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One of professional wrestling's biggest stars Hulk Hogan has died at the age of 71.
Two people are recovering this morning after a minibus carrying children flipped onto its roof after colliding with a hay truck in Victoria.
Australian farmers are fuming calling on the government to explain its backflip on allowing American beef back into the country.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Good morning. We start with breaking news this morning in
one of professional wrestling's biggest stars, Hulk Hogan, has died
at the age of seventy one. Known for his distinctive
blonde mustache and larger than life persona, Hogan was a
household name in his heyday train say your prayers, beat
your vitamins, be through yourself, through your country, be a
(00:25):
real American, lived US correspondent Rob Scott.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Rob.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
He helped transform wrestling into a family entertainment sport known worldwide.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Yeah, he really did, Eddie. He sort of helped take
this kind of niche sideline act and transformed into this
global phenomenon. And he was one of the original faces,
the original superstars all through the eighties, nineties and into
the two thousands with his bandanna, his ripped physique, and
his shirt shredding antics. I mean, even if you didn't
really watch wrestling, you kind of knew who Hulk Hogan was.
(00:57):
As you say, he had a heart attack at his
home in Florida this morning. He was taken to hospital,
where sadly, he was pronounced dead. But Hogan had so
many injuries during his time in the ring that he
once joked he had almost all of his original body
parts replaced. But he wasn't just famous for what he
did in the ring. He also had a number of
movies to his name. He was the star of his
own reality TV show, and most recently he sort of
(01:19):
started dabbling in a bit of politics, at least on
the sidelines. He was a big fan of Donald Trump,
and here he was last year at the Republican National Convention,
really lighting up the stage.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Was enough run wild Brotheria r again?
Speaker 2 (01:43):
What Meania Lake great Again?
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Donald Trump posting his own tribute to Hulk Hogan today, saying,
we lost a great friend, the Hulkster. Hulk Hogan was
Maga all the way through. Strong, tough, smart, but with
the biggest hut and Eddie. A bit of trivia for you.
I'm sure you'll be interested to know that his real
name was not Hulk Hogan.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
You don't say you're going to tell us what it was? Rob, Yeah,
Terry Jean Balaya now quite the same ring does it?
So many amazing clips, so many amazing memories from a
career like no mother will share them throughout sunrise. Thank you, Rob,
Well to break in news back home now in a
nail celon in Melbourne's Inner Northwest has been struck in
(02:31):
a ramming attack in the early hours of this morning.
The ute found driven into the front of the store
in Essendon. Written on the side the words pay your tick.
We'll have a live report from the scene or an
explanation on that coming up soon well. Queensland taxpayers will
soon four out of flu vaccination advertising campaign as cases
saw across the state. The letter's health data shows the
(02:51):
amount of Queensland as being hospitalized for the flu is
up thirteen percent on last year. Almost four thousand cases
were recorded last week, the highest number in a single
week so far this year. Two people are recovering this
morning after a mini bus carrying children flipped onto its
roof after colliding with a hay truck in Victoria. It
(03:11):
happened near Horsham, northwest of Melbourne. A woman and three
children were helped off the bus as crews tried to
free the driver. She suffered suspected head and internal injuries.
The truck driver was also injured when it tipped onto
its side. There were tears in the Sydney Court yesterday
as a group of Australian women had a stunning legal
(03:32):
victory after being dragged off a plane and strip searched
in the Middle East. They've won the right to sue
cut Our Airways, which conducted intimate physical examinations on the
tarmac without the women's consent.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
It will be my moment to you say like, this
is how we feel, this is what it did to us,
to me, and I'm actually looking forward to that day.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
It means they can now go to try and claim
compensation for emotional distress. South Australians are bracing for their
wettest weekend in years, with some regions expecting up to
sixty millimeters of rain, breaking a two thousand and three record.
The rain is expected to start this morning and lasts
well into early next week. Areas typically barren and dry,
(04:19):
like the Northern air Peninsula, Mid North and Northern Malle,
which saw terrible dust storms earlier this year, we'll also
see some of that heavy rainfall. Sydney will today play
host a high level talks between Deputy Prime Minister Richard Miles,
Foreign Minister Penny Wong and their UK counterparts. The annual
Auckman Talks will focus on the Orchest submarine deal and
(04:40):
China's increasing influence in the Indo Pacific Region. The group
will then travel to Darwin to see the deployment of
a UK warship as part of the ongoing Talisman Saber
military exercises. Australian farmers are fuming, calling on the government
to explain its backflip on allowing American beef back into
the Let's go one to Josh Martin in Canberra. Josh,
(05:03):
there are serious fears that could impact their livelihoods and
there wasn't a lot of communication around this, No.
