1 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to the Updatesha. I'm Mary Anne Harris. 2 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: More than a thousand Quantus engineers will stop work today 3 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: over pay and conditions. The industrial action will start in Melbourne, 4 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 1: with plans to go nationwide over the next two weeks 5 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: at all major airports. Quantus has put contingency plans in 6 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: place and says flights should not be impacted. Police will 7 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: this morning scale back their later search for missing ballerat 8 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,480 Speaker 1: mother Samantha Murphy. The search area is about five kilometers 9 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: away from where her mobile phone was found in a 10 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: dam earlier in May. The fifty one year old has 11 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: been missing since February. One hundred and fifty thousand people 12 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 1: signed up to fee free Tafe courses in the first 13 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: half of this year, setting a new record. Skills Minister 14 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: Andrew Giles says the majority looking for careers in the 15 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: care sector. 16 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 2: Everyone knows how much work we've got to do to 17 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 2: deliver dignity to older Australian We know that early education 18 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 2: in childcare is a huge issue and it's so important 19 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 2: that we give our children the best start in life. 20 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: The government says it's on track to beat its target 21 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: of three hundred thousand free take places by the end 22 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: of next year. According to the UN, more than ninety 23 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: thousand people are now displaced in Lebanon after the latest 24 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: round of strikes have killed more than six hundred. Meanwhile, 25 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: the Israeli Defense Force says it has intercepted a surface 26 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: to surface missile Hesbela says it was targeting a moss 27 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: Art office in Tel Aviv. And a severe weather system 28 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: heading for Florida's Gulf Coast has intensified from a tropical 29 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: storm to a hurricane overnight. Hurricane Helene is continuing to 30 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 1: get stronger over the eastern Gulf of Mexico and is 31 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: expected to make landfall in western Florida today. And Aldi 32 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: has once again come out on top as the best 33 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 1: value supermarket in the latest survey by Choice. In entertainment news, 34 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: Katy Perry is set to make a pretty penny for 35 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: her appearance at the MCG this Grand Final weekend. It's 36 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: reported she'll take away five meets dollars for her performance, 37 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: and the trailer for the highly anticipated George Clooney Brad 38 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: Pittflick Wolves has dropped. It's about rival fixers who were 39 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: brought in to clean up the same crime in New 40 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: York in Sport News in NRL and Canterbury Bulldogs winger 41 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: Josh ad Ocar may soon be looking for a new 42 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: club as he faces a fore match suspension for a 43 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: positive roadside drug test. News Corp reports the Bulldogs could 44 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: release the twenty nine year old from the final year 45 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: of his contract, possibly to join the Saint George Illawara Dragons. 46 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: In AFL, the Sydney Swans are rallying around shattered captain 47 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: Callum Mills after he was ruled out of the AFL 48 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 1: Grand Final. Mills failed to overcome a hamstring injury in 49 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: time for Saturday's Big One against the Brisbane Lions, and 50 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: Sydney f C will announce the signing of a starmer 51 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: Tilda's forward this afternoon for the upcoming A League women's season.