CEO admits her airline 'let you down in many ways' and asks customers for patience to 'earn your trust back'

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Qantas aeroplanes wait at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport on February 25, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. On Thursday Qantas will announce their half year results, media reports suggest part of those announcements will include a large number of job cuts and the sale of their Melbourne terminal.
Qantas planes at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport.

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Lachlan Murdoch backs Fox board role for former Australian PM who called climate change science 'absolute crap'

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Tony Abbott
Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has been nominated to the Fox board.

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The university hosting an academic conference on Taylor Swift hopes that 'TayTay' will make an appearance

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Composite image of Taylor Swift and the University of Melbourne
Composite image of Taylor Swift and the University of Melbourne

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Australia's rare pink-diamond mine formed from the clashing and stretching of continents, a new study found. The discovery could lead to more colorful diamonds.

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A photo of four octahedral pink diamonds found in the Argyle diamond mine.
Pink diamonds are rare. Some estimates put them at about 3% of diamond output.

Murray Rayner

A man tried to sue a hospital for $643 million after he was 'encouraged' to watch his wife's C-section

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Pregnant woman cradles her stomach in the hospital.
A stock image shows a pregnant woman in hospital.

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The top 10 countries for a comfortable retirement

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Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva, Switzerland.

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Australia used a $528 million icebreaker to pull off a daring Antarctic rescue mission after an expeditioner fell ill at a remote research station

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A side-by-side composite of the RSV Nuyina and the Casey research center.
The RSV Nuyina (left) traveled more than 1,800 miles to rescue a sick expeditioner at Australia's Casey research center in Antartica (right).

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The CEO of airline Qantas is stepping down with a $24 million golden handshake, with one politician calling it the 'swindle of the century'

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Qantas CEO Alan Joyce speaking.
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce announced he's stepping down on Monday, two months earlier than his departure date.

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Regulators want to fine Qantas 'hundreds of millions of dollars' for selling tickets for thousands of already-cancelled flights

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A Qantas 787 Dreamliner
A Qantas 787 Dreamliner.

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After nearly 60 years in flight, US Air Force special operators took their AC-130 gunship to Australia for the first time

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Australian Air Force PC-21 AC-130J
Two Australian Air Force PC-21s and a US Air Force AC-130J over the Newcastle region during Exercise Teak Action in July.

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