Speaker 4 (05:09):
Not at all, Eddie good Morning.
Speaker 5 (05:10):
Cattle producers fear their futures are being sacrificed so that
the Albanese government can get a meeting with President Donald Trump.
The government insists this has nothing to do with tariffs,
but a lot are questioning that Australia obviously has those
tariffs on our exports and that is the concern. Cattle
Australia AGG Force and the National's Political Party are joining
(05:31):
forces to call for a review of this decision. The
big concern is that letting in meat from the US
will ruin our clean and green reputation. The fact we
don't have diseases like mad cow's disease. Meat produced in
Mexico and Canada, but slaughtered in the US can now
be sent here. That's as a result of that decision
that came down yesterday, a ten year review by the
(05:53):
AGG Department. But the timing is being questioned, Eddie.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
Here's some reaction from farmers at Imam.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
We've got him in the corner. We want them that
they're desperate to import our boat. We've got a bloody
good product and we know to protect it.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
The ball is now in Donald Trump's court and the
Albanesi government's court. Will Donald Trump dropped those tariffs on
our exports of Will the Albernezi government release more information
than the report that it's relied on to make this decision, Eddie.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Interesting diplomatic tit for tat, isn't it? Thank you, Josh Well.
Jet ski licensing laws could be overhauled after a tragic
accident in Sydney South So a fourteen year old license driver,
Noel Watkins, lose his arm and his fifteen year old friend,
Mitchell Irvine die on the Georgia's River. Children as young
as twelve were allowed to drive jet skis, despite the
(06:43):
vessels being involved in more than a third of all
boating injuries. Ninety two thousand people in New South Wales
hold a jet ski license. The New South Wales Maritime
now considering raising the driver age to sixteen. An accused
serial graffiti pest has turned a court appearance into a
bizarre piece of performance art. The twenty one year old
(07:04):
accused of being behind Melbourne's Panned the Bird graffiti came
dressed as Spider Man.
Speaker 6 (07:10):
Flying the coup in a Spider Man suit. Can you
tell us any more about the charger? The man allegedly
behind the Pan the Bird graffiti attempts to scale the
Melbourne Magistrate's Court for call a show holiday. Gilfred Police
say Jack Gibson Burrell is the artist behind the now
infamous image that's been plastered across Melbourne's landmarks. Today, the
(07:34):
court heard the twenty one year old is now facing
two hundred and eight charges, up from fifty nine.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
That's quite entertainer, isn't.
Speaker 6 (07:41):
He one investigator calling him one of the most prominent
graffiti artists in Australia. Gibbson Burrough will next appear in
court in February for a two day committal hearing. Six
witnesses will be called. Five of them Police officers. Along
with the graffiti charges, Gibbson Burrough is also accused of
(08:01):
a ram raid, assault and stabbing. He'll remain out on
bail after being free to live with an elderly relative.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Are you enjoying living with your grandmother?
Speaker 6 (08:12):
Just like his spidy inspiration? As stell Greeping seven News, A.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Group of fishermen have captured a stunning encountered with a
Maco shark off City Harbor. Maco sharks are known for
their aggressive and unpredictable behavior when hooked. This one was
remarkably calm after it was caught in a tuna trap.
The sharks am been close to the boat and hovering
for several minutes before biting the line and then swimming off.
There's growing pressure on Victoria's state government this morning over
(08:40):
data revealing the rate of elderly drivers with a valid
driver's license is up seventy five percent in the past decade.
The state government is considering introducing mandatory annual health assessments
for those over eighty five, bringing him in line with
other states. It comes amid growing public concern after two
people died when a ninety one year old driver lost
(09:00):
control of her car and crashed into a park in
Melbourne last month. Queensland Paralympian gold medalists an all round legend,
ALEXILERII is swapping the swimming pool for the DJ deck,
signing a record deal with the city music label Alexa,
taking up the name Lex Leary to drop a house
music banger called Closer.
Speaker 5 (09:19):
Take a look at, Take a listen?
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Can you feel the.
Speaker 6 (09:24):
Pan Panic Common?
Speaker 5 (09:26):
Just here you.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Filming pan Claus? Oh, thanks you.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
Everyone's gonna like that one.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
Alexilaria says dance music has been and still is a
huge part of her recovery after a cycling accident in
twenty twenty one left her with a severe brain injury.
