1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,254 Speaker 1: You're listing to a Muma 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 --> 00:00:22,854 Speaker 1: is recorded on. Hi. I'm Taylor Straano from Muma Mer's 4 00:00:22,894 --> 00:00:26,054 Speaker 1: twice daily news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines. For 5 00:00:26,294 --> 00:00:30,254 Speaker 1: Friday May twenty three, the death toll has risen to 6 00:00:30,414 --> 00:00:34,614 Speaker 1: four as resupply efforts for fifty thousand isolated residents ramps 7 00:00:34,694 --> 00:00:38,214 Speaker 1: up amid heavy rain and flooding across Australia's East Coast. 8 00:00:39,054 --> 00:00:41,494 Speaker 1: Authorities found the body of a man in his late 9 00:00:41,574 --> 00:00:45,254 Speaker 1: seventies on Friday after a car was discovered in floodwaters 10 00:00:45,334 --> 00:00:48,414 Speaker 1: near Coffs Harbor in New South Wales. It's the third 11 00:00:48,454 --> 00:00:50,934 Speaker 1: death of a driver since the Mid North Coast was 12 00:00:51,014 --> 00:00:55,334 Speaker 1: inundated with heavy rainfall and rapidly rising floodwaters on Tuesday. 13 00:00:56,334 --> 00:00:59,254 Speaker 1: More than six hundred and seventy five flood rescues have 14 00:00:59,374 --> 00:01:02,654 Speaker 1: been conducted, with the SEES ramping up efforts to get 15 00:01:02,694 --> 00:01:07,134 Speaker 1: supplies through while thousands remain without power. Prime Minister Anthony 16 00:01:07,174 --> 00:01:10,294 Speaker 1: Albanesi and New South Wales Premier Chris Men's plan to 17 00:01:10,374 --> 00:01:14,134 Speaker 1: visit one of the worst affected regions, tare on Friday morning, 18 00:01:14,614 --> 00:01:17,134 Speaker 1: but were forced to turn back to Maitland because of 19 00:01:17,174 --> 00:01:20,974 Speaker 1: the weather. New South Wales SES Deputy Commissioner Damian Johnson 20 00:01:21,014 --> 00:01:23,974 Speaker 1: says some communities have been cut off for quite some time, 21 00:01:24,294 --> 00:01:28,654 Speaker 1: with helicopter drops of essential food and medications continuing. Police 22 00:01:28,734 --> 00:01:32,374 Speaker 1: also warned drivers in Metropolitan Sydney to exercise caution in 23 00:01:32,414 --> 00:01:36,174 Speaker 1: wet weather after two deaths overnight, including a ninety five 24 00:01:36,214 --> 00:01:38,814 Speaker 1: year old hit by a car in Liverpool. The Bureau 25 00:01:38,894 --> 00:01:42,534 Speaker 1: of Meteorology has warned heavy rainfall could bring flash flooding 26 00:01:42,534 --> 00:01:46,214 Speaker 1: at Gulban and South to Beaga. Disaster assistance from the 27 00:01:46,254 --> 00:01:50,494 Speaker 1: state and Commonwealth governments has been expanded, with nineteen areas 28 00:01:50,534 --> 00:01:54,374 Speaker 1: now eligible for support. A missing teen's mum has shared 29 00:01:54,374 --> 00:01:57,534 Speaker 1: the heartbreaking toll of a week long investigation into her 30 00:01:57,614 --> 00:02:02,174 Speaker 1: daughter's disappearance as police expand their search. Phoebe Bishop was 31 00:02:02,254 --> 00:02:05,454 Speaker 1: last seen near Bunderberg Airport in southern Queensland on the 32 00:02:05,494 --> 00:02:09,174 Speaker 1: morning of May fifteen, after booking a trip to Western Australia. 33 00:02:09,854 --> 00:02:13,374 Speaker 1: Police have expanded the search to various locations in Jingin 34 00:02:13,494 --> 00:02:16,974 Speaker 1: and Bunderberg as they investigate what happened to the seventeen 35 00:02:17,054 --> 00:02:20,174 Speaker 1: year old Phoebe's mum, Kylie Johnson, has been planning on 36 00:02:20,214 --> 00:02:23,414 Speaker 1: social media for anyone with information to come forward since 37 00:02:23,454 --> 00:02:27,014 Speaker 1: her daughter missed her flight and vanished. Officers have spent 38 00:02:27,054 --> 00:02:29,654 Speaker 1: the past two days combing through a gingin home where 39 00:02:29,734 --> 00:02:32,934 Speaker 1: Phoebe