August 3, 2025 • 8 mins
Sydney and Melbourne have been brought to a standstill by a day of historic protests in support of the Palestinians.
An urgent search is set to resume this morning for a Chinese national missing and feared dead in floodwaters in the New South Wales Hunter Region.
A record-breaking Defence campaign targeting Gen Z on video games and social media has attracted the highest recruitment numbers in over a decade.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
In case you can hear my voice, it was the
logis last Night Homan Awesta. Lyn McGranger has won the
Gold Logi along with the Silver for Best Lead Actress,
taking home her first logis in a stellar thirty three
year career.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Lynn McGranger, this is going to be pride of place
next to my nineteen seventy four Wogga Wogga Drama Festival
Best Actress.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
But I did.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Promise that if I won the Gold Logi that I
would carry it around in my handbag for a year.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Lynn also paid homage to the cast and crew of
Home and Away, which she joined in nineteen ninety three
playing Irene.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Of course, she's the longest.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Serving female actor an Australian drama in history, and Channel
seven is the Voice, hosted by Sonya Krueger, took home
the LOGI for Best Entertainment Program. Channel seven News perth
anchor Yes, Susannah Kha and Rick Arden.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
There they are.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
We also recognized for entering the Guinness Book of Records
for forty years co anchoring a news bulletin and comedian
and actress mag De Schubanski was brought to tears in
her acceptance speech. As she was inducted into the Logis
Hall of Fame. We'll have all the highlights coming up
soon in Sunrise or City in Melbourne have been brought
to a standstill by a day of historic protests in
(01:24):
support of Palestine. Tens of thousands crowded the streets, impacked
onto the Harbour Bridge at one.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Point in Sydney, there were fears of a crowd.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Crush across the country's two biggest cities. Tens of thousands
of protesters march in solidarity. Protesters met with riot gear
police on Melbourne's King Street Bridge. Hundreds more in blue
swarmed the city on foot, horseback and even from the Yarrah.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
It's totally unnecessary. We are a peaceful movement.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
We are calling for justice, an equality and a democratic state.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
In Sydney on an iconic world stage, the Harbor Bridge
a sea of black, white, green and red. Julian Assange
and Anthony Mundine amongst around twenty five thousand in Sydney.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
That's an incredible moment for.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
The hookment flooding the globally recognized landmark as part of
this historic pro Palestine demonstration after the Supreme Court rejected
a bid to block the anti war protest who mid
demonstration attacks from police, saying the march needs to stop
due to public safety. We will look at turning everyone around,
(02:38):
but it needs to be done in a controlled way.
Late this afternoon, dozens of protesters catching police off guard
blocking the Spencer Street bridge. They let this distressed woman through.
Speaker 5 (02:52):
I've gotta get this as good the way.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
As the group made its message clear.
Speaker 5 (03:00):
Start now.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
We must stole our government's account. We won't mab our heads,
we will never give up and we want that free.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
Free balastart Sarah Jones seven News.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Two more people have been charged with murder over the
killing of a Queensland father earlier this year. So far,
a total of five people have been charged in relation
to the death of Van dam Newen in January, a
sixth with his alleged kidnapping. Investigator say at least one
of the accused has links to the common chero Biki gang.
The two men arrested yesterday will front court tomorrow. To
(03:37):
Breaking news in Melbourne and police are hunting an arsonist
after a barbershop was torched and destroyed overnight. The shop
on Poeth Road in Marambina went up in flames around
two o'clock, sparking a major emergency response. Please are investigating
reports a person was seen throwing something at the business
before it ignited.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
A desperate search will resume this.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Morning for a man and woman after their light plane
went missing over the Bath Strait. The elderly couple took
off from Georgetown Airport in Tasmania headed for regional Victoria.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
There are significant air resources being used and significant number
of boats on the water searching for the missing plane.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Police say the male pilot, in his seventies is considered
experience and was flying a plane purchase just three or
four months ago. An urgent search is set to resume
this morning for Chinese national missing and fear dead in
floodwaters in the New.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
South Wales Hunter region.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
The twenty six year old engineer was swept away in
floodwaters with a friend near Cesnok, north of Newcastle on Saturday.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
The two women attempted to drive through.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Rapid causeway waters, with the woman's twenty seven year old
friend escaping to safety. A forty year old man was
also rescued at the same location, fun clinging to a
tree there. Queen's owners are being one to prepare for
traffic chaos this morning, with at least four hundred and
fifty transport engineers.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Said to walk off the job for twelve hours over pay.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Delays are expected across all major transport infrastructure projects and
expected to impact the traffic network. It kicks off a
week of protests across the public sector, with teachers planning
to walk off the job on Wednesday and firefighters also
set to vote on strike action as well. A record
working defense campaign targeting gen Z on video games and
(05:21):
social media has attracted the highest recruitment.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Numbers in over a decade.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I dot Eazy Mullen in our camera Bureau, wanting to
is he it's helped declining service rates for the ADF.
