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TL;DR
Australians on board the MV Hondius are being evacuated to the Netherlands due to flight scheduling issues. A total of 94 passengers from 19 nationalities were evacuated on Sunday.
Key points
- Australians evacuated from MV Hondius to the Netherlands
- Evacuation involved 94 passengers of 19 nationalities
- Timing issues caused change in flight plans
- Spanish health minister Mónica García announced details
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Australians among the remaining 22 passengers on board the MV Hondius were scheduled to be evacuated on a Dutch flight to the Netherlands overnight.
The repatriation operation had evacuated 94 people of 19 different nationalities on Sunday, said the Spanish health minister, Mónica García.
García said it was decided to fly the Australians to the Netherlands because of timing problems with a second plane that was to fly passengers back to Australia from Tenerife.
Instead all the remaining passengers were evacuated on the Netherlands flight.
Asked last night about a possible Liberal/National alliance with One Nation, Jane Hume refused to reject the idea outright.
Pressed on the possible scenario, she said “only One Nation are in favour of that” and wouldn’t talk about “what is going to happen after the next election”.
It came after the shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson, said he had “never ever” and “never ever” would make a statement in favour of the hypothetical alliance.
Hume said:
double quotation markThe most important is to get the primary vote up for the Liberal and National party … There are so many hypotheticals … I will say that the Coalition are determined and dedicated to present to the Australian public a platform that they can vote for …
There is no-one in the Coalition party room today that is telling us we need to expand the Coalition to include One Nation.
On the Coalition’s decision to preference One Nation over the independent candidate, Hume said it was a decision for the “party organisation, not for the parliamentary team”.
double quotation markThe message we sent in Farrer was that the teals vote with Greens, 70% of the time and for the people of Farrer that wasn’t going to represent their interests … We will always put our preferences where we think the national interests lies, where we think the interests of the electorate lies and that is what we did in Farrer.
Jane Hume says ‘no one wanted’ Farrer byelection
The deputy Liberal leader, senator Jane Hume, says the Coalition should be listening “very carefully” to the people of Farrer after facing a thumping loss at this weekend’s byelection.
Appearing on ABC’s 7.30 program last night, Hume acknowledged it was a “tough night” for the Coalition and “the message that we heard from voters was loud and clear”.
double quotation markThey wanted change. Standing on a booth with teals in orange on one side and One Nation in orange on the other, both of them were saying ‘vote for change’.
Q&A
Why were Australians evacuated to the Netherlands instead of Australia?
Australians were evacuated to the Netherlands due to timing problems with a second plane that was supposed to return them to Australia.
How many passengers were evacuated from the MV Hondius?
A total of 94 passengers from 19 different nationalities were evacuated from the MV Hondius.
Who is Mónica García and what role did she play in the evacuation?
Mónica García is the Spanish health minister who announced the evacuation operation and the decision to fly Australians to the Netherlands.
What is the MV Hondius and where was it located during the evacuation?
The MV Hondius is a vessel from which passengers were evacuated, and it was located near Tenerife during the evacuation operation.
