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Hundreds of passengers on a Jetstar flight from Vietnam to Australia have been left stranded after a last-minute flight cancellation.

The airline said today's flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Melbourne had been delayed until tonight, after the aircraft reported a technical fault.

Jetstar said passengers had been provided with hotel accommodation, however many have told 9News that was not the case.

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Some passengers claim they were turned away from accommodation after the hotel was booked out.

"I was feeling exhausted, and very anxious," traveller Anh Dao said.

"There was no food." 

Another passenger described the situation as ridiculous.

"Everyone is pretty angry," Jasmin Mockdissi said.

The incident comes after hundreds of Jetstar passengers were stuck aboard a plane for seven hours at Alice Springs airport on Sunday when Flight JQ30 from Bangkok to Melbourne was forced to make a diversionary landing.

A Jetstar spokesperson apologised for the cancellation today.

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"Unfortunately, one of our flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Melbourne has been delayed due to an issue with an aircraft door, which may require a part to be flown in from Singapore," the spokesperson said.

"Customers are being provided with hotel accommodation and other reasonable expenses and the flight is expected to depart Ho Chi Minh City tonight.

"We never want to delay a flight but safety is always our number one priority and we apologise for the inconvenience."

The passengers who were on Flight JQ30 are due to receive their luggage today.

The bags remained at Alice Springs airport until it was picked up by a replacement aircraft. 

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Pop superstar Ed Sheeran has surprised children at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital today with an unexpected performance.

The impromptu show lasted for about 30 minutes, and was met with cheers by patients, staff and family members at the hospital.

Over the past couple of weeks, the star has performed similar pop-up shows at Sydney's Randwick Hospital and Queensland Children's Hospital.

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Melissa was at the hospital taking her kids for an appointment when she heard some commotion in the foyer.

"It was a huge surprise," she told 9News.

"We just saw a swarm of people and we thought what's going on here? Early for an appointment so we thought we'd check it out and we heard Ed singing.

"It was really special. It was very heartfelt and the kids were singing along."

Sheeran also paid a visit to Melbourne Park, making a toast to his mate and mentor Michael Gudinski, who died almost two years ago.

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Alongside his son Matt, the pair poured a glass of Gudinski's favourite wine.

He also made a stop at St Kilda Football Club, where he met players, staff and received his own personalised guernsey.

Sheeran has just finished shows in Brisbane and Sydney and will perform in Melbourne on March 2 and 3, before heading to Adelaide and Perth.

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The wet weather on Australia's east coast could finally be coming to an end, forecasters say, but it could be replaced with a new system that brings hot and dry spells in just a few months.

La Niña has weakened in the tropical Pacific Ocean and is "likely near its end", the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said in its latest climate driver update.

However, one model is predicting the nation could be thrust into an El Niño system as soon as May.

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"All but one of the surveyed international climate models suggest sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific will remain neutral (neither El Niño nor La Niña) through autumn," the BoM said.

"One model is neutral in March and April but touches on El Niño thresholds in May."

Despite the probable end of La Niña, the BoM warned climate change continues to influence the nation.

"Australia's climate has warmed by around 1.47°C over the period 1910–2021," it said.

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"There has also been a trend towards a greater proportion of rainfall from high-intensity short-duration rainfall events, especially across northern Australia.

"Southern Australia has seen a reduction of 10 to 20 per cent in cool season rainfall in recent decades."

What is El Niño and how is it different to La Niña?

The cycle of La Niña and El Niño – known as ENSO, or the El Niño-Southern Oscillation index – works a bit like a pendulum. 

La Niña occurs when water in the eastern tropical region of the Pacific Ocean is cooler than average as the "trade winds" – the planet's prevailing east-to-west winds – strengthen, creating warmer-than-normal water around Indonesia and Australia's east coast.

This leads to increased rainfall and brings the risk of heavy flooding in Australia.

