Sunrise Early News - 01/07/2024

this morning on the sunrise early news Monday the 1st of July faal hidden run in Sydney's Northwest now the hunt for the person responsible outrage over a crash in North Queensland that's killed three people demanding the government do better putting an end to the youth crime epidemic Victorian police saying they'll stop at nothing to NAB repeat offenders plus the king's newest representative in Australia the incredible career of Samantha mtin that's in a moment live across Australia this is sunrise early news we begin with breaking news this morning a pedestrian killed in Sydney's Northwest in a hidden run a 79-year-old man has lost his life after what police believe was a failed to stop crash in the black town area paramedics tried to revive the man but he died at the scene and officers are now looking for a black sedan asking locals for any help in catching the person responsible will cross live to that scene with our reporter at 5:30 this morning quenan's Bruce highway is under intense scrutiny this morning after three women lost their lives and 31 others were injured in a horror bus crash police say the vehicle collider with a four-wheel drive towing a caravan around 8 kilometers north of gumlu near Townsville two Rescue helicopters and multiple paramedic Crews were called to that scene and the local MP is now asking for an injection of funding to prevent further tragedies the daughter of Russell Hill one of the two campers killed in Victoria's High Country says she's lost faith in the justice system a jury convicting former pilot Greg Lynn of Carol Clay's murder in 2020 but not Russell's I feel like there's always that little clim of hope that he might come back and yeah so that's really hard because deep down I know he won't Greg Lynn is reportedly considering launching an appeal Miss saying she hopes he quote doesn't get away with it support for the Coalition and labor appears to be fading this morning following a bitter war of words over the future of Australia's energy policy a news poll revealing support for the Coalition fell three points to 36% at the end of June while the government dropped one point new figures show voters are in two minds about Peter dutton's nuclear reactor plan with 42% approval and 45% disapproving a far of three is being remembered as a happy soul after he was killed in a random attack on a pier in Melbourne over the weekend Andreas puncher was fishing when he was stabbed to death at Frankston Pier it's alleged he was randomly targeted by Forest Stevenson a local homeless man the accused has been remanded in custody expected to face court again in November the Prime Minister has suspended one of his own Senators after she promised to cross the floor and vote against her own party a second time if need be let's go live to political reporter Josh Martin in camber Josh morning to you what will happen now to Fatima payman good morning Eddie Sunrise understands there's a real possibility sen Senator payman will quit the labor party as early as today and go and sit on the crossbench the Afghan born Muslim politician is pro Palestinian statehood last week crossing the floor to vote with the greens on that issue payman has now doubled down going on TV and threatening to do that again saying that too many lives are being lost in Gaza every day that was the last straw the Prime Minister hauling the wa Senator into the lodge dressing her down and indefinitely suspending her from the party room Anthony albanesi has left the door open for her return saying if she decides to respect her labor colleagues she can return but Eddie that is highly unlikely the young Senator who's under 30 has strong feelings about Gaza and we're expecting to hear from Miss payman later today thank you Josh Victoria police say they'll infiltrate schools and nursing homes if need be as they launch a major Crackdown on youth crime today officers promising to turn up unannounced at all hours to now repeat offenders who've breached their bail conditions with a number of aggravated burglaries car thefts robberies and assaults police are hoping to stop crimes before they happen members of queensland's Jewish Community say they're living in fear after a disturbing spike in anti-semitic attacks a survey from the Queensland Jewish Board of deputies has revealed more than 60% of its Community have experienced anti-Semitism anti-Semitism since the October 7 attacks there are reports of people being punched spat on and turned away from venues almost 90% reporting feeling less safe since the Israel Hamas War Began queens and hospital patients waited more than 7 hours outside emergency departments in the first 3 months of the year brisbane's Marty Hospital saw some of the worst cases of ramping in the state with average weight time stretching out to 44 minutes the longest ramping time happened in February at Logan hospital with one ambulance ramping for over 7 hours to get treatment former queens and Premier Anastasia palache has faced some tough questions over Australia's covid response during a tense appearance on 7 News Spotlight she's spoken candidly about the controversial restrictions she implemented during the pandemic it was extremely hard for families I acknowledge that it was extremely stressful and I do understand that people um you know went through perhaps like the worst of times especially when loved ones are involved and you can catch up on that 7 News Spotlight special on 7 plus stage three tax cuts come into effect today and they're likely to provide lasting relief according to new research unlikely to provide lasting relief data showing the amount of tax most Australians are paying will return to current Levels by 2027 and this year's tax returns can be led from today if you wait until the end of the month the at ATO will have time to prefill lots of information for you we have until the 31st of October to get it done longer if you go through a tax agent National home prices have hit a new Peak up 0.18% in June Adelaide had the strongest growth pushing up by 45% to a median value of $759,000 brisbane's median dwelling price is still the second most expensive Capital