Podcast appearances and mentions of Ruby Princess

ICYMI: Hour Two of ‘Later, with Mo'Kelly' Presents – ‘Wellness Wednesday' with wife, mother, fitness expert, and masterful storyteller Claudine Cooper delving into latest workout trends AND a post-Thanksgiving recap…PLUS – A look at the return of Disneyland's SoCal resident discount offer AND thoughts on a SoCal passenger aboard Princess Cruises' ‘Ruby Princess' going overboard - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app

Defence Force personnel and extra RAAF aircraft deploy to the Middle East; Ruby Princess cruise liner found negligent during the COVID pandemic; Australia's 2027 Rugby World Cup will be the first to feature 24 teams.

Firefighters in regional Queensland are bracing for gusty and dry winds on Thursday as they battle out-of-control bushfires fuelled by the “worst conditions in 40 years” that have already claimed two lives and multiple homes.  Legal expects are warning Australians accused of spreading misinformation online will have fewer protections against self-incrimination than suspected murderers, arsonists and other serious criminals under a proposed bill to regulate the internet.  A court has ruled the cruise ship company at the centre of a major Covid outbreak should have cancelled the Ruby Princess trip that led to 28 deaths.  New research out of Melbourne shows women who do shift work or work long hours while pregnant significantly increase their risk of premature birth  Public school teachers in South Australia have warned they may strike again next month in a bid to pressure the state government to make a better offer on pay and conditions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The latest inflation figures have been released, Anthony Albanese had dinner with Joe Biden at the White House, passengers on board the Ruby Princess cruise ship in 2020 have won a court case against Carnival Cruise lines, US tennis player Jenson Brooksby has been banned for 18 months after missing three drug tests in a 12-month window, Family Guy is the latest TV show to poke fun at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and a couple of celebrity offspring have tied the knot.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Firefighters in regional Queensland are bracing for gusty and dry winds on Thursday as they battle out-of-control bushfires fuelled by the “worst conditions in 40 years” that have already claimed two lives and multiple homes.  Legal expects are warning Australians accused of spreading misinformation online will have fewer protections against self-incrimination than suspected murderers, arsonists and other serious criminals under a proposed bill to regulate the internet.  A court has ruled the cruise ship company at the centre of a major Covid outbreak should have cancelled the Ruby Princess trip that led to 28 deaths.  New research out of Melbourne shows women who do shift work or work long hours while pregnant significantly increase their risk of premature birth  Public school teachers in South Australia have warned they may strike again next month in a bid to pressure the state government to make a better offer on pay and conditions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Firefighters in regional Queensland are bracing for gusty and dry winds on Thursday as they battle out-of-control bushfires fuelled by the “worst conditions in 40 years” that have already claimed two lives and multiple homes.  Legal expects are warning Australians accused of spreading misinformation online will have fewer protections against self-incrimination than suspected murderers, arsonists and other serious criminals under a proposed bill to regulate the internet.  A court has ruled the cruise ship company at the centre of a major Covid outbreak should have cancelled the Ruby Princess trip that led to 28 deaths.  New research out of Melbourne shows women who do shift work or work long hours while pregnant significantly increase their risk of premature birth  Public school teachers in South Australia have warned they may strike again next month in a bid to pressure the state government to make a better offer on pay and conditions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Firefighters in regional Queensland are bracing for gusty and dry winds on Thursday as they battle out-of-control bushfires fuelled by the “worst conditions in 40 years” that have already claimed two lives and multiple homes.  Legal expects are warning Australians accused of spreading misinformation online will have fewer protections against self-incrimination than suspected murderers, arsonists and other serious criminals under a proposed bill to regulate the internet.  A court has ruled the cruise ship company at the centre of a major Covid outbreak should have cancelled the Ruby Princess trip that led to 28 deaths.  New research out of Melbourne shows women who do shift work or work long hours while pregnant significantly increase their risk of premature birth  Public school teachers in South Australia have warned they may strike again next month in a bid to pressure the state government to make a better offer on pay and conditions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ruby Princess Collides With Pier is the lead story on Friday Travel and Cruise Industry News, July 7, 2023 with Chillie Falls. Ruby Princess collided with Pier 27 in San Francisco while returning from a 10-night Alaskan cruise. The incident happened in the early morning hours at approximately 6:05 a.m. local time as the ship was docking prior to debarkation. Also today, Chillie Chats With Nate Vallier of Alaska and Yukon Tours, Pilates At Sea; Ocean Cay Super Coral Program; Club Pilates At Sea; AIDA Getting Starlink; Railroad Labor Dispute In Alaska; Crew Member Dies on Cruise; and much more LIVE at 11 AM EDT. CLICK HERE to access video file #scootaround #rubyprincess #sanfranciscopier27 #alaskacruise #alaska #alaskaandyukontours #natevallier #pilatesatsea @aidacruises #travel Thanks for visiting my channel. Unsold inside, ocean view and balcony cabins for Labor Day Sapphire Princess Alaska Cruise. Details here: https://bit.ly/3XSeLWw NYTimes The Daily, the flagship NYT podcast with a massive audience. "Vacationing In The Time Of Covid" https://nyti.ms/3QuRwOS To access the Travel and Cruise Industry News podcast; https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/travelcruisenews or go to https://accessadventure.net/ To subscribe: http://bit.ly/chi-fal As always, I appreciate super chats or any other donation to support my channel. For your convenience, please visit: https://paypal.me/chillie9264?locale.x=en_US Chillie's Cruise Schedule: https://accessadventure.net/chillies-trip-calendar/ For your special needs, contact me or Scootaround, https://www.scootaround.com/mobility-rentals, 1.888.441.7575. Use SRN11137 Check out my streaming partner: https://streamyard.com?pal=4889083533852672 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChilliesCruises Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chillie.falls Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChillieFalls Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chilliefalls/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chilliescruises Business Email: chillie@chilliefalls.com Accessible Travel Blog: https://accessadventure.net/ Chillie Chats With Sue Bryant, London Times Cruise Editor About Emerald Azzurra https://youtu.be/_bnrkqPf2gE Chillie Chats With Disability Advocate Kristy Durso https://youtu.be/EY3ZxxYGPCw Chillie Chats with Sylvia Longmire, Ambassador for Scootaround and WHILL Powerchairs https://youtu.be/VovRJ5Fh1I8 Chillie Chats With Special Guest Kevin Martin, 30 And A Wake Up https://youtube.com/live/7Q5AFPDD0YY Chillie Chats with Mark Chilutti on Accessibility of Oasis of the Seas https://youtu.be/ibuJe7sfvrA Chillie Chats With Kelly Narowski, Disability Rights Advocate and Avid Traveler https://youtu.be/NFB7LhkJ7go and https://youtu.be/LxbC5UW-Lsk Casino Loyalty Programs with Sue Sherer https://youtu.be/p0SsewJC_cE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Princess Cruises are known for Love – they are the original Love Boat after all! The Ruby Princess was recently sailing out of Galveston, TX, on an all 80's themed cruise. Sandy was lucky enough to experience it, and she's excited to tell us all about it. Sandy – Donna – George

