1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: news fix for Thursday, the thirty first of October. Mike 3 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: King is standing by his controversial comments about mental health 4 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: and alcohol. During an interview with news Talks EDB yesterday, 5 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: the mental health advocate said alcohol can stop negative thoughts 6 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,799 Speaker 1: and could be a solution for mental health. King told 7 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: our newsroom this morning he stands by that. He says 8 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: medical research linking suicide and alcohol is a matter of opinion. 9 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: Health Minister Matt Doocey says he respects King's work but disagrees. 10 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:41,560 Speaker 1: He says substance use should be treated as a health 11 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 1: issue and any anxiety reducing qualities of alcohol quickly. Whereof 12 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:50,959 Speaker 1: callers to news Talks edb's Canterbury Mornings were disappointed by 13 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: King's comments, Outraged he's so influential Mike King, I think 14 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: has an absolute obligation as an advocate too about this responsibly. 15 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 1: A survivor's advocate says people have waited a very long 16 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: time for redress. The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse 17 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: and Care formally acknowledged that children were tortured at Lake 18 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: Alice's Children's Psychiatric unit. Survivors who reached a settlement with 19 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: the Crown in two thousand and one lost more than 20 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: two and a half million dollars in legal fees. They 21 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: can apply to be reimbursed. Survivor and advocate Keith Whiffin 22 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: says compensation never fully brings closure. Another account of a 23 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:37,479 Speaker 1: suspicious vehicle near where the remains were discovered of Yanfei 24 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 1: Bao ting Jun Chao is on trial for christ Church 25 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: the christ Church realtor's murder. The Crown argues he buried 26 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: her in a shallow grave on private farmland in July 27 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, where her body was found more than 28 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: a year later. Owner Craig Eggleston says he saw a 29 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: silver sedan driving off their farm just after five pm 30 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: on the day that Bao disappeared. He says it was 31 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: an unusual vehicle to see there. I was ringing a 32 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: wife to say that there was a funny vehicle going 33 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: through a yard and while still watching it sort of 34 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: disparing up their own and that's point as well. The 35 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: death toll is rising in southeastern Spain, with ninety five 36 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: people fared dead as a result of the historic rain 37 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 1: event flash floodings caused carnage, wiping out vehicles, roads and 38 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: rail lines. Authorities are still searching for missing people, and 39 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: heavy rain warnings remain active across most of the country. 40 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: CNN's Spain correspondent Artika Schubert says the downpours follow severe 41 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: droughts for Spain. According to meteorologist, a year's worth of 42 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: rain about twenty inches or five hundred millimeters was dropped 43 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: here in an eight hour period. Auckland's Mass says he'll 44 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: need help to reform council controlled organizations. One of Wayne 45 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 1: Brown's key promises in his merial campaign was getting control. 46 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,359 Speaker 1: Still trying to bring counselors around to his view, Brown 47 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,359 Speaker 1: told The Herald's Front Page podcast he needs central government 48 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: if he's to get in front of Auckland. Transport simeon Brown. 49 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: He's doing a good job. It's not easy for him 50 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: because he's surrounded by a ministry of transport people who 51 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: don't really like to do anything much, just keep their job. 52 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: In Willington to sport, Manchester United have made a winning 53 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: start under interim manager rud Van Nisseleroy, thrashing Leicester five 54 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: to two in English Football's League Cup and two new 55 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: York fans who tried to prize a ball out of 56 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: the glove of Dodger's outfielder Mookie Betts have been banned 57 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: from attending today's fifth game of baseball's World Series. I'm 58 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix. We'll be back 59 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: with the next update at five pm from the News 60 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: Talk zb newsroom.