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ABC News
23-06-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Melanesian lidas bung long Fiji
Pro-independence supporters hold flags of the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) and a banner reading "Free our activists, stop repression" (C) during a rally in support of the independentists who were arrested, in Noumea on June 22, 2024. 11 members of the Cellule de Coordination des Actions de Terrain (CCAT), including the leader, were arrested.
News.com.au
10-06-2025
- News.com.au
Flight attendants restrain wine-swilling passenger on plane's descent into Sydney
A woman who allegedly refused to stop drinking her own wine on an international flight to Sydney was physically restrained by flight attendants when she refused to sit down during the plane's descent. Police allege a 64-year old dual Italian-Australian national drank a bottle of her own wine on a flight from Noumea last Tuesday. The woman allegedly became abusive when airline crew told her that she could not drink her own alcohol. When the aircraft started its descent, the woman allegedly refused to sit down, kicked a crew member in the stomach and became disruptive when flight attendants tried to physically restrain her to a seat. Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers were called to remove the woman from the aircraft when it arrived at Sydney Airport. An AFP spokesman said paramedics conducted a health check and took her to a hospital in Randwick where she was discharged the next day. Police charged the woman with assaulting a flight attendant, disorderly conduct on an aircraft, failing to comply with safety instructions and consuming alcohol not provided by aircraft crew. AFP Acting Superintendent Dom Stephenson said police had zero tolerance for disruptive or anti-social behaviour on-board aircraft or in airports. 'All passengers and airline staff have the right to feel safe and should not have to witness intoxication, violence or bad behaviour, particularly when they're in a confined space in the air,' he said. 'People who engage in anti-social behaviour should understand this not only impacts their own travel plans but also that of hundreds of other people if they cause a flight to be delayed or cancelled. 'People who break the law will be dealt with swiftly and will be brought before the courts.'
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Yahoo
Hosties restrain wine-swilling passenger
A woman who allegedly refused to stop drinking her own wine on an international flight to Sydney was physically restrained by flight attendants when she refused to sit down during the plane's descent. Police allege a 64-year old dual Italian-Australian national drank a bottle of her own wine on a flight from Noumea last Tuesday. The woman allegedly became abusive when airline crew told her that she could not drink her own alcohol. When the aircraft started its descent, the woman allegedly refused to sit down, kicked a crew member in the stomach and became disruptive when flight attendants tried to physically restrain her to a seat. Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers were called to remove the woman from the aircraft when it arrived at Sydney Airport. An AFP spokesman said paramedics conducted a health check and took her to a hospital in Randwick where she was discharged the next day. Police charged the woman with assaulting a flight attendant, disorderly conduct on an aircraft, failing to comply with safety instructions and consuming alcohol not provided by aircraft crew. AFP Acting Superintendent Dom Stephenson said police had zero tolerance for disruptive or anti-social behaviour on-board aircraft or in airports. 'All passengers and airline staff have the right to feel safe and should not have to witness intoxication, violence or bad behaviour, particularly when they're in a confined space in the air,' he said. 'People who engage in anti-social behaviour should understand this not only impacts their own travel plans but also that of hundreds of other people if they cause a flight to be delayed or cancelled. 'People who break the law will be dealt with swiftly and will be brought before the courts.' The woman is expected to appear in the Wollongong Local Court on Tuesday.
