WA police have confirmed the pilot in the earlier reported crash in Ogilvie WA – a man in his 60s – has died.
He was the sole occupant of the plane. Australian Transport Safety Bureau officers will investigate the cause of the crash.
What we learned: Friday 21 March
We’ll wrap up the live blog for a Friday evening here. This is what made the news today:
NSW police say investigations are under way after online threats were allegedly made to a third Sydney mosque.
A number of flights between Australia and Bali have been cancelled after Mount Lewotobi in eastern Indonesia erupted late yesterday.
The department of employment and workplace relations secretary, Natalie James, has paused more cancellations and deductions of people’s jobseeker payments, amid a legal review.
The man accused of the domestic violence murder of Molly Ticehurst has been mentally assessed and will face court again later in the year.
A teenager who allegedly tried to force his way on to a Jetstar flight at a Victorian airport with a shotgun before being dramatically overpowered by passengers has been charged with attempting to hijack the plane.
Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie has called for an independent inquiry into whether the state’s aquaculture companies are selling diseased salmon to the public after a bacterium outbreak caused a mass mortality event at fish farms south of Hobart.
International students have little to no impact on the Australian rental crisis and are being “politicised” by Labor and the Coalition, new research suggests.
Allegations of children being sexually abused, left restrained in high chairs for hours and receiving substandard meals have prompted a parliamentary inquiry into the childcare sector.
The Liberals Against Nuclear group – established by Liberal supporters who are against the party’s nuclear energy plan – are continuing to call on the party to abandon the “unpopular” policy.
Libby Mettam says she will not continue as Western Australian Liberal party leader but will seek to stay on as deputy, after it became clear she lacked the support of party colleagues after another significant election defeat.
Victoria passed its tough new bail laws following a mammoth sitting that stretched into the night.
The long-awaited competition watchdog’s report into the big supermarkets says the retailers raised prices in the cost-of-living crisis to help them become among the most profitable in the world.
Until next time, have a good day.
