Sydney motorway crash, Queensland nurses pay rise, soggy spring on the way

A car flips onto its roof, closing two westbound lanes on Sydney's M2 motorway.

The hunt continues for Victoria's high country cop killer.

11% pay rise offered to Queensland nurses after months of strikes.

Rainfall to ease by November for most of the country.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Breaking news. A car has crashed flipping onto its roof
on Sydney's M two in Baukham Hills. It happened around
seven thirty this morning. Two people inside were able to
get out. They weren't injured. Two of three westbound lanes
though closed and drivers should expect heavy traffic. Wow, that
looks like that is going to be backed up for

(00:24):
a long time to come. Police are advising everyone to
avoid the area if they can. What a nightmaret is
on the M two this morning. Right now, the hunt
for an alleged cop killer is ramping up in Victoria's
High Country this morning. A police helicopter is currently circling
over Poor Punker Now. Overnight raids were concluded conducted, with

(00:46):
police telling the people inside to come to their front
doors with nothing in their hands. Neil Thompson and Vadim
Devat lost their lives when they were called to serve
a warrant where they were shot at by the alleged
gunment Desi Freeman on Tuesday. If Daisy Freeman's watching this,
ring triple zero and we will support a surerendoplane. All

(01:09):
towns have now been worn to stay vigilant. This morning
A twenty nine year old man has been charged over
the alleged kidnapping and murder of a Sydney mother, Kim Tran.
The forty five year old woman was taken at gunpoint
by a group of masked men from her Bankstown home
in April. Tran was stripped in front of her children
and shot. Police later found her body in a burned

(01:31):
out car kilometers away. It's believes she was targeted over
her husband's involvement with an organized crime network. Officers will
allege the twenty nine year old also facilitated the kidnapping,
murder and assault of her eight year old boy. Queens
Aanne's nurses and midwives have secured the biggest pay rise

(01:51):
in more than ten years from the state government. The
deal includes an eleven percent pay rise over three years
and double time overtime for shift workers. It follows months
of rolling strikes across the state. Industrial action will be
paused as the union considers this latest offer. Well. Australia
hasn't seen the last of the ranges yet. With spring

(02:12):
just around the corner, experts a warning of a wetter
than average season along much of the East Coast, so
we will have to wait and see what weather systems
move through, but it's looking like we will see a
little bit more wet weather for those areas. Despite the rain,
our spring days will start to look warmer than normal
across Southeast Australia. Taking a look at the weather around

(02:34):
the country now, a wintery cold front will bring very
strong winds, showers, small hail and highland snow to South Australia, Tasmania,
Victoria and New South Wales. Showers will be heaviest in
Tasmania and Victoria. A high will clear most showers in
Southern wa while sending dry, gusty winds across the interior.

(02:55):
Looking around the capital cities now and sunning in Brisbane
with the top of twenty five, sunny in Sydney twenty one,
showers increasing in Camera fourteen. Some showers becoming windy in
Melbourne today with a top of fourteen, showers increasing in
Hobart twelve showers and wintry in Adelaide with a top
of thirteen. Mostly stunning in Perth with a top of
twenty aparty, cloudy day in Darwin's thirty two degrees