July 10, 2025 • 11 mins
A horrifying school holiday crash at a Melbourne playground has left a woman dead, a man fighting for life and a 2year-old boy in hospital.
Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong has sounded the alarm over Beijing's military ambitions ahead of Anthony Albanese's visit to China.
A woman who defected from North Korea is filing a lawsuit against the country's leader, Kim Jong Un.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Good morning. A horrifying school holiday crash and a Melbourne
playground has left a woman dead and a man fighting
for life and a two year old boy in hospital.
A ninety one year old driver mounted a footpath in
win Tina and hit the young family before careering two
hundred meters down the road towards a local playground. The
car only came to a stop when it hit a
(00:24):
park bench meet its from play equipment. Police are investigating
the incident. So far, no charges have been laid. US
President Donald Trump has had a secret meeting with a
straight ambassador to the US, Kevin Rudd. They met in
January in the dining room of Trump International Golf Club
in Florida. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs. The
(00:46):
oppositions demanding more details about what was exactly discussed. All
we know is that a diplomatic cable was sent back
to Canberra after the meeting. Jewish leaders are this morning
supporting a new plan to stamp out anti Semitism in Australia.
The Prime Minister's sweeping crackdown includes denying or canceling visas
(01:06):
of those promoting anti Semitism, defunding universities, museums and art
galleries that harbor it and mandetary education on the Holocaust.
Jewish groups say the plan will be judged on how
quickly it can be implemented. Australia's Foreign Minister, Penny Wong
has sounded the alarm of the Beijing's military ambitions ahead
(01:27):
of Anthony Abernezi's visit to China, saying she's concerned about
China's strategic ambitions and military ambitions in the Indo Pacific.
The Prime Minister is expected to raise both trade opportunities
and Australia's national security concerns during high level talks. A
woman from Gaza living in Sydney has been detained during
a raid on her Bankstown home after Azio deemed her
(01:50):
a security risk. The woman, in her sixties, was taken
to Villawood Immigration Detention Center. On Thursday, the Department of
Home Affairs canceled her bridging visa, stating she'd failed the
character test. A snap rally was organized outside the home
a Fair Minister Tony Burke's office in protest. A Collingwood
(02:11):
member accused of sending death threats against Carlton coach Michael
Voss has been banned from attending all AFL games and
from attending the MCG for five years. The middle aged
Magpie's member, who was said to be a senior figure
in his workplace, sent the threat last Friday to the
mcg's antisocial hotline service. His threats said he'd like to
(02:33):
preemptively report the murder of Michael Voss. Victorian police have
arrested a Melbourne thief accused of stealing more than two
hundred tools from trade's worth one hundred thousand dollars. A
police raid uncovered several rooms packed with stolen gear last Friday.
That doncasterman is alleged to have been targeting tradees across
Melbourne's eastern suburbs. Police were alerted after a theft at Blackburn,
(02:58):
the trade later spotting his tools being sold online. The
twenty nine year olds been charged with multiple offenses. New
South Wales and the Act been lashed by wild winds,
with blustering gusts of one hundred kilometers an hour, causing
widespread damage. In Sydney's southwest, a ten year old boy
was struck by a falling tree as gale force winds
(03:20):
ripped roofs and brought chains to a halt a tree
collapsed onto two nursing home units in South Kujie. The
sees had to respond to over four hundred jobs in
the last twenty four hours. The weather warning remains in
place today. A miracle escape for thirty one American construction
workers rescued from an enormous industrial tunnel after it partly
(03:42):
collapsed in Los Angeles. Let's go live to Maley Hogan
in La Morning. To you, Marley, this was certainly a
really delicate rescue operation.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Yes, Sally. The workers say that they are lucky to
be alive, all thirty one of them escaping with no
significant injuries, twenty seven of them inside the tunnel when
it partially collapsed, and other four men their colleagues went
in to help them afterwards. Now, it happened just before
eight pm local time. The workers were operating a tunnel
(04:11):
boring machine used for excavation when the structure partially collapsed,
causing a causing loose dirt to fall in a pile
more than five meters high. Now, the workers actually had
to crawl through that debris to get to the other
