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Brisbane flights delay after security breach
02:50:32, 29 September 2008, Radio Australia News
All flights to and from Australia's Brisbane Airport were temporarily suspended on Sunday night after a security breach at the domestic terminal.
Investigation begins into tourist death in NZ jetboat accident
17:17:08, 26 September 2008, Radio Australia News
The friends of a Chinese tourist killed in a jetboat crash in New Zealand, say they repeatedly asked emergency services to look under the boat for her body.
Regulator required for Australia's aviation industry: expert
15:41:16, 19 September 2008, Radio Australia News
An Australian aviation expert says Australia is heading for a major airline accident unless a regulator is appointed to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA).
Pressure on tourism industry in Australia's north
13:14:08, 18 September 2008, Radio Australia News
The Queensland Tourism Industry Council says the high Australian dollar and increased fuel prices have taken a big toll on the domestic tourism market.
Bali rally against anti-pornography bill
21:25:44, 17 September 2008, Radio Australia News
Thousands of Balinese in traditional outfits have rallied in the island's capital Denpasar against an anti-pornography bill which they say threatens local cultures.
Tourism threat to whales curtailed in French Polynesia
19:43:24, 9 September 2008, Radio Australia News
Authorities in French Polynesia are cracking down on the whale watching industry.
Trial for Indonesian pilot will go ahead
19:19:36, 8 September 2008, Radio Australia News
An Indonesian court has ruled that it will proceed with the trial of a pilot charged with deliberately crashing a passenger jet in 2007, killing 21 people.
Tonga tourism push for second-generation Australians
16:22:50, 2 September 2008, Radio Australia News
A regional airline says it will promote Tonga as a holiday destination to affluent second generation Australians of Pacific Island backgrounds.
Kiribati taskforce investigates tourism standards
11:15:48, 2 September 2008, Radio Australia News
A new taskforce in Kiribati will investigate the creation of standards in the tourism and hospitality sector.
Stranded Australian tourists arrive home from Phuket
09:49:25, 2 September 2008, Radio Australia News
A charter plane carrying about 300 stranded Australians has arrived in Sydney from Thailand.
Qantas maintenance must be kept in Australia: Union
08:29:22, 2 September 2008, Radio Australia News
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union will continue its push for Australia's biggest airline, Qantas, to guarantee maintenance work will not be done off-shore.
Air Vanuatu looks to boost Melbourne flights
15:18:01, 1 September 2008, Radio Australia News
Air Vanuatu is expected to launch a second weekly direct service to the southern Australian city of Melbourne by December.
Stranded Australian tourists head home from Phuket
08:29:22, 2 September 2008, Radio Australia News
A Jetstar plane carrying about 300 stranded Australians will fly into Sydney from Thailand today.
Call for Australia to be health travel destination
17:45:53, 21 August 2008, Radio Australia News
A tourism lobby group says Australia should build a health travel sector in the same way it has developed education tourism.
Culture key to boost Niue tourism
09:24:09, 15 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Niue has been told that to grow its struggling tourism industry it needs to give visitors a cultural experience.
Australians urged to reconsider Mauritania travel
18:10:16, 7 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs has increased its travel warning for Mauritania because of a military coup against the President.
Fuel hike gives gloomy outlook to Fiji
15:47:28, 6 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Fiji's business community has given a gloomy forecast of the impact of today's fuel hike.
East Timor opens first national park
20:28:59, 4 August 2008, Radio Australia News
East Timor has inaugurated its first national park, in a move to protect and preserve 123,000 hectares of land and sea at eastern tip of the island.
Cook Islands' airline draws up 'no fly list'
19:20:27, 29 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The Cook Islands' only domestic air service has drawn up a 'no fly list' with the names of islanders who they deem to be a security risk to the airline.
Vietnam to restrict golf courses over rice concerns
10:58:11, 29 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Vietnam's government is planning to restrict the growth of new golf courses encroaching on rice farms to ensure national food security and protect thousands of poor farmers.
Cook Islands airline draws up 'no fly list'
14:43:12, 29 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The Cook Islands' only domestic air service is maintaining a 'no fly list' of some islanders who they deem to be security risks to the airline.
Pay cut offered to Air Fiji employees
14:21:18, 25 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Air Fiji has reportedly proposed a 15 per cent pay cut for employees so the airline can stay afloat.
'Deeply mourning' Garuda pilot faces court
20:30:19, 24 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The pilot of the Garuda jet that crashed last year in Indonesia, killing 21 people, has been charged with deliberately causing the disaster.
Airline employees win 10 year settlement
17:42:08, 23 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Philippine Airlines has been ordered to reinstate 1,500 crew members who lost their jobs during the Asian financial crisis 10 years ago.
Airlines operating in Pacific say industry in crisis
20:43:24, 16 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Airlines operating in the Pacific region say the industry is in crisis, as a direct result of soaring global fuel prices.
![Several members of the United National Party, including the provincial chief, were among those killed in the bomb blast which also left 80 people injured. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/lanka_blast_afp_061008.jpg "Several members of the United National Party, including the provincial chief, were among those killed in the bomb blast which also left 80 people injured. [AFP]")
![Leaders of Europe's four biggest economies vow to restore financial stability. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/france_europeleaders_afp_041008.jpg "Leaders of Europe's four biggest economies vow to restore financial stability. [AFP]")
![The warning comes as New York's Dow Jones index fell to a three-year low. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/us_dow_afp_031008.jpg "The warning comes as New York's Dow Jones index fell to a three-year low. [AFP]")
![Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden have clashed in their only televised debate. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/us_palinbiden_rtr_021008.jpg "Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden have clashed in their only televised debate. [Reuters]")
![A woman cries after seeing the body of her son, who was killed in a stampede at the Chamunda temple, inside a fort on the top of a hill near the historic town of Jodhpur. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/india_stampede_rtr_021008.jpg "A woman cries after seeing the body of her son, who was killed in a stampede at the Chamunda temple, inside a fort on the top of a hill near the historic town of Jodhpur. [Reuters]")
![One of the bombs went off at a bus stand while the remaining three exploded in and around a market in quick succession during the evening rush-hour. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/india_blast_afp_011008.jpg "One of the bombs went off at a bus stand while the remaining three exploded in and around a market in quick succession during the evening rush-hour. [AFP]")
