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\nQantas is facing calls to match Virgin’s decision to give priority boarding to war veterans and salute them before take-off.
\n3:05 Oh FFS!
\nQantas is facing calls to match Virgin’s decision to give priority boarding to war veterans and salute them before take-off.
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\nThe US-style proposal comes at the end of a week-long campaign by the Coalition, which will see veterans given discount cards and lapel pins, on top of a half-a-billion dollar extension of the War Memorial.
\nDefence Industry Minister Steve Ciobo said it “would be terrific” if Qantas matched Virgin’s pledge, which is part of a News Corp campaign.
\n“I want to congratulate Virgin for, in many respects, being a trailblazer,” he said on Sky News.
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\n“I think it’s tremendous that they come on board and that they honour and salute the service of those men and women who have served our nation in uniform putting themselves in harm’s way.”
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\nVeterans would be saluted at take-off and given first access to Virgin aircraft under the plan supported by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and launched by Virgin Australia CEO John Borghetti on Sunday.
\nVirgin Australia reconsiders veteran salutes following backlash
\nVirgin Australia has said it will now seek public consultation before going ahead with plans to offer priority boarding and a salute to veterans prior to take-off on its flights.
\nThe Moral?
\nClearly, there are people who would like to import every bad idea from the Disunited States from saluting veterans, to unrestricted gun ownership to Christian nutters running the parliament.
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\nAnglican school students ask principals to give up right to sack gay teachers
\n9:13 On Wednesday, it was revealed that 34 Anglican schools in greater Sydney had written to the federal education minister, Dan Tehan,\u00a0demanding protection of their right to sack gay teachers or expel gay students.
\nIn response, students have begun a letter-writing campaign of their own asking for tolerance from their former principals.More than 1,000 current and former students from Anglican schools have written to their principals asking them to give up \u201cthe right to discriminate\u201d against LGBT students and teachers.
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\nAn open letter to the 34 schools\u00a0had amassed 1,000 signatures by Thursday afternoon.
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\nIn their letter to the minister, the 34 schools said
\n\u201cThe debate has been polemicised as the right to expel gay students, with little evidence that this occurs, and the right to dismiss gay staff members, again with little evidence that this occurs,\u201d it read.
\n‘We are sorry’: Anglican school backtracks from letter on gay teachers and students
\nA prominent Sydney Anglican school has apologised for signing...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/085762e2-797c-4ef4-9b10-434ecde61c07/logo2018v2.jpg"}