Rudd raps G8 failure on flight ban

FOREIGN Minister Kevin Rudd hit out at G8 nations for failing to back the establishment of a flight-exclusion zone over Libya.

Flyers hit again by fuel tax hike

QANTAS will reap an extra $250 million in revenue after raising fuel surcharges on its international flights for the second time in a little more than a month, this time by as much as 40 per cent. Higher jet fuel prices have been blamed again.