Two Princess Cruise Ships Cancel Cruises is part of the lead story on Monday Travel and Cruise Industry News, April 10, 2023 with Chillie Falls. Cruises were cancelled on Ruby Princess as well as Majestic Princess due to weather issues on both sides of the world. Also today, Peace World Sails After 3 Years; Carnival Extends HESS; and much more today LIVE at 11 AM EDT. CLICK HERE to access video feed #scootaround #rubyprincess #majesticprincess #carnivalHESS #peaceworld Thanks for visiting my channel. Unsold inside, oceanview and balcony cabins for Labor Day Sapphire Princess Alaska Cruise. Details here: https://bit.ly/3XSeLWw NYTimes The Daily, the flagship NYT podcast with a massive audience. "Vacationing In The Time Of Covid" https://nyti.ms/3QuRwOS Chillie Chats with Sylvia Longmire, Ambassador for Scootaround and WHILL Powerchairs https://youtu.be/VovRJ5Fh1I8 To access the Travel and Cruise Industry News podcast; https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/travelcruisenews or go to https://accessadventure.net/ To subscribe: http://bit.ly/chi-fal As always, I appreciate super chats or any other donation to support my channel. For your convenience, please visit: https://paypal.me/chillie9264?locale.x=en_US Chillie's Cruise Schedule: https://accessadventure.net/chillies-trip-calendar/ For your special needs, contact me or Scootaround, https://www.scootaround.com/mobility-rentals, 1.888.441.7575. Use SRN11137 Check out my streaming partner: https://streamyard.com?pal=4889083533852672 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChilliesCruises Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chillie.falls Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChillieFalls Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chilliefalls/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chilliescruises Business Email: chillie@chilliefalls.com Accessible Travel Blog: https://accessadventure.net/ Chillie Chats With Sue Bryant, London Times Cruise Editor About Emerald Azzurra https://youtu.be/_bnrkqPf2gE Chillie Chats With Disability Advocate Kristy Durso https://youtube.com/live/ox0JRylxmok Chillie Chats With Special Guest Kevin Martin, 30 And A Wake Up https://youtube.com/live/7Q5AFPDD0YY Chillie Chats with Mark Chilutti on Accessibility of Oasis of the Seas https://youtu.be/ibuJe7sfvrA Chillie Chats With Kelly Narowski, Disability Rights Advocate and Avid Traveler https://youtu.be/NFB7LhkJ7go and https://youtu.be/LxbC5UW-Lsk Casino Loyalty Programs with Sue Sherer https://youtu.be/p0SsewJC_cE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There have been calls for a parliamentary inquiry into media diversity in Australia, and generally, the behaviour of the mainstream media – and these calls have been made for about 20 years or so. The independent member for Goldstein, Zoe Daniel – and she used to work as a journalist before entering parliament – she currently has a motion in parliament, and that was introduced in early September, with secondary debates in the final week of the last parliamentary session about whether an inquiry should be held.Australia does have one of the most concentrated media landscapes in the world, dominated by two companies – News Limited and Nine Media – there's also issues with the Australian Press Council, and that's funded by the mainstream media, and that's the place where you can lodge a complaint about the media, and it's pretty much close to useless, – and generally, the mainstream media in Australia tends to be supportive of conservative political interests. And if you're not of a conservative persuasion, that's not good news.We'd highly recommend an inquiry into the media in Australia, and you'd expect that this is something that a Labor government would be supportive of, considering they're usually on the end of most of the attacks from the media, whether they're in government or Opposition – so what are they waiting for?21 min 36 ¬– The Art of the Broken PromisePoliticians make a lot of promises, but it's the broken promises that everyone tends to remember. Back in 1996, the former Prime Minister John Howard introduced the idea of core and non-core promises into the political vernacular, and that was after he broke some key election promises after finding out that he couldn't keep them, and the media at that time seemed to accept this idea.There's been a lot of focus of Stage 3 tax cuts and broken promises – and the media has made it very clear to the public that this will be a big breach of public trust if Labor does repeal the tax cuts, while at the same time, it seems to be pushing them to break this promise well – but there are other areas where the Labor government is pushing the boundaries on what they promised or what they discussed in the last federal election campaign.There are a few issues of broken trust up for debate – Labor promised to deliver an anti-corruption commission with teeth, but there's now a few sticking points about transparency and public hearings; Labor also took the previous Coalition government to task about the secrecy of the National Cabinet – while they didn't promise to release National Cabinet documents, they've closed down debate about making these documents public.And they've also removed COVID isolation requirements, without releasing the medical evidence from the chief health officer to support this decision – and that's one area that they also criticised the previous Coalition government on – and it seems that they're now doing exactly the same.All political leaders and all governments are going to caught out on these issues, so why do they keep making the promises they can't keep, and sometimes keep the promises that they should be getting rid of, such as the Stage 3 tax cuts?36 min 36 – The Return of the Ruby PrincessThe class action trial against Carnival PLC has commenced in Sydney, and that's over the Ruby Princess incident in March 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic, where 663 Australia were infected with COVID, and 28 of those passengers died – and the arguments for the plaintiff are that the entire incident wasn't an accident and the ship should never have sailed at all.There was a special commission of inquiry into the Ruby Princess, and that report was completed in August 2020, but it was a whitewash of a report, and couldn't hold anyone responsible for the incident, but hopefully this class action trial will shine some more light on these events.41 min 40 – The PollsAnd there was also a Resolve Poll that came out during the week – and again, not much difference in the polling from the previous month – Labor has 58% in two-party preferred voting, which means the Coalition is polling at 42% – Albanese is still preferred Prime Minister by 53% to Dutton's 18%, and the net approval rating is 36 points for Albanese, and Dutton's is minus 10 points.And we have to remember that Albanese has similar figures to Dutton's at the same point in his leadership against Scott Morrison – today, Albanese is the Prime Minister, and Morrison isn't – so there is a little ray of hope for Peter Dutton.But the interesting issue about this poll is that all key indicators – and that's economic management, health care, aged care, and education – Labor is way ahead of the Coalition – and it's even on national security and defence – and economic management and national security and defence are seen more as the issues that are owned by conservative parties – so even though there are issues for the Labor Party, and a lot of pressure piled on by the media and the Opposition, there's a perception in the electorate that they're actually doing well – and that of course can change quickly, and might change very quickly after the October Budget is released – but these polls are good for Anthony Albanese, and not so good for Peter Dutton, as they have been ever since he became the Leader of the Opposition.

