1 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: From The Daily Oz. 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 2: I'm Sam Becauselowski, I'm billiefit Simon's. 3 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: It is Friday, the fifth of December. Here's what's making 4 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: headlines this evening. 5 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 2: Several heat wave warnings and firebands are in place as 6 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 2: extreme weather continues to impact large parts of Eastern Australia. 7 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 2: Homes and properties in Victoria and Tasmania have been damaged 8 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 2: after high temperatures and strong winds swept through both states 9 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 2: on Thursday. Firefighters in northwest Victoria are working to contain 10 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 2: a three hundred and seventy hectare bushfire, while conditions have 11 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 2: eased slightly in Tasmania, where nineteen homes were damaged in 12 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 2: fires this week. Communities across New South Wales are also 13 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 2: facing extreme heat, with an emergency warning issued for a 14 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 2: fire near Dubbo. Severe conditions are expected to continue in 15 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 2: New South Wales tomorrow as temperatures saw into the low 16 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 2: forties in some parts of the state. A strong cold 17 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 2: front is forecast to cross Victoria and New South Wales 18 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 2: on Sunday morning. Meanwhile, Southeast Queensland is bracing for severe 19 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 2: storms this weekend. 20 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: Victoria police have shifted focus in their search for Desi 21 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 1: Freeman with investigators now working to locate the alleged police 22 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: killer's body. Freeman has been on the runs since the 23 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: twentieth of August after he allegedly shot dead two police 24 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: officers in Porpunker, about three hundred kilometers northeast of Melbourne. 25 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,279 Speaker 1: The officers were executing a search warrant at the fifty 26 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 1: six year old's home at the time of the shooting. 27 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 1: Hundreds of police have been involved in the manhunt, with 28 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: more than four hundred officers deployed in the hours and 29 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 1: days after the killings. Police confirmed on Friday that specialist resources, 30 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: including dogs and drones have now been deployed for a 31 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: targeted search of Mount Buffalo National Park. The area was 32 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: previously searched with the aim to locate Freeman. However, teams 33 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: have since focused their search on identifying and locating his body. 34 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: No trace of Freeman has been located as yet. That's 35 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: according to Victoria Police. 36 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 2: The death toll from catastrophic flooding in parts of Asia 37 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 2: last week has surged past fifteen hundred, with hundreds of 38 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,359 Speaker 2: people still unaccounted for. Rescue teams are racing to reach 39 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:20,399 Speaker 2: survivors isolated by the disaster. The updated death toll came 40 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 2: as meteorologists warned of renewed rainfall across areas of Indonesia 41 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 2: already reeling from deadly floods. Authorities said eight hundred and 42 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 2: thirty six people were confirmed dead in Indonesia, four hundred 43 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 2: and seventy nine in Tri Lanka, and one hundred and 44 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 2: eighty five in Thailand, as well as three in Malaysia. 45 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 2: Many villages in Indonesia and Tri Lanka remained buried under 46 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 2: mud and debris, with eight hundred and fifty nine people 47 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 2: still unaccounted for in both countries. 48 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: And today's good news for your Friday afternoon. A university 49 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,639 Speaker 1: in the US will spend an anonymous donation valued at 50 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 1: seventy five million Australian dollars on student fees. The gifts 51 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: will cover the tuition of senior year students enrolled in 52 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: the University of Washington's Medical Lab Science program. The UNI 53 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,799 Speaker 1: said the donation is big enough to support students over 54 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 1: the next fifty years. Professor and Department chair doctor Jeffrey Baird, 55 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 1: said it has been a long standing dream to provide 56 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: more financial support to students. We are deeply grateful to 57 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: the donor whose transformative generosity is making this and our 58 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 1: program's growth possible. 59 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 2: That's the latest from the dally Os newsroom. If you're 60 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 2: looking for something else to listen to, check out today's 61 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 2: Deep Dive, where we take a closer look at the 62 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 2: local music missing from your Spotify rap this year. 63 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: We'll be back on Monday morning with another deep dive. 64 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: We've got Billy's interview with National's leader David Little Proud, 65 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: But until then, have a stellar weekend. My name is 66 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda Bunjelung Calcuttin woman 67 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: from Gadigal Country. 68 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 2: The Daily oz acknowledges that this podcast is recorded on 69 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 2: the lands of the Gadigal people and pays respect to 70 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 2: all Aboriginal and torrest Rate island and nations. 71 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: We pay our respects to the first peoples of these countries, 72 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: both past and present.