1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,294 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Mumma Mea podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges 2 00:00:15,334 --> 00:00:18,134 Speaker 1: the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast 3 00:00:18,214 --> 00:00:24,814 Speaker 1: is recorded on. Hi. I'm Cassandra Green from Mamma MEA's 4 00:00:24,894 --> 00:00:28,534 Speaker 1: twice daily news podcast, The Quickie with your Headlines for Wednesday, 5 00:00:28,654 --> 00:00:34,054 Speaker 1: July sixteenth, notorious outback killer Bradley John Murdoch died from 6 00:00:34,054 --> 00:00:37,654 Speaker 1: throat cancer in palliative care on Tuesday. His passing came 7 00:00:37,694 --> 00:00:40,574 Speaker 1: twenty four years and one day after his evil crime. 8 00:00:41,294 --> 00:00:44,854 Speaker 1: On July fourteenth, two thousand and one, Murdock flagged down 9 00:00:44,934 --> 00:00:48,734 Speaker 1: a Combee van carrying two young British backpackers on a 10 00:00:48,774 --> 00:00:53,414 Speaker 1: remote stretch of the Stuart Highway near Barrow Creek. Backpackers 11 00:00:53,414 --> 00:00:56,574 Speaker 1: Peter Falconio and his girlfriend Joanne Lee's had been on 12 00:00:56,614 --> 00:01:00,254 Speaker 1: the trip of a lifetime around Australia. Falconio got out 13 00:01:00,294 --> 00:01:02,494 Speaker 1: of his car to speak with Murdoch, who said he'd 14 00:01:02,494 --> 00:01:05,654 Speaker 1: seen sparks coming from their exhaust pipe. Lees heard a 15 00:01:05,694 --> 00:01:08,294 Speaker 1: gunshot and soon she was being tied up at gunpoint 16 00:01:08,374 --> 00:01:11,294 Speaker 1: and thrown into Murdock's tray as he went to deal 17 00:01:11,334 --> 00:01:13,854 Speaker 1: with Peter's body. Joanne managed to roll out of the 18 00:01:13,894 --> 00:01:17,014 Speaker 1: tray and escape into the bush, hiding for five hours 19 00:01:17,054 --> 00:01:20,094 Speaker 1: as Murdoch and his dog hunted her until another vehicle 20 00:01:20,174 --> 00:01:24,254 Speaker 1: came by and saved her. Initially, Lees herself faced questioning 21 00:01:24,294 --> 00:01:28,254 Speaker 1: about Falconio's disappearance, but later a tip off led police 22 00:01:28,294 --> 00:01:31,014 Speaker 1: to Murdoch, who was jailed for murder on the basis 23 00:01:31,014 --> 00:01:33,894 Speaker 1: of DNA evidence in two thousand and five. He never 24 00:01:33,934 --> 00:01:36,414 Speaker 1: admitted to his crime and takes the secret of where 25 00:01:36,454 --> 00:01:39,574 Speaker 1: Peter's body is located to his grave. One of the 26 00:01:39,654 --> 00:01:43,054 Speaker 1: Lee detectives on the case, Colleen Gwynn, in twenty sixteen, 27 00:01:43,174 --> 00:01:46,454 Speaker 1: said she didn't think Murdoch would ever reveal where Falconio's 28 00:01:46,454 --> 00:01:50,414 Speaker 1: body was. However, authorities still hope someone else might know, 29 00:01:50,774 --> 00:01:53,934 Speaker 1: with Northern Territory Police announcing a five hundred thousand dollars 30 00:01:54,054 --> 00:01:58,014 Speaker 1: reward to encourage them to come forward, the Falconio family 31 00:01:58,094 --> 00:02:01,094 Speaker 1: stay hopeful that their son's remains will one day be found. 32 00:02:02,334 --> 00:02:05,134 Speaker 1: The new South Wales government has announced a new pattern 33 00:02:05,174 --> 00:02:08,174 Speaker 1: book of house designs that could be approved for construction 34 00:02:08,334 --> 00:02:11,174 Speaker 1: within ten days in a bid to accelerate house building 35 00:02:11,214 --> 00:02:14,774 Speaker 1: in Australia's most expensive market. The book of low rise 36 00:02:14,894 --> 00:02:19,494 Speaker 1: Designs includes eight terrace, townhouse and manor house plans available 37 00:02:19,534 --> 00:02:24,214 Speaker 1: at heavily subsidized prices to encourage market activity. The government 38 00:02:24,294 --> 00:02:26,894 Speaker 1: hopes that those locked out of housing due to rising 39 00:02:26,934 --> 00:02:30,014 Speaker 1: costs and a difficult planning system may see it as 40 00:02:30,014 --> 00:02:33,574 Speaker 1: their first chance to build homes. Premier Chris Mins has 41 00:02:33,614 --> 00:02:36,974 Speaker 1: previously declared a war on red tape, blaming the state's 42 00:02:37,014 --> 00:02:40,894 Speaker 1: sluggish planning system for its poor progress on national housing targets. 