A class action lawsuit begins over the deadly Covid outbreak on the Ruby Princess cruise ship; The brother of the NSW Deputy Premier arrested in relation to an alleged drug syndicate; And the AFL trade period comes to a chaotic finish, while there's more drama for NRL Club Manly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Almost half the country on high alert as another severe weather system hits; A class action lawsuit begins over the deadly Covid outbreak on the Ruby Princess cruise ship; The brother of the NSW Deputy Premier arrested in relation to an alleged drug syndicate; And the AFL trade period comes to a chaotic finish, while there's more drama for NRL Club Manly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The cruise industry was thrust into the headlines when the Ruby Princess docked in Sydney at the peak of the pandemic. 28 deaths were linked to the ship. It looked for a while like cruising would never return to its former glory.  So where is the industry now? David Jones, Corporate Communications Manager for Carnival Cruises tells us people are returning to cruising and this summer looks like it should be back to business as normal. We also speak with Shauna, a self-described ‘cruiseaholic' who says she can't wait to get back to the high seas and take up where she left off pre-pandemic.  So in today's Briefing, what's in store for cruising, and are Covid fears overblown? Today's Headlines: - More gold in the Commonwealth Games- Omicron peak could be past- RBA to hike rates- Indigenous leaders react to voice to parliament wording- The most expensive Maccas meal ever Follow The Briefing: Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast Facebook: TheBriefingNewsAUTwitter: @TheBriefingAU See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Communicating your brand's message can be the difference between make or break. Bumble, the female-initiated social network & dating app, has positioned itself as part of a broader cultural movement for gender equality. Its unique value proposition has leveraged established worldwide success.  Lucille McCart is Bumble's APAC Communications Director and leads the communications strategy.  Mark Bouris and Lucille discuss the importance of language, being in tune with your audience and delivering a message that cuts through the noise. **** APPLY FOR S2 SURVIVE + THRIVE  **** Join the Facebook Group. Follow Mark Bouris on Instagram, LinkedIn & YouTube. Want to grow your business and stay ahead of the pack? Access Mark Bouris' Masterclasses.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Travel and Cruise Industry News March 11, 2022 with Chillie Falls. Today's headlines: Carnival's Health Screening App To All Homeports; Royal Caribbean May Have One-upped Carnival; 50th Birthday continues in the Bahamas and New Orleans; a report on Norwegian Getaway for HOT; TSA Extends Masking; HAL extends Cancellation Plan; MSC Breaks Ground On New Miami Cruise Terminal; Cunard to Alaska; Big Day In Cartagena; and much more LIVE at 11 AM EST. Cruise Ships Sailing From North American Ports This Weekend March 11 Port Canaveral Carnival Liberty, Independence of the Seas, Disney Dream West Palm Beach Grand Classica Port Everglades Wonder of the Seas Miami Freedom of the Seas, Norwegian Sky, Carnival Conquest Los Angeles Long Beach Carnival Radiance Los Angeles San Pedro Navigator of the Seas March 12 Jacksonville Carnival Spirit, AQV Victory I Port Canaveral Mariner of the Seas, Carnival Mardi Gras, Disney Fantasy, Norwegian Escape, Carnival Magic Amelia Island ACL Independence Port Everglades Nieuw Amsterdam, Celebrity Apex, Celebrity Reflection, Odyssey of the Seas, Ruby Princess, Regal Princess, Sky Princess Miami Carnival Sunrise, Symphony of the Seas, Norwegian Joy, MSC Seashore, Tampa Carnival Paradise New Orleans Carnival Valor Galveston Carnival Dream, Carnival Vista Los Angeles Long Beach Carnival Panorama Los Angeles San Pedro Majestic Princess For video feed, CLICK HERE #cruisenews #travelnews #cruisenewsupdate #cruising #travel #chilliescruises Thanks for visiting my channel. To access the Travel and Cruise Industry News podcast; https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/travelcruisenews or go to https://accessadventure.net/ Fly For Free https://bit.ly/35YeWqF Save On Airfare https://bit.ly/3h6lXLf To subscribe: http://bit.ly/chi-fal As always, I appreciate super chats or any other donation to support my channel. For your convenience, please visit: https://paypal.me/chillie9264?locale.x=en_US Chillie's Cruise Schedule: https://accessadventure.net/chillies-trip-calendar/ For your special needs, contact me or Scootaround, https://www.scootaround.com/mobility-rentals, 1.888.441.7575. Use SRN 11137. Special Needs Cruising: https://youtu.be/DWR5kNM2x_g Check out my streaming partner: https://streamyard.com?pal=4889083533852672 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChilliesCruises Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chillie.falls Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChillieFalls Business Email: chilliefalls@gmail.com Accessible Travel Blog: https://accessadventure.net/ Chillie Chats With Sue Bryant, London Times Cruise Editor About Azamara and Ponant https://youtu.be/61ZTnHHl2eY Chillie Chats With Kelly Narowski, Disability Rights Advocate and Avid Traveler https://youtu.be/NFB7LhkJ7go and https://youtu.be/LxbC5UW-Lsk Chillie Chats With Captain Mick, Active Disabled Americans https://youtu.be/B3g17D8Tv6Y Chillie Chats With Ashley Lyn Olson, WheelchairTraveling.com https://youtu.be/N4kCil4xT3M Chillie Chats With Kelly McDaniel About the MS Rotterdam https://youtu.be/cHw2BpO7J4M Chillie Chats With Jordan Taylor, of JJ Cruise https://youtu.be/O5Khw0avcTQ Chillie Chats With Coleen McDaniel, Cruise Critic's Editor-In-Chief https://youtu.be/5mbjRqNcRXk Chillie Chats With Cruise Critic's Adam Coulter from Norwegian jade https://youtu.be/NVEPLIQ-tH0 Chillie Chats with Jeannine Williamson about MSC Seashore https://youtu.be/aZsNm7ElQYE Chillie Chats With Shelby Frenette about TA Training https://youtu.be/OhBRwS5Hp1M Chillie Chats With Cruise Buoys LIVE From Marseilles https://youtu.be/F3K_8W0p5eY Chillie Chats With Bubba Shumard On CDC, RCCL and HAL https://youtu.be/UtFrYjOVkXk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Valerie moves from Chicago to Florida and takes a cruise on the Norwegian Pearl where she meets an American photographer who gives her a tip on how to get a job on a cruise ship. She gets a job in 2017 with Park West Gallery and joins the Grand Princess in San Francisco.  She gets a tattoo in Hawaii, has a run-in with security involving a wheelchair on The Independence of the Seas, the Nina incident revisited, #AMTS , finds out about COVID-19, and leaves ships from the Ruby Princess in Sydney March 19th just before the lock-down.    

