Brodie Hitchenor, 5-year employee on Mountain Valley cattle station, died when his mustering chopper crashed yesterday. Mountain Valley station is in the Northern Territory, about 150km east of Katherine. Station owner Ben Tapp was flying in another mustering chopper at the time of the crash, around midday.
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Helicopter Mustering Accident
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Acton’s Moray Downs sought by Indian Company, Adani Enterprises
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Outback 8 Television Programme – ABC 3
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The U.S. cattle industry and Texas A & M University
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