She says the genre is her soundtrack to Happiness Love
that the soundtrack for a Friday, Taking Fridays where they
now mostly Sunni in Brisbane and twenty two most is
sunny in City in eighteen morning frost and partly Claudyan
Canberra and fourteen late showers in Melbourne and thirteen partly
(09:53):
Claudian Homud and fourteen rain in Adelaide and thirteen partly
Cladi in person sixteen and partly Clary Duh Want any
one degrees
Good morning. We start with breaking news this morning in
one of professional wrestling's biggest stars, Hulk Hogan, has died
at the age of seventy one. Known for his distinctive
blonde mustache and larger than life persona, Hogan was a
household name in his heyday train say your prayers, beat
your vitamins, be through yourself, through your country, be a
(00:25):
real American, lived US correspondent Rob Scott.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Rob.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
He helped transform wrestling into a family entertainment sport known worldwide.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Yeah, he really did, Eddie. He sort of helped take
this kind of niche sideline act and transformed into this
global phenomenon. And he was one of the original faces,
the original superstars all through the eighties, nineties and into
the two thousands with his bandanna, his ripped physique, and
his shirt shredding antics. I mean, even if you didn't
really watch wrestling, you kind of knew who Hulk Hogan was.
(00:57):
As you say, he had a heart attack at his
home in Florida this morning. He was taken to hospital,
where sadly, he was pronounced dead. But Hogan had so
many injuries during his time in the ring that he
once joked he had almost all of his original body
parts replaced. But he wasn't just famous for what he
did in the ring. He also had a number of
movies to his name. He was the star of his
own reality TV show, and most recently he sort of
(01:19):
started dabbling in a bit of politics, at least on
the sidelines. He was a big fan of Donald Trump,
and here he was last year at the Republican National Convention,
really lighting up the stage.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Was enough run wild Brotheria r again?
Speaker 2 (01:43):
What Meania Lake great Again?
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Donald Trump posting his own tribute to Hulk Hogan today, saying,
we lost a great friend, the Hulkster. Hulk Hogan was
Maga all the way through. Strong, tough, smart, but with
the biggest hut and Eddie. A bit of trivia for you.
I'm sure you'll be interested to know that his real
name was not Hulk Hogan.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
You don't say you're going to tell us what it was? Rob, Yeah,
Terry Jean Balaya now quite the same ring does it?
So many amazing clips, so many amazing memories from a
career like no mother will share them throughout sunrise. Thank you, Rob,
Well to break in news back home now in a
nail celon in Melbourne's Inner Northwest has been struck in
(02:31):
a ramming attack in the early hours of this morning.
The ute found driven into the front of the store
in Essendon. Written on the side the words pay your tick.
We'll have a live report from the scene or an
explanation on that coming up soon well. Queensland taxpayers will
soon four out of flu vaccination advertising campaign as cases
saw across the state. The letter's health data shows the
(02:51):
amount of Queensland as being hospitalized for the flu is
up thirteen percent on last year. Almost four thousand cases
were recorded last week, the highest number in a single
week so far this year. Two people are recovering this
morning after a mini bus carrying children flipped onto its
roof after colliding with a hay truck in Victoria. It
(03:11):
happened near Horsham, northwest of Melbourne. A woman and three
children were helped off the bus as crews tried to
free the driver. She suffered suspected head and internal injuries.
The truck driver was also injured when it tipped onto
its side. There were tears in the Sydney Court yesterday
as a group of Australian women had a stunning legal
(03:32):
victory after being dragged off a plane and strip searched
in the Middle East. They've won the right to sue
cut Our Airways, which conducted intimate physical examinations on the
tarmac without the women's consent.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
It will be my moment to you say like, this
is how we feel, this is what it did to us,
to me, and I'm actually looking forward to that day.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
It means they can now go to try and claim
compensation for emotional distress. South Australians are bracing for their
wettest weekend in years, with some regions expecting up to
sixty millimeters of rain, breaking a two thousand and three record.
The rain is expected to start this morning and lasts
well into early next week. Areas typically barren and dry,
(04:19):
like the Northern air Peninsula, Mid North and Northern Malle,
which saw terrible dust storms earlier this year, we'll also
see some of that heavy rainfall. Sydney will today play
host a high level talks between Deputy Prime Minister Richard Miles,
Foreign Minister Penny Wong and their UK counterparts. The annual
Auckman Talks will focus on the Orchest submarine deal and
(04:40):
China's increasing influence in the Indo Pacific Region. The group
will then travel to Darwin to see the deployment of
a UK warship as part of the ongoing Talisman Saber
military exercises. Australian farmers are fuming, calling on the government
to explain its backflip on allowing American beef back into
the Let's go one to Josh Martin in Canberra. Josh,
(05:03):
there are serious fears that could impact their livelihoods and
there wasn't a lot of communication around this, No.
Speaker 4 (05:09):
Not at all, Eddie good Morning.
