WEBVTT -  ‘Outback Wrangler’ Matt Wright back in court – and representing himself

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<v Speaker 1>Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Christinamio with the

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<v Speaker 1>Front's afternoon headlines. The so called Outback Wrangler Matt Wright

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<v Speaker 1>was back in court on Thursday, and this time he

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<v Speaker 1>was representing himself. Wright was the star of the Northern

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<v Speaker 1>Territory based adventure series Outback Wrangler, which ran for four seasons.

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<v Speaker 1>His friend and co star, Chris Wilson, was killed in

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<v Speaker 1>a helicopter crash while collecting crocodile eggs in twenty twenty two.

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<v Speaker 1>The Northern Territory Supreme Court found Wright wasn't ultimately responsible

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<v Speaker 1>for the crash, but found he misled police during their investigation.

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<v Speaker 1>He recently served a five month jail sentence for attempting

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<v Speaker 1>to pervert the course of justice. He appeared in the

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<v Speaker 1>Federal Court on Thursday as part of a separate civil

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<v Speaker 1>lawsuit brought by Chris Wilson's widow, Danielle. She's suing Right,

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<v Speaker 1>as well as the insurer HDI Global Specialty and the

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<v Speaker 1>Civil Aviation Safety Authority over her late husband's death death,

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<v Speaker 1>arguing the helicopter slinging that killed Wilson was unsafe and

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<v Speaker 1>should have been banned by the Regulator. The barrister who

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<v Speaker 1>previously represented Right in the civil matter didn't appear in

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<v Speaker 1>court on Thursday. Wright has always strongly denied any wrongdoing.

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<v Speaker 1>Federal Court Justice Elizabeth Raper urged the parties on Thursday

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<v Speaker 1>to set a trial date after proceedings were significantly delayed.

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<v Speaker 1>The matter will return for mediation in September. An earworm

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<v Speaker 1>penned by a seven year old Sydney boy is officially

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<v Speaker 1>a viral sensation. Eastern Rosella's by Myles Phillips and his

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<v Speaker 1>dad Joel has been played millions of times across Instagram

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<v Speaker 1>and TikTok, as well as high rotation on Triple j's

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<v Speaker 1>unearthed channel to the SPACIESUSA. Australian musicians Ben Lee, Meg

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<v Speaker 1>Washington and Sam Cromac of Ballpark Music have all dropped

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<v Speaker 1>covers of the catchy tune, which has arrived. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>fierce debate around artificial intelligence and Australian creativity. It took

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<v Speaker 1>questions from The Australian's Technology editor Jared Lynch for Origin

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<v Speaker 1>to act on an alleged hack potentially affecting two million

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<v Speaker 1>customer records. Origin issued a statement to the Australian Securities

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<v Speaker 1>Exchange on Wednesday, saying it was investigating the possible breach

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<v Speaker 1>after the self described hacker shared a sample of fifty

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<v Speaker 1>customer records with Lynch. You can read all about how

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<v Speaker 1>the alleged hack played out right now at the Australian

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<v Speaker 1>dot com dot au and come back to the front

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<v Speaker 1>first thing in the morning for our look at another

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<v Speaker 1>technological catastrophe, the Telstra outage that left thousand stranded and

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<v Speaker 1>destroyed faith in Australia's biggest telco. That's right here, Friday morning,

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