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Airfares to be capped for regional WA residents, as Mark McGowan fulfils election promise

Return flights starting in regional Western Australia used to cost up to $1,000, but from July they will be capped at $398 or $598 for residents, as the state government fulfils an election promise.

ABC News

Robust regulations needed around e-scooters, say insurance bodies

Government figures suggest that around 17 people are injured by e-scooters every week.

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries: Ports to be handed powers to stop boats docking that don't pay crew minimum wage

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said it was a warning to P&O Ferries, after the firm's no-notice sackings of 800 staff, that "the game is up" - but unions are unimpressed

Daily Mirror

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P&O Ferries action by government 'far too little, too late' say unions

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced measures today

Wales Online

Grant Shapps unveils plan to make P&O Ferries ‘fundamentally rethink’ sackings

The Cabinet minister set out a series of measures in response to the redundancies.

The Independent UK

Grant Shapps tells regulator to disqualify ‘unfit to lead’ P&O Ferries boss

Ports will be told to refuse ferries paying below minimum wage – but union says ‘too little, too late’ plan won’t reverse mass sackings

The Independent UK

£38 million Russian superyacht with its own pool seized at Canary Wharf, London

It is the first Russian yacht of its kind to be taken in British waters

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UK seize £38m Russian-owned superyacht with 'infinite wine cellar'

The vessel includes an 'infinite wine cellar' and fresh-water swimming pool

Liverpool Echo

Sydney News: Transport Minister Rob Stokes raises questions about future of Sydney's casinos

MORNING BRIEFING: NSW must reconsider the future of casinos in Sydney following revelations of wide-scale money laundering and criminal activity at The Star, a senior government minister says.

ABC News

Russian-owned £38m superyacht impounded in London

It is the first operation of its kind in UK waters

Wales Online

Tamil Nadu CM effects minor reshuffle in Cabinet; swaps portfolios of two Ministers

S.S. Sivasankar, who held the portfolio of Backward Classes Welfare has been appointed as the Transport Minister.

The Hindu

Mystery Russian superyacht worth £38m seized in London in 'warning to Putin'

UK officials boarded Phi - owned by a Russian businessman - in Canary Wharf, east London, on Tuesday and detained it under sanctions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries won't reverse decision to illegally sack 800 workers despite Minister's plea

Transport Minister Grant Shapps wrote to P&O Ferries saying it had “one further opportunity to reverse this decision by immediately offering all 800 workers their jobs back”

Chronicle Live

P&O Ferries refuses Grant Shapps’ plea to change decision over sackings

Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite claimed the Transport Secretary’s request ‘ignores the situation’s fundamental and factual realities’

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Daily Mirror

P&O boss refuses to reinstate 800 sacked staff as row with Government escalates

P&O Ferries chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite insisted the firm would not U-turn on the decision to fire hundreds of seafarers to replace them with cheaper agency staff

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries refuses plea from Grant Shapps to reverse decision to sack workers

Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite claimed the Transport Secretary’s request ‘ignores the situation’s fundamental and factual realities’.

Wales Online

P&O boss won't reverse order to sack 800 staff as that would 'collapse company'

Peter Hebblethwaite has told Transport Secretary Grant Shapps he will not reverse the decision

ABC News

Cost of Bunbury Outer Ring Road blows out to more than $1 billion

Construction has already begun on the road which will make the journey to WA’s major tourist region quicker. But the cost to taxpayers will be hundreds of millions of dollars more than expected.

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The Independent UK

P&O Ferries boss to appear before Holyrood committee

Peter Hebblethwaite will face the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee.

The Independent UK

MPs call for P&O Ferries boss to be axed as Government moves to stop sackings

Transport minister Robert Courts said Peter Hebblethwaite’s position at the head of the company was ‘untenable’.

Daily Record

P&O bosses warned to take sacked crews back or be blocked from UK ports

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he would bring in legislation to close the loophole allowing ferry companies to dodge UK minimum wage rules.

Birmingham Post

Grant Shapps warns P&O Ferries boss of law changes to protect seafarers after 800 workers sacked

He also called on Mr Hebblethwaite to offer all 800 workers their jobs back

Wales Online

P&O Ferries’ rivals to meet Government officials after staff sackings

DFDS and Stena Lines will hold talks with the Department for Transport

Daily Mirror

Grant Shapps preparing to ban P&O from using UK routes unless workers paid minimum wage

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has written the head of P&O Ferries to shame the boss into reversing the firm's bombshell decision about workers and to urge him to reverse cuts and pay staff minimum wage

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries’ rivals set to meet with officials after mass sacking of staff

DFDS and Stena Lines have been invited to meet with Department for Transport officials on Monday.

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