Speaker 5 (05:32):
It certainly has Eddie good morning. This is a one
hundred and seventy million dollar ad campaign and it appears
to be working. The Australian Defense fulls meeting young people
where they are on social media sites like TikTok and Instagram,
but also on video games like Fortnite and Call of Duty.
The age bracket. The ADF is going after others seventeen
(05:52):
to twenty fours and this target is really reaching them.
They've attracted their biggest number of recruits in fifteen years
since two thousand to nine, and it means the Albanesi
government is now on track to meet its target of
sixty nine thousand permanent staff by the early twenty thirties.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Eddie thank you is here.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
The cost of pouring a pine twill be frozen today
as the Albanese government's two speed alcohol tax kicks in.
The two year price freeze pauses tax increases on keg
beer and moves celebrated by pubs across the country.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
But there's a little sting in the tail.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Cocktail and spirit drinkers will continue to see prices rise.
With spirits not included in the policy, the price of
wine will also continue to rise. Winter illness is smashing Sydney,
with emergency departments clogged by thousands who are under the weather.
More than ninety two thousand cases of influenza have been
recorded so far this year. Health officials put it down
(06:48):
to a large number of people who've skipped their annual
flu jab. A damning new survey has revealed one in
ten Australians have had to borrow money, fundraise or take
on extra work to afford medicines not available on the
Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
The Future of Medicine's.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Access poll also revealed forty three percent of people have
reported paying full price for a prescription medicine not covered
by the PBS. More than eighty five percent of people
paid between fifty and one hundred dollars for a script,
Desperate patients now calling for an urgent expansion of the system.
The NRL community is in mourning this morning after the
(07:26):
death Moron's Great Sam Bacco at the age of sixty four.
The legendary front rower played a crucial part in Queensland
state of origin dominance in the late eighties and was
named one of the greatest Indigenous players of the twentieth century.
Bacco had been battling a melio idosus infection this year.
Speaker 5 (07:45):
Well.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
Robert Erwin is officially the face of Australia, starring in
our latest multimillion dollar tourism ad. Tourism Australia is today
releasing the latest installment in its Come and Say Get
a campaign hit in the US and China before a
rollout in countries like the UK, India and Japan. Guys,
you were never gonna believe what happened in Australia.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
You're rightful, this is gonna be a good mine.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
You know.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
I might just go on for a stroll my phone,
but we got to go find it.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Also making an appearance is celebrity chef Nigella Lawson and
Rose Byrne voicing Ruby the Rue attached to the top
of the patroller.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Or checking Monday's where they now.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Partly cloudy in Brisbane in twenty four, a shower or
two in Sydney, in nineteen partly Cladion Camber and seventeen
mostly sunny in Melbourne and eighteen partly Claudion Hobart a
sixteen degrees showers in person, seventeen and sunny in Darwin
and thirty one degrees
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
In case you can hear my voice, it was the
logis last Night Homan Awesta. Lyn McGranger has won the
Gold Logi along with the Silver for Best Lead Actress,
taking home her first logis in a stellar thirty three
year career.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Lynn McGranger, this is going to be pride of place
next to my nineteen seventy four Wogga Wogga Drama Festival
Best Actress.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
But I did.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Promise that if I won the Gold Logi that I
would carry it around in my handbag for a year.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Lynn also paid homage to the cast and crew of
Home and Away, which she joined in nineteen ninety three
playing Irene.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Of course, she's the longest.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Serving female actor an Australian drama in history, and Channel
seven is the Voice, hosted by Sonya Krueger, took home
the LOGI for Best Entertainment Program. Channel seven News perth
anchor Yes, Susannah Kha and Rick Arden.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
There they are.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
We also recognized for entering the Guinness Book of Records
for forty years co anchoring a news bulletin and comedian
and actress mag De Schubanski was brought to tears in
her acceptance speech. As she was inducted into the Logis
Hall of Fame. We'll have all the highlights coming up
soon in Sunrise or City in Melbourne have been brought
to a standstill by a day of historic protests in
(01:24):
support of Palestine. Tens of thousands crowded the streets, impacked
onto the Harbour Bridge at one.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Point in Sydney, there were fears of a crowd.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Crush across the country's two biggest cities. Tens of thousands
of protesters march in solidarity. Protesters met with riot gear
police on Melbourne's King Street Bridge. Hundreds more in blue
swarmed the city on foot, horseback and even from the Yarrah.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
It's totally unnecessary. We are a peaceful movement.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
We are calling for justice, an equality and a democratic state.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
In Sydney on an iconic world stage, the Harbor Bridge
a sea of black, white, green and red. Julian Assange
and Anthony Mundine amongst around twenty five thousand in Sydney.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
That's an incredible moment for.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
The hookment flooding the globally recognized landmark as part of
this historic pro Palestine demonstration after the Supreme Court rejected
a bid to block the anti war protest who mid
demonstration attacks from police, saying the march needs to stop
due to public safety. We will look at turning everyone around,
(02:38):
but it needs to be done in a controlled way.
Late this afternoon, dozens of protesters catching police off guard
blocking the Spencer Street bridge. They let this distressed woman through.
