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Jobs fly south as Jetstar shuts Newcastle maintenance base

Michael Parris
Updated June 25 2020 - 9:25pm, first published 5:55pm
Jetstar employee Bob Toovey, a representative of the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association, said staff had received no assurances about redundancies or relocations during a phone hook-up with a senior manager on Thursday. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers
Jetstar employee Bob Toovey, a representative of the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association, said staff had received no assurances about redundancies or relocations during a phone hook-up with a senior manager on Thursday. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

Jetstar will close its Newcastle maintenance base by the end of the year as part of massive job cuts announced by parent company Qantas on Thursday.

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Michael Parris

Michael Parris

Journalist

Michael Parris reports on politics for the Newcastle Herald. He started at the Herald in 1994 after working in the ABC Newcastle newsroom. Michael spent much of his career as a sub-editor before moving into political reporting in 2017. He was a finalist in the Sports Australia national media awards for his stories about a male-only tennis club in Newcastle. He has covered NSW and federal elections, state and federal budgets and local politics. He has also written extensively about the COVID-19 pandemic with a special focus on data analysis and the effects of lockdowns on the Hunter community.

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