Wildlife authorities have captured a large crocodile in Queensland after the reptile lunged at residents and displayed aggressive behaviour around boats.

The animal was captured in a baited trap at Cardwell Marina yesterday, less than a week after a three-metre crocodile was caught in the same location.

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation (DESI) wildlife officer Ella Meeve said since the crocodile is more than four metres long, it must be dealt with as an "icon crocodile" under the state's conservation laws.

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"This means the decision on where the crocodile will be placed and housed must be made in consultation with the relevant traditional owners," Meeve said.

"It also means that the animal may only be placed with a registered crocodile farm or zoo which agrees to use it for educational purposes about crocodile conservation and their ecology."

The two crocodile captures have prompted a renewed warning for residents to be croc-safe.

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"I am asking everyone who uses the marina to make sensible choices around the water, and that includes the proper disposal of unwanted bait and fish frames," Meeve said.

"We believe the animals entered the marina because they could smell baited crab pots, or were being deliberately or inadvertently fed by people discarding fish frames in the area.

"While retrieving the trap from the marina, wildlife officers were able to provide Crocwise information to residents of the marina, and we thank them for their cooperation.

"People in Croc Country must dispose of bait and fish frames properly and they must ensure baited crab pots are not left above the low tide mark."

The four-metre crocodile will be temporarily housed at a DESI holding facility while authorities consult with traditional owners.

Crocodile sightings can be reported by using the QWildlife app, completing a crocodile sighting report on the DESI website, or by calling 1300 130 372.

The sentencing of the man who helped expose allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan has been met with outrage, with David McBride to spend at least two years and three months behind bars.

McBride, 60, pleaded guilty to leaking classified defence information to journalists.

Justice David Mossop sentenced him to an aggregated five years and eight months in prison with a non-parole period of 27 months in the ACT Supreme Court on Tuesday.

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McBride received a total of seven years and 11 months for three charges but some of the sentences will be served concurrently.

The legal team wasn't expecting such a severe result, his lawyer Mark Davis said, but flagged an appeal as early as this week.

"He's in f—king jail," he told supporters in the court room after McBride was taken into custody.

McBride won't be bailed during the appeal.

Human rights lawyers were outraged by the sentence.

"This is a dark day for Australian democracy," Human Rights Law Centre's Kieran Pender said.

Human Rights Watch's Australia director Daniela Gavshon also condemned the outcome.

"It's a stain on Australia's reputation that some of its soldiers have been accused of war crimes in Afghanistan and yet the first person convicted in relation to these crimes is a whistleblower not the abusers," she said.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese refused to comment on whistleblower protections when asked about the case given it was likely to be appealed.

McBride's supporters yelled out "shame" in the court room and raised their fists in solidarity while those closest to him cried when he was escorted out by officers.

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McBride's former wife, Sarah knew jail time was on the cards "but I'm in absolute shock," she said outside.

There was a significant need to deter similar actions but McBride's mental deterioration from a prison sentence needed to be considered, Justice Mossop told the court.

But his sentence was mitigated because of McBride's guilty plea, good character and potential harm prison would have on his mental health.

McBride believed soldiers were being "vexatiously" investigated for the war crime of murder to allay political concerns about the death of civilians.

"Self-confident people with strong opinions who are subject to legal duties not to disclose information must be deterred from making disclosures in order to advance their own opinions," Justice Mossop said during sentencing.

There was no "coherent argument" to back up McBride's belief he wasn't breaking the law as his defence force oath meant he was duty bound to make the disclosures, Justice Mossop said.

McBride took 235 documents – 207 of which were classified as "secret" – at defence sites and stored them in plastic tubs in a cupboard at his home.

"Unsurprisingly, this did not comply with the commonwealth government's policy on storage of information bearing the protective marking 'secret'," Justice Mossop said.

The justice accepted mental health impacted by depression and PTSD which was self-medicated by alcohol and substance abuse "made a material, if only minor, contribution to his offending conduct".

But "the grave breach of trust involved in the offending must be taken into account", the justice said.

There was ongoing concern the leak exposed soldiers and their families to an increased risk of harm and harassment as well as possible exploitation from foreign spies, he said.

Speaking to his supporters outside court before of his sentencing, McBride said: "I did not break my oath to the people of Australia and the soldiers that keep us safe".

The leaked documents led to reports about Australian special forces soldiers committing alleged war crimes.

An inquiry later found credible information about 23 incidents of potential war crimes, which involved the killing of 39 Afghans between 2005 and 2016.

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New Caledonia has announced a mass security mobilisation and a curfew for residents tonight after a protest turned into a violent riot in the country's capital overnight.

The French territory's Noumea International Airport is reportedly closed due to the riots, with flight tracker showing no planes have landed at the airport since 4 pm yesterday.

The only flight from Australia due to land in Noumea today is Qantas Flight 8693, which is still scheduled to land in the capital at 4.20 pm from Sydney.

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The rioters damaged shops, pharmacies, car dealerships and video surveillance cameras, a statement from the High Commission of the Republic in New Caledonia said.

"Very intense public order disturbances took place last night in Nouméa and in neighbouring towns, and are still ongoing at this time, massively mobilising internal security and civil security forces," the High Commission said in a French statement, converted to English.

"Many injuries have been reported among the police. No serious injuries were reported among the population."

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Police have made 36 arrests and a curfew is being put in place from 4 pm tonight until 6 am tomorrow, which will ban any gatherings in the area, weapons being carried and a ban on the sale of alcohol throughout the country.

"The High Commissioner condemns in the strongest terms these acts of violence, constituting serious attacks on people and property," the statement said.