side so that rescuers could help them. They were taken
out by a crane. You may have seen that yellow
basket on the end of the crane there. It was
(04:31):
carrying those workers out to safety, around eight of them
at a time. The tunnel has now been closed while
investigators try to figure out what went wrong.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Anytime you tunnel underground, you encountered different conditions in different locations,
and obviously there was a location was that squeezed the
tunnel and forced it to partially collapse. We'll have to
go back and look and see what we can do
to make that repair, not only repair it, but make
it stronger so it worked into the future.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Sally, that tunnel is going to stay closed until investigators
can figure out how to make it safe again.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
All right, thanks very much, Miley. Well, thousands of Australian
McDonald's applicants have had their personal info access researchers exposing
a major security loophole on the fast foods website. When
applying for a job at Macker's, prospective workers send their
details to an AI chatbot. Researchers say they were able
to access the bot sixty four million records using the
(05:30):
username and password one two, three, four, five six. The
details haven't been leaked that the company who made the
chatbot is under fire. There are calls this morning for
more design experts to be hired for the twenty thirty
two Olympics, with the head designer of Sydney's Olympics backing
the proposal. It's one recommendation Astray as Peak body for architects,
(05:52):
is submitted to the Queensland government saying rush design processes
can result in inefficiencies, errors and dixcs expensive variations. The
AFL is hoping to lock down Aussie teens sprint sensation
Gout Gout for this year's Grand Final. The seventeen year
old from Ipswich is already the country's fastest man ever.
(06:15):
Now the AFL's reportedly wants Goutgout to take time in
the halftime Grand Final sprint. The AFL players not competing
in the Grand Final participate in the one hundred meter
race as a mid game entertainment. It's reported Gouts management
have been approached. Adelaide's hugely popular live golf event may
(06:35):
be forced to find a new home in twenty twenty seven.
Miss Avenues understands the regular venue Grange Golf Club hasn't
officially been approached to host the event, not by the
government nor by Live. The tournament is locked in for
twenty twenty six, but there acclaims club members want significant
investment to host the event in twenty twenty seven, with
members frustrated over limited access to the course before and
(06:58):
after the event. Checking Friday's weather now around the capital
cities Brisbane twenty one and sunny Sydney nineteen degrees eleven
in Canberra and cloudy Melbourne showers sixteen, how about showers
and twelve and laid sixteen degrees in showers per twenty
in a shower too, Darwin sunny thirty one degrees well Delta.
(07:19):
Gudram has tied the knot in what she called a
magical wedding to fellow musician Matthew Copley. The star duo
got hitched in Malta last month and have now posted
pictures online. Photo showed the couple celebrating at the twelfth
century Sir Paul's Cathedral. Delta wore a wedding dress by
Pablo Sebastian. The pair got engaged in twenty twenty three
(07:41):
and first betwhile Gudram was touring in twenty sixteen. Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin ETNA, who is confident a brokering is
ceasefiring Gaza, a day after Hamas agreed to release more hostages.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
I think there's a good chance we'll have this fire,
and that'll get us closer to the goal that I
set from the beginning.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Let's get them all back without capitulation. In Gaza. Today,
a mother and her three children were killed during an
airstrike on their relative's house. In Carnoness, a woman who
defected from North Korea is filing a lawsuit against the
country's leader, Kim Jong un. She fled to China in
nineteen ninety seven, but was forced to return in two
(08:25):
thousand and eight, saying she was then sexually abused and tortured.
She fled again four years later. This is the first
time a North Korean born defector has taken legal action
against the regime. At least one hundred and twenty people
have been killed in America's flood emergency. New vision showing
just how quickly the flood waters were rising. This office
(08:49):
in New Mexico is filled with water within seconds. One
hundred and seventy three people are still missing. Australians watching
the coverage of Wimbledon have had to do a double
tag noticing a former prime minister in the Royal box.
