Hannah Dowling

With a starting bid of 350,000 points, bids have already jumped an additional 850,000 as Qantas customers battle it out to take home what Qantas calls a “priceless piece of Qantas memorabilia”.

The deal to move the location of arrivals processing was made off the back of advice from Australia’s chief nurse, who raised concerns about processing lines of arrivals at the RAAF base during Darwin’s wet season.

A judge has deemed that it as “unworkable” to expect the 2000 Qantas ground handlers whose roles were outsourced will be reinstated, and hinted the appeals process could drag on for years.

WWII Spitfire pilots, ground crew and the men and women in support roles of the aircraft are to be celebrated at the Australian Spitfire Association’s 60th Anniversary dinner and aerial display.

Members of the Olyroos and the rugby Sevens male Olympic teams reportedly spent much of the 9.5 hour flight from Tokyo to Sydney ignoring the directions of flight attendants and raiding alcohol from the galley, which has sparked further investigations.

Performing flight 5003, the 55-year-old aircraft, registration UR-CGV, landed at Wellcamp on Tuesday following an overnight flight from Indonesia and a stop-over in Cairns.