Gus Lamont search renewed + What you need to know about MND
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A Listener Production. Hi, Natasha Belling with you and welcome to the afternoon edition of The Briefing. Coming up in our deep dive, what is MND? After the death of former AFL great and charity campaigner Neil Danaher, many are asking what is motoneuron disease? What are the warning signs and what can we do to help prevent it? All those details coming up in just a moment. But first, let's check the afternoon headlines this Tuesday, the 26th of May. Two men have been arrested in Victoria's northeast as investigations continue into the movements of Desi Freeman, who was shot dead by authorities in March. Freeman was on the run for seven months after shooting dead two police officers and injuring a third at Pawpunka in regional Victoria last year.
Victoria Police have today released a statement saying the two men, aged 48 and 35, were arrested in separate locations and will be interviewed by police, adding as the investigations remain ongoing, no further details will be provided. Music Power prices are set to drop for some households this winter, with discounts also on the horizon for businesses. Benchmark energy bills will fall by between 3.4% and up to 10% in July across parts of New South Wales and South East Queensland, according to the Australian Energy Regulator. But it's not good news for South Australian households with flat rate prices set to increase by 1.4%. This comes as a new industry survey found record levels of renewables and batteries in the power grid.
Here is Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen.
It's no coincidence that 50% renewables and 414,396 home batteries are reducing prices for them. but for everyone, by reducing reliance on expensive coal and gas in the evening. And those 414,396 home batteries installed since the 1st of July last year, together with a big uplift in grid scale batteries and a small contribution from community batteries, are making a difference. Long way to go. There's more work to do.
A key development in the ongoing search for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont in Outback, South Australia. Detectives have today confirmed they have returned to Oak Park Station to search numerous locations over the next three days. Gus was last seen outside the homestead on the station in September last year. MUSIC Overseas now in the US has claimed its latest strikes against Iran were in self-defence. US Military Central Command spokesperson Tim Hawkins says, quote, targets included missile launch sites and Iranian boats attempting to emplace mines. This latest attack by the US comes despite a ceasefire officially in place between America and Iran since the 8th of April and ongoing talks between the countries to end the conflict.
It also comes just days after US President Donald Trump had announced a peace deal between the US and Iran was largely negotiated to then change his tune to instruct negotiators to not rush into a deal.
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Meantime, news of the US attacks on Iran shook the local share market with shares in the ASX tumbling while the oil price is on the increase, making back some of its overnight falls. And vivid Sydney's drone show, a centrepiece of the city's iconic harbourside light spectacle, has been cancelled for the next few days. It follows a serious malfunction which saw dozens of drones fall from the sky on Monday night because of a malfunction. Organisers believe there was an issue with the radio frequency which caused the malfunction, which did not happen during pre-flight checks, site visits or the rehearsals. Vivid Sydney says it would cancel the drone shows both tonight and tomorrow night to allow for a full assessment.
Now it's time for our deep dive into MND. Yesterday, former AFL great and charity campaigner Neil Danaher passed away after a 15-year battle with this cruel disease. After being diagnosed, he helped raise around $100 million for research into MND that takes away your ability to walk, talk, swallow and eventually breathe. To explain the risk factors and why genetics also play a role is Claire Sullivan, the CEO of MND Australia.
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