was living, as well as a gray Hyundai IX 40 00:02:32,974 --> 00:02:35,654 Speaker 1: thirty five. The vehicle is thought to have been used 41 00:02:35,654 --> 00:02:38,414 Speaker 1: to take Phoebe to the airport and has been seized 42 00:02:38,454 --> 00:02:41,174 Speaker 1: by police who believe it belongs to a resident of 43 00:02:41,294 --> 00:02:44,854 Speaker 1: the property. The property's other residents have spoken to officers 44 00:02:44,934 --> 00:02:47,894 Speaker 1: and are cooperating with police, but no one has yet 45 00:02:47,934 --> 00:02:51,454 Speaker 1: been taken into custody in relation to the investigation. The 46 00:02:51,494 --> 00:02:55,134 Speaker 1: Liberal Party has agreed in principle to the National's policy 47 00:02:55,174 --> 00:02:59,814 Speaker 1: demands as the two continue efforts to reunify at coalition. Previously, 48 00:02:59,894 --> 00:03:02,774 Speaker 1: the policies at the center of the dispute included nuclear 49 00:03:02,894 --> 00:03:07,774 Speaker 1: energy divestiture, powers against supermarkets, boosting phone connectivity in the Bush, 50 00:03:07,854 --> 00:03:11,294 Speaker 1: and of regional Investment fund and according to the ABC, 51 00:03:11,534 --> 00:03:15,054 Speaker 1: after hosting crucial talks on Friday, Liberal leader Susan Lee 52 00:03:15,134 --> 00:03:18,014 Speaker 1: will now take her party's position back to the Nationals. 53 00:03:18,214 --> 00:03:21,414 Speaker 1: Liberal MP Dantean, who's been working to fix an outcome, 54 00:03:21,534 --> 00:03:24,734 Speaker 1: says the parties need to work collectively and pull resources 55 00:03:24,774 --> 00:03:28,174 Speaker 1: to hold the government to account given their diminished ranks. 56 00:03:28,334 --> 00:03:30,974 Speaker 1: Members on both sides of the ale have questioned why 57 00:03:31,014 --> 00:03:33,894 Speaker 1: an agreement needed to be rushed only weeks after an 58 00:03:33,894 --> 00:03:37,974 Speaker 1: overwhelming election loss and a blow for Marvel fans. Walt 59 00:03:37,974 --> 00:03:40,934 Speaker 1: Disney Studios has postponed the release of the next two 60 00:03:40,974 --> 00:03:45,374 Speaker 1: installments of the Avengers series. Avengers Doomsday will now be 61 00:03:45,454 --> 00:03:49,094 Speaker 1: released on December eighteen, twenty twenty six, about seven months 62 00:03:49,134 --> 00:03:52,414 Speaker 1: later than its previous date of May one. It'll bring 63 00:03:52,574 --> 00:03:55,734 Speaker 1: Robert Downey Junior back to the franchise as the villain 64 00:03:55,854 --> 00:03:59,854 Speaker 1: Doctor Doom. Disney has also moved Avengers Secret Wars to 65 00:04:00,014 --> 00:04:03,814 Speaker 1: December seventeen, twenty twenty seven, from May two of the 66 00:04:03,894 --> 00:04:07,454 Speaker 1: same year. Asaw says the new schedule was chosen to 67 00:04:07,454 --> 00:04:10,774 Speaker 1: give the filmmakers more time to complete the superhero movies, 68 00:04:11,054 --> 00:04:15,334 Speaker 1: which are among the biggest Disney has ever made. Avengers Endgame, 69 00:04:15,414 --> 00:04:19,014 Speaker 1: released in twenty nineteen, is the second highest grossing movie 70 00:04:19,014 --> 00:04:22,934 Speaker 1: of all time, with four point four billion Australian dollars 71 00:04:22,974 --> 00:04:27,214 Speaker 1: in global ticket sales, behind Avatar with four point five billion. 72 00:04:28,054 --> 00:04:31,774 Speaker 1: That's your latest news headlines on Monday's episode of The Quickie, 73 00:04:31,854 --> 00:04:35,174 Speaker 1: as the final stretch of Aaron Patterson's triple murder mushroom 74 00:04:35,174 --> 00:04:38,294 Speaker 1: trial begins, we take a look at the latest evidence 75 00:04:38,374 --> 00:04:41,534 Speaker 1: presented to the jury, plus good Taylor Swift be gearing 76 00:04:41,614 --> 00:04:43,854 Speaker 1: up for a big announcement this week. Listen to The 77 00:04:43,894 --> 00:04:46,494 Speaker 1: Quickie wherever you get your podcasts.