1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: Today's biggest News from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. She was in the first days 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: of a glorious adventure, but an elderly lady has died 4 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:17,920 Speaker 1: on tropical Lizard Island after allegedly being left behind by 5 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 1: her cruise ship. Queensland Police and the coroner are investigating 6 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: the death over the weekend of a woman aged in 7 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: her eighties who apparently failed to board her cruise ship, 8 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: the one hundred and twenty berth Coral Adventurer. She was 9 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: on the first stop of a sixty day adventure that 10 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 1: costs eighty thousand dollars per ticket. Operator Coral Expeditions, which 11 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: runs trips to Lizard Island as part of its Cape 12 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: York and Arnam Land adventures out of Cairns, reported the 13 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: woman missing on Saturday night after the vessel had left 14 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 1: Lizard Island without her. A search and rescue operation was 15 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: started on land and sea, and the woman's body was 16 00:00:55,240 --> 00:01:00,080 Speaker 1: found on Lizard Island. Coral Expedition's chief executive Mark Fifield 17 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: said the death was a tragedy, saying the company was 18 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: deeply sorry that this has occurred and was offering its 19 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: full support to the passenger's family. The Australian's Queensland reporters 20 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: Sarah Elks, Mackenzie Scott and Michael McKenna are reporting unconfirmed 21 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: suggestions the lady fell down a cliff. They've also reported 22 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 1: she was on a walk known as Cook's Look when 23 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: she told the group she needed to stop. The vessel 24 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 1: apparently then departed without her. Lizard Island's website says the walk, 25 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:34,320 Speaker 1: which is four kilometers three hours return, very steep and 26 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 1: requires medium to hire fitness and agility, was named after 27 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: Captain James Cook, who as a lieutenant hiked to the 28 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: top of the mountain to establish safe passage for his 29 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: ship the Endeavor through the Great Barrier Reef in August 30 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: seventeen seventy. Coral Expeditions is owned by NRAMA and is 31 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: based in cans We'll have the very latest on that 32 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: story as it develops at the Australian dot Com and 33 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: come back to the front first thing in the morning 34 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: for oh look at a new drama. Englfing tech startup 35 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: wise Tech, where founder Richard White, who last year faced 36 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: allegations of trading sex for business advice, is now facing 37 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 1: questions over his sale of Wise Techs Shares corporate watchdog 38 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: Assex and federal police raided Wise Tech on Monday. White 39 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: and Wise Tech have denied any wrongdoing.