2 Aug 2023

Australia: Chopper crash, alleged childcare predator, Matildas victory

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 2 August 2023
Exercise Talisman Sabre, Scott Morrison, Matildas

Photo: Australian Defence Force, AFP, RNZ

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the continuing search for four military helicopter crew presumed dead after the crash of their Taipan chopper in Queensland during military exercises. Police in Brisbane have charged a 45-year-old former childcare worker with more than 1600 charges of child sex abuse involving 91 different girls in a case described as "unfathomable". Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison has delivered a defiant speech in Parliament over the findings of a royal commission into the welfare debt recovery scheme known as "robotdebt". And Australia is one happy nation after the Matilda's victory over Canada confirmed their place in the group of 16 knockout round.

Karen Middleton is chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper.