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• Source:  AAP Qantas has delayed its planned resumption of international flights until late December after Australia's federal budget revised forecasts for overseas travel. Qantas airlines Boeing 787-9. Source: istock.com The airline was due to restart services at the end of October but today pushed back the date. Australia's Treasury expects international travel to remain low through to mid-2022 before a gradual recovery in inter...

The country's treasurer says the 'tragic' scenes in India are a reminder of the threat Covid-19 still poses.

• Source:  Five wealthy foreigners moved to New Zealand while the country's borders were closed, and were then granted residency to invest a combined $36 million. The International Arrivals terminal at Auckland Airport. Source: istock.com By Amy Williams for rnz.co.nz Immigration New Zealand (INZ) figures released to RNZ show the people were given border exemptions to enter the country before being granted residency under investor visas. That was despite hundreds more hopeful of...

• Source:  Ashburton District Council has unanimously backed a move to ditch the district's derided slogan. The Ashburton River/Hakatere in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand, flowing across Mid Canterbury from the Southern Alps to the Pacific Ocean. Source: istock.com The majority of councillors are supporting a move to formalise a possible change in chambers with a few wanting to open it up to the public if necessary. "Ashburton: Whatever it Takes" has occasionally been the s...

• Source:  AAP A breeder convicted of a string of animal abuse offences, including operating squalid puppy farms in South Australia, could be extradited from New Zealand. A dog awaits adoption from an animal shelter. Source: istock.com RSPCA Australia is investigating the possible extradition of the woman, after a magistrate found her guilty of 33 offences involving 27 dogs held in filthy conditions, and five horses that were starve...