What we learned today, Friday 3 November
Here are the main stories of the day:
Qantas’s annual general meeting erupted with shareholders shouting “shame on you” at the board’s chairman, Richard Goyder, as investors overwhelmingly rejected the embattled company’s executive pay deal
The woman at the centre of a mushroom lunch that allegedly killed three people and left a fourth fighting for his life is also accused of attempting to murder her former partner four times over the past two years, according to court documents
A Senate committee has warned artificial intelligence may have seriously undermined its integrity, after consultancy giant KPMG lodged an official complaint about factually inaccurate information receiving parliamentary privilege
A Western Australian town has stopped playing Wiggles music in a bid to drive homeless people from a community space after an outcry from the band; and
The New South Wales transport minister, Jo Haylen’s, chief of staff has resigned amid another staffing controversy in their political office
We will see you back here for more news tomorrow.
Thanks for reading.
Updated
Body found in search for missing swimmer
A body has been discovered five days after a swimmer went missing south of Sydney, following an extensive search of a beach and surrounding waters, AAP reports.
A man’s body has been pulled from the water, five days after disappearing from a beach south of Sydney.
The swimmer was reported missing from Fairy Meadow Beach in northern Wollongong on Sunday evening.
He was reported to have entered the water and failed to reappear about 6.40pm, prompting an extensive search of the beach and surrounding waters.
Emergency services were called to Fairy Meadow Beach where the man’s body was recovered from the water about 8am on Friday.
The recovered body is yet to be formally identified.
A report will be prepared for the coroner.
