No charges filed against defence over fatal helicopter crash
Plus: An inquiry into the CFMEU Queensland branch is set to be expanded to include allegations of underworld criminal links. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The latest news from around Queensland

Plus: An inquiry into the CFMEU Queensland branch is set to be expanded to include allegations of underworld criminal links. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus: Todd Payten has backed his halves duo in tonight's game. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus: Cairns police search for missing 13yo girl last seen in Manunda. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus: Cairns local Cayde Miller will make his cowboys under 20s debut this weekend... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus: Cairns and Earlville has been revealed as a lottery hotspot. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus: A bird has been abused and hung upside down at Karunda transfer station... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus: Residents in high risk cyclone areas like Cairns are seeing their insurance premiums reduced. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus: A health educator is being investigated for telling Cairns church goers to reject medical diagnoses... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus: 72yo Palm Cove taxi driver charged... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus: Two Far North Queensland hospitals have blown their expense budget by almost $100m See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus: Palm Cove resident's are calling out the state government for a lack of consultation over a proposed car park near Wangetti Trail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It comes after three teens died after their car attempted to overtake a truck near Mackay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus: Trinity Bay High School takes out most popular regional school in Queensland for international exchange students. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus: A unit fire in Cairns North has left an 80yo woman in hospital. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus - there's been a double fatality in the Tablelands See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus - Canegrowers say the crushing season is off to its best start in years See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus - more and more Queenslanders are ending up in hospital with the flu and Covid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus - compulsory testing for all year one school students See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus - growing support for Queenslanders to be given more legal freedom to protect themselves during a home invasion See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus - it's show time in Cairns! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus - is Reef Casino about to change hands? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus - bus drivers report a rising number of violent and abusive attacks while on the job See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus - military might descends on Queensland for Exercise Talisman Sabre See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus - fresh concerns about the health of the Great Barrier Reef See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
And yhe Australian Institute of Architects is pushing to hire in-house design specialist to avoid errors and budget blow outs for 2032 Olympics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Despite the damning report this week See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
And Maroons coach Billy Slater says he couldn't be prouder of Cameron Munster and the team following a stunning Origin victory. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plus: hear what captain Cameron Munster has to say about the match, just days on from the death of his father. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
And the owner of Darling Downs Zoo says a tourniquet quickly made by staff saved the life of his sister-in-law who was attacked by a lioness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
And New South Wales is experiencing the largest net loss of residents in the country..... with many heading straight for the Sunshine State. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.