Samantha Murphy 30/05/24

Investigators have uncovered a phone while searching a dam for the body of missing Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy. 

Killer bus driver Brett Button was behaving oddly in the hours leading up to the Hunter crash which left 10 dead and 25 injured, boasting to wedding guests he could perform “donuts” and telling them “this bit’s going to be fun” as he took the Greta roundabout 25km/h faster than recommended. 

Brisbane 2032 chief executive Cindy Hook has urged concerned Queenslanders to “speak up” and demand an Olympic Games stadium a growing city needs. 
An “inexperienced, immature” driver whose “reckless and dangerous” choices caused the death of a beloved friend, daughter and granddaughter will spend at least two years ­behind bars. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
This is the latest from your news feed. It's Thursday,
the thirtieth of May. Investigators have uncovered a phone while
searching a dam for the body of missing Ballarat mother
Samantha Murphy. Cruz scoured the area surrounding the dam in
bunning Yong, where they located what appeared to be an
iPhone on Wednesday afternoon. Is not clear whether the iPhone

(00:28):
belonged to Miss Murphy. Bunningyong was where Miss Murphy's phone
was last detected by mobile phone towers at five pm
on the day she vanished. Helicopter footage showed investigators examining
a mobile phone and another unknown item next to the dam.
Killer bus driver Brett Button was behaving oddly in the

(00:49):
hours leading up to the Hunter crash, which left ten
dead and twenty five injured, boasting to wedding guests he
could perform donuts and telling them this bit's going to
be fun. As he took the roundabout twenty five kilometers
faster than recommended, passengers said they were scared, told him
he was going too fast and asked him to slow down.

(01:11):
According to an agreed statement of facts signed by Button
and his legal team to be formally tended in court today.
The facts also revealed the harrowing moments immediately after the crash,
in which passengers and onlookers clambered through the overturned coach
looking for survivors amid bodies and horrific scenes which police

(01:32):
later described as a war zone. Will be back after this.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
Brisbane twenty thirty two Chief Executive Cindy Hook has urged
concerned Queenslanders to speak up and demand an Olympic game
stadium a growing city needs. In striking comments tip to
reignite debate about the lack of a major sporting legacy
for the city from the twenty thirty two event, Miss
Hook used a que business leaders forum on Wednesday to

(02:02):
call for people to make their views known to Premier
Stephen Miles. Her response due significant applause from the hundreds
of guests, and an inexperienced immature driver whose reckless and
dangerous choices caused the death of a beloved friend, daughter
and granddaughter will spend at least two years behind bars

(02:23):
as his supporters cried quietly in Adelaide District Court gallery
on Wednesday morning, killer driver Jake Frederick Stock stood emotionless
as judge Jane Shamer said she did not find good
reason to suspend a term of imprisonment. Stock, now the
same age as his victim, pleaded guilty to one count

(02:44):
of causing death by dangerous driving after he overtook two
semi trailers on the Duke's Highway in Keiki in May
last year, before colliding head on with nineteen year old
Poppy Crozier's vehicle, pushing her into the path of one
of the trucks. We'll have an update to your newsfeed
tomorrow