October 29, 2025 • 10 mins
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese landed arguably the best seat in the house dining with Donald Trump in South Korea on the eve of the APEC conference.
Hurricane Melissa has touched down in Cuba, after causing widespread destruction in Jamaica.
The Bureau of Metrology has bowed to pressure, agreeing to tweak its new website after fierce public backash.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Good morning. First to some breaking news out of France.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
A prosecutors say that two men they have in custody
over the Louver heist have partially confessed their DNA was
allegedly found on a dump scooter, a smashed window, and
a dropped crown after.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
The robbery that shocked the world.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Police are looking for two other associates and the stolen
jewels haven't yet been recovered. One of the men in
custody was out on bail at the time of the
heist for aggravated robbery. Prime Minister ampanw Albernezi landed arguably
the best seat in the house dining with Donald Trump
in South Korea on the eve of the APEC conference.
Political reporter Tim Lester is traveling with our prime minister.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Dinner with Donald Prime Minister Alberanzi joining the US President
and a small group of world leaders for an APEC
eve meal. President Trump heaping praise on his guests, including
the Australian sitting next to him.
Speaker 4 (00:58):
We had a great meeting a week week ago. You
came all the way and now you came here. But
this isn't quite as far. This is this time, this
time I traveled far, but you've done a fantastic job.
But we're working together on rare earths. But we're working
on a lot of things together.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Mister Trump also making reference to South Korea's rogue northern
neighbor and its leader Kim Jong un.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
You have a little bit of a cloud over your country,
and we're going to get that cloud.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Soft as well, talking up prospects for today's planned meeting
with President she of China, the two leaders trying to
talk their countries back from a trade war.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
We've been talking a lot over the last month, and
I think we're going to have something that's going to
be very, very satisfactory to China and to us. I
think we're going to have a I think it's going
to be a very good meeting. I look forward to it.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
President Trump has suggested the meeting could run for three
to four hours before he flies home. Prime Minister ALBERNIZI
is here for three days. More meetings to come, but
none as high profile as his presidential dinner.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Thank you, Tim Well. None of the weather emergency gripping
the Caribbean. Hurricane Melissa is touched down in Cuba after
causing widespread destruction in Jamaica. If the US correspondent Marley Hogan, Marley,
the system's weakening, that's still incredibly dangerous, Eddie.
Speaker 5 (02:20):
Hurricane Melissa has now weakened to a Category two as
it moves toward the Bahamas, but it is expected to
still bring heavy rain and strong winds to that region.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
It did raw.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
Ashore across Cuba, leaving a path of destruction, but really
it was Jamaica that copped the brunt of Hurricane Melissa
when it rowed ashore there as a Category five yesterday,
the strongest storm to hit that island nation on record.
This morning, people are trying to assess the damage. The
government has said that at least seventy percent of Jamaica
(02:50):
is without power at this stage, and there is widespread
infrastructure damage to hospitals, homes.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
And roads as well.
Speaker 5 (02:58):
Now at this stage, says it's difficult for even them
to assess just how bad the damage is because it
is difficult for them to get into some of those
areas that have been hard to hit, and officials are
not giving an official death toll at this stage. They
do expect there to be some loss of life, but
say that it is too early for them to give
any official figure Eddie.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Thank you Miley.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
The woman accused of sabotaging vital supply lines at two
city hospitals has been revealed as an alleged serial offender
tampering with other.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Facilities across the city.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Police say security video captures Vanessa Molton tampering with a
fire control panel at.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
A backpacker hostel, plus gas and water mains at a
Sutherland Shy unit block too.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Obviously there will be a lot for the police to
be looking at bring that evidence together, but that will
form part of the investigation once that's completely well know More,
the death of a patient at Sutherland Hospital around the
time life saving medical gas was cut off. It's now
the subject of a coronial investigation overhe Australian man accused
of murdering a Melbourne father in Bali a due to
(04:03):
face court this morning. The trio could face the death
penalty if found guilty. They allegedly shot Zavan Radmanovich dead
during a violent break in at a Bali villa on
the southwest coast of the country in June. It's been
revealed an employee at the embattled childcare chain Little Zach's
Academy repeatedly smacked a toddler in her care. This happened
(04:24):
at the Ropes Crossing Center in Cities Southwest. When one
child bit another, the woman smacked that child on the
bottom and even grabbed and dragged them by the ankle.
