Queensland Nationals Senator Susan McDonald has backed her conviction that new Civil Aviation Safety Authority regulations will do nothing to improve safety standards for Angel Flight users, going against the government line in the process.

The record book was rewritten at the eighth annual Hopgood Charolais Bull Sale held on Friday at the Clermont Saleyards with the highest sale average and top price set on the day.

In the mid-1970s the Longreach Pastoral College put a fire in Barry Hughes' belly to be part of the rural scene, which hasn't diminished since.