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PoliticsNow: Taipan helicopters retired 15 months early
The decision to permanently ground Taipan helicopters 15 months ahead of schedule follows a fatal crash in July, Defence Minister Richard Marles announced.
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‘Can’t force people to buy EVs’: Bowen’s net zero to 100 car wreck
The local Mitsubishi boss has declared car yards are brimming with EVs that people do not want to buy, and warned the price of petrol cars could rise unless Labor overhauls its vehicle-emissions standards.
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Indigenous bid for community economic plan
An economic plan being drawn up by Labor would see Indigenous organisations in remote communities become builders and aged-care providers.
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