She was convicted and received a twelve month conditional release order.
The company has already closed one of its centers in
Doone Sight after two workers were charged with assault. Hopes
(04:46):
of a Melbourne cup rate cut have been dashed after
the latest inflation figures showed the cost of living is
rising faster than expected. Headline inflation jumped to fifteen month
high of three point two percent, above the reserve target
of two to three and, perhaps more troublingly, underlying inflation
also rose for the first time in almost three years.
(05:09):
An Australian man has appeared in a US court accused
of selling classified secrets to Russia.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Peter Williams is.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Alleged to have sold eight trade secrets to a Russian
buyer for almost two million dollars. It's been revealed he
formerly worked for Australia's national intelligence agency responsible for cybersecurity,
the Australian Signals Directorate. A Melbourne teenager is fighting for
life after being hit in the neck by a cricket
(05:36):
ball during a pregame warm up. The seventeen year old
is on life support of the Monash Medical Center. The
incident fight fight frightingly similar to the injury received by
Australian cricketer Philip Hughes. The teen was hurt while warming
up for a T twenty match late Wednesday afternoon. The
Singapore Airlines plane has landed safely after suffering a scare
(05:59):
moments after dad taking off from Melbourne Airport. The pilots
of the Boeing Triple seven were forced to circle above
Melbourne for an hour dumping fuel after reporting technical problems
with the aircraft. They did not declare an emergency. Queens An'
Year twelve exam bungle has prompted to please explain from
the state's Education Minister. He's calling on the Curriculum Assessment
(06:19):
Authority to be held to account. Students and up to
nine high schools now were taught the wrong topic focusing
on the Roman emperor Augustus instead of Julius Caesar ahead
of their new final or rather their final Ancient history exam.
The authority will confirm with schools early if they're teaching
the right syllabus. Maritime safety officers were board the Coral
(06:42):
Adventurer cruise ship on Sunday to investigate how a passenger
was left for dead.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
On Queensland's Lizard Island.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
The eighty one year old was hiking when the ship
left without her, and her body was recovered the next day.
Her disappearance went unreported for six hours. The man has
been denied bail and Brisbane's Supreme Court after being accused
of murdering his estranged wife, Crystal Beale.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Please say Jesse Beale.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Searched tied times before her body was found on the
riverbank and you're wronga earlier this year. Records show he
later searched online for CCTV cameras near me and as
VPN hide search history. The judge has declared him an
unacceptable risk and he will remain behind bars. The Bureau
(07:28):
Mineralogy has bound to pressure, agreeing to tweak its new
website after fierce public backlash. The site went live just
over a week ago head of a major storm in
the southeast of Queensland. Some residents say they weren't properly worn,
prompting federal ministers to order changes, saying the website falls
short of user expectations what they expect from the Bureau.
Speaker 6 (07:51):
It's clear that we need to do more to help
people navigate the change, both by making adjustments to the
website and by helping users understand its new features.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
The Bureau has apologized for the rowout issues, but insis
public safety was not compromised well. From the black box
to the bionic ear, Australian ideas have changed the world,
but future homegrown innovators are coming up against copycats as
local creators take on global giants.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Easy to start.
Speaker 7 (08:23):
From the backyard, easy, easy, and kill to the back
of a plane. Australian inventions have captured the world's attention.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
And I heard this Pommy voice say, I say koumbsal chap.
That's a damn good idea.
Speaker 7 (08:36):
The ideas kept coming. Cochlear implants, polymer bank notes, spray
on skin, race cams. The CSIRO holds the patent to
Wi Fi created insect repellent and helped scale up production
of the green whistle.