Let's go live to Jacqueline Robson in London. Hello to you, Jackie.
Who is it who got the royal invitation? Well, Sally
(09:11):
blink and you might miss it. Certainly a number of
Wimbledon watchers didn't, pointing out former Australian Prime Minister Julie Gillard.
Julia Gillard in the crowd if you can't sput her there,
She's in that green dress, floral dress, wearing large cream sunglasses,
sitting right in front of Sir Stephen Frye. She was
watching the women's semi finals between world number one Arena
(09:32):
Sabalanca and thirteenth seed Amanda Anna Shimova in what was
a scorching hot day at Wimbledon, so much so the
people in the crowd were actually fainting. Julia Gillard was.
Speaker 4 (09:43):
Sitting next to the chair of England's Lawn Tennis and
Croquet Club, but there were also a number of English
actors around her, Harry Potter's Fiona Shaw and British sitcom
actor Robin Brydon. It was a sensational game. The world
number one knocked out after three sets. The broadcast of
the former PM wasn't too long, Sally, so I cannot
(10:04):
confirm if Julia Gillard was enjoying a PIMS as she
was watching this incredible game at Wimbledon today.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Well, she certainly looked like she was enjoying herself in
those fabulous sunnies. Love it, Thank you, Jackie. To other
news now, one of the US Navy's largest assault ships
has anchored itself off the coast of Brisbane ahead of
this year's Talisman Saber wargames. The USS America docked earlier
this week, bringing three thousand sailors and marines aboard. Over
(10:34):
thirty thousand military personnel from nineteen Allied countries will carry
out military exercises across parts of the top end Queensland
and surrounding coast this weekend. One of the most famous
handbags of all time, the original Burken Bag, has sold
at auction for fourteen million dollars. The Hermes bag is
(10:55):
named after the French actress, singer and fashion icon Jane Burkin.
These days, Burke and is a status symbol. The sail
eclipsed the previous record for the most expensive bag sold
at auction which was under a million dollars
Good morning. A horrifying school holiday crash and a Melbourne
playground has left a woman dead and a man fighting
for life and a two year old boy in hospital.
A ninety one year old driver mounted a footpath in
win Tina and hit the young family before careering two
hundred meters down the road towards a local playground. The
car only came to a stop when it hit a
(00:24):
park bench meet its from play equipment. Police are investigating
the incident. So far, no charges have been laid. US
President Donald Trump has had a secret meeting with a
straight ambassador to the US, Kevin Rudd. They met in
January in the dining room of Trump International Golf Club
in Florida. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs. The
(00:46):
oppositions demanding more details about what was exactly discussed. All
we know is that a diplomatic cable was sent back
to Canberra after the meeting. Jewish leaders are this morning
supporting a new plan to stamp out anti Semitism in Australia.
The Prime Minister's sweeping crackdown includes denying or canceling visas
(01:06):
of those promoting anti Semitism, defunding universities, museums and art
galleries that harbor it and mandetary education on the Holocaust.
Jewish groups say the plan will be judged on how
quickly it can be implemented. Australia's Foreign Minister, Penny Wong
has sounded the alarm of the Beijing's military ambitions ahead
(01:27):
of Anthony Abernezi's visit to China, saying she's concerned about
China's strategic ambitions and military ambitions in the Indo Pacific.
