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Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the update. I'm Ash Gartner. An emergency

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Speaker 1: is unfolding in Hong Kong, where a high rise inferno

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Speaker 1: continues to burn. Thirty six people have died, two hundred

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Speaker 1: and seventy nine others remain missing. Flames took hold around

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Speaker 1: three pm local time, quickly spreading to a total of

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Speaker 1: seven apartment buildings. It's understood the apartments are home to

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Speaker 1: four thousand, eight hundred residents. A freak storm has smashed

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Speaker 1: sitting and parts of New South Wales, leaving thousands in

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Speaker 1: the dark. This morning. The storm turned deadly as seventy

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Speaker 1: six year old man was killed on the central coast

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Speaker 1: when he was hit by a falling tree. Total five

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Speaker 1: bands are in place for much of the state today,

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Speaker 1: while Queensland is bracing for more wild weather, with a

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Speaker 1: severe thunderstorm morning in place for parts of the southeast.

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Speaker 1: Twenty thousand residents are still without power after destructive winds

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Speaker 1: and heavy rain. A major development in the case of

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Speaker 1: missing Victorian mother Samantha Murphy, Specialist police are launching a

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Speaker 1: renewed search near Balarache, almost two years after her disappearance.

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Speaker 1: They're targeting an area in the Enfield State Park. The

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Speaker 1: fifty one year old was last seen setting off for

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Speaker 1: a run in February last year. Bad news for mortgage

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Speaker 1: holders heading into Christmas, with higher than expected inflation figures

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Speaker 1: fueling speculation of an interest rate rise. Housing costs went

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Speaker 1: up six percent in October. Food was up just over

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Speaker 1: three percent. Europe is following Australia's lead in imposing a

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Speaker 1: minimum age for social media. European Parliament voting in favor

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Speaker 1: of the changes that would see under thirteen's blocked from

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Speaker 1: the platforms. Those under the age of sixteen would need

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Speaker 1: parental consent. It follows the groundswell of support for the

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Speaker 1: thirty six Months campaign here in Australia, Sport and to

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Speaker 1: entertainment News are next. Matt Ranchaw is backing a Smankuaje

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Speaker 1: in Cist, who should keep his spot for the second

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Speaker 1: d Ashes Test. The opener remains under an injury cloud following

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Speaker 1: back spasm. He's got an average over forty and test

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Speaker 1: crewen He's played eighty five games. He's one of our

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Speaker 1: best batters. I just think now he's one of the

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Speaker 1: best creators in Australia's ever produced. In the Women's Big Bash,

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Speaker 1: Melbourne Stars have claimed a thirty seven run win over

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Speaker 1: the Hobart Hurricanes. The Summer of golf begins today with

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Speaker 1: the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland. Minwoole and camp

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Speaker 1: Smith were in the first marquee group. Racing fans from

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Speaker 1: across the country have converged for the Adelaide Grand Final.

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Speaker 1: The four day Supercars event kicks off today. North Melbourne

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Speaker 1: will hold its main training session at Arden Street this

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Speaker 1: morning ahead of Saturday's afl W Grand Final. In entertainment news,

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Speaker 1: Ossie Wildlife Warrior Robert Irwin has won the US edition

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Speaker 1: of Dancing with the Stars. Eight million viewers tuned in

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Speaker 1: to watch him take out the victory. It comes ten

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Speaker 1: years after his sister Bindi won the dancing competition. I

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Speaker 1: remember watching my sister raise that terrable trophy ten years

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Speaker 1: ago to the day and it just felt like, Wow,

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Speaker 1: what a privilege that we are here. The TikTok Awards

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Speaker 1: have been held in Sydney overnight, celebrating social media content creators.

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Speaker 1: Eli Mttangey was crowned Creator of the Year, while Wicked

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Speaker 1: star Jonathan Bailey made a surprise appearance to present the

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Speaker 1: TikTok for Good award. And that's the latest from the

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Speaker 1: Nova Podcast news team. We'll have another episode of the

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Speaker 1: Update for you later