okay let's get more on that breaking news this hour and that's the reaction to the hunter Valley bus crash and the sentencing Bridget Murphy joins us now from Newcastle Bridget saw a big development this morning after that 32e sentence was handed down yesterday there's been mixed reactions amongst the the survivors uh those attached to the crash and as you mentioned Emma we heard this morning from Adam Bray he is the father of Zach Bray one of the 10 victims of the crash uh he told the ABC that he is launching a class action alongside other loved ones of those attached to the crash of survivors and other people affected to the Supreme Court of New South Wales now a lot of these details are coming to light this morning but we understand as Mr Bray told us this morning that transport for New South Wales will be one of the the targets of this class action alongside coach operators uh that were in uh the part of this this bus crash the the company of the the bus crash itself so uh we will understand more details about this looming class action in due time uh but Mr Bray of course uh watching that sentencing hearing yesterday hearing that Brett Andrew button the driver of the bus crash in June 2023 that killed 10 people uh injured 25 more will be spending a maximum of 32 years in jail with a minimum non-parole period of 24 years now Mr Bray overseas at the moment he was watching the sentencing uh from the video link uh and he told us this morning that it was actually a longer sentence than what they thought many of the the families uh this is a little of what he had to say it's a landmark sentence you know congratulations to judge Enis Ellis for I guess um appreciating the magnitude of this tragedy uh and the significance of of sentencing and how important it is to um hopefully help you know many many hundreds of people heal um and I think uh you know for me um am I satisfied yes I am um Can it always be longer of course it can but it's be relevant to a sixy old man facing a 32-year jail sentence do the numbers on that and um he's not a particularly healthy human so um let's uh you know let's just be satisfied with with the outcomes and and move forward Bridget yesterday's proceedings the court heard from Brett button directly what did he have to say this was the first time that Brett Button had spoken publicly himself at any point in any Court proceeding since the crash previously he had issued a statement that was read through his lawyer uh but yesterday as part of the sentencing hearings he did take the stand and was cross-examined both by his own defense Representatives but also by Crown prosecutors in that there there was a lot of discussion as to the role of a painkiller dependency uh that Mr Buton uh agreed that he had a dependency on this particular pain medication uh there was also discussion about the speed in which he approached the roundabout where the crash happened and he accepted as well that he was going faster than what was appropriate for that roundabout he also said in quite a tearful address to to the court um that he was extremely sorry he has never forgiven himself self but he said that he knows an apology likely won't mean all that much to the families of those who lost loved ones and also to the survivors themselves so uh a very emotional scene um from from all sides uh in Newcastle district court yesterday yeah and what did the judge say after handing down that 32-year sentence well Judge Roy Alis he noted that he's been in the legal profession for about 40 40 or so years so he said that in his legal career he has never confronted a case like this he said it was one of the most emotional cases he's dealt with uh and he said that he hoped the sentence May provide some closure to families to survivors to loved ones of those impacted uh but he did note that of course uh he he mentioned that any sentence that he handed down likely wouldn't keep everybody happy but he hoped it did assist in the path to finding some sort of healing for those impacted by this awful tragedy in the hunter in June last year Emma