The Prime Minister is expected to raise both trade opportunities
and Australia's national security concerns during high level talks. A
woman from Gaza living in Sydney has been detained during
a raid on her Bankstown home after Azio deemed her
(01:50):
a security risk. The woman, in her sixties, was taken
to Villawood Immigration Detention Center. On Thursday, the Department of
Home Affairs canceled her bridging visa, stating she'd failed the
character test. A snap rally was organized outside the home
a Fair Minister Tony Burke's office in protest. A Collingwood
(02:11):
member accused of sending death threats against Carlton coach Michael
Voss has been banned from attending all AFL games and
from attending the MCG for five years. The middle aged
Magpie's member, who was said to be a senior figure
in his workplace, sent the threat last Friday to the
mcg's antisocial hotline service. His threats said he'd like to
(02:33):
preemptively report the murder of Michael Voss. Victorian police have
arrested a Melbourne thief accused of stealing more than two
hundred tools from trade's worth one hundred thousand dollars. A
police raid uncovered several rooms packed with stolen gear last Friday.
That doncasterman is alleged to have been targeting tradees across
Melbourne's eastern suburbs. Police were alerted after a theft at Blackburn,
(02:58):
the trade later spotting his tools being sold online. The
twenty nine year olds been charged with multiple offenses. New
South Wales and the Act been lashed by wild winds,
with blustering gusts of one hundred kilometers an hour, causing
widespread damage. In Sydney's southwest, a ten year old boy
was struck by a falling tree as gale force winds
(03:20):
ripped roofs and brought chains to a halt a tree
collapsed onto two nursing home units in South Kujie. The
sees had to respond to over four hundred jobs in
the last twenty four hours. The weather warning remains in
place today. A miracle escape for thirty one American construction
workers rescued from an enormous industrial tunnel after it partly
(03:42):
collapsed in Los Angeles. Let's go live to Maley Hogan
in La Morning. To you, Marley, this was certainly a
really delicate rescue operation.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Yes, Sally. The workers say that they are lucky to
be alive, all thirty one of them escaping with no
significant injuries, twenty seven of them inside the tunnel when
it partially collapsed, and other four men their colleagues went
in to help them afterwards. Now, it happened just before
eight pm local time. The workers were operating a tunnel
(04:11):
boring machine used for excavation when the structure partially collapsed,
causing a causing loose dirt to fall in a pile
more than five meters high. Now, the workers actually had
to crawl through that debris to get to the other
side so that rescuers could help them. They were taken
out by a crane. You may have seen that yellow
basket on the end of the crane there. It was
(04:31):
carrying those workers out to safety, around eight of them
at a time. The tunnel has now been closed while
investigators try to figure out what went wrong.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Anytime you tunnel underground, you encountered different conditions in different locations,
and obviously there was a location was that squeezed the
tunnel and forced it to partially collapse. We'll have to
go back and look and see what we can do
to make that repair, not only repair it, but make
it stronger so it worked into the future.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Sally, that tunnel is going to stay closed until investigators
can figure out how to make it safe again.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
All right, thanks very much, Miley. Well, thousands of Australian
McDonald's applicants have had their personal info access researchers exposing
a major security loophole on the fast foods website. When
applying for a job at Macker's, prospective workers send their
details to an AI chatbot. Researchers say they were able
to access the bot sixty four million records using the
(05:30):
username and password one two, three, four, five six. The
details haven't been leaked that the company who made the
chatbot is under fire. There are calls this morning for
more design experts to be hired for the twenty thirty
two Olympics, with the head designer of Sydney's Olympics backing
the proposal. It's one recommendation Astray as Peak body for architects,
(05:52):
is submitted to the Queensland government saying rush design processes
can result in inefficiencies, errors and dixcs expensive variations. The
AFL is hoping to lock down Aussie teens sprint sensation
Gout Gout for this year's Grand Final. The seventeen year
old from Ipswich is already the country's fastest man ever.
(06:15):
Now the AFL's reportedly wants Goutgout to take time in
the halftime Grand Final sprint. The AFL players not competing
in the Grand Final participate in the one hundred meter
race as a mid game entertainment. It's reported Gouts management
have been approached. Adelaide's hugely popular live golf event may
(06:35):
be forced to find a new home in twenty twenty seven.