at $800 $40,000 despite Price's skyrocketing winter has brought slower growth with it the slowest since December 2022 as interest rate hikes take a toll the king's representative in Australia will soon be a woman for only the second time in history Samantha Monon will be sworn in as the country's next Governor General in a formal ceremony today prime minister Anthony albanesi has appointed the successful businesswoman and former AFL commissioner for a 5-year term she replaces former Chief of Defense David Hurley checking Monday's weather for you now rain in Brisbane and 20 a shower to developing in city and 15 morning Frost in partly cloudy in CRA and 12 a possible shower in Melbourne and 12° partly cloudy in Hobart and 11 possible showers in adelade and 14 sunny in Perth and 20 and mostly sunny in Darwin and 33° we're coming up on Sunrise early news this morning US President Joe Biden Retreats with his family rumored to be seriously considering whether he should run in the upcoming election and homes submerged thousands stranded torrential rain smashes Southwest China that story is right after the [Music] break at least seven people have been killed including three children in a r Russian missile strike in the Ukrainian region of zapara more than 30 people were injured in the attack which caused a huge fire severely damaging residential buildings and burnt out cars Ukraine's president has once again called allies to provide more longrange weapons to stop daily attacks on his country voting has just closed in France's parliamentary election Marie Le Pen's National rally party is ahead in the polls and analysts predict France will elect its first far-right government since World War II a second round of voting takes place next weekend and most of the national assembly's 577 seats won't be decided until then Spanish police have called off a search for a British teenager who's been missing in tenar for almost 2 weeks 19-year-old Jay Slater disappeared after a rave telling a friend he was walking back to their accommodation despite the attempts of volunteers and Spain's civil guard detectives have now called off further searches but the investigation remains open open torrential rain in southwestern China has left thousands of people trapped inside their homes rescue workers are going house to house to save those trapped inside apartment buildings now 2 weeks of heavy rainfall has ravaged several parts of the country entire Villages and towns have been submerged and farmlands also destroyed Joe Biden has hunkered down at his Camp David presidential retreat with his family to consider what's next after his disastrous debate with Donald Trump let's go live to us bureau chief David wward David what happens here he's under a lot of pressure to stand aside Eddie good morning here he's under a huge amount of pressure right now but look senior Democrats they are holding the line right now they are determined not to let that debate performance as bad as it was dictate their next move B Biden is as you say locked down with the family at Camp David today and we know that the Council of his family will weigh heavily on any decision but party heavyweights don't appear publicly concerned at least they are not taking a backward step right now despite reporting that some wealthy donors are now starting to wobble in their support for the president look you a fundraising blast of supporters today Biden's Deputy campaign manager has doubled down declaring B was here to stay writing that the bed wedding Brigade is calling for Joe Biden to drop out that is the best possible way for Donald Trump to win and for us to lose and it's a message that senior Democrats have been pushing hard today in a Sunday morning TV Blitz across the country it's not about performance in terms of a debate it's about performance in a presidency it was a bad night let's not sugarcoat that it was a bad night it was a great presidency and that's what the American people have to choose now adding to all that the campaign has just released some fresh polling showing that the president is still best placed among other leading Democrats to defeat Donald Trump this November Eddie thank you so much for that David wward more analysis to come during Sunrise checking Finance now the Dow Jones finished 45 points lower the nasda Lost 126 points in London the ft100 dropped 16 and Germany Stacks finished 25 5 Points higher on the Commodities Market gold is trading at $2,326 an ounce oil is $81 a barrel the oie dollar is buying 67 us cents 107 Japanese Yen and $19 New Zealand coming up on Sunrise early news keeping children away from smartphones until they're halfway through High School the group of moms with an ambitious plan for parents and it's normally used to speed up an athlete's recovery from injury but that's not all it can do the simple treatment that's helping struggling couples [Music] conceive the truck driver involved in a disastrous crash at mbank has now been charged with drug possession confronting dash cam Vision has emerged of the moment the 21-year-old lost control striking 19 cars before plowing into a Catholic School detectives found methamphetamine and an ice pipe in the cabin of his truck further charges could be laid pending the results of mandatory blood and alcohol tests incredibly no one was injured New South Wales police and the state government are facing pressure from the neighbors of a woman who died after police took an hour to respond to a domestic violence call the disability worker and mother of three was beaten to death inside her home early Saturday morning and neighbors want police to do more when it comes to domestic violence the police need to be more more more responsible the fact that it's taken them this long to react to something serious that ends a person's life it's it's heartbreaking her partner DW in kryon has been charged with murder there's outrage this morning after memorials in CRA honoring War veterans were defaced by Pro Palestinian activists oh look oh look I'm devastated I take this run every day to work and um admire you know what our diggers have done a CT police say they're investigating criminal damage