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Court grants leave for Australian women to sue Qatar Airways over alleged invasive physical examinations

Appeal decision in federal court opens door for legal action after 2020 incident at Doha airport

Five Australian women who allege they were forced off a Qatar Airways plane by armed guards before some were intimately examined at Doha airport will be able to sue the airline directly, the federal court has ruled.

The women launched an appeal in April last year hoping to overturn a ruling that the airline could not face trial for the October 2020 incident, when they were among more than a dozen women forcibly led from a Sydney-bound plane and escorted into ambulances.

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© Photograph: Jed Leicester/REX/Shutterstock

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Boomers once gave their kids the sex talk. Now it’s time for them to speak frankly about dying | Sarah Macdonald

The generation who redefined what it means to be young can give their children a priceless gift – their clear wishes for end-of-life care

Sitting looking over a sparkling river, my 92-year-old mother and I were chatting about little things. The lovely day, the need for a dry-cleaning drop and kookaburras. Then she pointed at a blond beach bend and said, “Scatter me there when I’m dead.” I responded, “It’s a beautiful spot, Mum – do you want some cake?”

I was not being glib in this confronting conversation. It was afternoon teatime and this is how my family do chats; we go from cake to carking it. We combine the big, the small and the space beyond. Besides, I already knew that’s where she wanted to end up.

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© Photograph: supersizer/Getty Images

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