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Speaker 1: International correspondence with Ends and Eye Insurance Peace of Mind

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Speaker 1: for New Zealand Business. Murrayol's Australia corresponds with US Hello, Buzz,

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Speaker 1: good afternoon, Heather. Okay, what's happened to this lady on

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Speaker 1: the cruise ship? Wow? It's a very mysterious story, very

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Speaker 1: sad indeed as well. An eighty year old woman was

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Speaker 1: cruising on her own far North Queensland on board a

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Speaker 1: very popular cruise line. It's not one of the you know,

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Speaker 1: those five thousand passenger ships. It's a much smaller ship. Nonetheless,

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Speaker 1: it's got a decent size passenger number and a big

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Speaker 1: crew as well on board. So they are off Lizard Island,

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Speaker 1: which is very remote about I don't know, one hundred

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Speaker 1: k's northeast of Cooktown, so it's way off the coast.

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Speaker 1: They've pulled them there on Saturday, and as happens on cruises,

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Speaker 1: people are taken ashore. I guess by tender. There wouldn't

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Speaker 1: be any big wharf up there, so they go ashore

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Speaker 1: on a tender food for day walk and this woman

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Speaker 1: was walking with another a larger group of passengers and

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Speaker 1: hiking the trail, a trail that apparently Captain James Cook.

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Speaker 1: He did the same walk, you know, a couple of

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Speaker 1: centuries back. Anyway, she said, listen, I'm going to stop

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Speaker 1: here for a moment, just catch my breath. And they

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Speaker 1: said fine, and they kept going and she wasn't seen again.

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Speaker 1: They've all gone back to the ship late that afternoon,

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Speaker 1: late Saturday afternoon, and as always happens on these ships,

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Speaker 1: you were checked on and you were checked off. It's

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Speaker 1: very very regimented, that's part of the deal. And she

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Speaker 1: was not on board. So apparently they mounted the search

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Speaker 1: on the Saturday late Saturday, had to abandon that on

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Speaker 1: Saturday night, called police and emergency said, and the woman's

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Speaker 1: body was found the following day. Now could she have survived?

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Speaker 1: That's one of the questions police are now asking, preparing

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Speaker 1: a report for the coroner. But just very very tragic

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Speaker 1: circumstances with this woman who was enjoying a cruise and

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Speaker 1: never got back to the ship. Very much, sir. Now

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Speaker 1: the Dutch volleyball team are being kept out of the country,

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Speaker 1: are they not? The whole team only one member. And

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Speaker 1: this guy, Stephen van der Veld is a convicted child rapist.

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Speaker 1: He went to jail in twenty sixteen, but he was

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Speaker 1: He was convicted of raping a twelve year old girl

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Speaker 1: when he was a teenager himself. He only served thirteen

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Speaker 1: months of a sentence. The sentencing judge said, back in

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Speaker 1: twenty sixteen, this crime of yours that he admitted his

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Speaker 1: career ending. You'll never play for the Netherlands again. But

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Speaker 1: he was back in the national team only you know

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Speaker 1: about or less than two years later. He since Mary,

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Speaker 1: he's been to the paras Olympic Games, despite the objections

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Speaker 1: of quite a few other national Olympic committees. They said,

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Speaker 1: you really want this guy on your team. Anyway, he's

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Speaker 1: been banned from entering Australia. They've got the World Championships

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Speaker 1: here in November, yes, in November, and he will not

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Speaker 1: be part of the team. He has not been given

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Speaker 1: a visa to ento Australia. Okay, listen, what's going on

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Speaker 1: with the miners. Well, it's a very very sad story this.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's a dangerous occupation. We all know that.

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Speaker 1: And every time you go below ground it's a risk,

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Speaker 1: right And this morning about a quarter to four a

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Speaker 1: m way out in Coba. It's so remote, way way

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Speaker 1: out west it's about I don't know seven eight hours

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Speaker 1: west or northwest of Sydney, and they had the the

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Speaker 1: night shift was down underground. There was an explosion. Initial

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Speaker 1: reports said two people had died. They police and other

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Speaker 1: emergency evers got there and they did confirm that one

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Speaker 1: man had died underground. Two women were brought to the surface.

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Speaker 1: One of them was fatally injured though, and she died

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Speaker 1: at the scene. The other one was treated and then

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Speaker 1: she was flown off to hospital and inquiries underway. But

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Speaker 1: you know, it's it is a risk. I mean, you

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Speaker 1: have gas build ups underground. This is a lead mine

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Speaker 1: and a zinc mine, so you get gas build ups

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Speaker 1: underground and an explosion is always a possibility and tragedy.

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Speaker 1: This morning it looks like it looks like that precise

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Speaker 1: thing is happening. That's true, right, Thank you males, really

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. Murray Old's Australia correspondent. For more from Hither

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