Just over a year since the Ruby Princess was embroiled in the start of the COVID lockdown in Australia, a date has been set for mediation over compensation claims from Australian passengers. Carnival Australia is also taking to the courts this month in a bid to block overseas passengers from joining a class action in … Read more
Thirteen Ruby Princess cruise passengers unknowingly spread COVID-19 on a five-hour flight to Perth to at least eight others after NSW Health allowed the ship to disembark in Sydney. The new findings will be published by a group of Western Australia researchers in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal next month. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, … Read more
A class action lawsuit against the Ruby Princess operators started on Wednesday, hearing evidence from the lead plaintiff, a retired police officer who nearly died from COVID. But Carnival Corporation, the owner of Princess Cruises, told the court the world was in a different place when the ship sailed out of Sydney Harbour in March … Read more
Cruise Passenger readers – Australia’s biggest cruise community – have given their verdict on the report into the Ruby Princess debacle. An overwhelming 82.6 per cent believe not enough has been done to deal with the situation, and that heads should roll over the failings of the NSW Department of Health. Two heads in particular … Read more
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has apologised for the “hurt, stress and trauma” caused by the mistakes of NSW Health involved in the Ruby Princess coronavirus scandal after spending the weekend reading a 315-page report. She also promised to “act immediately” to address failures identified by the Commission of Inquiry run by barrister Bret Walker SC, … Read more
Cruise Passenger analysis There are hundreds of passengers milling around at Circular Quay. They are waiting for cabs, buses or relatives. It’s a familiar early morning sight when cruise ships arrive in Sydney. In this case, however, it’s the moment when history could have been changed for the better. These passengers are clutching leaflets that … Read more
NSW Health made a number of serious mistakes of its handling of the Ruby Princess including the delay in sending swabs for COVID-19 testing and assessing the cruise ship as low risk. A special commission of inquiry investigated the decisions made by Carnival Australia, NSW Health and Federal Government agencies into what became on of … Read more
The special inquiry headed by leading silk Brett Walker hands in its report to the NSW State Government today – but that didn’t stop yet another shock revelation about the incident that eventually led to 22 deaths and some 700 cases of coronavirus. According to the ABC, airlines executives who saw passengers disembarking the ship … Read more
Shine Lawyers have filed a Federal Court class action against the owners of the Ruby Princess over the handling of a COVID-19 outbreak onboard the ship. In documents lodged in court on Thursday, the firm reveals it is seeking compensation on behalf of 800 passengers or their families and estates. Class actions practice lawyer Vicky … Read more
She's the most specious ship yet from luxury line Oceania Cruises. James Sitters tells Rose Kelly and Peter Lynch what's on board the new class of ship, including restaurants, spas and suites.
