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Named: The Australian family of four missing in Nepal · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian, I'm Claire Harvey with
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  Speaker 1: the front's afternoon headlines. Sydney couples Sridharan and Lakshmi Iyer
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  Speaker 1: are missing in the aftermath of devastating flash floods in
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  Speaker 1: Nepal and Tibet, along with their two sons, Rishabh and Rudra.
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  Speaker 1: Both sons are medicine students based in Gosford on the
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  Speaker 1: New South Wales' central coast. Mr Iyer is a Sydney
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  Speaker 1: mortgage broker who also runs a childcare centre along with
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  Speaker 1: his wife. Their close friends and family are enduring an
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  Speaker 1: agonising wait for news, describing the family as angels in
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  Speaker 1: human form who live to help others and devout Hindus
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  Speaker 1: who were on the pilgrimage of a lifetime. They were
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  Speaker 1: in Nepal with a group of friends in a journey
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  Speaker 1: to Mount Kailash in Tibet. Foreign Minister Penny Wong says
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  Speaker 1: at least 34 Australians are unaccounted for, including 15 members
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  Speaker 1: of a Himalayan Glacier Adventures tour group and another six
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  Speaker 1: who were travelling with Kailash Journeys.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not in a position to provide any further details
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  Speaker 2: about them at this stage. The government's priority is to
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  Speaker 2: confirm the whereabouts and welfare of these Australians. And DFAT
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  Speaker 2: officials in Nepal and also China are seeking to do that.
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  Speaker 1: Penny Wong said Australia is working to provide humanitarian assistance
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  Speaker 1: to Nepal in conjunction with the United Nations, the Red
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  Speaker 1: Cross and other aid organisations.
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  Speaker 3: If you look at the footage and the destruction, and
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  Speaker 3: we know this is a country that may not have
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  Speaker 3: the resources that will be needed to deal with the
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  Speaker 3: recovery by themselves, so they're likely to need.
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  Speaker 2: A helping hand.
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  Speaker 1: The exact cause of the flooding is unknown, but some
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  Speaker 1: experts believe it may have been caused by falling ice
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  Speaker 1: from a glacier. Early reports suggested the deadly cascade may
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  Speaker 1: have been triggered by a landslide in the mountains near
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  Speaker 1: the border separating Nepal and Tibet. Some experts have warned
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  Speaker 1: a second flood could occur due to river blockages. People
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  Speaker 1: living near the area have been told to evacuate. and
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  Speaker 1: Nepal's Defence Force continues its rescue and recovery efforts. China
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  Speaker 1: sent more than 1,000 rescuers into Tibet, where more than
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  Speaker 1: 500 people are missing. The Geelong Cats have been fined
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  Speaker 1: $ 140, 000 by the AFL after it emerged that the club
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  Speaker 1: struck a secret deal to strip a player of legal
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  Speaker 1: recourse if he sustained a concussion during a game. Geelong
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  Speaker 1: signed the deal with Jake Kolodzhasny at the end of 2024.
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  Speaker 1: when now AFL chairman Craig Drummond was the club's president.
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  Speaker 1: Drummond and the Cats' current chief executive Steve Hocking haven't
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  Speaker 1: received any penalties for their involvement in the establishment of
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  Speaker 1: the so-called concussion waiver. An independent investigation by Silk James-Peters
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  Speaker 1: found the club was in breach of the AFL's rules
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  Speaker 1: because the contract wasn't lodged with them. You can hear
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  Speaker 1: about the AFL's concussion saga by scrolling back to Tuesday's
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  Speaker 1: his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday. He was 80.
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  Speaker 1: In Japan, avant-garde artist Yayoi Kasama died in a Tokyo
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  Speaker 1: hospital on Wednesday. The 97-year-old's obliteration rooms and spotted pumpkins
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