A bus driver has been charged after a deadly crash with a pedestrian earlier this year.

Just after 5pm on March 8, police allege the bus was driving along Edward Street in Brisbane's centre when it left the road and hit a woman, aged 18.

Tia Cameron was pinned against a building and died at the scene.

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The bus driver and four passengers all sustained minor injuries and were taken to hospital as a precaution.

At the time, Queensland Premier Steven Miles extended his condolences to the family on social media.

"I'm saddened to hear the news that a woman has died after a bus was involved in a serious crash in Brisbane CBD this evening," he posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

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Today, following nearly three months of investigations, the 70-year-old bus driver was issued with a notice to appear in court on one count of careless driving causing death.

He is expected to appear at Brisbane Magistrates Court on June 26.

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Accused murderer Greg Lynn demonstrated to police how he fought with missing camper Russell Hill over a knife before the older man was fatally stabbed.

The airline pilot's interview with Victoria Police was played to a Supreme Court jury on Monday, as he stands trial accused of murdering Hill, 74, and Carol Clay, 73, in March 2020.

It's alleged Lynn killed the couple at Wonnangatta Valley, in the state's northeast, and then disposed of their bodies in bushland before burning the remains months later.

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Lynn has pleaded not guilty to both counts of murder and maintains the deaths were accidental.

In his November 2021 interview, played to the jury, Lynn outlined to police the week he spent camping and hunting deer in the High Country, at times indicating his location on a map.

He first encountered Hill and Clay on March 19 when the couple arrived at his campsite, noting they had been very cordial and pleasant.

Lynn told police Hill acted less friendly the next morning as he prepared to go hunting, noting the older man pointedly mentioned a friend had been killed in a hunting accident.

Lynn said as he returned to the campsite hours later, he saw a drone hovering overhead and later realised it belonged to Hill.

When he confronted Hill about the drone, Lynn said Hill threatened to send police the footage of him hunting close to the campsite.

Lynn told officers he removed himself from the conversation but decided to blast music from his car stereo in what was a "childish thing" to do.

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Later that evening, Lynn said Hill approached his car and took his shotgun and ammunition from inside the vehicle.

Lynn told police he confronted Hill and the older man told him to "f— off" before shooting a couple of rounds into the air.

A struggle ensued over the gun, Lynn said, with another shot being discharged and striking Clay in the back of the head.

Lynn maintained he did not have a hand on the trigger at any point and Hill dropped the gun after Clay had been hit.

Lynn told police he returned the gun and ammunition to his car and turned off the radio when Hill came at him with a knife, yelling that Clay was dead.

The airline pilot said he blocked Hill's punch and another attempt to strike him with the kitchen knife, demonstrating how he grabbed Hill's arms.

Lynn told officers as he fell to the ground, the knife went through Hill's chest.

The older man tried to crawl away but died at the scene, Lynn said.

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Lynn told police he panicked and believed he was going to be blamed for the couple's deaths, so he placed their bodies in his car and burnt their campsite.

He admitted there was a lot of blood, both at the campsite and in his trailer as he drove the bodies to the Union Spur track and left them there.

Lynn told police he went back to the track in June 2020, once a COVID-19 lockdown lifted, to check on the bodies.

He returned in November of that year to burn the remains.

"There's not going to be much left for the families … there's not much to see," Lynn told police in the interview, the court heard.

Experts are imploring lawmakers to make downsizing more appealing for empty-nesters as fresh research has revealed the majority of older Australians are not interested in moving to a smaller home.

Despite AMP research proving older Australians want to help their children in today's challenging economic environment, it found four out of five Aussies aged over 65 are not interested in downsizing.

Experts believe empty-nesters choosing to stay in their family homes is stopping young families from moving into bigger homes and means retirees aren't getting a windfall of cash they can spend.

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AMP Director Ben Hillier said the reluctance to downsize was rooted in bad policy settings.

"Basically any money you have tied up in the family home is exempt from the age pension eligibility rules," Hillier said.

