Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Christinamio with the
Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines. The so called Outback Wrangler Matt Wright
Speaker 1: was back in court on Thursday, and this time he
Speaker 1: was representing himself. Wright was the star of the Northern
Speaker 1: Territory based adventure series Outback Wrangler, which ran for four seasons.
Speaker 1: His friend and co star, Chris Wilson, was killed in
Speaker 1: a helicopter crash while collecting crocodile eggs in twenty twenty two.
Speaker 1: The Northern Territory Supreme Court found Wright wasn't ultimately responsible
Speaker 1: for the crash, but found he misled police during their investigation.
Speaker 1: He recently served a five month jail sentence for attempting
Speaker 1: to pervert the course of justice. He appeared in the
Speaker 1: Federal Court on Thursday as part of a separate civil
Speaker 1: lawsuit brought by Chris Wilson's widow, Danielle. She's suing Right,
Speaker 1: as well as the insurer HDI Global Specialty and the
Speaker 1: Civil Aviation Safety Authority over her late husband's death death,
Speaker 1: arguing the helicopter slinging that killed Wilson was unsafe and
Speaker 1: should have been banned by the Regulator. The barrister who
Speaker 1: previously represented Right in the civil matter didn't appear in
Speaker 1: court on Thursday. Wright has always strongly denied any wrongdoing.
Speaker 1: Federal Court Justice Elizabeth Raper urged the parties on Thursday
Speaker 1: to set a trial date after proceedings were significantly delayed.
Speaker 1: The matter will return for mediation in September. An earworm
Speaker 1: penned by a seven year old Sydney boy is officially
Speaker 1: a viral sensation. Eastern Rosella's by Myles Phillips and his
Speaker 1: dad Joel has been played millions of times across Instagram
Speaker 1: and TikTok, as well as high rotation on Triple j's
Speaker 1: unearthed channel to the SPACIESUSA. Australian musicians Ben Lee, Meg
Speaker 1: Washington and Sam Cromac of Ballpark Music have all dropped
Speaker 1: covers of the catchy tune, which has arrived. It's a
Speaker 1: fierce debate around artificial intelligence and Australian creativity. It took
Speaker 1: questions from The Australian's Technology editor Jared Lynch for Origin
Speaker 1: to act on an alleged hack potentially affecting two million
Speaker 1: customer records. Origin issued a statement to the Australian Securities
Speaker 1: Exchange on Wednesday, saying it was investigating the possible breach
Speaker 1: after the self described hacker shared a sample of fifty
Speaker 1: customer records with Lynch. You can read all about how
Speaker 1: the alleged hack played out right now at the Australian
Speaker 1: dot com dot au and come back to the front
Speaker 1: first thing in the morning for our look at another
Speaker 1: technological catastrophe, the Telstra outage that left thousand stranded and
Speaker 1: destroyed faith in Australia's biggest telco. That's right here, Friday morning,
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