However, when those conditions are reversed – trade winds are weaker, and water is warmer than average in the eastern tropical Pacific but cooler close to Australia – an El Niño is declared, and our continent will experience hot, dry conditions and come under the threat of drought.

Click through the interactive below to see the BoM's predictions for La Niña and El Niño throughout the year.

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Dozens of cough medicines are being recalled by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) due to a potentially life-threatening ingredient.

Fifty-five products containing pholcodine, including syrups and lozenges, are currently on shelves across the country.

The ingredient can cause patients to go into anaphylactic shock when mixed with general anaesthesia. The TGA is aware of 50 cases including one death.

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"If you will need general anaesthesia and have taken pholcodine in the past 12 months, I advise you to tell your health professional," TGA head Professor John Skerritt said.

"Health professionals should also check whether patients scheduled to undergo general anaesthesia have used pholcodine in the previous 12 months.

"Fortunately, safer alternatives to treat a dry cough are available and consumers should ask their doctor or pharmacist for advice."

Pholcodine is used mostly in cough syrups such as Benadryl, Codral dry cough syrup, Amcal dry cough mix, Bisolvon, Chemsit's Own dry tickle cough syrup, Terry White cough syrup, as well as a range of other syrups and lozenges.

It is also used in combination with products that treat cold and flu symptoms. 

As well as the products being recalled, the 55 products containing pholcodine are being cancelled from the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.

A full list of the recalled cough medicines can be found here. 

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The Pharmacy Guild of Australia's National President, Professor Trent Twomey suggested patients seek alternatives.

"Patients should check the labels on any over-the-counter medicines they have at home. If they find their medicines do contain pholcodine, they should ask their pharmacist to suggest an alternative," he said.

The TGA banned the products following a review by the European Medicines Agency that proved taking pholcodine had a "risk factor."

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The Albanese government has announced superannuation balances above $3 million will have their concessional rate doubled from 2025.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said from July 1 2025, Australians who have a superannuation balance over $3 million will be taxed at a concessional rate of 30 per cent, up from 15 per cent.

"This proposal does not change the fundamentals of our superannuation system," he said.

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"99.5 per cent of people with superannuation are unaffected by this reform."

Albanese said the changes will impact around 80,000 Australians.

The changes will come into effect after the next election and will not be retrospective but will rather apply to future earnings.

Albanese said the reform will make the country's $3.3 trillion super system more sustainable.

"The savings that are made from the reduction in these tax breaks will contribute $900 million to the bottom line over the forward estimates," Albanese said.

"And some $2 billion when it is operating on a full-year period."

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the "modest adjustment" to change tax concessions for $3 million balances isn't about diminishing anyone's super balance.

"We want to make that clear. If you have done well in super, that's a good thing," he said.

"We're not going out of our way to begrudge people who have done well for themselves.

"We want to make sure that whatever we provide in the tax system is fair."

Chalmers said the average superannuation balance is about $150,000 and the number of Australians who have more than $3 million in their super all the way up to $400 million is very small.

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Chalmers added the superannuation tax concessions cost the government around $50 billion a year.

"Every dollar spent on a tax break with tens of millions of dollars in super is a borrowed dollar that makes the deficit bigger," he said. 

Chalmers said people with more than $3 million in their super balance or the 1 per cent of Australians will still receive some concessions on their retirement fund.

"There will still be tax concessions for you, they just won't be quite as generous as they were before."

Albanese emphasised that the 99 per cent of Australians with balances below $3 million will not be impacted by any superannuation changes during Labor's term.

"There will be no changes, no changes, this term, even this change is pointing towards 2025," he said.

"Now, we can't be clearer, not just in our words, but in our actions."

But shadow treasurer Angus Taylor claims Labor has broken an election promise by imposing the super tax concession changes.

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"Australian super is Australians' money, that must be the starting point," he said.

Taylor said with rising interest rates, Australians are trying to make ends meet and the super balances should be left alone.

"Of course, they (the Labor party) want to tax Australians more. We simply won't be party to that," he added.

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