1 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the update. I'm Suzy Thompson. Almost three 2 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 1: hundred Australians have arrived in Brisbane overnight, brought home on 3 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: emergency flights from Vanahatu. Teams from Australia and New Zealand 4 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: are in Port Villa assessing the damage and removing debris 5 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: following Tuesday's deadly earthquake. This traveler says it was terrifying. 6 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 2: I was in the middle of Port Villa when the 7 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 2: earthquake hits, so my watch buildings come down around me 8 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 2: and people start screaming and running and I had no 9 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 2: idea what to do, so I just started following the 10 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 2: crowd and we ended up running up a giant hell 11 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 2: if people started seat of yelling the words tsunami. 12 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 1: British police are looking for a missing Australian backpacker, last 13 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: scene at a youth hostel near London Bridge on the 14 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: eleventh of December. Jessica Parkinson failed to turn up to 15 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: work at a restaurant, instead reportedly sending a series of 16 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: cryptic messages. Police are investigating reports a cafe worker saw 17 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: twenty nine year old Jessica on the fifteenth of December 18 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: limping and looking disheveled. Police are also investigating a second 19 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: unconfirmed sighting in Western Australia. A search continues for a 20 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: thirty six year old man who hasn't been seen for 21 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 1: two months. Jonathan Benedict left for a trip across Northern Australia. 22 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: He was driving a silver Hyunday with Queensland regio plates, 23 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: which was last seen in Lake Argyle in the Kimberley region. 24 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: Sydney Police have charged thirty three people and seize ten 25 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: million dollars worth of drugs during a blitz on organized 26 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: crime networks based in Asia. A team of almost forty 27 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: detectives also confiscated six hundred thousand dollars in cash, seven 28 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: firearms and more than twenty ENCRYPTID mobile communication devices. Sport 29 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: and Entertainment and Next in Sport, a former NRL bad 30 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: boy is urging current players to think twice about their actions. 31 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: Todd Carney, who played for the Roosters, Raiders and the 32 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: Sharks for ten years up to twenty fourteen, courted much 33 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: controversy throughout his career. The thirty eight year old has 34 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: taken up a coaching role and says he hopes young 35 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: players will learn from his mistakes. I'm not there to 36 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: tell him what to do on you there trying to 37 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: share my experiences. 38 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 2: My experience can help one player in that room. My 39 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 2: job's done. 40 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: The Melbourne Renegades have beaten the Hobart Hurricanes by six 41 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: wickets in the Big Bash League, the Renegades rolling the 42 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: Hurricanes for the lowest ever score all out for seventy 43 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: four in Gelong. In entertainment news, iconic cartoonist Michael Loony 44 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 1: has died at the age of seventy nine. His drawings, 45 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: often featuring a character called Mister Curly, appeared in the 46 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: Sydney Morning Herald for fifty five years. And British musician 47 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: Young Philly has appeared in Perth Magistrate's Court where he's 48 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: pleaded guilty to reckless driving while on bail on a 49 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: sexual assault charge. The twenty nine year old was course 50 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: driving at one hundred and fifty eight kilometers per hour 51 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: on a Perth highway. The case has been adjourned to 52 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: be heard alongside his other chargers. And that's the latest 53 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: from an over podcast team. We'll see you later on 54 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: for another update. I'm Susie Thompson.