The federal Labor opposition and unions have criticised Qantas plans to cut jobs from two Victorian airports. Photo: Horizon2035
Suspended Labor MP Craig Thomson says Victorian union official Marco Bolano set him up, over accusations Thomson used union funds to pay for prostitutes; Qantas announces plans to sack more than 500 Victorian employees as part of a restructure to the company’s aircraft maintenance facilities; officials from the United States meet with their South Korean and Japanese counterparts to discuss North Korea’s possible plans for another nuclear test; a magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes in northeast Italy killing six and leaving thousands homeless; and charities working in West Africa welcome an Australian federal government decision to increase aid to the drought ravaged region.
