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Opposition demands explanation over Taipan scrapping

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February 15, 2024
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Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Birmingham, Shadow Minister for Defence Andrew Hastie, and deputy chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, David Fawcett, issued th…

Checklist error caused October Cessna crash, says ATSB

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February 15, 2024
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In its report into the incident last October, the safety watchdog found the pilot of VH-JUA had incorrectly set flaps to 40 degrees instead of 20 degrees, as recommended in the plane’s manual for a go-around and said the incident highlights the importa…

World-first heavy vehicle hazard perception test

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February 15, 2024
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The Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety (CARRS) has been commissioned by Austroads to lead the development of a […]

Zeehan Highway upgrade works begin

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February 15, 2024
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Works are underway on a major upgrade for the Zeehan Highway, a key freight link on the west coast of […]

VTOL surveillance drone receives CASA approval

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February 15, 2024
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The Camcopter S-100 has become the first vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) system to receive the approval and will now be able to operate in Australian civil aerospace. The capability received a Defence Aviation Safety Authority Permit in 2017, gran…

Lake Macquarie pilots didn’t notice each other before near collision

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February 14, 2024
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In its final report into the incident, the transport safety watchdog noted that neither the pilot of the Extra, VH-IOG, nor the Magni M16C Tandem Trainer gyroplane, G1850, heard each other’s broadcasts or saw the other aircraft until they were about 20…

Qantas brings in 737s to break 6-day Network Aviation strike

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February 14, 2024
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Australian Federation of Air Pilots members at Network, which operates Qantas FIFO and scheduled QantasLink services in WA, have begun six rolling 24-hour work stoppages from Wednesday to Monday, adding a further three days to already-planned industria…

530,000 without electricity as storm shuts down VIC power station

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February 14, 2024
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Electricity network crews are working to restore power to customers across Victoria following widespread outages that affected more than half […]

Fire at Kwinana Bulk Jetty

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February 14, 2024
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Fire has broken out at the Kwinana Bulk Jetty, causing significant structural damage to the facility. An assessment by Fremantle […]

New F-35A fighters to arrive by year’s end, says Lockheed Martin

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February 14, 2024
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The new F-35 aircraft are designed with a Technology Refresh-3 package which includes additional munitions capabilities, target recognition, jamming, cyber security, sensor and user interface improvements, processing and data storage enhancements.