A 26-year-old man has been arrested in Melbourne over a bikie related shooting on the Gold Coast, the man was linked to a bikie gang and a bystander was shot at a shopping center last Saturday, Victoria police say Mark James Graham will appear in court this morning.

 

Brisbane police today expect to formally identify the body of a woman found in a creek in Brisbane's west, police say the clothes are similar to those worn by a 43-year-old Allison Baden-Clay who went missing 12 days ago.

 

Qantas says it'll be making a decision around mid-May about the future of its Melbourne maintenance bases, the airline announced in February, no longer needed three maintenance bases in Australia, Qantas has this morning refused to confirm or deny media reports that up to 400 staff could go at Tullamarine and Avalon airports.

 

The suspended Labor MP Craig Thomson says he is not mentioned in a leaked report about high finances that were managed at his former workplace, the health services union, a confidential report details allegations of nepotism and excessive spending without processes, Mr.Thomson says he left the union before the period under investigation.