43 00:02:41,334 --> 00:02:43,894 Speaker 1: New South Wales is committed to building three hundred and 44 00:02:44,014 --> 00:02:47,374 Speaker 1: seventy seven thousand new homes by July twenty twenty nine, 45 00:02:47,814 --> 00:02:50,374 Speaker 1: but data has consistently shown that it is on track 46 00:02:50,494 --> 00:02:53,854 Speaker 1: to fall well short. The designs will be available for 47 00:02:53,894 --> 00:02:57,174 Speaker 1: one thousand dollars, but heavy government subsidies will mean they 48 00:02:57,174 --> 00:02:59,614 Speaker 1: will cost just one dollar per pattern for the first 49 00:02:59,654 --> 00:03:03,534 Speaker 1: six months. The government estimates the designs with typically cost 50 00:03:03,654 --> 00:03:06,854 Speaker 1: upwards of twenty thousand dollars if developed through an architect. 51 00:03:07,814 --> 00:03:10,974 Speaker 1: German backpacker Caroline of ville Yulga has opened up about 52 00:03:11,014 --> 00:03:14,214 Speaker 1: her experience being lost in the Western Australian outback for 53 00:03:14,254 --> 00:03:17,694 Speaker 1: twelve days. After losing control and bogging her van, she 54 00:03:17,774 --> 00:03:21,294 Speaker 1: went in search of civilization. Following the sun westward and 55 00:03:21,374 --> 00:03:24,774 Speaker 1: quickly becoming lost. She survived on the minimal food she 56 00:03:24,814 --> 00:03:28,014 Speaker 1: had with her and water in rain puddles, trekking twenty 57 00:03:28,014 --> 00:03:31,854 Speaker 1: four kilometers and losing twelve kilos in the process. She 58 00:03:31,974 --> 00:03:35,534 Speaker 1: did so in freezing nighttime temperatures, even finding shelter in 59 00:03:35,574 --> 00:03:38,974 Speaker 1: a cave one night to stay alive. She was found 60 00:03:38,974 --> 00:03:42,014 Speaker 1: by driver Tanya Henley, who owns a station in the area, 61 00:03:42,094 --> 00:03:45,094 Speaker 1: on Friday, near the remote West Australian town of Beacon, 62 00:03:45,294 --> 00:03:49,334 Speaker 1: three hundred kilometers from Perth. Vilga recently posted from her 63 00:03:49,334 --> 00:03:53,414 Speaker 1: hospital bed, surrounded by foodstuffs from the German consulate, thankful 64 00:03:53,494 --> 00:03:56,454 Speaker 1: to be safe, dry and warm. The twenty six year 65 00:03:56,494 --> 00:04:00,734 Speaker 1: old suffered cuts, bruises, midgiw bytes, dehydration and fatigue during 66 00:04:00,734 --> 00:04:05,014 Speaker 1: her ordeal. Police Commissioner Coal Blanche said miss Vilga's survival 67 00:04:05,094 --> 00:04:07,414 Speaker 1: was remarkable given the amount of time she had spent 68 00:04:07,494 --> 00:04:11,774 Speaker 1: in the wilderness. Hard dry containing unreleased music from Beyonce 69 00:04:12,094 --> 00:04:15,174 Speaker 1: and several other items were stolen from a car rented 70 00:04:15,174 --> 00:04:19,014 Speaker 1: by her choreographer, Christopher Grant on the Cowboy Carter tour. 71 00:04:19,574 --> 00:04:23,054 Speaker 1: According to CNN, Atlanta police responded to the nine one 72 00:04:23,134 --> 00:04:26,214 Speaker 1: one call in which the choreographer explained that the thieves 73 00:04:26,254 --> 00:04:28,974 Speaker 1: had taken off with a computer which had details about 74 00:04:29,014 --> 00:04:32,654 Speaker 1: someone of a high status. The laptops and hard drives 75 00:04:32,694 --> 00:04:37,614 Speaker 1: contained watermarked music, unreleased music, footage, plans, and future set lists. 76 00:04:38,174 --> 00:04:41,134 Speaker 1: An arrest warrant has been issued for an unnamed suspect, 77 00:04:41,214 --> 00:04:45,014 Speaker 1: according to Atlanta Police's Last Knee Department. That's your evening 78 00:04:45,014 --> 00:04:48,614 Speaker 1: news headline. On Thursday's episode of The Quikie, we delve 79 00:04:48,654 --> 00:04:51,214 Speaker 1: into the world of AI clothing ads and the dark 80 00:04:51,294 --> 00:04:54,934 Speaker 1: past of outback killer Bradley John Murdock. Listen to The 81 00:04:55,014 --> 00:04:57,014 Speaker 1: Quickie wherever you get your podcasts.