This major 7NEWS investigation examines the critical errors and cover-ups in the deepening Ruby Princess coronavirus crisis, to date responsible for seven deaths and 10 percent of all COVID-19 cases in Australia.Featuring interviews with key players at the centre of the developing scandal and passengers aboard the fateful cruise, 7NEWS reveals damning new information in documents obtained from the highest echelons of government detailing the truth of what the boarding passengers of the Ruby Princess unwittingly walked into, and those who knew about it.It was a cruise that should have been cancelled. When 2,700 holidaymakers boarded the Ruby Princess on March 8 for a round-tour of New Zealand, what they didn't know was they were walking on to a floating petri dish that, hours before they'd stepped aboard, sick passengers from the previous tour had disembarked.By the time the ship returned to Sydney in the early hours on March 19, the COVID-19 virus had spread rapidly through the ship. Yet all passengers were granted permission to come ashore and use any means of travel to return to their homes both in Australia and in many cases, overseas – no warnings of the dangers they faced, the peril on board, and the danger they now posed to the wider community.7NEWS investigative reporter Denham Hitchcock presents this explosive investigation into how the Ruby Princess became a breeding ground for the largest cluster of COVID-19 in the country, now spread to every state and territory – and other parts of the world.This special originally aired April 5, 2020. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From 106.9 Vox FM in Wollongong, Dee Milenkovic shares a tale that is attached to a national scandal, the story of the Ruby Princess when it hit the docks in Port Kembla.  Supervising production from Sharon Davis. Training from the Community Media Training Organisation. Distributed by the Community Radio Network. Produced for the 2021 CBAA National Features and Documentary Series. When I heard about the “death ship” berthing in my town, I saw fear turn to hatred as people scrambled to keep our community safe from the infested Ruby Princess cruise ship. Then one day, a lone voice of compassion cut through the sea of anger and panic and showed us that we weren't helpless against a viral enemy. My documentary tells the story of how this man's compassionate action turned the tide in one of Australia's most sensational public health disasters. Special Thanks John Kewa, the star of the show Mark Sleigh, Destination Wollongong Justin Huntsdale, ABC Illawarra Nicole Dillon, go-getting local Unnamed local fisherman, vox pop interviewee Peter Ernst, Port Authority boss Sharon Davis, mentor extraordinaire Chris Yates, sfx and tech guru Giordana Caputo, the very patient CMTO big boss Abe Killian, CRN good guy My beautiful boy, who cheered me through every win and hugged me through every freak-out during the making of this documentary The VOX FM Board of Directors, a bunch of absolute legends who continue to support my out-of-the-box ideas Credits Lights of Wollongong, Black Moon Band Shelter, Arcadians Choir See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

History of the Ruby Princess fiasco and the ongoing incompetence of the Morrison government. Privatisation, who is it good for? Susanna and the Bagman discuss the infamous Puppy Pub Crawl

