Australia news live: Hanson defends UK ‘fact-finding’ trip; Qantas tops airline punctuality table | Australia news

Qantas is the world’s most punctual major airline, according to the latest data.

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Each month OAG compiles global on-time performance for airlines, based on actual gate arrival times. Flights that arrive within 15 minutes of the schedule are considered on-time.

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By this measure, Qantas topped the league table of “major” airlines in June, with 87.16% of flights arriving on time, just ahead of South America’s Avianca.

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Among “large” airlines, Saudi Arabian Airlines topped the table at 92.41%, with Virgin Australia at number 18 on 80.12%.

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Pauline Hanson has posted an update on social media about what she calls a “fact-finding” mission to the UK to find out what has gone “so wrong” with the country.

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She sat down for an interview for the podcast of far-right British activist Tommy Robinson, whom she called a “brave man … who has always had the best interest of his nation at heart”.

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After a long list of what she claims is wrong with the UK, including “cities where most women wear burkas”, Hanson says:

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No thanks. That’s not what I want for Australia. Each day I’ll bring you a sneak peak of my visit before putting out a long format video once I’m home.

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Robinson posted on his YouTube channel a clip from a car showing him and Hanson “about to take a walk through my town” of Luton, adding “let’s see what happens”.

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Hanson also met Rupert Lowe, the leader of the far-right Restore Britain party, who split from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Lowe tweeted “we certainly share many of the same objectives”.

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Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it’ll be Nick Visser with the main action.

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Pauline Hanson has posted an update on social media about what she calls a “fact-finding” mission to the UK to find out what has gone “so wrong” with the country, and defending her meeting with far-right activist Tommy Robinson. More coming up.

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The Victorian government has announced it will reimburse passengers who incurred additional costs during disruptions to the state’s regional rail services caused by the Telstra outage.

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And new data finds Qantas is the world’s most punctual major airline.

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