July 16, 2025 • 8 mins
The search for a missing plane in New South Wales' Snowy Mountains will resume this morning.
Anthony Albanese has called for peace and stability with Beijing in an historic visit to the great wall of China.
Anyone near Sydney Harbour had a rare treat, when a humpback whale started playing close to shore. It came all the way into Circular Quay close to the Bridge and the Opera House and even stopped the ferries for a while. But no one seemed to mind.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
WEO, good morning. You want to get straight to those pictures,
Just into the newsroom this morning. Police in Brisbane have
caught and cafter a gang of alleged thieves after a
violent robbery at a jewelry store in the city's north
last month. You might remember this story. It was all
across the news. The alleged offenders were on the run
for more than a month after this horror smash and
grab at a store in Chermside on July tenth. One
(00:25):
man was seriously injured after being hit in the head
with a hammer during that raid. There were also children
inside the store. The five men and one teenage boy
allegedly responsible were rounded up on Tuesday night and face
court yesterday. Police are still looking for one person over
that raid. To Developing News, a search from missing plane
in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains will resume this morning.
(00:48):
The alarm was raised when the aircraft flying from Wangarata
in Victoria didn't arrive at Maruya Airport on the far
South coast. Its last known position was near Cankoben. The
South Wales Police said it was possible the plane crashed
about five hundred meters off the Dargles Trail in the
Snowy Valleys. One person was on board. The family of
(01:10):
Peter Falconio have broken their silence after his killer, Outback murderer,
Bradley John Murdock, died of cancer on Tuesday. Your correspondent
Ben Downey is in West Yorkshire in the UK. Then
you've spoken with the Falconio family.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
It's good morning and it's fair to say it was
an incredibly surreal moment for both father Luciano and mother
Joan Falconio, after learning that their son's killer, Bradley John Murdock,
had died twenty four years and a day after killing
their son Peter. Peter's parents say that their first feeling
was relief, like a weight that had been lifted. That
(01:46):
they don't want to let their sons murder. It ruin
their lives more than he already has by refusing to
reveal the location he left his victim's body. In a statement,
they go on to say, the awful thing is our
family's future with Peter was cruelly taken away today we
instead of focus on the three children we have left
and our grandchildren. They finish their statement by thanking the
(02:09):
Northern Territory Police. We continue to investigate this murder more
than two decades on and still holding out hope that
Peter's remains might one day be found.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Ben.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Hospitals in Brisbane are on the brink, has they struggled
to keep up with COVID and flucases. Elective surgeries have
now been suspended for two days across four hospitals in
Morton Bay to help free up beds. It leaves one
hundred and eighty three patients needing care, including kip and
knee surgery, without a place to go. Queens An's Health
Minister says now is the time to get vaccinated and
(02:44):
should really be a call to arms people to get
vaccinated and get vaccinated as quickly as they can. The
pause and elective surgery could be extended if needed. South
Australia is mourning the death of legendary footballer Barry roburn
who's died at the age of seven. Born in Wyala,
Roberin played two hundred and one games in North Adelaide
and was an inaugural and ductdee into the Australian Football
(03:08):
Hall of Fame. Roberin's family has been offered a state
funeral a statue of him leaping from mark Since outside Adelaide,
Oval widely regarded as the best football of the state
has ever produced, and his legacy is set to continue well.
Anthey Albernizi has called for peace and stability with Beijing
(03:28):
in a historic visit to the Great Wall of China.
Tim Lester is traveling with the Prime Minister Tim after
a marathon day of meetings. It was a visit packed
with symbolism.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
A change of pace for Prime Minister Albernizi as he
arrives in the third of the three big Chinese cities
he's visiting during this tour of China. This is Changdu
in the southwest of China. He's basically done the business
portion of his trip in Shanghai and the big leaders
meetings in Beijing and then quid extraordinary historic visit yesterday
(04:03):
to the Great Wall of China, walking in the footsteps
of Labour luminary former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, who'd visited
their fifty four years before.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
I had the sense of history following the footsteps of
the Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, who was the first
Prime minister to visit here in nineteen seventy three.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Ahead for mister Alberanizi his last full day on the
China trip, a day that will emphasize medical technology, including
a visit to a giant operation here, a factory and
research center for Australian company Cochlear, as well. Before that,
the Prime Minister plans to visit the major panda facility
(04:46):
here in Changdu.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Love that here in Sunrise, Thank you. Tim Tim Men
have been charged with a murder after a botch drive
by shooting in city's southwest left a grandmother dead. Thirty
two year old Jesse Evans, alongside nineteen year old Manisse Fuq,
allegedly opened fire on an Ambervail home in April, fatally
striking sixty five year old Kim Duncan in the leg.