Speaker 5 (08:49):
Australia is probably responsible for around fourteen or fifteen percent
of the world's biomedical innovations.
Speaker 7 (08:55):
The defense sector is also leading in advanced technology, with
exports booming. Dream Farm the focus is on help for households.
Speaker 8 (09:05):
Coming up with a great idea is just as challenging
today as it was fifty years ago, but being able
to turn that idea into a product and get it
into market is probably has never been easier.
Speaker 7 (09:16):
Australia ranks among the world's most creative nations, but the
best ideas can come up against big overseas copycats that
scale up and cash in.
Speaker 8 (09:26):
It does suck to be on the radar of the
copy guys, but it also says you're doing the right thing.
Speaker 7 (09:31):
The next generation is thinking even bigger. I have designed
a glove that translates sign language into speech and then
takes spoken responses and converts them back into text. Georgia
Holland seven News.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
My gosh, it's amazing.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
A world FIRSTUS training program that encourages mums to carry
babies to thirty nine weeks when it's safe to do
so has cut the rate of harmful early births but
up to ten percent. The WA study found pre term
birth is the leading cause of death and lif long
term disability in children globally. And has been educating parents
and doctors about the risks. Around four thousand pre term
(10:07):
births have been avoided since it started in twenty eighteen.
A Queensland driver has sped away from police after receiving
an unexpected wake.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
Up call.
Speaker 8 (10:19):
Knop knock, Hi, stop there stop there, stop there, stop
there stop there So.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
The man had fallen asleep while parked on the side
of the Mountain Lindsay Highway. Police track the twenty hrl
down on his home shortly after allegedly finding methelonephetamine and
MDMA kicking. Thursday's weather now shower tour in Brisbane and
twenty seven degrees possible shower in Sydney, in twenty three
partner Clardy in Canberra and twenty two degrees partner Cloudy
(10:49):
also for Melbourne and twenty four mostly Sonny in Hobart.
Eighteen degrees shower too developing for Adelaide twenty five and
a shower too in Perth twenty two degrees
Good morning. First to some breaking news out of France.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
A prosecutors say that two men they have in custody
over the Louver heist have partially confessed their DNA was
allegedly found on a dump scooter, a smashed window, and
a dropped crown after.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
The robbery that shocked the world.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Police are looking for two other associates and the stolen
jewels haven't yet been recovered. One of the men in
custody was out on bail at the time of the
heist for aggravated robbery. Prime Minister ampanw Albernezi landed arguably
the best seat in the house dining with Donald Trump
in South Korea on the eve of the APEC conference.
Political reporter Tim Lester is traveling with our prime minister.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Dinner with Donald Prime Minister Alberanzi joining the US President
and a small group of world leaders for an APEC
eve meal. President Trump heaping praise on his guests, including
the Australian sitting next to him.
Speaker 4 (00:58):
We had a great meeting a week week ago. You
came all the way and now you came here. But
this isn't quite as far. This is this time, this
time I traveled far, but you've done a fantastic job.
But we're working together on rare earths. But we're working
on a lot of things together.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Mister Trump also making reference to South Korea's rogue northern
neighbor and its leader Kim Jong un.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
You have a little bit of a cloud over your country,
and we're going to get that cloud.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Soft as well, talking up prospects for today's planned meeting
with President she of China, the two leaders trying to
talk their countries back from a trade war.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
We've been talking a lot over the last month, and
I think we're going to have something that's going to
be very, very satisfactory to China and to us. I
think we're going to have a I think it's going
to be a very good meeting. I look forward to it.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
President Trump has suggested the meeting could run for three
to four hours before he flies home. Prime Minister ALBERNIZI
is here for three days. More meetings to come, but
none as high profile as his presidential dinner.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Thank you, Tim Well. None of the weather emergency gripping
the Caribbean. Hurricane Melissa is touched down in Cuba after
causing widespread destruction in Jamaica. If the US correspondent Marley Hogan, Marley,
the system's weakening, that's still incredibly dangerous, Eddie.
