Mushroom killer appeal, Darling Downs Zoo mauling, Qantas hacker ransom

Mass murderer Erin Patterson is set to appeal her convictions after spending her second night in a women's prison, west of Melbourne.

A New South Wales teacher has been identified as the woman who lost her arm in a lion attack at Darling Downs Zoo in Queensland.

Cyber experts believe hackers may have issued a ransom demand to Qantas - after the private information of 6-million passengers was put at risk last week.

7NEWS Headlines with Sally Bowrey for July 09, 2025.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Good Morning. Mass murderer Aaron Patterson is set to appeal
her convictions after spending her second night in a women's
prison west of Melbourne. Legal experts expect the fifty year
old to argue the jury's verdict was unsafe and unsatisfactory,
and chef Nagi Mihashi, whose beef Wellington recipe was allegedly
used by Patterson, has broken her silence, saying it's upsetting

(00:26):
to learn her recipe was entangled in a tragic situation
under siege. Carlton coach Michael Voss has reportedly received a
heinous and inappropriate threat. It's understood the message references a
brutal end to his life. Although the message is not
currently being treated as a credible threat, the AFL is
considering extra security measures for Voss and other Carlton staff.

(00:50):
The club's denounced the vile language used in the message.
Fifty year old Voss is contracted with the team until
twenty twenty six. A New South Wales teacher has been
identified as the woman who lost her arm and a
line attack at a Darling Down zoo in Queensland. Jocoban
from Forbes was in a cleaning pen with her sister

(01:10):
and a zookeeper. When she was attacked, the keeper used
a leather belt as at torn aquy, almost certainly saving
her life.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
We've raised those lines ourselves. Their temperaments are excellent. The
best we can come up with at this stage is
the line was just playing.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
The woman remains in hospital in a stable condition. To
breaking news overnight in Melbourne where a violent brawl at
a shopping center has left a teenager in hospital. Police
a violence broke out between a group of males at
Westfield Knox in the city's East around five point thirty
last night, one teenager suffering non life threatening injuries, whilst
all others involved fled the scene before police arrived. Anyone

(01:53):
with information should contact crime stoppers. G eight Education, the
largest private childcare operator in Australia, will now install CCTV
in all of its centers following child abuse charges laid
against former employee Joshua Dale Brown. Brown was charged with
over seventy offenses allegedly involving eight children at G eight

(02:15):
center in Melbourne's Western suburbs. The childcare giant has rolled
out CCTV in some centers as a trial, and all
soon install cameras across all locations. The Reserve Bank has
blind sided the markets and home buyers, keeping interest rates
on hold, going against almost every prediction available, the cash

(02:35):
rate remaining steady at three point eight five percent. The
decision has even split the Reserve Bank Board, with three
of its nine members demanding rates becut.

Speaker 3 (02:45):
Economists had backed in the rate cut as a short
priced favourite, from three point eight five percent headed to
three point six until it vanished. The Board decided to
leave the cash rate on hold. The board statement noting
uncertain in the world economy on Trump's tariffs. Trade policy
developments are expected to have an adverse effect, and.

Speaker 1 (03:08):
We don't want to end up having to fight inflation again.

Speaker 3 (03:13):
We want to make sure we've nailed it.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
This is a direct consequence of labor not being able
to manage money. There will be millions of Australians around
the country who were desperately hoping for more rape relief today.

Speaker 3 (03:25):
For Rachel Ballentine, a rate cut today would have made
the home market she's been hoping to buy into for
a year now more affordable.

Speaker 1 (03:33):
Although the money is sitting there, the market sort of
got out of reach of what you could borrow.

Speaker 3 (03:38):
Had a quarter of one percent cut come through. Those
on big mortgages would have pocketed significant monthly savings gone
for now, though the Reserve's governor hence it's still in
the pipeline.

Speaker 1 (03:51):
Today's pause about timing rather than direction.

Speaker 3 (03:55):
For the first time today the Reserve boarders confirmed how
it voted. Six supported the decision to hold, three against.
They'll vote again in mid August. The next shot at
great relief for Australia's three point three million mortgage holders.

Speaker 1 (04:12):
I think it's all about the next quarterly inflation number,
combined with the labor market figures. Prime Minister Anthony Albnizius
rejected Tour Beijing's demands ahead of his trip to China
later this week. His schedule to spend six days meeting
with Chinese leaders, including President Shijingping. Beijing is pushing to

(04:33):
update its free trade deal with Australia to include cooperation
on artificial intelligence and to ease restrictions on Chinese foreign investments,
but the government's ruled out making either of those changes.
Cyber experts believe Hakkers may have issued a ransom demand
to Quantus after the private information of six million passengers

(04:54):
was put at risk last week. The airline confirmed on
Monday they were contacted by a potential cyber criminal, but
refused to reveal any of the hackers demands. Experts believe
the hacker likely provided proof of the stolen data too
quantas in return for a monetary payment. None of the
stolen information appears to have been released on the dark

(05:14):
web yet. A South Australian man and his pet dog
are lucky to be alive after their ute was crushed
by a falling gum tree. It came down during yesterday's
wild weather. Would wind gust them up to one hundred
k's an hour brought down the massive tree in the
Barossa region. The seventy year old to under man was
trapped for the better part of an hour, suffering serious

(05:35):
but non life threatening injuries. Another front's on its way
this morning, with up to twenty five millimeters of rain
expected across the city. Perth's Crown Resorts will hold on
to its gaming license after being deemed fit to operate
despite a damning Royal commission that found it facilitated money
laundering and failed to minimize gambling harm. The state regulator

(05:57):
decided not to find the casino, which has spent two
hundred million dollars on reforms, including tougher anti money laundering systems.
In wa all fifty nine recommendations made by the Royal
Commission are set to be implemented. Checking Wednesday's weather our
Brisbane twenty five degrees in sunny Sydney nineteen and sonny
Camera eleven with some warning frost Melbourne thirteen degrees, a

(06:20):
late shower or two oh about cloudy twelve degrees twelve
and rain in Adelaide eighteen in Perth and sunny Darwin
thirty one degrees and Clearskis