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Under the new three-year agreement, SLSWA will continue to deliver helicopter, jet-ski and beach patrols for safety and shark monitoring, as well as communications through its SurfCom centre and shark notifications on social media.
Senator Malcolm Roberts levelled the allegations in the Senate on 1 September, regarding documents reportedly sourced from a Comcare investigation into the MRH-90 Taipan helicopter crash in 2023.
Jim Jefferies described the fatal crash and grounding of the ADF fleet of MRH-90 Taipan helicopters as “terrible”, “intentionally-drawn out” and a “government cover-up”, while appearing on the ‘This Past Weekend’ podcast with American comedian Theo Von in late August.
Wright, who had pleaded not guilty to three charges, was convicted on accusations of asking the crash pilot to falsify flight records and of lying to police to obstruct the investigation, but no verdict was reached on whether he had allegedly perverted the course of justice on a third occasion.
Rotor-Lift, which has operated the Westpac rescue and Ambulance Tasmania helicopters in the state for around 25 years, said it was blindsided by the Tasmanian government’s decision to award a $354 million, 12-year contract to interstate operator StarFlight.
In a $26.7 million boost to the RAC Rescue fleet, the AW139s replace ageing Bell 412EPs which had been in use with the state’s Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) since 2003. They will operate from bases at Jandakot and Bunbury, operating 24/7 and 365 days per year.
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