WEBVTT - Headlines: Bondi Junction Inquest begins

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

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<v Speaker 1>It's Monday, the twenty eighth of April. Here's what's making

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<v Speaker 1>headlines this evening.

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<v Speaker 2>An inquest into the Bondai Junction Westfield stabbing attack has

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<v Speaker 2>begun in the New South Wales Coroner's Court. Five weeks

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<v Speaker 2>of hearings will explore the circumstances surrounding the April twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four incident. Six people were killed by forty year

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<v Speaker 2>old Joel Couci, who was fatally shot by police at

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<v Speaker 2>the scene. Today, the court heard Cauci, who was diagnosed

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<v Speaker 2>with schizophrenia as a teenager, was quote effectively unmedicated for

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<v Speaker 2>nearly five years. Council assisting the coroner, Peggy Dwyer SC

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<v Speaker 2>said quote no health practitioner held responsibility for his ongoing care.

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<v Speaker 2>Dwyer also said searches of Cauchi's phone indicate he was

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<v Speaker 2>quote preoccupied with weapons, with violence, and with mass killing.

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<v Speaker 2>New South Wales Coroner Teresa O'Sullivan told the victims families

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<v Speaker 2>there were simply no words to properly convey the magnitude

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<v Speaker 2>of their loss. The inquest is expected to continue until

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<v Speaker 2>the end of next month.

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<v Speaker 1>Australian officials have worked with police in the Philippines to

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<v Speaker 1>rescue two children linked to a Queensland child exploitation investigation.

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<v Speaker 1>A thirty one year old man is accused of twenty

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<v Speaker 1>eight offenses, including drug and child abuse charges. He was

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<v Speaker 1>arrested in December when police seized his devices on suspicion

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<v Speaker 1>of child exploitation material. Investigators said further searches revealed material

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<v Speaker 1>featuring quote a number of unidentified child victims. Police have

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<v Speaker 1>since located two child victims in southeast Queensland, while local

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<v Speaker 1>and federal police worked with the Philippine National Police to

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<v Speaker 1>rescue an additional two child victims from quote abusive environments overseas.

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<v Speaker 1>The accused is facing multiple charges, including grooming and indecent

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<v Speaker 1>treatment offenses, drug supply, using the Internet to procure children

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<v Speaker 1>under sixteen, and distributing child exploitation material. He's due in

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<v Speaker 1>court on Thursday.

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<v Speaker 2>US President Donald Trump has publicly urged Russian President Vladimir

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<v Speaker 2>Putin to sign a peace deal with Ukraine. A day

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<v Speaker 2>after he met with Vladimir Zelenski. The Ukrainian president attended

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<v Speaker 2>a private conversation with the US leader inside Saint Peter's

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<v Speaker 2>Basilica ahead of Pope Francis's funeral over the weekend. White

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<v Speaker 2>House officials called it a quote very productive discussion. Trump

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<v Speaker 2>has since told reporters the US and Ukraine have worked

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<v Speaker 2>out the confines of a deal and want Putin to

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<v Speaker 2>sign it. He called on Putin to quote stop shooting,

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<v Speaker 2>sit down, and sign the proposed peace steal if allows

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<v Speaker 2>months of tense negotiations between the three nations after Trump

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<v Speaker 2>promised to end to the conflict as part of his

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty four election campaign.

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<v Speaker 1>And today's good news, thousands of flowers will be planted

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<v Speaker 1>at a US landfill site to create a pollinator haven

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<v Speaker 1>for bees, butterflies, and insects. New York's Staten Island was

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<v Speaker 1>home to one of the world's largest landfill sites before

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<v Speaker 1>it was shut down and converted to parkland in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one. At its peak in the nineteen eighties, Freshkills

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<v Speaker 1>Park received millions of kilos of waste every day. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>a community organization is leading an initiative to plant fifty

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<v Speaker 1>thousand native violets at the site. President of the Freshkills

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<v Speaker 1>Park Alliance, Mark Murphy said planting these violets is incredibly

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<v Speaker 1>important to the ecosystem within Freshkills and also the region,

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<v Speaker 1>he said. He hopes the mission will turn what was

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<v Speaker 1>once a terrible thing for Staten Island into an incredible

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<v Speaker 1>place of beauty, acceptance and reclamation.

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