Cruise NewsP&O Cruises Australia will require COVID-19 vaccination for Australian passengersP&O Cruises Australia will require COVID-19 vaccination for passengers in Australia upon its return to cruising, Carnival Corporation's local President Sture Myrmell revealed.Speaking today at Cruise Lines International Association's Cruise Forum, Myrmell revealed the requirement during the ‘State of the Industry – The Road to Recovery' session.Myrmell said the policy is solely a P&O Australia decision right now, but that each Carnival brand would make its own announcement in due course.Fred. Olsen completes first international voyage ex UK.Fred. Olsen has become the first cruise line to complete an international voyage since the resumption of cruising, as Borealis returned to the UK from Iceland this weekThere were a number of procedures that Fred. Olsen and guests needed to complete to make this sailing to Iceland possible, including pre-registration forms and testing prior to arrival into Iceland and before returning to the UK. All guests were also required to be fully vaccinated by the Icelandic government.The cruise line currently has two ships sailing, Borealis and new flagship Bolette, both of which are offering more international sailings from September. New ship Borealis set sail for the rugged landscapes of Iceland on Saturday, 14th August with around 800 guests on board. It was the first international voyage to set sail from British waters since all UK cruise operators paused their operations in March 2020.The cruise called into Reykjavík, Ísafjörður, Eyjafjörður and Seyðisfjörður, and guests were able to leave the ship and explore ashore in organised shore excursions.Regent Seven Seas Cruises® Sets Record for Largest Booking Day in Company's HistoryRegent Seven Seas Cruises, the world's leading luxury cruise line, achieved the largest booking day in the company's 29-year history with the launch of its 2023-2024 Voyage Collection when sales opened at 10:30pm on 18 August 2021.Reservations surpassed Regent's previous largest booking day – which was set on 21 October 2020 with the launch of its 2022-2023 Voyage Collection – by 15%. Travel trends identified from the booking day include a desire for longer, more exclusive experiences in bucket-list destinations, as illustrated by a significant rise in bookings of the Regent Suite and more unfamiliar and exotic regions being reserved. Luxury Cruise Line Enjoys Fourth Record-Breaking Launch Day Within a YearHolland America Line Announces May 2022 Return-to-Service Dates for Volendam and ZaandamTravellers looking to get back to sea on their favourite Holland America Line ship can anticipate a restart date of May 2022 for Volendam and Zaandam. The ships will join Eurodam, Koningsdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Nieuw Statendam, Rotterdam and Zuiderdam, which have returned to service or are slated to restart cruising by November 2021.Holland America Line will restart the two ships in May when Volendam will explore Northern Europe and Zaandam will return to the Canada/New England region. With these new start dates, the Grand World Voyage and Grand South America and Antarctica Voyage will not operate in 2022 and will resume in 2023.Volendam and Zaandam Return May 2022When Volendam returns on May 1, the ship will offer longer explorations ranging from 14 to 35 days to the Baltic, Norway up to North Cape and Spitsbergen, British Isles and Iceland, all roundtrip from Rotterdam, Netherlands. The ship also sails along the Iberian Peninsula to the Mediterranean and down to Egypt and Israel.Zaandam restarts on May 12 in the beloved Canada/New England region, with a cruise from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Boston, Massachusetts, followed by itineraries between Boston and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The ship will offer the popular 35-day Voyage of the Vikings itinerary in July that sails roundtrip from Boston to Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Ireland.Grand Voyages Resume in 2023When the Grand World Voyage departs Jan. 3, 2023, Zuiderdam will debut on the 128-day around-the-world sojourn, offering world cruise guests the opportunity to book a verandah stateroom for the first time. Zuiderdam also features Music Walk's Lincoln Center Stage, B.B. King's Blues Club and Billboard Onboard, along with specialty restaurants Pinnacle Grill and Canaletto. Volendam will return for the 74-day Grand South America and Antarctica Voyage in 2023 that departs Jan. 3, 2023.2023 Grand World Voyage Highlights — Zuiderdam128 days. Departing Jan. 3, 2023, roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale.Crossing the South Pacific to New Zealand and Australia before sailing up the west coast of Africa and charting a path through Northern Europe.61 total ports in 30 countries and island nations, including eight overnight calls.15 calls around the African continent with opportunities for safari experiences.2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Highlights — Volendam74 days. Departing Jan. 3, 2023, roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale on an itinerary that circles the continent on a counterclockwise route.34 total ports in 16 countries and island nations, including five overnight calls.Daylight transit of the Panama Canal and overland opportunities to visit Machu Picchu, the Galapagos Islands, Patagonia and Iguazu Falls.Four days of spectacular scenic cruising in the icescapes of Antarctica.11 calls in Brazil and a journey along the Amazon River to Manaus.Guests who were booked on the 2022 Grand South America and Antarctica Voyage will be automatically moved to the 2023 departure aboard Volendam. Guests who were booked on the 2022 Grand World Voyage aboard Zaandam will be automatically moved to the 2023 Grand World Voyage aboard Zuiderdam.Seabourn Announces Updated Restart Date For Seabourn SojournSeabourn, the ultra-luxury cruise line, continues to work with various global government and port officials to develop plans for a full return to cruising. The line is currently operating two of the five ships in its fleet. As a result of the current environment and forecast for destinations to reopen, Seabourn has updated the restart of one of its remaining ships, Seabourn Sojourn, to open in time for the summer season in the Mediterranean on June 6, 2022.The ship will resume service in Europe, where it will spend its summer 2022 season sailing the Western Mediterranean and exploring the French and Italian Rivieras, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, Morocco, Malta and the Canary Islands.The revised restart date means the brand is cancelling the 2022 145-day World Cruise on Seabourn Sojourn, which was originally scheduled to depart on January 11, 2022 from Los Angeles. The 2024 World Cruise itinerary will replicate the highly anticipated 2022 World Cruise. The 2024 World Cruise will be available for booking in October 2021.Princess Cruises Announces Updated Return to Cruise Operations Timing for Island Princess and Diamond PrincessPrincess Cruises, is announcing updated restart timing for Island Princess and Diamond Princess. Island Princess will now return to service with a series of cruises to the Caribbean in spring 2022, prior to its 14-day Panama Canal Ocean to Ocean voyage on April 27, 2022. Diamond Princess will also return to service in spring 2022 with a season of Japan sailings. Details of both new programs will be announced shortly.Island Princess and Diamond Princess join eight MedallionClass™ ships – Majestic Princess, Grand Princess, Ruby Princess, Enchanted Princess, Sky Princess, Regal Princess, Caribbean Princess and Emerald Princess—which have returned to service or are scheduled to restart by November 28, 2021, taking guests to Alaska, the Caribbean, Panama Canal, Mexico, Hawaii, and the California Coast.Viking Announces Parallel 2023-2024 World Cruises In Response To Strong DemandViking® announced its new 2023-2024 Viking World Cruise, which will span 138 days, 28 countries and 57 ports, with overnight stays in 11 cities. As a result of strong demand among guests – with the 2021 and 2022 World Cruises selling out in record time – Viking for the first time will offer a choice of two departure dates for this popular extended voyage. Guests may choose to sail on Viking Sky®, which will depart on December 20, 2023, from Ft. Lauderdale – or on Viking Neptune®, which will depart Ft. Lauderdale on December 23, 2023; both ships will sail the identical itinerary in parallel.From Florida, guests on the 2023-2024 Viking World Cruise will journey to Central America, before transiting the Panama Canal and sailing up the West Coast of North America. A shorter 121-day Viking World Journeys itinerary is also available, allowing guests to join in Los Angeles and cross the Pacific Ocean to call in Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand, before exploring ports of call in Asia and the Middle East. Finally, the ships will journey through the Mediterranean and conclude the voyage in London.Viking's newest World Cruise itinerary visits dozens of the world's most iconic cities, alongside lesser-known destinations, in one continuous itinerary. Overnight stays in 11 ports, such as Sydney, Haifa, and Istanbul, and double overnights in Auckland, Bali, Ho Chi Minh, Yangon, and Mumbai allow guests to delve deeper. While on board, Viking offers cultural enrichment through onboard lectures and entertainment – such as the Viking Resident Historian® program, which provides guests with a high-level historical and cultural education specific to their journey. Guests will immerse themselves in the world's rich cultures during included excursions that provide unmatched insight into daily life, as well as Privileged Access® visits to cultural institutions.Viking Sky and Viking NeptuneViking's ocean ships have a gross tonnage of 47,800 tons, with 465 staterooms that can host 930 guests. Viking's award-winning ocean fleet includes Viking Star®, Viking Sea®, Viking Sky®, Viking Orion®, Viking Jupiter® and Viking Venus®. Viking Neptune® will join the fleet in late 2022. Classified by Cruise Critic as “small ships,” Viking's ocean fleet features modern Scandinavian design with elegant touches, intimate spaces and attention to detail. Atlas Ocean Voyages Announces World Traveller's Inaugural 2022 SeasonHaving just successfully launched the cruise brand's first ship, World Navigator, Atlas Ocean Voyages today unveiled the inaugural season for its second expedition ship, World Traveller. Launching on July 15, 2022, at Lisbon, Portugal, World Traveller promises to deliver more exciting experiences and captivating destinations, for which Atlas is known. For her inaugural season, World Traveller will sail 11 voyages, ranging from six- to- 12-nights, and visit a combination of chic and historic destinations throughout the Mediterranean, Adriatic, Ionian and Aegean seas.World Traveller departs Lisbon on July 15, 2022, for a nine-night inaugural voyage, visiting Spain's Costa del Sol and Balearic Islands. Guests will call at Portimao, Portugal; Gibraltar, U.K.; and Spain's Seville (Cadiz), Puerto Banus, Malaga, Formentera and Ibiza. The inaugural voyage concludes at Palma de Mallorca. A shorter, seven-night voyage, departing September 27 from Malaga to Lisbon, showcases the historic side of the region and features the surrounding cities of the Straits of Gibraltar: Gibraltar, U.K.; Cueta, Spain; and Tangier, Morocco.SINGAPORE Airlines is chartering a cruise for its frequent fliers.The airline has teamed up with Dream Cruises to operate World Dream on a two-night cruise to nowhere itinerary out of Singapore exclusively for KrisFlyer members.It sails from 17-19 Nov, and KrisFlyer members will be able to redeem miles for the cruise. Members can bag a Balcony stateroom for two by redeeming 50,000 KrisFlyer miles, or a Palace suite for 120,000 KrisFlyer miles, including all port fees and taxes. All passengers must take a rapid antigen test at the port. Hosted on Acast. 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Van Badham and Ben Davison examine the rolling disaster that is Morrison and Glady's handeling of the COVID pandemic as NSW records a record 919 new cases and two hospitals, Blacktown and Westmead, are unable to take any more COVID patients.  The Ruby Princess inquiry finds the Morrison government didn't learn from mistakes overseas and let 600 COVID infected people out into community.  This as the UK and unvaccinated in the USA start to die and overwhelm hospitals in record numbers and Morrison tries to convice the nation that we too must "open up".  Van and Ben discuss how this feels like a political tactic and that Australian's aren't prepared to pay for community sport with the blood of our communities children. The workers at Graincorp and Toll are taking industrial action as both companies, hugely profitable, try to use the cover of the pandemic to cut job security and drive down wages.  Australian Unions have launched a national job security campaign as more and more companies are trying to further increase casualisation and outsourcing.  Van and Ben discuss how conservative governments in Germany and even Canada work with workers, in union, to improve job security while the Morrison government has, just this week, proudly taken the lid off the pool of more easily exploitable, temporary migrant workers.  The good news is that the roads we drive on will soon be able to charge the cars we will soon be driving as companies start making roads in the USA, Italy and Sweden that charge electic vehicles.