Daily Mail
10-06-2025
- Daily Mail
Chaos as passenger allegedly kicks airline crew during wine-fuelled outburst on overseas flight to Sydney
An Italian-Australian woman was arrested by federal police after allegedly drinking a bottle of her own wine on a plane and fighting airline crew on a flight to Sydney. The dual national woman, 64, was arrested at Sydney Airport on June 3 following the chaotic flight from Noumea, New Caledonia. Australian Federal Police allege the woman 'consumed a bottle of her own wine on a flight' and 'became verbally abusive and disruptive' when asked to stop. When it was time for the flight to land, cabin crew asked the woman to be seated before she allegedly refused. 'Airline crew attempted to physically restrain her to a seat,' an AFP spokesman said. 'The AFP will allege the woman kicked an airline crew member in the stomach and continued to engage in antisocial behaviour.' Airline staff requested the AFP's help in getting the woman off the plane and she was taken to the Prince Of Wales Hospital in nearby Randwick. She was released the following day and charged with assaulting a crew member of a Division Three aircraft, offensive and disorderly behaviour on an aircraft, failing to comply with safety instructions by cabin crew and consuming alcohol not provided by crew. The woman is due to face Wollongong Local Court on Tuesday. AFP Detective Acting Superintendent Dom Stephenson warned his officers would not tolerate disruptive behaviour in airports or on board flights. 'All passengers and airline staff have the right to feel safe and should not have to witness intoxication, violence or bad behaviour, particularly when they're in a confined space in the air,' Supt Stephenson said. 'People who engage in antisocial behaviour should understand this not only impacts their own travel plans, but also that of hundreds of other people if they cause a flight to be delayed or cancelled. 'People who break the law will be dealt with swiftly and will be brought before the courts.' Those who observe concerning behaviour in or around Australian airports have been urged to report it to Airport Watch at 131 237 (131 AFP). Reportable behaviour can include avoiding screening, leaving bags unattended, loitering, concealing identity, acting erratically, or taking photos of security - including cameras, screening, or perimeter fencing.
RNZ News
13-05-2025
- Politics
- RNZ News
New Caledonia riots one year on: 'Like the country was at war'
A large plume of black smoke in New Caledonia during civil unrest. Photo: Twitter / @ncla1ere Stuck in a state of disbelief for months, journalist Coralie Cochin was one of many media personnel who inadvertently put their lives on the line as New Caledonia burned. "It was very shocking. I don't know the word in English, you can't believe what you're seeing," Cochin, who works for Outre-Mer la 1ère , said on the anniversary of the violent and deadly riots. She recounted her experience covering the civil unrest that broke out on 13 May 2024, which resulted in 14 deaths and more than NZ$4 billion (€2.2b) in damages. "It was like the country was [at] war. Every[thing] was burning," Cochin told RNZ Pacific. The next day, on 14 May 2024, Cochin said the environment was hectic. She was being pulled in many directions as she tried to decide which story to tell next. "We didn't know where to go [or] what to tell because there were things happening everywhere." She drove home trying to dodge burning debris, not knowing that later that evening the situation would get worse. "The day after, it was completely crazy. There was fire everywhere, and it was like the country was [at] war suddenly. It was very, very shocking." An abandoned barricade in Noumea. Photo: AFP / Theo Rouby Over the weeks that followed, both Cochin and her husband - also a journalist - juggled two children and reporting from the sidelines of violent demonstrations. "The most shocking period was when we knew that three young people were killed , and then a police officer was killed too." She said verifying the deaths was a big task, amid fears far more people had died than had been reported. Masked residents watch an activist at the entrance to Tuband, in the Motor Pool district of Noumea. Photo: AFP / Delphine Mayeur After days of running on adrenaline and simply getting the job done, Cochin's colleagues were attacked on the street. "At the beginning, we were so focused on doing our job that we forgot to be very careful," she said. But then,"we were targets, so we had to be very more careful." News chiefs decided to send reporters out in unmarked cars with security guards. They did not have much protective equipment, something that has changed since then. "We didn't feel secure [at all] one year ago". But after lobbying for better protection as a union representative, her team is more prepared. This photograph shows a Kanak flag waving next to a burning vehicle at an independantist roadblock at La Tamoa, in the commune of Paita, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia on 19 May, 2024. Photo: DELPHINE MAYEUR / AFP She believes the local journalists need to be supported with protective equipments, such as helmets and bulletproof vests, for personal protection. "We really need more to be prepared to that kind of riots because I think those riots will be more and more frequent in the future." She also pointed out that, while journalists are "here to inform people", social media can make their jobs difficult. "It is more difficult now with social media because there was so [much] misinformation on social media [at the time of the rioting] that we had to check everything all the time, during the day, during the night..." She recalled that when she was out on the burning streets speaking with rioters from both sides, they would say to her, "you don't say the truth" and "why do you not report that?" she would have to explain to then that she would report it, but only once it had been fact-checked. "And it was sometimes [it was] very difficult, because even with the official authorities didn't have the answers."