Both offenders did not apply for bail and they will
(05:10):
remain behind bars until September. Tech company Meta has set
its sights on Australia, warning changes to privacy laws could
come at a cost to how AI is used in
the future, including training bots to mimic human beings. Meta
says it's concerned big policy changes would limit its ability
to use data I and AI to protect the safety
(05:31):
of Australian users. Meta, along with fellow tech giant Google,
has told prominence to Anthony Albinezi Australia could fall far behind.
Fresh figures have revealed Queensland is still not on track
to meet its five year housing target, with work beginning
on ten percent fewer homes in the first three months
of the year than in the previvious quarter. Work finished
(05:53):
on more than nine thousand homes across the state three
percent improvement. Both figures are still short of the quarterly
time target of more than twelve thousand homes needed to
reach two hundred and forty five thousand builds by twenty
twenty nine. Well, anyone near Sydney Harbor had a rare
treat when a humpback whale started playing close to shore.
(06:13):
It came all the way into Circular Key, close to
the bridge and Opera House, and even stopped the ferries
for a while, but no one seemed to mind.
Speaker 5 (06:22):
A wave from the water by this young and sprightly
humpback whale. A pit stop in Sydney Harbor for a
quick sightseeing tour.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
And it was very very close to shore.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
The closest well I've ever seen and it just jumped
out the water. Onlookers were mesmerized by the ocean giant
having a whale of a time just off Shark Beach
at four clues.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Just really clog as flack and abound. I punished.
Speaker 5 (06:46):
I thought it was a shark, but yeah, definitely, Well
it was gorgeous. Tourists transfixed by the spectacular display at
one point close to Circular Key. Not something you usually
see in Holland. No, no, no, we don't to. Long
whale was first spotted at around seven thirty this morning.
It made for a navigational nightmare for Harvard traffic as
(07:07):
Maritime Cruise worked to move it out of harm's way.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
The Ferry service they're experts at this, that's happened before
in the past.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
I don't want to be hit by a vessel.
Speaker 5 (07:17):
Vessel styke is a threat for a risk. Even in
the peak of Sydney's whale watching season, a Harvard detour
from the Humpback Highway is rare, as the gentle giant
makes its way north to migrate and mate. On two
occasions in the last two years we've had them come
all the way into Circular Key. A mammoth effort to
(07:38):
get the mammal back on course towards Queensland. Emily Francis
Seven News.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Checking today's whether our Brisbane possible shars in twenty three
Sydney moss sunny in eighteen, Camber morning frost partner, cloudy
in twelve, Melbourne showers and fourteen Hobart showers easing in twelve,
Adelaide showers clearing in sixteen, Perth becoming cloudy and eighteen
WEO, good morning. You want to get straight to those pictures,
Just into the newsroom this morning. Police in Brisbane have
caught and cafter a gang of alleged thieves after a
violent robbery at a jewelry store in the city's north
last month. You might remember this story. It was all
across the news. The alleged offenders were on the run
for more than a month after this horror smash and
grab at a store in Chermside on July tenth. One
(00:25):
man was seriously injured after being hit in the head
with a hammer during that raid. There were also children
inside the store. The five men and one teenage boy
allegedly responsible were rounded up on Tuesday night and face
court yesterday. Police are still looking for one person over
that raid. To Developing News, a search from missing plane
in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains will resume this morning.
(00:48):
The alarm was raised when the aircraft flying from Wangarata
in Victoria didn't arrive at Maruya Airport on the far
South coast. Its last known position was near Cankoben. The
South Wales Police said it was possible the plane crashed
about five hundred meters off the Dargles Trail in the
Snowy Valleys. One person was on board. The family of
(01:10):
Peter Falconio have broken their silence after his killer, Outback murderer,
Bradley John Murdock, died of cancer on Tuesday. Your correspondent
Ben Downey is in West Yorkshire in the UK. Then
you've spoken with the Falconio family.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
It's good morning and it's fair to say it was
an incredibly surreal moment for both father Luciano and mother
Joan Falconio, after learning that their son's killer, Bradley John Murdock,
had died twenty four years and a day after killing
their son Peter. Peter's parents say that their first feeling
was relief, like a weight that had been lifted. That
(01:46):
they don't want to let their sons murder. It ruin
their lives more than he already has by refusing to
reveal the location he left his victim's body. In a statement,
they go on to say, the awful thing is our
family's future with Peter was cruelly taken away today we
instead of focus on the three children we have left
and our grandchildren. They finish their statement by thanking the
(02:09):
Northern Territory Police. We continue to investigate this murder more
than two decades on and still holding out hope that
Peter's remains might one day be found.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Ben.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Hospitals in Brisbane are on the brink, has they struggled
to keep up with COVID and flucases. Elective surgeries have
now been suspended for two days across four hospitals in
Morton Bay to help free up beds. It leaves one
hundred and eighty three patients needing care, including kip and
knee surgery, without a place to go. Queens An's Health
Minister says now is the time to get vaccinated and
(02:44):
should really be a call to arms people to get
vaccinated and get vaccinated as quickly as they can. The
pause and elective surgery could be extended if needed. South
Australia is mourning the death of legendary footballer Barry roburn
who's died at the age of seven. Born in Wyala,
Roberin played two hundred and one games in North Adelaide
and was an inaugural and ductdee into the Australian Football
(03:08):
Hall of Fame. Roberin's family has been offered a state
funeral a statue of him leaping from mark Since outside Adelaide,
Oval widely regarded as the best football of the state
has ever produced, and his legacy is set to continue well.