Speaker 5 (02:20):
Hurricane Melissa has now weakened to a Category two as
it moves toward the Bahamas, but it is expected to
still bring heavy rain and strong winds to that region.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
It did raw.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
Ashore across Cuba, leaving a path of destruction, but really
it was Jamaica that copped the brunt of Hurricane Melissa
when it rowed ashore there as a Category five yesterday,
the strongest storm to hit that island nation on record.
This morning, people are trying to assess the damage. The
government has said that at least seventy percent of Jamaica
(02:50):
is without power at this stage, and there is widespread
infrastructure damage to hospitals, homes.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
And roads as well.
Speaker 5 (02:58):
Now at this stage, says it's difficult for even them
to assess just how bad the damage is because it
is difficult for them to get into some of those
areas that have been hard to hit, and officials are
not giving an official death toll at this stage. They
do expect there to be some loss of life, but
say that it is too early for them to give
any official figure Eddie.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Thank you Miley.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
The woman accused of sabotaging vital supply lines at two
city hospitals has been revealed as an alleged serial offender
tampering with other.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Facilities across the city.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Police say security video captures Vanessa Molton tampering with a
fire control panel at.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
A backpacker hostel, plus gas and water mains at a
Sutherland Shy unit block too.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Obviously there will be a lot for the police to
be looking at bring that evidence together, but that will
form part of the investigation once that's completely well know More,
the death of a patient at Sutherland Hospital around the
time life saving medical gas was cut off. It's now
the subject of a coronial investigation overhe Australian man accused
of murdering a Melbourne father in Bali a due to
(04:03):
face court this morning. The trio could face the death
penalty if found guilty. They allegedly shot Zavan Radmanovich dead
during a violent break in at a Bali villa on
the southwest coast of the country in June. It's been
revealed an employee at the embattled childcare chain Little Zach's
Academy repeatedly smacked a toddler in her care. This happened
(04:24):
at the Ropes Crossing Center in Cities Southwest. When one
child bit another, the woman smacked that child on the
bottom and even grabbed and dragged them by the ankle.
She was convicted and received a twelve month conditional release order.
The company has already closed one of its centers in
Doone Sight after two workers were charged with assault. Hopes
(04:46):
of a Melbourne cup rate cut have been dashed after
the latest inflation figures showed the cost of living is
rising faster than expected. Headline inflation jumped to fifteen month
high of three point two percent, above the reserve target
of two to three and, perhaps more troublingly, underlying inflation
also rose for the first time in almost three years.
(05:09):
An Australian man has appeared in a US court accused
of selling classified secrets to Russia.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Peter Williams is.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Alleged to have sold eight trade secrets to a Russian
buyer for almost two million dollars. It's been revealed he
formerly worked for Australia's national intelligence agency responsible for cybersecurity,
the Australian Signals Directorate. A Melbourne teenager is fighting for
life after being hit in the neck by a cricket
(05:36):
ball during a pregame warm up. The seventeen year old
is on life support of the Monash Medical Center. The
incident fight fight frightingly similar to the injury received by
Australian cricketer Philip Hughes. The teen was hurt while warming
up for a T twenty match late Wednesday afternoon. The
Singapore Airlines plane has landed safely after suffering a scare
(05:59):
moments after dad taking off from Melbourne Airport. The pilots
of the Boeing Triple seven were forced to circle above
Melbourne for an hour dumping fuel after reporting technical problems
with the aircraft. They did not declare an emergency. Queens An'
Year twelve exam bungle has prompted to please explain from
the state's Education Minister. He's calling on the Curriculum Assessment
(06:19):
Authority to be held to account. Students and up to
nine high schools now were taught the wrong topic focusing
on the Roman emperor Augustus instead of Julius Caesar ahead
of their new final or rather their final Ancient history exam.