Australia could have been close to reaching herd immunity but a poor Australian government decision to turn its back on an excellent Pfizer deal means the national level of vaccination is at 3%, one of the lowest rates in the world. The anger in the medical community is palpable, but will the electorate blame the government for this error? And, for a government that was so keen to open up the economy as soon as possible, this foolishness is difficult to understand.The mainstream media wanted to position Scott Morrison as a key member of the G7 meeting, but he was anything but: Australia is not a member of the G7, it only had observer status at this meeting and it seems the US President, Joe Biden, was keen to let Morrison know about this. It was a ‘much ado about nothing' kind of meeting for Morrison, he signed a few long-term agreements which are not worth the pen and paper they were created with, and a free trade agreement with the UK – which will negotiated over the next 15 years. And a sideshow to explore his personal ancestry, a visit to a church, and drinks all round for his personal staff at a few drinking holes in Cornwall. Something had to be retrieved from the G7 meeting and this provided for excellent photo opportunities.The legal dispute between NSW National Leader, John Barilaro, and Jordan Shanks-Markovina (aka Friendly Jordies) has been ramped up and Barilaro has used anti-terrorism legislation to arrest the Friendly Jordies producer, Kristo Langker, all because he made a little bit of fun about him and exposed him for corruption. It's so ‘New South Wales' for a politician to want to lock up a journalist who gets in the way – but this is not just a battle between a politician and a journalist, it's a battle between legacy media and new media.Australia has a new Deputy Prime Minister, same as the old one: come on down, Barnaby Joyce, alleged sexual harasser of women, philanderer, drunk, morally bankrupt and possibly corrupt. Only in Australia (and Britain, US, Brazil, Hungary, Belarus) would the public accept this kind of politician as a leader. A retail politician who tells the electorate what they want to hear, not what needs to be done – the worst and most dangerous kind of politician.And it's also so ‘New South Wales' for the corruption of a Premier to be overlooked with soft media pampering and delicately placed stories about her new love life – who just happens to be the lawyer who represented her at the ICAC. COVID-19 cases are rising in Sydney and the NSW Government, far from the ‘gold standard' we keep hearing about, has allowed complacency to set it and has mismanaged key aspects of this pandemic. Will it be as bad as the Ruby Princess disaster in 2020? But let's not worry about that, all should be fine, because ‘Gladys is in love'.

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When Marie Muffett took a well earned holiday with her daughter, she wasn't expecting their trip to turn her world upside down.Marie was one of 2,700 passengers on-board the Ruby Princess, when it set sail for New Zealand in February last year.   Unfortunately, she was also one of more than 700 people on board that ship to contract COVID.Marie shares her experience with me and has a dire warning to others to take COVID very seriously.

Author Duncan McNab has spent a significant amount of time taking a deep dive into the Ruby Princess saga for his newly released book. He takes a look at the calamity that took place and reflects upon some fundamentals of reporting and investigation that are forgotten all too often. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

More than 900 passengers and crew of the luxury liner Ruby Princess caught Covid in the early months of the pandemic last year, in a super-spreader event that ended up as a massive cluster for Australia. The ship had just toured New Zealand before it returned to Sydney. A new book written by investigative journalist Duncan McNab examines events and decisions that lead to passengers disembarking from that fateful cruise on the 19th of March, disgorging into the veins of the city's road, rail and bus network. Duncan McNab's book is The Ruby Princess - the truth behind the 21st century plague ship: how negligence and corporate greed led to death and disaster.

More than 900 passengers and crew of the luxury liner Ruby Princess caught Covid in the early months of the pandemic last year, in a super-spreader event that ended up as a massive cluster for Australia. The ship had just toured New Zealand before it returned to Sydney. A new book written by investigative journalist Duncan McNab examines events and decisions that lead to passengers disembarking from that fateful cruise on the 19th of March, disgorging into the veins of the city's road, rail and bus network. Duncan McNab's book is The Ruby Princess - the truth behind the 21st century plague ship: how negligence and corporate greed led to death and disaster.

Former Sydney copper turned investigative journalist, Duncan McNab joins the editors this week to discuss a range of different yarns he's chased over the years. From Roger Rogerson to the Bondi Gay Hate Murders - he's told a lot of stories that a lot of people wanted to ignore. His new book, “The Ruby Princess” tells the behind the scenes story of the bin fire that was Australia's index cluster of COVID-19 on the high seas. Click here for on the book " The Ruby Princess" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Sydney copper turned investigative journalist, Duncan McNab joins the editors this week to discuss a range of different yarns he's chased over the years. From Roger Rogerson to the Bondi Gay Hate Murders - he's told a lot of stories that a lot of people wanted to ignore. His new book, “The Ruby Princess” tells the behind the scenes story of the bin fire that was Australia's index cluster of COVID-19 on the high seas. Click here for on the book " The Ruby Princess"

Cruise holidays were once only for the wealthy. In recent decades they've found a mass market, but how and at what cost?

Cruise holidays were once only for the wealthy. In recent decades they've found a mass market, but how and at what cost?