Anthey Albernizi has called for peace and stability with Beijing
(03:28):
in a historic visit to the Great Wall of China.
Tim Lester is traveling with the Prime Minister Tim after
a marathon day of meetings. It was a visit packed
with symbolism.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
A change of pace for Prime Minister Albernizi as he
arrives in the third of the three big Chinese cities
he's visiting during this tour of China. This is Changdu
in the southwest of China. He's basically done the business
portion of his trip in Shanghai and the big leaders
meetings in Beijing and then quid extraordinary historic visit yesterday
(04:03):
to the Great Wall of China, walking in the footsteps
of Labour luminary former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, who'd visited
their fifty four years before.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
I had the sense of history following the footsteps of
the Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, who was the first
Prime minister to visit here in nineteen seventy three.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Ahead for mister Alberanizi his last full day on the
China trip, a day that will emphasize medical technology, including
a visit to a giant operation here, a factory and
research center for Australian company Cochlear, as well. Before that,
the Prime Minister plans to visit the major panda facility
(04:46):
here in Changdu.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Love that here in Sunrise, Thank you. Tim Tim Men
have been charged with a murder after a botch drive
by shooting in city's southwest left a grandmother dead. Thirty
two year old Jesse Evans, alongside nineteen year old Manisse Fuq,
allegedly opened fire on an Ambervail home in April, fatally
striking sixty five year old Kim Duncan in the leg.
Both offenders did not apply for bail and they will
(05:10):
remain behind bars until September. Tech company Meta has set
its sights on Australia, warning changes to privacy laws could
come at a cost to how AI is used in
the future, including training bots to mimic human beings. Meta
says it's concerned big policy changes would limit its ability
to use data I and AI to protect the safety
(05:31):
of Australian users. Meta, along with fellow tech giant Google,
has told prominence to Anthony Albinezi Australia could fall far behind.
Fresh figures have revealed Queensland is still not on track
to meet its five year housing target, with work beginning
on ten percent fewer homes in the first three months
of the year than in the previvious quarter. Work finished
(05:53):
on more than nine thousand homes across the state three
percent improvement. Both figures are still short of the quarterly
time target of more than twelve thousand homes needed to
reach two hundred and forty five thousand builds by twenty
twenty nine. Well, anyone near Sydney Harbor had a rare
treat when a humpback whale started playing close to shore.
(06:13):
It came all the way into Circular Key, close to
the bridge and Opera House, and even stopped the ferries
for a while, but no one seemed to mind.
Speaker 5 (06:22):
A wave from the water by this young and sprightly
humpback whale. A pit stop in Sydney Harbor for a
quick sightseeing tour.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
And it was very very close to shore.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
The closest well I've ever seen and it just jumped
out the water. Onlookers were mesmerized by the ocean giant
having a whale of a time just off Shark Beach
at four clues.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Just really clog as flack and abound. I punished.
Speaker 5 (06:46):
I thought it was a shark, but yeah, definitely, Well
it was gorgeous. Tourists transfixed by the spectacular display at
one point close to Circular Key. Not something you usually
see in Holland. No, no, no, we don't to. Long
whale was first spotted at around seven thirty this morning.
It made for a navigational nightmare for Harvard traffic as
(07:07):
Maritime Cruise worked to move it out of harm's way.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
The Ferry service they're experts at this, that's happened before
in the past.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
I don't want to be hit by a vessel.
Speaker 5 (07:17):
Vessel styke is a threat for a risk. Even in
the peak of Sydney's whale watching season, a Harvard detour
from the Humpback Highway is rare, as the gentle giant
makes its way north to migrate and mate. On two
occasions in the last two years we've had them come
all the way into Circular Key. A mammoth effort to
(07:38):
get the mammal back on course towards Queensland. Emily Francis
Seven News.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Checking today's whether our Brisbane possible shars in twenty three
Sydney moss sunny in eighteen, Camber morning frost partner, cloudy
in twelve, Melbourne showers and fourteen Hobart showers easing in twelve,
Adelaide showers clearing in sixteen, Perth becoming cloudy and eighteen
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