Speaker 5 (02:52):
I've gotta get this as good the way.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
As the group made its message clear.
Speaker 5 (03:00):
Start now.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
We must stole our government's account. We won't mab our heads,
we will never give up and we want that free.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
Free balastart Sarah Jones seven News.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Two more people have been charged with murder over the
killing of a Queensland father earlier this year. So far,
a total of five people have been charged in relation
to the death of Van dam Newen in January, a
sixth with his alleged kidnapping. Investigator say at least one
of the accused has links to the common chero Biki gang.
The two men arrested yesterday will front court tomorrow. To
(03:37):
Breaking news in Melbourne and police are hunting an arsonist
after a barbershop was torched and destroyed overnight. The shop
on Poeth Road in Marambina went up in flames around
two o'clock, sparking a major emergency response. Please are investigating
reports a person was seen throwing something at the business
before it ignited.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
A desperate search will resume this.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Morning for a man and woman after their light plane
went missing over the Bath Strait. The elderly couple took
off from Georgetown Airport in Tasmania headed for regional Victoria.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
There are significant air resources being used and significant number
of boats on the water searching for the missing plane.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Police say the male pilot, in his seventies is considered
experience and was flying a plane purchase just three or
four months ago. An urgent search is set to resume
this morning for Chinese national missing and fear dead in
floodwaters in the New.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
South Wales Hunter region.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
The twenty six year old engineer was swept away in
floodwaters with a friend near Cesnok, north of Newcastle on Saturday.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
The two women attempted to drive through.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Rapid causeway waters, with the woman's twenty seven year old
friend escaping to safety. A forty year old man was
also rescued at the same location, fun clinging to a
tree there. Queen's owners are being one to prepare for
traffic chaos this morning, with at least four hundred and
fifty transport engineers.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Said to walk off the job for twelve hours over pay.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Delays are expected across all major transport infrastructure projects and
expected to impact the traffic network. It kicks off a
week of protests across the public sector, with teachers planning
to walk off the job on Wednesday and firefighters also
set to vote on strike action as well. A record
working defense campaign targeting gen Z on video games and
(05:21):
social media has attracted the highest recruitment.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Numbers in over a decade.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I dot Eazy Mullen in our camera Bureau, wanting to
is he it's helped declining service rates for the ADF.
Speaker 5 (05:32):
It certainly has Eddie good morning. This is a one
hundred and seventy million dollar ad campaign and it appears
to be working. The Australian Defense fulls meeting young people
where they are on social media sites like TikTok and Instagram,
but also on video games like Fortnite and Call of Duty.
The age bracket. The ADF is going after others seventeen
(05:52):
to twenty fours and this target is really reaching them.
They've attracted their biggest number of recruits in fifteen years
since two thousand to nine, and it means the Albanesi
government is now on track to meet its target of
sixty nine thousand permanent staff by the early twenty thirties.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Eddie thank you is here.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
The cost of pouring a pine twill be frozen today
as the Albanese government's two speed alcohol tax kicks in.
The two year price freeze pauses tax increases on keg
beer and moves celebrated by pubs across the country.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
But there's a little sting in the tail.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Cocktail and spirit drinkers will continue to see prices rise.
With spirits not included in the policy, the price of
wine will also continue to rise. Winter illness is smashing Sydney,
with emergency departments clogged by thousands who are under the weather.
More than ninety two thousand cases of influenza have been
recorded so far this year. Health officials put it down
(06:48):
to a large number of people who've skipped their annual
flu jab. A damning new survey has revealed one in
ten Australians have had to borrow money, fundraise or take
on extra work to afford medicines not available on the
Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
The Future of Medicine's.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Access poll also revealed forty three percent of people have
reported paying full price for a prescription medicine not covered
by the PBS. More than eighty five percent of people
paid between fifty and one hundred dollars for a script,
Desperate patients now calling for an urgent expansion of the system.
The NRL community is in mourning this morning after the
(07:26):
death Moron's Great Sam Bacco at the age of sixty four.
The legendary front rower played a crucial part in Queensland
state of origin dominance in the late eighties and was
named one of the greatest Indigenous players of the twentieth century.
Bacco had been battling a melio idosus infection this year.
Speaker 5 (07:45):
Well.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
Robert Erwin is officially the face of Australia, starring in
our latest multimillion dollar tourism ad. Tourism Australia is today
releasing the latest installment in its Come and Say Get
a campaign hit in the US and China before a
rollout in countries like the UK, India and Japan. Guys,
you were never gonna believe what happened in Australia.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
You're rightful, this is gonna be a good mine.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
You know.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
I might just go on for a stroll my phone,
but we got to go find it.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Also making an appearance is celebrity chef Nigella Lawson and
Rose Byrne voicing Ruby the Rue attached to the top
of the patroller.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Or checking Monday's where they now.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Partly cloudy in Brisbane in twenty four, a shower or
two in Sydney, in nineteen partly Cladion Camber and seventeen
mostly sunny in Melbourne and eighteen partly Claudion Hobart a
sixteen degrees showers in person, seventeen and sunny in Darwin
and thirty one degrees
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