Speaker 1: From The Daily Oz. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tassel.
Speaker 1: It's Tuesday, the third of June. Here's what's making headlines
Speaker 1: this evening.
Speaker 2: The national minimum wage will increase by three point five
Speaker 2: percent from the first of July, following a decision from
Speaker 2: the Fair Work Commission that's Australia's national work watchdog. While
Speaker 2: few people are paid this actual minimum wage around one
Speaker 2: percent of workers, The decision flows through to other industry awards,
Speaker 2: impacting around three million workers in Australia. The current hourly
Speaker 2: minimum wage for adults over twenty one will increase from
Speaker 2: twenty four dollars and ten cents to twenty four dollars
Speaker 2: and ninety five cents. The Commission said it chose to
Speaker 2: increase the minimum wage by three point five percent, less
Speaker 2: than last year's increase of three point seventy five percent,
Speaker 2: because the rate of inflation or rising prices, is slowing.
Speaker 2: It said high inflation over recent years had directly hit
Speaker 2: workers wages, and that a three point five percent pay
Speaker 2: rise is quote sustainable. The Commission also added the uncertainty
Speaker 2: caused by changing US trade policies had contributed to its decision.
Speaker 2: While the government and unions welcomed the decision. Business bodies
Speaker 2: and the opposition suggested it could negatively impact small businesses.
Speaker 1: The Queensland Coroner will investigate the death of a thirty
Speaker 1: two year old woman who was charged with the murder
Speaker 1: of her three year old daughter. The woman was found
Speaker 1: unresponsive in her jail cell at the Brisbane Women's Correctional
Speaker 1: Center last Friday and died on Sunday. Police said she
Speaker 1: had a medical emergency. After the woman was arrested and
Speaker 1: charged in relation to the death of her daughter days earlier,
Speaker 1: Queensland Premier David chris A fully said there are quote
Speaker 1: questions that do need to be answered. He's promised a
Speaker 1: full and thorough investigation.
Speaker 2: A fresh search for Madeline McCann's body is beginning this week,
Speaker 2: nearly two decades after the three year old girl went
Speaker 2: missing during a family holiday in Portugal. In a statement
Speaker 2: to AAP, Portugal's police said it was launching the new
Speaker 2: search following a request from German authorities. In twenty twenty two,
Speaker 2: German citizen Christian Bruckner was identified as an official suspect
Speaker 2: in the two thousand and seven disappearance of the toddler
Speaker 2: Bruckner is currently in prison after he was found guilty
Speaker 2: of the rape of an elderly woman. Although he is
Speaker 2: the prime suspect for McCann's disappearance, he has never been
Speaker 2: formally charged. The three year old went missing from her
Speaker 2: family's holiday apartment while her parents were having dinner nearby.
Speaker 2: It has since become one of the most high profile
Speaker 2: missing person cases in history.
Speaker 1: And today's good news, four female gorillas will be reintroduced
Speaker 1: to the wild in the Democratic Republic of Congo, boosting
Speaker 1: a small and critically endangered population. The Eastern Lowland gorillas
Speaker 1: were rescued from being illegally traded and have spent several
Speaker 1: years at the Grace Sanctuary in the eastern part of
Speaker 1: the Congo. At the sanctuary, the gorillas were able to
Speaker 1: quote forage, socialized, climb, and play as they would in
Speaker 1: the wild. Sanctuary director Jackson kabu ya Ya m Becke
Speaker 1: said the ultimate goal has been to help the gorillas
Speaker 1: recover from the trauma of the illegal wildlife trade and
Speaker 1: the circumstances that followed, and get them back to the wild.
Speaker 1: It's hoped the four gorillas will help boost population numbers
Speaker 1: in the region.
Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily os newsroom. If you're
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Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow with another deep dive, but until then,
Speaker 1: enjoy your evening.
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