Scamwatch is warning Australians to look out for recruitment scams, which cost Aussies $8.7 million in 2022.

The scam uses personal information from job recruitment sites to send jobseekers fake messages offering them high-paying positions for minimal work.

The texts include a link to a website or product they will ask you to purchase and then review for income.

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"If you are job hunting and you are offered work that requires little effort for a big financial reward it is most likely a scam," ACCC deputy chair Delia Rickard said.

"This might include repeatedly clicking a button on a website or app to purchase products or submit reviews."

This particular scam is known to target people between 25 and 44 years old. There were more than 3000 reports of recruitment scams in the last year.

Scammers will often impersonate hiring agents from high-profile companies or online shopping platforms. Some will also act as staff from well-known recruitment agencies.

"With many Australians looking to make the most of a highly competitive job market, we are urging jobseekers to be wary of opportunities that seem too good to be true," Rickard said.

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The ACCC says to be wary of job offers made through social media platforms, or messaging apps such as WhatsApp. 

"Never make a payment or upfront investment to secure a job," she said.

"If you think you've been scammed, contact your bank or financial institution immediately."

If you fell victim to this scam, report it to Scamwatch here.

Two couples from New Zealand who survived the Gold Coast helicopter crash on Monday have spoken about the tragic incident.

Edward and Marle Swart along with Riaan and Elmarie Steenberg spoke of how the "fun five-minute joy ride on vacation to Australia turned into a nightmare" and said their "hearts are so heavy" for those who died in the other aircraft that fell to the ground.

"Our deepest sympathies and sincere condolences to the injured and the deceased and their families," they said in a joint statement released tonight.

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"We are grateful and blessed to have been spared but very sad for the people who lost loved ones and the little ones and mum fighting for their lives in hospital.

"Our hearts are so heavy for them."

The couples also thanked their 52-year-old pilot, who they described as "our hero" for landing their helicopter safely "through all the chaos", as well as all the witnesses who helped in the aftermath.

"Our gratitude goes out to every bystander who ran to help, every police officer and emergency services personnel who helped us with our immediate needs keeping us calm and making us comfortable," they said.

"We saw mateship in action. Australians come together to help in time of need.

"We would like to extend our great thanks to the hospital staff taking care of us for their kindness and compassion during this traumatic experience."

The New Zealand couples, all in their 40s, were among the six people in the second helicopter who all survived the crash with minor injuries.

The first helicopter, which was taking off as the other was landing, crashed just 20 seconds into the flight, plummeting into a sand island in the Gold Coast Broadwater about 2pm (3pm AEDT) on Monday.

Four people on that flight died while the remaining three survivors remain in hospital.

Investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the two Sea World Helicopters aircraft to collide, seemingly shearing the rotor blade from the chopper that had just taken off.

The two New Zealand couples say they are assisting the Australian Transport Safety Bureau and Queensland Police with their enquiries.

"We will share more when we are ready; however as we are coming to grips with what has happened and the resultant impact on our lives, we ask that our need for privacy be respected at this time."

Chad Puru, 55, was found dead on Tuesday morning.

A couple have been evicted from their unit in Sydney's CBD after they allegedly stole $60,000 worth of mail from neighbours within their complex.

Images from NSW Police show dozens of parcels and packages, filled with a wide range of items, found by officers after searching the complex at Saunders Street in Pyrmont yesterday.

The most unique items included a pair of high-top Gucci sneakers worth more than $1000, a wide range of Star Wars collectables and a $167 box of Muscle Chef meals.

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Police also allegedly seized ammunition, prescription medication, credit cards, shoes and replica firearms.

Investigations began on Christmas Eve after reports two electric bikes had been stolen from the unit's residential car park.

Sasha Pearsall, 37, and Nikita Bastion, 36, were arrested at the property yesterday and taken to Day Street Police Station.

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The couple have each been charged with several offences including larceny, drug supply and possessing ammunition without holding a licence.

Pearsall and Bastion faced Paramatta Local Court today.

Four people have been killed and one person has been seriously injured after a car and a ute collided in northern Victoria.

Five people were travelling in a car that crashed into a ute on Pine Lodge North Road, near Cosgrove-Lemnos Road, in Pine Lodge near Shepparton about 4.45pm, according to police.

The force of the crash pushed the car into a nearby paddock.

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All four passengers in the car, who are yet to be formally identified, have been killed and the driver left seriously injured.

The driver has been airlifted to Goulburn Valley Health Hospital.

The driver of the ute was not seriously injured and stopped to help at the scene.

The cause of the collision is yet to be determined.

Anyone who witnessed the collision, has dashcam footage or information is urged to contact police.

A mother-son embrace, beaming smiles and a fateful ticket for a doomed helicopter flight.

That's Simon Tadros' last permanent memory of his wife, Vanessa, in a photo taken minutes before she and their 10-year-old son, Nicholas, got on board a Sea World Helicopters flight on Monday.

He watched from the ground as the helicopter spent less than a minute in the air before colliding with another chopper and crashing into the ground.

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Vanessa was killed and Nicholas was still fighting for life in hospital today in what his father described as a "a very serious and critical state".

British couple Ron and Diane Hughes were also killed in the helicopter crash along with the aircraft's pilot Ashley Jenkinson.

Mr Tadros described his wife as "the most loving kind-hearted caring angel".

"She would always put other people first and do anything to make other people happy," he told 9News.

"The love she had for her family and friends is indescribable. She had a beautiful soul, she will be deeply missed."