No cruise ships are expected to dock in Noumea (Grande Terre Island New Caledonia) this week.

Local media is reporting that the country has not experienced violence for many years.

It's believed the constitutional bill aimed at expanding the electorate triggered the riots.

It began as a "peaceful mobilisation" but it became out of control, according to France Info.

More than 200 fires were reportedly started.

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The pilot of a plane is celebrating tonight after he was forced to make a wheels-up landing at Newcastle Airport after a mechanical failure.

The plane, believed to be a Beech B-200 Super King, had two passengers on board, a 60-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman, from Tuggerah on the Central Coast.

The plane took off from the airport at about 8.30am, police confirmed, and was headed towards Port Macquarie.

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However, after reporting an issue with the landing gear, 53-year-old Queensland pilot Peter Schott elected to stay around Newcastle and attempt to land.

Emergency services, including multiple fire engines and ambulances, were on standby at the scene.

Schott circled in the air until shortly after noon, when he executed a wheels-up landing.

"I would have done this exercise for students, I don't know 200, 300 times, so it was quite textbook," he told 9News exclusively.

The pilot was praised after everybody on board escaped unhurt.

Tonight, Schott is celebrating.

"I'll have a wine, I think," he said.

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Superintendent Wayne Humphrey said the two passengers had been able to drive home.

"It was a great result, really well done by the pilot," he said.

"I could hear him on the air, he sounded very calm to me."

Humphrey said everybody at the command station for the operation had applauded when the aircraft landed safely.

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All flights out of the airport will be cancelled as it remains closed for about 24 hours while the plane is retrieved.

Eastern Air Services praised the pilot for an "exceptional" job.

They confirmed the Australian Transport Safety Bureau would investigate the incident.

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The heartbroken family of a woman killed in a head-on crash in Melbourne's south-east has remembered her as a caring mother and a fighter.

Zamira Hussainpoor, 35, was just a block away from home when her car was allegedly hit by a P-plater hooning on Glasscocks Road in Hampton Park last week.

Her 13-year-old son, Husnain, had been waiting to be picked up and ran out to her aid when he heard sirens from emergency services.

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"He walked to the crime scene and saw the car himself," brother-in-law Abdur-Rahman Butler told 9News.

"He said 'Mum always told me … if anything happens to me, don't cry'. He's tried to be strong."

Hussainpoor was killed and her passenger, a female colleague, was injured.

"There's a lot of anger and frustration," Butler said.

"Completely untimely and shocking. I don't think any of us have processed it fully yet."

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Hussainpoor was a refugee from Afghanistan and survived domestic violence. Her family remembered her as a fighter who lived for her son.

"Classic older sister. Caring, motherly in her own way … Tender but also very playful," Butler said. 

The P-plater, a 20-year-old man, was left fighting for his life in hospital, where he remains in critical condition.

Police, who have been unable to formally interview him, are investigating reports he had been speeding and driving erratically just moments before the crash.

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The widow of a beloved truckie who was killed in South Australia's far-west has reached a new milestone in her fight for change after the deadly Eyre Highway crash.

Delphine Mugridge's husband Neville was one of three truck drivers who died on the job last month, a tragedy which prompted her to start a petition to call for heavy vehicle licences to require more experience and knowledge of Australian roads.

She has since reached her goal of more than 15,000 signatures and said she plans to present her road safety campaign to the state's transport minister.

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The development comes more than a week after Delphine laid her husband to rest at a funeral which included a convoy of trucks at the beginning of the wake.

"It was a lovely service for him, it was fitting for the person he was," she said.

Tributes flowed from across the trucking industry and wider Australian community upon news of the 77-year-old's death.

Neville, known to many as "Slim", spent more than five decades in the trucking industry and was considered a mentor to a younger generation of drivers.

To Delphine, Slim had "a heart of gold" and worked hard to make ends meet.

"He was a kind-hearted gentleman, someone I loved and he loved me back," she said.

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Delphine and Slim met in Brisbane back in 1966 on the street where she worked and he lived.

Delphine said her mother attempted to discourage their budding romance but the pair "used to sneak in some dates without her knowing".

Eventually Slim moved to South Australia and married another woman in 1972, while Delphine stayed in Queensland and married another man in 1981.

Years later, when Delphine was no longer with her husband, she was encouraged to reach out to Slim again.

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She placed an ad in a local Adelaide newspaper in 2014 from Queensland in the hope of reconnecting with him.

It was a long shot — Delphine said Slim lived with dyslexia and didn't read the newspaper, but she still held out hope one of his friends would see her message.

To her luck, they did and that ad brought the two back together.

Delphine flew to South Australia to visit Slim for a few weeks – but never left.

The two ended up getting married on Delphine's 70th birthday.

The couple spent years together but when they had to be apart, Slim would call his wife from the road several times a day.

But last month she waited for a call that never came.

"He normally rang me up at eight in the morning," she said.

"I saw on the internet there was a major crash and I was about to text him about it."

It was soon after this she saw one of the employees from his trucking company at her gate and her heart sank.

Two hours later a police officer arrived and confirmed the news.

Since the day of the crash, Delphine has vowed to join the fight for change to help other families avoid the same pain she has experienced.

According to the latest data from Safe Work Australia road and rail drivers accounted for the most deaths between 2003 and 2022 of any occupation around the country.

"Inexperienced drivers are causing near misses and fatal accidents far too often," Delphine told petition supporters.

"A huge number of drivers are considering hanging up their boots wondering who will be next to die."

Delphine is campaigning for drivers to gain more experience before holding different classes of truck licenses.

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