Should have done this years ago. But don't tell Pearl I said that because she's been on at me for ages to do a cruise. I kept telling her I didn't want to be stuck on a floating hotel with a bunch of strangers. I'd rather spend our holidays towing a caravan around Australia, where I know the score.The Cruise Ship is a short story from the Tall And True writers’ website, written and narrated by Robert Fairhead. At the end of the episode, Robert provides an insight into the story, which he wrote for Furious Fiction in September 2020.The show notes include links to The Cruise Ship on Tall And True and the podcast's theme music and sound effects.Support the podcast: supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-readsWriter's Insight into The Cruise ShipI wrote The Cruise Ship in September 2020 for Furious Fiction, a monthly 500-word short story competition run by the Australian Writers' Centre. September’s brief was:• The story had to be inspired by the photo of a ship deck• Begin with the letters SHO• And include the words SCORE, SLICE, SPRINKLE, STAMP and SWITCH.The ship deck photo had me thinking of cruise ships, and that led me to write another COVID inspired story, based loosely on the Ruby Princess debacle in Sydney, in March 2020. I know someone who travelled on that cruise with his wife. And while thankfully neither of them got sick, his Facebook photos of the Captain’s farewell party made it look like a germ factory, even without coronavirus! The letters SHO gave me the first word SHOULD, as in, “Should have done this years ago.” As for the other words, did you hear them in the story? Each is mentioned once and in the order, SCORE, SLICE, SPRINKLE, STAMP and SWITCH.The 55-hour submission deadline for the #FuriousFiction competition ends at midnight on the first Sunday of the month. Although I had a fair idea of what I wanted to write, thanks to the usual weekend duties and distractions, and inevitable short story edits, I submitted my September entry with only one last furious minute left on the clock!I hope you enjoyed this short journey with The Cruise Ship. Please subscribe to the podcast and rate and review it via your favourite listening app. And don't forget to tell your family and friends about Tall And True Short Reads and the Tall And True writers’ website.The next episode of Tall And True Short Reads will be in your podcast feed shortly. In the meantime, please check your feed to make sure you haven’t missed any of the earlier episodes.Read The Cruise Ship at tallandtrue.com.au/short-stories/the-cruise-ship.Podcast Theme and Podcast Sound EffectsRoyalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:Ship horn: https://freesound.org/people/monotraum/sounds/208714/Seagulls: https://freesound.org/people/plantmonkey/sounds/377107/Bar ambience: https://freesound.org/people/lunchmoney/sounds/380200/Bottles chinking: https://freesound.org/people/LampEight/sounds/259671/Slot machine jackpot: https://freesound.org/people/JoannaLuna/sounds/448842/Dance music: https://freesound.org/people/cgoulao/sounds/431538/Waves: https://freesound.org/people/amholma/sounds/376802/Acast Podcast Supporter PageSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's been a torrid year for travel and tourism in Australia. This week, Gary and Hannah chat with Simon Westaway, Executive Director of the Australian Tourism Industry Council. In a candid and insightful interview, Simon discusses a broad sweep of inbound, outbound and domestic travel issues. From the 'Black Summer' bushfire season, Australia quickly encountered COVID-19 with the first infection in late January. The show addresses Australia's key 2020 developments, including the Ruby Princess, border bans, hotel quarantine outbreaks, state border politics and domestic travel in the summer season. With national borders closed until at least March 2021, we look ahead to the vaccine rollout, potential travel bubbles and selected cohorts that might feature in a phased recovery. Key markets, such as China, New Zealand and South East Asia, also merit a mention. Australians are famously adventurous travellers, and Simon also looks to some high-priority destinations once they are able to take overseas trips again.

 Jacques talks with Bill Genat who is involved in movements to resist the plans of energy giant AGL to establish a massive Liquid Natural Gas import facility with Floating Storage and Regasification Unit at Crib Point and a gas pipeline to Packenham in Melbourne’s south-east. Apart from its gruesome size (300m long, 50 m wide, 50m high the size of the Ruby Princess cruise ship) is intrudes and endangers wetlands of global important (Ramsar designated in 1982) and risks to cause several other ecological disasters. References:Google AGL Crib Point EES to read AGL's take on the project;Go to the Crib Point IAC website to read about the hearing processRead the passionate submissions of those who wish to protect beautiful Western Port Bay, French Island Marine Park and French Island National Park and the thousands of gorgeous waterbirds, marine creatures and microscopic miracles who create that wonderland; go to the Save Westernport website and donate so the best legal minds are available to defend this precious natural heritage.Also, for a look at what happens to tye industry in the US, go to:Can You Pitch in $280 Billion for the Oil and Gas Industry? editor@desmogblog.com via cmail19.com  

How were hundreds of infected Ruby Princess passengers allowed to disembark in Sydney and return to homes from Tasmania to Florida? Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Doni Holloway. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

How were hundreds of infected Ruby Princess passengers allowed to disembark in Sydney and return to homes from Tasmania to Florida? Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Doni Holloway.

Ít nhất có hai nhà dưỡng lão và công ty của tàu du lịch Ruby Princess đã bị khách hàng kiện vì để lây lan dịch bệnh. Theo nguyên đơn thì các nơi cung cấp dịch vụ này đã không làm tròn bổn phận trong việc ngăn chặn sự lây lan. Trong khi đó tại Tây Úc, tỷ phú hầm mỏ Clive Palmer đang kiện chính phủ tiểu bang này vì đã đóng cửa biên giới ngăn dịch bệnh mà theo ông là gây thiệt hại kinh tế cho công ty của ông.

Another huge week for the Travel Industry! The latest episode of News on the Fly features the verdict on Ruby Princess and NSW Health, the inside scoop from Bruce's interview with AFTA CEO Darren Rudd, ongoing industry changes and an announcement about the new Travel Daily Awards. Travel Daily - News on the Fly is your weekly run through of all the latest travel industry news. The Travel Daily awards honour travel agents and suppliers for their work during COVID-19.Tell us who has gone above and beyond in these challenging times and how they have supported you. Nominate from the 21 August 2020 at awards.traveldaily.com.au

澳洲政府表示，經已和英國一間藥廠達成協議，如該藥廠的新冠疫苗研發成功的話，澳洲人將可以免費獲得有關疫苗。總理莫理遜說，將「盡可能強制」全澳民眾接受注射。

Victoria's descent into a new wave of infections, which has recorded more than 300 deaths and 16,700 confirmed cases, started amid a scandal over quarantine and security breaches in a series of Melbourne hotels.Last month, Melbourne's quarantine hotels were identified as a key source behind the virus' terrifying escalation throughout the state which is currently at the beginning of a parliamentary inquiry.In a special investigation on Monday, ABC's Four Corners has exposed some of the conditions return travellers were put into upon arriving at some of the hotel quarantine facilities. Since March, all travellers returning from overseas have been made to isolate for 14 days in their hotel rooms.Speaking to the program, one guest who stayed at Rydges on Swanston in April said the conditions within the hotel room were "dirty", and that guards were not adequately protected while on duty.A police car sits outside the Rydges on Swanston hotel on July 14, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Photo / Getty Images"There were a couple of rooms that had bedbugs," the guest, Christine Cocks, said."The guards that didn't have their gowns on would be wearing gloves and masks. But that doesn't necessarily protect you. If you rub your face with a gloved hand and then after the glove is off, you scratch again, put it in your mouth, near your nose – you're away. There goes your infection."It is being argued at a parliamentary inquiry that a scandal over quarantine and security breaches in a series of Melbourne hotels is what helped create the city's predicament today – putting millions of Australians in stage 4 lockdown and hundreds losing their lives to the virus.As part of the investigation, Four Corners concluded the first case at Rydges was in fact a hotel staff member – not a guard as first thought. It is understood the worker completed cleaning jobs in the hotel. But within weeks, the initial case had spread to security guards working at the hotel, who were employed by private firm Unified.Several insiders said the use of private subcontractors, including Unified Security, were employed without medical training to run the system. This meant hired staff were not properly briefed on their role, or given personal protective equipment, and did not take the job as seriously as they should have.One security guard, named Peter, told the investigation that he was not told any detail about COVID-19 prior to starting his role at the Novotel on Collins in April, saying everything he knew about the virus he'd learnt "from television".Peter, who didn't want to be identified, said he felt unsafe because quarantine guests were ushered past him while going to their rooms – without masks or protective equipment."They don't have any protective gear; they don't have a mask. And they're not far from more than one foot from us," he said."I have a family waiting for me at home … I don't want to pass this disease on to them."In stunning video and photographs obtained by Four Corners, guests staying at an undisclosed hotel filmed unidentified guards sleeping on the job.The investigation, which will be aired on the ABC at 8.30pm on Monday, the same day as the public inquiry into Melbourne's bungled hotel quarantine began. Counsel Assisting, Tony Neal QC, confirmed the evidence over the next two days will reveal more about how the current outbreak can be traced back to overseas travellers quarantined in hotels.He said the fundamental question to be examined by the board of inquiry was who was running and who was accountable for the program.Unified Security, the company contracted by Rydges Hotel, have hired a lawyer to appear before the inquiry.Rydges and Melbourne Hotel Group are also legally represented along with a number of government departments.The hotel quarantine system did not include a frontline role for the Australian Defence Force nor Victoria Police, instead deciding to engage private security firms to guard the hotel occupants....