The authority will confirm with schools early if they're teaching
the right syllabus. Maritime safety officers were board the Coral
(06:42):
Adventurer cruise ship on Sunday to investigate how a passenger
was left for dead.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
On Queensland's Lizard Island.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
The eighty one year old was hiking when the ship
left without her, and her body was recovered the next day.
Her disappearance went unreported for six hours. The man has
been denied bail and Brisbane's Supreme Court after being accused
of murdering his estranged wife, Crystal Beale.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Please say Jesse Beale.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Searched tied times before her body was found on the
riverbank and you're wronga earlier this year. Records show he
later searched online for CCTV cameras near me and as
VPN hide search history. The judge has declared him an
unacceptable risk and he will remain behind bars. The Bureau
(07:28):
Mineralogy has bound to pressure, agreeing to tweak its new
website after fierce public backlash. The site went live just
over a week ago head of a major storm in
the southeast of Queensland. Some residents say they weren't properly worn,
prompting federal ministers to order changes, saying the website falls
short of user expectations what they expect from the Bureau.
Speaker 6 (07:51):
It's clear that we need to do more to help
people navigate the change, both by making adjustments to the
website and by helping users understand its new features.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
The Bureau has apologized for the rowout issues, but insis
public safety was not compromised well. From the black box
to the bionic ear, Australian ideas have changed the world,
but future homegrown innovators are coming up against copycats as
local creators take on global giants.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Easy to start.
Speaker 7 (08:23):
From the backyard, easy, easy, and kill to the back
of a plane. Australian inventions have captured the world's attention.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
And I heard this Pommy voice say, I say koumbsal chap.
That's a damn good idea.
Speaker 7 (08:36):
The ideas kept coming. Cochlear implants, polymer bank notes, spray
on skin, race cams. The CSIRO holds the patent to
Wi Fi created insect repellent and helped scale up production
of the green whistle.
Speaker 5 (08:49):
Australia is probably responsible for around fourteen or fifteen percent
of the world's biomedical innovations.
Speaker 7 (08:55):
The defense sector is also leading in advanced technology, with
exports booming. Dream Farm the focus is on help for households.
Speaker 8 (09:05):
Coming up with a great idea is just as challenging
today as it was fifty years ago, but being able
to turn that idea into a product and get it
into market is probably has never been easier.
Speaker 7 (09:16):
Australia ranks among the world's most creative nations, but the
best ideas can come up against big overseas copycats that
scale up and cash in.
Speaker 8 (09:26):
It does suck to be on the radar of the
copy guys, but it also says you're doing the right thing.
Speaker 7 (09:31):
The next generation is thinking even bigger. I have designed
a glove that translates sign language into speech and then
takes spoken responses and converts them back into text. Georgia
Holland seven News.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
My gosh, it's amazing.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
A world FIRSTUS training program that encourages mums to carry
babies to thirty nine weeks when it's safe to do
so has cut the rate of harmful early births but
up to ten percent. The WA study found pre term
birth is the leading cause of death and lif long
term disability in children globally. And has been educating parents
and doctors about the risks. Around four thousand pre term
(10:07):
births have been avoided since it started in twenty eighteen.
A Queensland driver has sped away from police after receiving
an unexpected wake.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
Up call.
Speaker 8 (10:19):
Knop knock, Hi, stop there stop there, stop there, stop
there stop there So.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
The man had fallen asleep while parked on the side
of the Mountain Lindsay Highway. Police track the twenty hrl
down on his home shortly after allegedly finding methelonephetamine and
MDMA kicking. Thursday's weather now shower tour in Brisbane and
twenty seven degrees possible shower in Sydney, in twenty three
partner Clardy in Canberra and twenty two degrees partner Cloudy
(10:49):
also for Melbourne and twenty four mostly Sonny in Hobart.
Eighteen degrees shower too developing for Adelaide twenty five and
a shower too in Perth twenty two degrees
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