The Royal Flying Doctor Service has opened its Rockhampton hangar to school girls learning to become drone pilots for the day.

Queensland Head of Clinical Governance, Trent Dean, says he hopes the new partnership between STEM specialists, She Maps, and RFDS will encourage more girls to pursue a future in aviation.

The Prime Minister will summon the Turkish ambassador for explanation of the comments made by its president Tayyip Erdogan following Friday’s massacre in Christchurch.

The Turkish President said at a campaign rally “if New Zealand doesn’t make [the terrorist] pay, [Turkey] knows how to, one way or another”.

And in international news, at least 31 people have been killed and dozens reported missing after cyclone Idai ripped through Zimbabwe.

The country’s Ministry of Information says people have been “swept away” in the flooding that lead to the destruction of dozens of homes and huge infrastructure damage.

According to officials, Zimbabwe’s Civil Protection Unit is leading the rescue with the country’s Red Cross and the International Organisation for Migration are assisting.

The Australian Tax Office is increasing its enforcement on income from rental properties, and will audit 4,500 taxpayers it deems “high-risk”.

The office states that taxpayers are abusing a law which allows them to claim losses made on investment properties, often overstating losses as well as failing to declare casual income made on property rentals such as Airbnb rentals.

Brisbane’s newest tower, Skytower, which reaches the city’s tallest allowable height of 274 metres, is nearing completion at 222 Margaret Street.

The 90 floor building is so big it could house the entire population of Longreach, which is fitting considering Brisbane is often referred to as a “big country town”.

In local news, UQ researchers, led by professor Neena Mitter, are cultivating avocado trees which grow in a fraction of the time, thanks to stem cell science.

The professor was driven to develop and grow the new varieties of avocado in her laboratory after hearing from growers struggling to obtain enough plants to keep up with industry demand.

A stem cell multiplication method will slash the times for plants to reach commercial orchards from ten years to three.

Coles and Aldi supermarkets have announced they will cease selling milk at 1 dollar a litre, increasing the price by 10 per cent and paying this increase directly to farmers.

The change comes hours after farmers rallied at Coles Coorparoo, and will temporarily settle a price war which began in 2011, when Coles first announced their dollar-a-litre milk.

The increased price of water, power and grain has sent many dairy farmers out of business, leading supermarkets to make a change Aldi calls “a short-term solution to an industry-wide problem”.

Brisbane City Council may take a portion of every e-scooter trip to offset the fee it would charge scooter hire for operating in the city.

Scooter company Lime’s trial finishes at the end of next week, with a vote on March 26 on whether to allow their scooters to remain in Brisbane under a year-long contract that more than a dozen scooter companies were hoping to snag.