Category - Australia

IMMIGRATION and Border Protection workers are resuming strike action at Australia’s major international airports today, which could lead to some delays. Workers originally delayed taking industrial action last week after the Brussels terror attacks. The Department of Immigration and Border Protection issued a statement on its website today, warning of interruptions at airports in every […]

IMMIGRATION and Border Protection workers are resuming strike action at Australia’s major international airports today, which could lead to some delays. Workers originally delayed taking industrial action last week after the Brussels terror attacks. The Department of Immigration and Border Protection issued a statement on its website today, warning of interruptions at airports in every […]

Immigration and border protection staff have postponed strike action at Australia’s major international airports, in the wake of the Brussels attacks. Some airport staff have already been engaged in stop work action at airports in Cairns, Townsville, Perth, Darwin and Adelaide as part of the two-year battle over pay and conditions. Bigger disruptions were anticipated […]

Easter Holiday plans for hundreds of thousands of air passengers could be affected as Australian Border Force and other Immigration Department officials threaten to walk off the job at airports and freight terminals around the country on Easter Thursday. The 24-hour strike, part of a continuing dispute over wages and conditions, will be preceded by […]

Australian Border Force workers will walk off the job at all international airports simultaneously for 24 hours on 9 November, potentially stranding thousands of travellers across the country. The strike is a dramatic escalation of a long-running industrial dispute. In September ABF workers at airports stopped work for two hours at a time in rolling […]

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada have issued the following updates on travel to: Indonesia: Exercise high degree of caution You are advised to maintain a high level of security awareness when travelling in Indonesia. As a result of volcanic ash from Mount Merapi (central Java), international and domestic flights have been subject to disruption. […]