WEBVTT - Headlines: Minimum wage to increase by 3.5%

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<v Speaker 1>From The Daily Oz. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tassel.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Tuesday, the third of June. Here's what's making headlines

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<v Speaker 1>this evening.

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<v Speaker 2>The national minimum wage will increase by three point five

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<v Speaker 2>percent from the first of July, following a decision from

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<v Speaker 2>the Fair Work Commission that's Australia's national work watchdog. While

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<v Speaker 2>few people are paid this actual minimum wage around one

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<v Speaker 2>percent of workers, The decision flows through to other industry awards,

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<v Speaker 2>impacting around three million workers in Australia. The current hourly

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<v Speaker 2>minimum wage for adults over twenty one will increase from

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four dollars and ten cents to twenty four dollars

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<v Speaker 2>and ninety five cents. The Commission said it chose to

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<v Speaker 2>increase the minimum wage by three point five percent, less

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<v Speaker 2>than last year's increase of three point seventy five percent,

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<v Speaker 2>because the rate of inflation or rising prices, is slowing.

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<v Speaker 2>It said high inflation over recent years had directly hit

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<v Speaker 2>workers wages, and that a three point five percent pay

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<v Speaker 2>rise is quote sustainable. The Commission also added the uncertainty

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<v Speaker 2>caused by changing US trade policies had contributed to its decision.

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<v Speaker 2>While the government and unions welcomed the decision. Business bodies

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<v Speaker 2>and the opposition suggested it could negatively impact small businesses.

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<v Speaker 1>The Queensland Coroner will investigate the death of a thirty

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<v Speaker 1>two year old woman who was charged with the murder

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<v Speaker 1>of her three year old daughter. The woman was found

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<v Speaker 1>unresponsive in her jail cell at the Brisbane Women's Correctional

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<v Speaker 1>Center last Friday and died on Sunday. Police said she

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<v Speaker 1>had a medical emergency. After the woman was arrested and

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<v Speaker 1>charged in relation to the death of her daughter days earlier,

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<v Speaker 1>Queensland Premier David chris A fully said there are quote

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<v Speaker 1>questions that do need to be answered. He's promised a

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<v Speaker 1>full and thorough investigation.

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<v Speaker 2>A fresh search for Madeline McCann's body is beginning this week,

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<v Speaker 2>nearly two decades after the three year old girl went

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<v Speaker 2>missing during a family holiday in Portugal. In a statement

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<v Speaker 2>to AAP, Portugal's police said it was launching the new

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<v Speaker 2>search following a request from German authorities. In twenty twenty two,

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<v Speaker 2>German citizen Christian Bruckner was identified as an official suspect

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<v Speaker 2>in the two thousand and seven disappearance of the toddler

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<v Speaker 2>Bruckner is currently in prison after he was found guilty

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<v Speaker 2>of the rape of an elderly woman. Although he is

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<v Speaker 2>the prime suspect for McCann's disappearance, he has never been

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<v Speaker 2>formally charged. The three year old went missing from her

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<v Speaker 2>family's holiday apartment while her parents were having dinner nearby.

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<v Speaker 2>It has since become one of the most high profile

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<v Speaker 2>missing person cases in history.

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<v Speaker 1>And today's good news, four female gorillas will be reintroduced

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<v Speaker 1>to the wild in the Democratic Republic of Congo, boosting

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<v Speaker 1>a small and critically endangered population. The Eastern Lowland gorillas

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<v Speaker 1>were rescued from being illegally traded and have spent several

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<v Speaker 1>years at the Grace Sanctuary in the eastern part of

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<v Speaker 1>the Congo. At the sanctuary, the gorillas were able to

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<v Speaker 1>quote forage, socialized, climb, and play as they would in

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<v Speaker 1>the wild. Sanctuary director Jackson kabu ya Ya m Becke

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<v Speaker 1>said the ultimate goal has been to help the gorillas

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<v Speaker 1>recover from the trauma of the illegal wildlife trade and

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<v Speaker 1>the circumstances that followed, and get them back to the wild.

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<v Speaker 1>It's hoped the four gorillas will help boost population numbers

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<v Speaker 1>in the region.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the latest from the Daily os newsroom. If you're

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