A senate probe has heard Airfares could have dropped by 10 per cent if the federal government hadn’t rejected a bid from Qatar Airways for extra flights into Australia. 

NSW is set for its first scorching summer in four years with an El Nino event declared amid a spring heatwave and warnings of a tough bushfire season ahead. 

The Palaszczuk government has issued its third major policy backflip in less than one week as it seeks to overcome dire polling which shows it’s on track to lose next year’s election. 

An alleged gunman on the run posted videos of himself ­threatening another man tied to a leash and boasted about being part of the Finks outlaw motorcycle gang. 

And An 11-year-old driver has been charged following a police pursuit in South Australia on Tuesday morning.