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The Tadros' neighbour Samuel Gobraiel was just as effusive in his tribute to the 36-year-old.

"She was just the most amazing person," he told 9News.

"She's full of kindness and love and happiness, really.

"She was, that's pretty much it. 

"She's just full of love. Full of love for everyone: her family, her neighbours, her friends."

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Gobraiel described Mrs Tadros as a great mother and wife, calling little Nicholas "the most amazing kid".

Posting on Facebook last night, Mr Tadros thanked everyone who'd come forward to help him.

"I do ask that if everyone can please say a prayer for Nicky, so he can wake up and make a good recovery," he wrote.

"He is in an induced coma on a life support machine to help him breathe. 

"He is in a very serious and critical state. I'm asking for all your prayers to bring my little man back to me."

Investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the two Sea World Helicopters aircraft to collide, seemingly shearing the rotor blade from the chopper that had just taken off, leaving Nicholas, Geelong mother Winne De Silva, and her nine-year-old son, Leon, fighting for life.

Winnie and Leon's conditions improved in hospital but Nicholas remained critical.

Winnie's husband, Neil De Silva, told 9News doctors operated on her broken leg today and finally washed the aviation fuel off her.

"She was able to talk and feeling better this morning but our major concern is Leon and when they wake him up today – that he's okay," he said, with a trembling voice.

Michael James, piloting the other aircraft, somehow wrestled it safely to the ground despite a busted windshield, caved in by the other machine's rotor blade.

He limped from the wreckage suffering shrapnel wounds but with all five of his passengers still alive. 

Elmarie and Riaan Steenberg and Edward and Marle Swart, two New Zealand couples celebrating the new year on the Gold Coast, are recovering and sure to survive, as is a 27-year-old Western Australian woman also on the helicopter that landed.

There was a candlelight vigil at sunset for the four who weren't so lucky.

Rochelle Fajloun, who described Mrs Tadros as a "beloved friend", said her husband had been left "totally shattered".

"Vanessa's beautiful young son Nicholas is critically injured and on life support as he fights for his life in a Gold Coast hospital, with his father by his side," she wrote.

"We are praying for a miracle that our Nicky, (as he is playfully known) can be brought back to his grief stricken father Simon. 

"If by God's grace Nicky survives his catastrophic injuries, he will have an intense and protracted recovery period. Please keep him in your prayers."

A western Sydney church, St John the Beloved Youth in Mt Druitt, also posted a tribute to Mrs Tadros, prompting an outpouring of grief among followers.

Floral tributes at the site were growing this morning as investigators continued what was likely to be a long investigation into the deadly crash. 

Crash site investigators have removed the final pieces of wreckage from the Broadwater on the Gold Coast as they try to piece together how the two Sea World Helicopters aircraft collided mid-flight.

Le Soléal is heading back from the Subantarctic Islands due to an unwell passenger.

A confused cow has stirred up some trouble in Caddens, Western Sydney causing two emergencies in 24 hours.

The cow was first spotted trotting through a Caddens' shopping centre with no owner in sight.

Fire authorities and local police removed her from the shops and decided to keep her on the grounds of a university, in the nearby suburb of Werrington.

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She stayed there for safekeeping overnight, but the cow seemed to get into more trouble at 10.30am this morning when an emergency call revealed she had gotten stuck in some mud and was unable to move.

Fire crews returned to the site to find her stuck up to her stomach in mud.

NSW Police and Campus Security joined the firefighters to help pull the cow to safety.

Together, they used a 38mm fire hose and created a makeshift lasso, throwing it over the cow's neck to gently guide her out of the mud.

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She broke free but still seemed disoriented and confused.

Firefighters stayed with the cow until she was fully recovered.

The cow's origin and owner remain a mystery to local authorities. 

Early climate models suggest a hot and dry El Niño could form once La Niña – the event responsible for three years of flooding rains – wanes.

Should this occur a summer of drought, heatwaves and bushfires would be all but certain, one climate expert says.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) today released its latest climate driver update, stating ocean temperatures "remain warmer than average in the western Pacific".

Models indicate sea-surface temperatures may exceed El Niño thresholds in the equatorial Pacific by June.

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Dr Wenju Cai, a climate scientist with the CSIRO, said an El Niño is "likely" to form.

"We have been through three years of La Niña, during each of which heat is stored in the equatorial Pacific," he told 9News.com.au.

"With so much heat charged in the equatorial Pacific, an El Niño is readily triggered by relaxation of the trade winds over the region.

"(The) majority of prediction models are predicting an El Niño by the summer."

After incessant, soaking rains, Cai holds fears for the next bushfire season – warning it could recall the grim scenes of Black Summer.

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"No two fire seasons are exactly the same, but with so much 'fuel' in store from vegetation growth, the next El Niño riding on warming from increasing greenhouse gases is likely to induce severe bushfires and intense heatwaves," he said.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says heatwaves are among the most dangerous of natural hazards.

Between 2000 and 2018 there were 473 heatwave-related deaths reported, a 2022 analysis of Australian coronial records found.

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Cai said Australia should know for certain what the summer will hold by June.

"Between March and May, predictability is low as this is a period in which there is high noise, the so-called autumn predictability barrier," he said. 

One thing is for certain though, La Niña is drawing to a close.

"La Niña continues in the tropical Pacific but is slowly weakening," the BoM said, predicting the event will ease over summer.

The 41-year-old will be deported, an immigration body has ruled.