Staff reporter

A newly-recruited helicopter emergency services officer has told the story of his first winching rescue – on his second day on the job.

Pip Spence, the CEO of CASA, talks to the sector after the Rotortech conference on why she wants the organisation to keep up with, and influence, international regulation on eVTOLs.

The Evolution of Leadership Report 2022 questioned more than 1,000 Australian professionals and found staff increasingly shun micro-management and ‘task-focused’ delegation.

Guests included former Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett; local Indigenous Elder Uncle Sonny Simms and Shoalhaven City Council Mayor Amanda Findley.

Sir Ross Macpherson Smith, one of Australia’s most distinguished military aviators and one of the first pilots to fly from England to Australia, in 1919, has been remembered in honour of the 100th anniversary of his death.

Having received a request for support from the PNG government, 130 Australian Defence Force members have been deployed as part of Operation Kimba to assist the 2022 PNG national election.