An overhaul of helicopter joy flight safety rules has been flagged by Australia’s air crash investigation boss after a report into the Sea World chopper tragedy found alarming issues with pilot communication and procedures. 

A would-be crocodile hunter who pulled crocodiles from the Ross River then uploaded the images and videos to TikTok has been fined $12,000 in the Townsville Magistrates Court. 

Security experts are warning Australia’s first referendum since the advent of social media and widespread internet will be a major target for foreign interference and hackers seeking to undermine democracies. 

The state government’s beefed up version of North Queensland’s energy backbone is akin to upgrading an “unsealed road” to a “six-lane highway” able to push thousands of megawatts of renewable energy into the national grid.

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