Speaker 5 (05:10):
Cattle producers fear their futures are being sacrificed so that
the Albanese government can get a meeting with President Donald Trump.
The government insists this has nothing to do with tariffs,
but a lot are questioning that Australia obviously has those
tariffs on our exports and that is the concern. Cattle
Australia AGG Force and the National's Political Party are joining
(05:31):
forces to call for a review of this decision. The
big concern is that letting in meat from the US
will ruin our clean and green reputation. The fact we
don't have diseases like mad cow's disease. Meat produced in
Mexico and Canada, but slaughtered in the US can now
be sent here. That's as a result of that decision
that came down yesterday, a ten year review by the
(05:53):
AGG Department. But the timing is being questioned, Eddie.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
Here's some reaction from farmers at Imam.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
We've got him in the corner. We want them that
they're desperate to import our boat. We've got a bloody
good product and we know to protect it.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
The ball is now in Donald Trump's court and the
Albanesi government's court. Will Donald Trump dropped those tariffs on
our exports of Will the Albernezi government release more information
than the report that it's relied on to make this decision, Eddie.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Interesting diplomatic tit for tat, isn't it? Thank you, Josh Well.
Jet ski licensing laws could be overhauled after a tragic
accident in Sydney South So a fourteen year old license driver,
Noel Watkins, lose his arm and his fifteen year old friend,
Mitchell Irvine die on the Georgia's River. Children as young
as twelve were allowed to drive jet skis, despite the
(06:43):
vessels being involved in more than a third of all
boating injuries. Ninety two thousand people in New South Wales
hold a jet ski license. The New South Wales Maritime
now considering raising the driver age to sixteen. An accused
serial graffiti pest has turned a court appearance into a
bizarre piece of performance art. The twenty one year old
(07:04):
accused of being behind Melbourne's Panned the Bird graffiti came
dressed as Spider Man.
Speaker 6 (07:10):
Flying the coup in a Spider Man suit. Can you
tell us any more about the charger? The man allegedly
behind the Pan the Bird graffiti attempts to scale the
Melbourne Magistrate's Court for call a show holiday. Gilfred Police
say Jack Gibson Burrell is the artist behind the now
infamous image that's been plastered across Melbourne's landmarks. Today, the
(07:34):
court heard the twenty one year old is now facing
two hundred and eight charges, up from fifty nine.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
That's quite entertainer, isn't.
Speaker 6 (07:41):
He one investigator calling him one of the most prominent
graffiti artists in Australia. Gibbson Burrough will next appear in
court in February for a two day committal hearing. Six
witnesses will be called. Five of them Police officers. Along
with the graffiti charges, Gibbson Burrough is also accused of
(08:01):
a ram raid, assault and stabbing. He'll remain out on
bail after being free to live with an elderly relative.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Are you enjoying living with your grandmother?
Speaker 6 (08:12):
Just like his spidy inspiration? As stell Greeping seven News, A.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Group of fishermen have captured a stunning encountered with a
Maco shark off City Harbor. Maco sharks are known for
their aggressive and unpredictable behavior when hooked. This one was
remarkably calm after it was caught in a tuna trap.
The sharks am been close to the boat and hovering
for several minutes before biting the line and then swimming off.
There's growing pressure on Victoria's state government this morning over
(08:40):
data revealing the rate of elderly drivers with a valid
driver's license is up seventy five percent in the past decade.
The state government is considering introducing mandatory annual health assessments
for those over eighty five, bringing him in line with
other states. It comes amid growing public concern after two
people died when a ninety one year old driver lost
(09:00):
control of her car and crashed into a park in
Melbourne last month. Queensland Paralympian gold medalists an all round legend,
ALEXILERII is swapping the swimming pool for the DJ deck,
signing a record deal with the city music label Alexa,
taking up the name Lex Leary to drop a house
music banger called Closer.
Speaker 5 (09:19):
Take a look at, Take a listen?
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Can you feel the.
Speaker 6 (09:24):
Pan Panic Common?
Speaker 5 (09:26):
Just here you.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Filming pan Claus? Oh, thanks you.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
Everyone's gonna like that one.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
Alexilaria says dance music has been and still is a
huge part of her recovery after a cycling accident in
twenty twenty one left her with a severe brain injury.
She says the genre is her soundtrack to Happiness Love
that the soundtrack for a Friday, Taking Fridays where they
now mostly Sunni in Brisbane and twenty two most is
sunny in City in eighteen morning frost and partly Claudyan
Canberra and fourteen late showers in Melbourne and thirteen partly
(09:53):
Claudian Homud and fourteen rain in Adelaide and thirteen partly
Cladi in person sixteen and partly Clary Duh Want any
one degrees
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