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Australians on hantavirus-hit ship to be repatriated via Netherlands 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. Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Hume won't rule out Coalition-One Nation alliance 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. …