Emirates has confirmed it will close its only Australian call centre next month, leaving more than 80 employees out of a job.

Given Australia is home to all manner of spiders, snakes, poisonous sea creatures and drop bears, this news isn’t so surprising.

New research suggests Aussie cricket fans can’t be arsed heading to the UK for the World Cup this year, instead opting for the couch and some TV commentary from the likes of Gilly and Binga.

We’ve tried to be clever here by not giving away anything in the headline, but then our junior journo pointed out the obvious accompanying photo.

All this passport talk has reminded Travel Weekly’s editor to renew his own. The current photo of him looks like it was taken during a gurning competition.

Travel Weekly recommends reading this story while listening to “Happy” by Pharrell Williams or “Walking on Sunshine” by Katrina & The Waves. Unless, of course, you’re terrible at multitasking.

With news that trips to Brazil could save Aussies up to $50, Travel Weekly’s caffeine connoisseurs have elected to drop Blend 43 for the exotic Moccona Barista Reserve.

Need a good news fix among all the disasters and tragedies of the last week? This should do the trick.

Similarly, Travel Weekly staff were seen flocking to the cafe downstairs this morning after running out of instant coffee and their will to live.

If there’s one thing Travel Weekly staff love, it’s a bit of trolling from New Zealand to Australia. To be honest, we’re on NZ’s side most of the time anyway.

Our most Instagrammed location has been our pocket since our lock screen broke. After a while, we got tired of deleting the pictures and now try to pass them off as arty.

The youth travel experts have revamped their South Pacific offering to keep up with the ever-changing needs of millennial travellers. Avocados not included.