'Holding space' for 2024: the biggest stories of the year

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From the Taylor Swift Eras Tour which caused literal earthquakes and raised in sales figures the amount of a small country’s GDP, to the US election, King Charles and Camilla’s drama-laiden tour of Australia, and the coronation of Tasmanian-born Queen Mary of Denmark.

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00:00Today to talk about the investigation into missing person Samantha Murphy.

00:23Samantha Murphy went missing on Sunday morning and no one has seen her since.

00:27I know she's out there somewhere.

00:29Mom, we love you so much and we miss you.

00:33No more violence, no more hate.

00:35This is indeed a national crisis.

00:38Police arrested a 28-year-old man in relation to the suspicious disappearance of two men from Paddington.

00:5926-year-old Jesse Baird and 29-year-old Luke Davies.

01:08Police arrested a man in relation to the suspicious disappearance of two men from Paddington.

01:21It is a curfew and it applies to all classes of people.

01:25It will apply to adults, it will apply to youth, it will apply to everyone.

01:28I don't focus, I focus on what is key for us.

01:31Please, this is important Mr Banducci.

01:33I think this is very important because it is open to the Senate to hold you in contempt

01:39and that carries potential sanctions including up to six months' imprisonment for you.

01:54United will never be defeated.

01:56The workers united will never be defeated.

02:05In the worst moments, the best of humanity shows up.

02:12Saif, John, Jacob, Sami, Jim, James and Damien.

02:20They were the best of humanity.

02:24This is a new camp, it's about 200 metres from the old one.

02:35We will not stop, we will not rest.

02:38So we will not stop and we will ask you to vote with us every step of the way.

02:50I have informed the Prime Minister that effective immediately,

02:54I will sit on the crossbench to represent Western Australia.

02:58And so it is with great humility and deep responsibility

03:03that I announce the formation of Australia's Voice.

03:08...and dangerous vandalism of my office.

03:13It was clearly politically motivated.

03:16I'm desperate for this war to end.

03:19This is deeply personal for me, for my family.

03:23All these falsehoods, together with his Walter Mitty-like imaginings

03:26in skiting the misgain about ACES,

03:29demonstrate that Mr Lerman has no compunction about departing from the truth

03:32if he thought it was expedient.

03:34Mr Lerman's state of mind was such that he was indifferent to Ms Higgins' consent

03:39and just went ahead, willy-nilly.

03:41Having escaped the lion's den, Mr Lerman made the mistake of coming back for his hat.

03:47But there is not a day that goes by that I don't think about what happened that day.

03:52Detectives from the child abuse squad executed a search warrant at a unit in Circular Quay.

03:58There arrested an 83-year-old male.

04:01Will you be defending the charges, Mr Jones?

04:08We love you, Taylor!

04:11Brah.

04:13Brah.

04:14Brah.

04:15Brah.

04:16Brah.

04:17Brah.

04:18Brah.

04:19Oh my God, that was fun! I'm OK!

04:22I'm not sure what flag they're...

04:23Oh!

04:24That's, uh, not planned. Thank you for catching me. So much.

04:41My parents promised me that if I got a gold medal that I could get a pet duck.

04:46You have to wonder where Ray Gunn is right now.

04:54Wow, Ray Gunn! Ray Gunn!

04:57Very demure. Very mindful.

05:00This week people are taking the lyrics of Defying Gravity and really holding space with that.

05:06I didn't know that was happening.

05:11I'm in the middle of a speech.

05:13I'm in the middle of a speech.

05:15I'm in the middle of a speech.

05:17I'm in the middle of a speech.

05:19I'm in the middle of a speech.

05:21I'm in the middle of a speech.

05:23The outcome of this election is not what we wanted.

05:30It is now clear that we've achieved the most incredible political thing.

05:35Look what happened! Is this crazy?

05:40I've spoken to thousands of parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles.

05:52They, like me, are worried sick about the safety of our kids online.

05:56And this one's for the mums and dads.

05:59Social media is doing harm to our kids.

06:02And I'm calling time on it.

06:10I'm calling time on it.

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