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Flights cut, the biofuel solution + AI shoppers

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Australia's two biggest airlines are increasing prices and cutting flights because of the global fuel crisis. So what will this mean for tourism businesses in regional areas? 

And with no clear end to the war in sight, should Australia be investing more in alternative energy sources?

Plus, more people are using bots to do their shopping. Will AI make clothes more expensive? 

Listen now: 

01:13 - Backpacker jobs dry up

05:55 - Virgin and Qantas cut flights

15:54 - Solutions to the fuel crisis

21:21 - How AI is changing fashion

Guests: 

  • Ben Groundwater, travel writer
  • Aayushi Badhwar, fashion systems expert, RMIT

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