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Peter Dutton said Australia’s response was “panicked” and argued Labor was “making it up as they go along”, which had led to “chaos and confusion”.

Ash Jenkinson was also the operator’s head of operations and had more than 16 year’s experience flying helicopters. He performed rescues during last February’s floods in northern NSW.

Skykraft, a Canberra-based space services company, is working with Airservices on the project and hopes to have the first tranche of satellites operational later this year.

Thirteen patients are being assessed at Main Beach following reports two helicopters crashed into each other.

It comes after the federal government performed a U-turn on Monday and said those arriving from China would be required to show proof they didn’t currently have the virus. The decision followed similar moves by countries including the UK, US and Italy.

It comes after it was revealed that there were 340 instances of ‘uncontrolled airspace’ since June last year in areas usually monitored by staff in towers.