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Qantas says profits up, strong travel demand ahead
Qantas says profits up, strong travel demand ahead
Economy
by  AFP

Qantas Airways said Thursday it lifted annual net profit and saw a bright outlook for travel demand, days after it was fined for illegally firing staff during the Covid-19 pandemic. Last week, an Australian court fined Qantas Aus$90 million for unlawfully laying off 1,800 ground staff during the Covid-19 pandemic.

'Perfect storm': UK fishermen reel from octopus invasion
'Perfect storm': UK fishermen reel from octopus invasion
Economy
by  AFP

When veteran fisherman Brian Tapper checked his 1,200 crab pots in waters off southwest England during this year's crabbing season, he got a series of unwelcome surprises. Sue MacKenzie, whose Passionate About Fish firm sources produce from southwest England, said the octopus are "eating our indigenous species at a rate that nobody can anticipate -- it's quite scary".