at four Memorial sites along Anzac parade the dangers of social media on young minds has led to a Grassroots movement to keep children away from smartphones waight mate has seen hundreds of parents sign a pledge to delay their children getting full access to the internet hands glued to devices children are fast becoming hooked on smartphones and these Sydney moms want to stop the addiction in its track children are looking down all the time they are not engaging in the world they've launched a campaign called wait mate inviting parents across the country to unite and stop children from owning smartphones before they reach high school we do really want to encourage parents to delay as late as possible ideally 8th grade or even potentially n9th grade because the evidence shows that the later the better the initiative attracting more than 500 signatures across 70 schools in Just 4 days a blanket ban on phones across public schools in New South Wales has been in place since October last year but the rules within private schools still vary drastically and the big problem is policing it it's not only up to government I think it's also up to parents to stand strong and to no longer just give in it's causing a lot of harm it's causing a lot of social anxiety it's leaving children unprepared to be able to handle the complexity of social media and it's leaving parents very stressed tensions are growing between meta and the federal government the prime minister yesterday calling out the tech giant for not taking responsibility meta are showing how out of touch they are and how arrogant they are rce Fitz Gibbon 7 News the West Australian government has launched a new multi-million dollar campaign to boost immunization rates has been an alarming drop in the number of people being vaccinated against common disas common diseases just like the flu show be right don't assume you're immune it's hard-hitting it's quite emotional we make no apologies for that don't think that it's not going to happen to you cases of flu have been up around the nation so far this year a form of blood treatment commonly used by athletes will soon see an Australian couple become parents the team that helped make it happen is hoping fertility clinics around the country take notice nerol and Nik chudasama had been trying to fall pregnant for 5 years after a breakthrough treatment they're expecting a baby in January doctor has like came in a life like a god to be honest with you okay cuz we totally lost our hope platelets extracted from nik's blood proved key to their IVF success create fertility is one of the first Australian clinics to use a pro called PRP we aspirate blood from the patient like a blood test and we put it in a little fancy machine and we separate the part of the blood that is rich in platelets that platelet rich plasma was injected into Nikita's ovaries to encourage the release of eggs the Melbourne couple had already tried IVF and surgery to remove endometriosis it was very painful for me I can't even imagine now because PRP is a simple procedure It's relatively cheap one round of IVF can cost thousands whereas PP is more likely to cost a few hundred in this case it was so successful the couple has another three embryos Frozen one hope sowins M Sullivan seven news lovely story we're coming up on Sunrise early news a miracle goal from an e contention is halted as a superstar suffers a broken hand and a closer at how the weather's shaping up in your part of the country with a live look at a Chile Melbourne this [Music] morning checking sport now in a shock finals Contender is emerging in the AFL the Hawks have now won five in a row after dismantling the Eagles by 61 points in Perth leaving them two competition points off the top eight but the win was soured by shoulder injury to inspirational Skipper James Sicily more Interstate games coming up um and need to be able to win them on the road that's what the best sides do doesn't matter where they play they can perform and we haven't been that just yet um but that's what we're working towards Caron up to Second after thrashing the Tigers 131 to70 in the power held off a surging Saint side to win by two points an injury has marred the roosters move into the top four Joey Manu suffered a broken hand against the Tigers trailing 26 nil the Tigers then lost ab carasau and Adam dwey to some harsh sinins opening the flood gates for the roosters to win 40 to6 it benefited my team tonight um but it's it's it's more thinking from a game perspective we want to keep the the Integrity of the game and the contest of the game um I didn't think it was 10 minutes the Panthers struggled without their origin Stars losing 16-6 against the Cowboys and the dragons are in the top eight after defeating the Dolphins 26 to6 only a miracle goal from a super star saved England from one of the worst losses in history England trailed England to the quarterfinals a late Collision dramatically changed the Austrian Grand Prix Max vapen and Lando Norris battle for first all race before the World Champ blocked the McLaren driver from passing Norris was forced to retire and Vera needed to replace a tire dropping back to fifth the Collision helped pastry zoom up to second with George Russell eventually taking the win I know that's only my fourth podium in F1 but uh it yeah so close to to a win um it it hurts a little bit it was just the second win for Russell we're taking a look at the weather around the country from Monday heavy showers and storms over Eastern New South Wales Southern Queensland and Southern NT behind a trough in front lighter showers in a weakening trough of Inland wa showers in some alpine snow over coastal South Australia Victoria Tasmania and Northeast Queens Zone in onshore winds around a high around the capitals now rain in Brisbane and 20 for Monday a shower two developing in Sydney and 15 morning Frost and partly cloudy in cber and 12 a possible shower in Melbourne and 12 also 11° in Hobart partly cloudy there in tazy a possible shower in Adelaide and 14 sunny in Perth and 20 and mostly sunny in Darwin and 33 that's Sunrise early news I'm adua Bartholomew now it's time for Sunrise with Nat