An inquiry examining the Ruby Princess saga has delivered its findings, six months after the ship docked. The cruise ship remains Australia’s largest coronavirus cluster. Today, Malcolm Knox, on who was responsible and what the inquiry found. Guest: Writer for The Monthly Malcolm Knox. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has apologised over the Ruby Princess debacle that led to a major COVID-19 outbreak that killed at least 28 people.

To celebrate their 40th episode, Gregg and Jake take a cruise around Australia on The Ruby Princess... Taking in the amazing sight of Clive Palmer front-shirting the Western Australian government, stopping in on Queensland to congratulate them on outlawing gay conversation therapy and then taking a wrong turn while talking about the bush fires and accidentally ending up in Spain.

#gallery-1 {margin: auto;}#gallery-1 .gallery-item {float: left;margin-top: 10px;text-align: center;width: 20%;}#gallery-1 img {border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;}#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {margin-left: 0;}/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */Carnival SplendorCarnival Splendor Sun TerraceCarnival Splendor DeckCarnival Splendor Movie Screen & WaterworksCarnival Splendor SydneyCarnival Splendor Serenity RetreatCarnival Splendor Tiger MasalaCarnival Splelndor Mid Ship PoolCarnival Splendor CasinoCarnival Splendor WaterworksDid you know / Maritime HistoryHolland America Line this week celebrated 147 years of maritime operations. Founded April 18, 1873, as the Netherlands-American Steamship Company, Holland America operated a fleet of 150 ships over the years. A third Pinnacle-class ship, Ryndam, is under construction at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy and is scheduled for delivery in late spring 2021. While the cruise line has paused its global operations through June 30, only one other time in company history did operations stop. During World War II, all passenger voyages stopped and ships were called to serve in the Allied war effort.Cruise News:Emirates trailed pre-flight testing for COVID19, which we may see rolled out as part of new pre-cruise screening.Cruise Line International Association (CLIA) works with cruise line members on a new health policy.8 Carnival Corporation Ships rendezvous to return crew to Philippines, Indonesia, South Africa, South America, The Caribbean and Europe.Cruise & Maritime Voyages introduce peace of mind guaranteeGifts of friendship from local residents to support the wellbeing of Ruby Princess crew.Hashtags to use if you support cruising: #WeWillBeBack  #CunardDreams #WeLoveCruise Cruise ReviewBill reviews his recent cruise on Carnival Splendor to the South Pacific. Carnival Splendor cruises year-round from Sydney, whilst Carnival Spirit sails seasonally from Brisbane.Cabin Type: Balcony Quad ShareCruise Departure Date: March 2020Duration: 10 nightsItinerary: Sydney – 3 days at sea – Noumea – Mystery Island – Port Vila (overnight) – at sea 3 days – SydneyCarnival Cruise Line Info: https://bit.ly/2zrQiBTCarnival Splendor Ship Info: https://bit.ly/2VB4i4XCarnival Splendor Cruise Departures: https://bit.ly/3bDEgn8 Join the show:If you have a cruise tip, burning question or want to record a cruise review get in touch with us via the website https://thebigcruisepodcast.com/join-the-show/ Show Sponsors: Cruisefinder.com.au: https://bit.ly/3dBeGRcSandals and Sunsets https://bit.ly/2yPN7Up Guests: Chris Frame: https://bit.ly/3a4aBCg Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2XvD7tFCastbox: https://bit.ly/2xkGBEIGoogle Podcasts: https://bit.ly/2RuY04uSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3caCwl8Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2JWE8TzPocket casts: https://bit.ly/2JY4J2MTune in: https://bit.ly/2V0JrrsThe Big Cruise Podcast is brought to you with the help of our friends at CruiseFinder.com.au, with over 30,000 cruises available, most with live availability and pricing. But most importantly every call, chat or email is answered here in Australia by CLIA Cruise accredited specialists. When considering your next cruise visit: www.cruisefinder.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you go on a date when you can't even go out to dinner? We take a look at what dating is like in an age of isolation. We talk to some singles trying to continue their romantic journey and relationships expert Dr Nikki Goldstein.   Today's news headlines: Four officers killed in Victoria police's single biggest loss of life Covid-19 update (0.2% increase, Ruby Princess, the PM speaks) 1in 3 Aussies have gained Quarantine Kilos   In today's Briefing we ask: What is an 'exercise date'? Would you go on a first date if it was a 10k run? How do you deal with the expectation of a little kiss or a hug at the end of a date in the time of Corona? How hard is it to be single in this age of isolation? What are the biggest changes in dating now? How are people exploring connections on a deeper level now outside of the physical? If we're having Zooms and House Party dinners, what do we miss out on when we're not in the same space as our date? Is dating in this time changing the outcome of peoples connections and how people are reassessing what is important to them in life? What are the long term effects of Coronavirus on dating? Will we see a huge spike in hook-up culture when this is over? How is Coronavirus a huge test for existing relationships and is it a make or break time? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You'd think that deadly outbreaks of Covid-19 on several cruise ships around the world would be enough to keep holiday makers away from taking a cruise for some time, but people are still booking cruises. A cruise booking site claims their bookings are up 40% from this time last year. Today we speak to a cruise-a-holic who isn't cancelling her upcoming bookings and a passenger from the Ruby Princess who caught the virus.    Today's news headlines: An update on Melbourne Officer Deaths The National Cabinet meets to update Coronavirus restrictions Anzac Day 2020: Driveways at Dawn   In today's Briefing we ask: Why would you book a cruise? What's it like making friends on a cruise as a solo traveller? What's so great about going on a cruise? What does a healthcare worker think about the conditions on a cruise? What was it like on the Ruby Princess during the outbreak? What's it like to have asymptomatic Coronavirus? What was it like disembarking from the Ruby Princess? Can you avoid close contact with others on a cruise ship? Would a passenger on the Ruby Princess ever consider going on another cruise? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joins Christy and I for our 50th episode.  We discuss her recent family cruise to Alaska onboard the Ruby Princess.…