Oliver Peterson: Australian correspondent on the Disney cruise passenger being presumed dead after search called off

Search teams have been unable to find a man who went overboard on a Melbourne to Auckland Disney cruise. 

Reports claim a 73-year-old jumped from the Disney Wonder in the early hours of Saturday morning. 

The vessel turned back for about five hours to search alongside search efforts from the air. 

Australian correspondent Oliver Peterson says this will likely come as 'harrowing' news to the passengers and crew members on board.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oliver Peterson six pr Perth Love presenters with us.

Speaker 2 (00:02):
Hello, Ali, get ahead.

Speaker 1 (00:04):
So the seventy four year old has fallen off the cruise,
the Disney cruise. That's it can't find?

Speaker 2 (00:09):
No, isn't it awful?

Speaker 3 (00:11):
Imagine going on at Disney Cruise because it would be
the trip of a lifetime.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
Wouldn't it have been an elderly passenger?

Speaker 3 (00:16):
It died after jumping overboard on that one way sailing
from Australia to New Zealand.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
So there's been a search there was not found.

Speaker 3 (00:25):
Now the ship is due to arrive tomorrow there in Auckland,
but that's going to be pushed back until the twenty
sixth of November, so looking to be harrowing time, wouldn't
it for the what a one thousand crew and captain and.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
Those passengers on board the ship?

Speaker 3 (00:40):
It was meant to be a five nights sailing cruise
from Melbourne Auckland. Of course Disney is actually pulling out
of our market, Heather, but that is very very sad news.
The guest has not been found, the search has been
called off and they're going to spend an extra.

Speaker 2 (00:53):
Night at sea.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
How long do you give Susan before Andrew Rolser.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
Well, definitely into the new year. What's the point going now?

Speaker 3 (01:00):
The government is obviously riding high in the polls and
we're a good two years plus away from a federal election,
so I just don't see there being any point at
the moment challenging Susan Lee and rolling her. Maybe to
give you a bit of a breather over summer if
you're a Newish opposition leader, that the pressures off you,
I suppose for six weeks or so, but I think

(01:22):
Susan Lee will be given to the end of the
first quarter of twenty twenty six, so by the end
of March I'd be surprised to see her still there.
Opinion polls will probably keep tracking downwards. She's trying to
be upbeat and say, look, we're going to tackle migration
next after resolving their energy policies. I think that there
is no real appetite to challenge and change the leader now.

Speaker 2 (01:41):
And as you just read out in.

Speaker 3 (01:41):
Those Newspole results, what fifteen percent of people only know
who Andrew Hasty is and he's over from my side
of the world here in Western Australia. He has a
lot of work to do for people in Sydney, Melbourne
and Brisbane in particular.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
Do we even know who he is? Yeah?

Speaker 1 (01:54):
I mean you know, what, do you think she wants
to retain the job?

Speaker 3 (01:57):
Not really ultimately, I don't, But I also think you
would believe that you would want to give this your
all because this may be and it will be her
only opportunity once she's gone. She's gone, So you're not
going to give up without giving it everything that you
have and trying to hold onto power.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
Because I was going to say, if she wants the job,
you know what happens between now and March. Then as
things get really weird, because that's what always happens. They
start to try too hard for the job and then
they just get weird as.

Speaker 3 (02:24):
Oh, and even the fact that she's trying to you know,
even the fact that she has to sell a policy
now from the coalition that has abandoned that zero, she
doesn't believe in that. It's the same with the Sheep
movement last year, you know, try and keep live export
trade going.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
She doesn't believe in that.

Speaker 3 (02:39):
And she also doesn't believe, in her heart of hearts,
in the drastic measures that the party wants to take
the direction for immigration policy. So how can you have
a leader who personally doesn't believe in what she's trying
to sell it it doesn't end up cutting the mustard.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
Hey, did you go to the ashes?

Speaker 2 (02:54):
Absolutely?

Speaker 1 (02:55):
I did day one or day two.

Speaker 3 (02:57):
Both, it's all Friday off and went Saturday. And how's
this head? This is the best thing ever.

Speaker 2 (03:01):
My seven year old Edward.

Speaker 3 (03:02):
We were meant to leave at four o'clock on Saturday
and he said to me, Dad.

Speaker 2 (03:06):
We're not going anywhere.

Speaker 3 (03:08):
And now he just like I've brainwashed him successfully that
he realizes the Australian cricket team is the greatest team
of all time and anytime we play England, India New Zealand,
we're going to flog you.

Speaker 1 (03:18):
Yeah, okay, cool. So you've just said like, that's like
telling him that that sounds are still real. Hey, question
for you and it's just asked me in my ears
if in order for this to remain true, will all
squads have to carry sandpaper?

Speaker 2 (03:32):
Oh? Thanks? Ants?

Speaker 1 (03:33):
Yeah mate?

Speaker 3 (03:34):
Yeah, yeah yeah real good. Now we've moved on from
that head up. We just sen Travis had it head
out and he just scores all the uns.

Speaker 1 (03:38):
Is your seven year old sit still for the whole day.

Speaker 2 (03:41):
Yep, how's that? Got that?

Speaker 3 (03:43):
Pun?

Speaker 2 (03:44):
Absolutely? How's that? First time he's ever been to a test.

Speaker 3 (03:47):
He's gone to a couple of big bash matches, but
he went for an entire day of test cricket. Any normal,
Well he's my son, so yes, because I've brainwashed him successfully.

Speaker 2 (03:58):
But no, it's not for normal seven.

Speaker 1 (03:59):
Year olds, isn't it just because it's just really And
the difference is because.

Speaker 3 (04:01):
New Zealand's no good at cricket and Australia used so
you never know how it feels like Hegley OVAL's one
of the best ovals in the World's watch cricket, but
and I know you're actually really good at cricket, but
I'm just trying to be a bit of a Higley.

Speaker 1 (04:12):
Is that in New Zealand?

Speaker 3 (04:13):
Is it?

Speaker 2 (04:14):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (04:15):
Yeah, all right, thank you Oliver. There never been to
a place called Hegley. But you know what, thank you,
thank you. I think our accent is obviously closer to
the original. Oliver Peterson six PR Perth Live Presenter. For
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