland are facing cancellations and delays, with widespread strike action by staff impacting services, while a bridge strike in the city’s south as cause trains to be suspended on one line.
Tony Brun, who has served as Avalon’s CEO since the exit of Justin Giddings in October 2022, announced that he was stepping down from his role at Melbourne’s secondary airport to take up “a new Chief Executive opportunity in Saudi Arabia”.
The stricken low-cost carrier had “played a key role in connecting regional hubs across the domestic network”, the competition watchdog noted in its latest Domestic Airline Competition in Australia report, as it tried to stimulate demand on routes not …