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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Martin Farrer

Morning Mail: new laws to punish airline slot hoarding, Florida faces ‘worst in a century’ storm, Trump’s gift to Putin

Qantas and Virgin planes at Sydney airport.
Qantas and Virgin planes at Sydney airport. Photograph: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images

Morning everyone. The Albanese government will introduce a bill today to crack down on the controversial way Qantas and Virgin manage runway slots as the fight against anticompetitive behaviour by business gathers pace.

Zooming out a bit, climate scientists are warning the world faces “partial societal collapse” as Florida braces for another huge hurricane, the ferocity of which has been linked to global heating. Plus: Donald Trump secretly gave Vladimir Putin a Covid testing machine – and the burst of inspiration that won an Australian scientist $250,000.

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