Miss Avenues understands the regular venue Grange Golf Club hasn't
officially been approached to host the event, not by the
government nor by Live. The tournament is locked in for
twenty twenty six, but there acclaims club members want significant
investment to host the event in twenty twenty seven, with
members frustrated over limited access to the course before and
(06:58):
after the event. Checking Friday's weather now around the capital
cities Brisbane twenty one and sunny Sydney nineteen degrees eleven
in Canberra and cloudy Melbourne showers sixteen, how about showers
and twelve and laid sixteen degrees in showers per twenty
in a shower too, Darwin sunny thirty one degrees well Delta.
(07:19):
Gudram has tied the knot in what she called a
magical wedding to fellow musician Matthew Copley. The star duo
got hitched in Malta last month and have now posted
pictures online. Photo showed the couple celebrating at the twelfth
century Sir Paul's Cathedral. Delta wore a wedding dress by
Pablo Sebastian. The pair got engaged in twenty twenty three
(07:41):
and first betwhile Gudram was touring in twenty sixteen. Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin ETNA, who is confident a brokering is
ceasefiring Gaza, a day after Hamas agreed to release more hostages.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
I think there's a good chance we'll have this fire,
and that'll get us closer to the goal that I
set from the beginning.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Let's get them all back without capitulation. In Gaza. Today,
a mother and her three children were killed during an
airstrike on their relative's house. In Carnoness, a woman who
defected from North Korea is filing a lawsuit against the
country's leader, Kim Jong un. She fled to China in
nineteen ninety seven, but was forced to return in two
(08:25):
thousand and eight, saying she was then sexually abused and tortured.
She fled again four years later. This is the first
time a North Korean born defector has taken legal action
against the regime. At least one hundred and twenty people
have been killed in America's flood emergency. New vision showing
just how quickly the flood waters were rising. This office
(08:49):
in New Mexico is filled with water within seconds. One
hundred and seventy three people are still missing. Australians watching
the coverage of Wimbledon have had to do a double
tag noticing a former prime minister in the Royal box.
Let's go live to Jacqueline Robson in London. Hello to you, Jackie.
Who is it who got the royal invitation? Well, Sally
(09:11):
blink and you might miss it. Certainly a number of
Wimbledon watchers didn't, pointing out former Australian Prime Minister Julie Gillard.
Julia Gillard in the crowd if you can't sput her there,
She's in that green dress, floral dress, wearing large cream sunglasses,
sitting right in front of Sir Stephen Frye. She was
watching the women's semi finals between world number one Arena
(09:32):
Sabalanca and thirteenth seed Amanda Anna Shimova in what was
a scorching hot day at Wimbledon, so much so the
people in the crowd were actually fainting. Julia Gillard was.
Speaker 4 (09:43):
Sitting next to the chair of England's Lawn Tennis and
Croquet Club, but there were also a number of English
actors around her, Harry Potter's Fiona Shaw and British sitcom
actor Robin Brydon. It was a sensational game. The world
number one knocked out after three sets. The broadcast of
the former PM wasn't too long, Sally, so I cannot
(10:04):
confirm if Julia Gillard was enjoying a PIMS as she
was watching this incredible game at Wimbledon today.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Well, she certainly looked like she was enjoying herself in
those fabulous sunnies. Love it, Thank you, Jackie. To other
news now, one of the US Navy's largest assault ships
has anchored itself off the coast of Brisbane ahead of
this year's Talisman Saber wargames. The USS America docked earlier
this week, bringing three thousand sailors and marines aboard. Over
(10:34):
thirty thousand military personnel from nineteen Allied countries will carry
out military exercises across parts of the top end Queensland
and surrounding coast this weekend. One of the most famous
handbags of all time, the original Burken Bag, has sold
at auction for fourteen million dollars. The Hermes bag is
(10:55):
named after the French actress, singer and fashion icon Jane Burkin.
These days, Burke and is a status symbol. The sail
eclipsed the previous record for the most expensive bag sold
at auction which was under a million dollars
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