Is my layover long enough?

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As one of the world’s busiest airports, Dubai has plenty of experience in making connections as quick and hassle-free as possible (Getty)

Q I am an inexperienced traveller. My son and I are going to Australia in December, and I have a couple of queries on flight connections that I would like your opinion on. We are flying with Emirates to Dubai.

At Dubai we have one hour and 50 minutes before our flight to Perth. Presumably our luggage will stay on the plane? Once in Australia, we have an internal flight from Port Lincoln to Adelaide, and then a one hour 20 minute turnaround to get a flight to Sydney; this time we have to get our luggage from the first plane, before we do anything else.

Do you think these timings are long enough for people naive in the workings of airports?