1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 1: From The Daily Oz. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tassel. 2 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: It's Tuesday, the third of June. Here's what's making headlines 3 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: this evening. 4 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 2: The national minimum wage will increase by three point five 5 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:20,639 Speaker 2: percent from the first of July, following a decision from 6 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 2: the Fair Work Commission that's Australia's national work watchdog. While 7 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 2: few people are paid this actual minimum wage around one 8 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:33,160 Speaker 2: percent of workers, The decision flows through to other industry awards, 9 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 2: impacting around three million workers in Australia. The current hourly 10 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 2: minimum wage for adults over twenty one will increase from 11 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 2: twenty four dollars and ten cents to twenty four dollars 12 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 2: and ninety five cents. The Commission said it chose to 13 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 2: increase the minimum wage by three point five percent, less 14 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 2: than last year's increase of three point seventy five percent, 15 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 2: because the rate of inflation or rising prices, is slowing. 16 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 2: It said high inflation over recent years had directly hit 17 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 2: workers wages, and that a three point five percent pay 18 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 2: rise is quote sustainable. The Commission also added the uncertainty 19 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 2: caused by changing US trade policies had contributed to its decision. 20 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 2: While the government and unions welcomed the decision. Business bodies 21 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 2: and the opposition suggested it could negatively impact small businesses. 22 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: The Queensland Coroner will investigate the death of a thirty 23 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: two year old woman who was charged with the murder 24 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: of her three year old daughter. The woman was found 25 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: unresponsive in her jail cell at the Brisbane Women's Correctional 26 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: Center last Friday and died on Sunday. Police said she 27 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: had a medical emergency. After the woman was arrested and 28 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: charged in relation to the death of her daughter days earlier, 29 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: Queensland Premier David chris A fully said there are quote 30 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: questions that do need to be answered. He's promised a 31 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: full and thorough investigation. 32 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 2: A fresh search for Madeline McCann's body is beginning this week, 33 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 2: nearly two decades after the three year old girl went 34 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 2: missing during a family holiday in Portugal. In a statement 35 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 2: to AAP, Portugal's police said it was launching the new 36 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 2: search following a request from German authorities. In twenty twenty two, 37 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 2: German citizen Christian Bruckner was identified as an official suspect 38 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 2: in the two thousand and seven disappearance of the toddler 39 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 2: Bruckner is currently in prison after he was found guilty 40 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 2: of the rape of an elderly woman. Although he is 41 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 2: the prime suspect for McCann's disappearance, he has never been 42 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 2: formally charged. The three year old went missing from her 43 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 2: family's holiday apartment while her parents were having dinner nearby. 44 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,799 Speaker 2: It has since become one of the most high profile 45 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 2: missing person cases in history. 46 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:49,639 Speaker 1: And today's good news, four female gorillas will be reintroduced 47 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 1: to the wild in the Democratic Republic of Congo, boosting 48 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:57,679 Speaker 1: a small and critically endangered population. The Eastern Lowland gorillas 49 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: were rescued from being illegally traded and have spent several 50 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: years at the Grace Sanctuary in the eastern part of 51 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: the Congo. At the sanctuary, the gorillas were able to 52 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 1: quote forage, socialized, climb, and play as they would in 53 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 1: the wild. Sanctuary director Jackson kabu ya Ya m Becke 54 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,119 Speaker 1: said the ultimate goal has been to help the gorillas 55 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: recover from the trauma of the illegal wildlife trade and 56 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: the circumstances that followed, and get them back to the wild. 57 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: It's hoped the four gorillas will help boost population numbers 58 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: in the region. 59 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily os newsroom. 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