Qantas Airways Ltd has ramped up its offering to the top end of the travel market
with a series of initiatives designed to minimise queueing at the airport for
domestic flights.

Charity boss and former father of the year Ron Delezio has launched his campaign to
win the federal seat of Banks, in Sydney's southwest.

The Victorian government won't act on any recommendations from the bushfires royal
commission until almost spring, just weeks out from the start of the bushfire
season.

Julia Gillard's small target strategy continued to be writ large during the fourth
day of the campaign.

Tony Abbott says the coalition has clear policies on industrial relations - even
though the Liberal party's website contradicts the opposition's election statements.

A group of supporters is likely to take over Melbourne Storm's legal action against
the NRL if the club's new directors decide to drop the case.

Richmond have failed in their plea for the AFL match review panel to go easy on
midfielder Trent Cotchin, who faces a hefty suspension for charging.

Penrith will build their NRL future around Michael Jennings after signing the
brilliant centre until the end of the 2015 NRL season.

A jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of a Victorian father
accused of murdering his three sons by driving them into a dam.

Papua New Guinea's only air accident investigator had been close to finishing a
report into a plane crash that killed 13 people, including nine Australians, when