Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has assured travellers eye-watering airfares will come down, while telling passengers to wait for the sales before booking flights.

Free state primary schools have ranked alongside inner-city private colleges to be named Queensland’s top academic NAPLAN performers, but their regional counterparts are lagging behind.

Australia will bolster its sovereign military capability and strengthen ties with the United States beyond nuclear submarines in a bid to preserve peace and security in the region.

And in sport, Cory Paix has declared he is ready to be Brisbane’s long-term hooker after rejecting interest from NRL rivals to ink a two-year extension.

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