Elderly residents in the bush are being forced out of the towns they have called home their entire lives and into nursing homes hours away or hospital beds, as the regional aged care system buckles amid a lack of ­investment and surging demand.

NSW Police are now working to prevent alleged organised crime groups in Bankstown and Punchbowl.

Qantas will gift most of its 14 million frequent flyers a $50 travel credit in a major brand resuscitation exercise for the embattled airline.

And… on-loan Wests Tigers centre Oilver Gildart has only had a glimpse at how the other half live but it’s enough for him to know he wants to stay at  Sydney Roosters.