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Qantas boss says ‘not a single flight cut’ due to fuel shortages · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from the Australian I'm Christinamia, but the
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  Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines.
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  Speaker 2: Quantus hasn't canceled a single flight as a result of
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  Speaker 2: fuel shortages. That's according to chief Executive Vanessa Hudson, who
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  Speaker 2: says she's confident the airline has enough supplies to sustain
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  Speaker 2: flights well into next month. Hudson told Quantus staff in
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  Speaker 2: an internal memo she's in regular contact with the government
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  Speaker 2: and fuel suppliers about shortages prompted by the conflict in
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  Speaker 2: the Middle East. She said both parties quote continue to
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  Speaker 2: tell us they have a strong level of confidence in
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  Speaker 2: supply well into April. The Quantus chief's reassurances come after
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  Speaker 2: the world's biggest passenger airline, United Airlines, announced it will
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  Speaker 2: cancel five percent of flights over the next six months
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  Speaker 2: due to the spike in fuel costs. PayPal says customers
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  Speaker 2: who purchase tickets for the now canceled Blues Fest music
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  Speaker 2: festival may be eligible for a refund. The fintech company
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  Speaker 2: said on Monday it'll make a quote one time exception
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  Speaker 2: to its standard Byer Protection Eligibility window to help more
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  Speaker 2: people get their money back. Bluesfest was canceled due to
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  Speaker 2: poor ticket sales on March thirteen, less than three weeks
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  Speaker 2: before it was scheduled to begin. PayPal is owed almost
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  Speaker 2: one point seventy five million dollars by the festival, according
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  Speaker 2: to documents filed with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
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  Speaker 2: One Nation made massive inroads in South Australia on the weekend,
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  Speaker 2: securing twenty two percent of the primary vote statewide, securing
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  Speaker 2: at least one seat in the Lower House and surging
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  Speaker 2: past the Liberal Party. So who's voting for them? The
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  Speaker 2: Australian's deep analysis of voter data suggests big swings towards
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  Speaker 2: Paul En Hansson's One Nation Party were driven by voters
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  Speaker 2: born in Australia, earning less than eight hundred dollars per
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  Speaker 2: week and working as laborers. The cohort also had the
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  Speaker 2: lowest number of university postgraduates. You can see that full
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  Speaker 2: analysis right now at the austraem dot Au and come
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  Speaker 2: back to the front first thing in the morning for
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  Speaker 2: a close look at Donald Trump's moves.
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  Speaker 1: In the Middle East. Will he follow through on his
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  Speaker 1: threats to Iran? Or is he more inclined to pull
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  Speaker 1: up stumps. That's right here. Tuesday morning,