"However as soon as you release that equity and put it into another vehicle like superannuation or the bank, you start to get penalised in terms of how much age pension you're eligible for."

The research showed that while putting their home on the market was not a priority for older Aussies, they were determined to help their children in other ways.

One in five older Australians would be willing to accommodate their family, while 15 per cent would pay their bills.

More than one in 10 would cut back on their spending, including holidays, but just seven per cent would sell their home and use some of the money to help their family.

Experts hope the research will trigger some changes from state and federal decision makers to encourage retirees to spend more of their wealth.

Australia needs to "immediately" increase funding for the defence force to quickly improve the military's capabilities, according to a new report.

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) today released its Cost of Defence report, which says that while the nation's future military funding plans are impressive, there are risks over the next decade.

"If war were to break out at any time in the next 10 years, our military would essentially fight with the force it has today," ASPI executive director Justin Bassi wrote.

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"Based on current resourcing, nothing significant will change over the decade.

"Most of the major new capabilities in the government's defence investment blueprint are two decades away from being fully fielded.

"That blueprint does contain some shorter-term enhancements, but these will not be fielded until the 2030s."

The government committed an extra $50 billion for defence funding over the next ten years, as well as a commitment to push funding up towards 2.4 per cent of GDP, in last month's federal budget.

However, only 5.7 per cent of that will be spent in the next four years, with the majority of the funds allocated for the 2030s, and that could lead to shortfalls in the Australian Defence Force in the coming years.

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"Other countries are furiously pursuing new capabilities that can be put into action quickly – such as creating masses of small drones and prototyping and developing new technologies," Bassi wrote.

"We talk about technology and asymmetric advantage – playing to your strengths and finding effective means to exploit an opponent's weaknesses – yet we lack a credible pathway to bring them into operation to bolster the force we have today.

"Over the longer term, the picture starts gradually to improve. The $50 billion in additional spending over the next decade is an important commitment, even if far away."

Rather than pointing the finger at the government, though, the paper called for a societal shift in how defence spending is viewed.

"It's easy to criticise; harder to do," the report reads.

"All governments are grappling with tight budgets amid competing demands and the unremitting expectations of voters and taxpayers.

"As a nation, we need to accept the need for higher defence spending. Hoping that conflict won't come is not a viable strategy.

"If we are prepared for war, we have a better chance of deterring and hence averting it."

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Roads in both main islands have also been closed today after crashes, police say.

The eastern quoll has been reintroduced into mainland Australia more than 50 years after the population was forced into extinction.

Wildlife authorities have released 19 marsupials into Booderee National Park in Jervis Bay, south of Sydney, to boost the local ecosystem by eating insects and pests.

WWF Australia's rewilding program manager Rob Brewster said the species are hoped to eventually call the mainland home again decades after they were driven extinct.

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"Around the turn of last century, there was a population crash," he said in a video.

"That crash happened at about the same time as foxes were establishing themselves in Victoria and sweeping across Australia and we think that is probably the key factor for their eventual extinction from mainland Australia.

"Now, they are only found in Tasmania."

Today's reintroduction in New South Wales is a significant move.

A fence will be put around their new home at the park to protect them from foxes.

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"What the strategy involves here is breeding enough up behind the fence, getting them aware and savvy when it comes to predators," Brewster said.

"Once we have enough to test beyond the fence reintroductions, then we can start thinking about trying to test getting them back out into the wild."

The eastern quoll is a carnivorous marsupial that largely eats insects, small rodents, reptiles and birds.

It is an endangered species threatened by dogs, cats, foxes and cars on the roads. 

A teenage boy has been taken to hospital after he reportedly suffered a snake bite south west of Brisbane.

Emergency services were called to Riverview in Ipswich about 2.50pm.

The teen believed he had been bitten by a snake on his leg.

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He was taken to Ipswich Hospital in stable condition.

Doctors will assess whether he was bitten by a snake.