/ 25 January 2024

Safety first, a runaway penguin, and the best Aussie sporting moment

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Flight attendants have slammed Qantas’s latest safety video, calling it sexist and elitist. The video features a bunch of exotic locations – but the union says it “should be about safety, not a rom-com”. When you’re hot, you’re hot – and when you’re not… 

Speaking of hot, a little blue penguin has been rescued from the runway of Wellington Airport in Kiwiland. The flightless bird was well out of its comfort zone with the temperature on the tarmac hitting 50C during an unseasonal hot spell.

And the votes have been counted in The Guardian’s best Aussie sporting moment poll with Cathy Freeman’s iconic 400m win at the Sydney Olympics bolting home in first place. Second was Matilda Cortnee Vine’s penalty shootout winner in last year’s Women’s World Cup, followed by Socceroo John Aloisi’s penalty that put us into the 2005 Men’s World Cup in Germany. Epic moments, one and all.

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