TONIGHT ` ANGER BEGINS TO BOIL OVER AFTER REVELATIONS THE PIKE RIVER MINE IS SAFE FOR RE-ENTRY AND HAS BEEN FOR MONTHS. A TEENAGE EXTREMIST IS SHOT DEAD IN AUSTRALIA BEFORE HE'S ABLE TO CARRY OUT HIS PLAN TO BEHEAD POLICEMEN. PLUS, THIS ROOKIE SKYDIVER STARTS SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL. SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. NEARLY FOUR YEARS AGO, 29 MEN DIED IN THE PIKE RIVER MINE EXPLOSION. SINCE THEN, FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING TO GET BACK INSIDE. NOW, ACCORDING TO SOLID ENERGY, A DECISION ON A RE-ENTRY PLAN COULD BE JUST WEEKS AWAY. THAT'S AFTER THE RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS SHOWING HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICIALS OK'D RE-ENTRY LAST YEAR. LISA DAVIES HAS MORE. A BEREAVED FATHER DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS. I WANT TO SEE IF I CAN ORGANISE A MEETING WITH MR CLIFFORD. MAYBE HE CAN EXPLAIN TO ME WHY HE'S BEEN LYING TO US. 20 MINUTES LATER ` NO MEETING, NO ANSWERS, BUT A PLEDGE TO PERSEVERE UNTIL HE MEETS IN PERSON WITH SOLID ENERGY CEO DAN CLIFFORD. EVERY DAY THIS PLACE IS OPEN, WE WILL BE HERE... UNTIL MR CLIFFORD FRONTS. DEAN DUNBAR'S SON JOSEPH WAS THE YOUNGEST VICTIM OF THE PIKE EXPLOSION ALMOST FOUR YEARS AGO. HE WAS JUST 17. THIS LETTER RELEASED BY WORKSAFE NZ HAS REIGNITED HIS PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH. IT'S BEEN A LONG HARD FIGHT, LISA, AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE TRUTH. UNFORTUNATELY, THE CLOSER YOU GET, THE MORE IT HURTS. IT SPELLS OUT ONCE AGAIN THAT THE SAFETY WATCHDOG DEEMED THE RE-ENTRY PLAN SAFE AND TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE BACK IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR. BERNIE MONK SAYS ALTHOUGH THIS ISN'T NEW ` THE FAMILIES WERE AWARE OF WORKSAFE'S STANCE ` THE RELEASE OF THE LETTER HAS FUELLED FRUSTRATIONS. THAT LETTER SAYS YES, IT CAN BE DONE. I AM VERY ANGRY THERE'S BEEN A LACK OF COMMUNICATION ON THE THINGS WE WANT TO KNOW. AND IT'S NOT JUST FAMILIES WHO ARE RUNNING OUT OF PATIENCE NOW. THAT'S JUST DISGRACEFUL. THEY HAVE BEEN MISLEADING US DOWN HERE ON THE WEST COAST. BUT AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, CEO DAN CLIFFORD DENIED THE COMPANY HAS MISLED ANYONE AND SAYS HE'S NEVER IMPLIED THAT WORKSAFE OR MINES RESCUE WERE TO BLAME FOR THE HOLD-UP. I'VE MADE IT CLEAR TO THE FAMILIES THAT WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH THE PROCESS AND MAKE A DECISION. HE SAYS THEY STILL HAVE A NUMBER OF SAFETY CONCERNS TO WORK THROUGH. THE RESIDUAL RISKS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY FATAL. DAN CLIFFORD INSISTS THAT RE-ENTRY IS A PRIORITY FOR SOLID ENERGY. THEY HOPE TO HAVE A DECISION BY THE END OF OCTOBER. BUT BERNIE MONK SAYS THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE; THEY'VE ALREADY WAITED TOO LONG. PIKE FAMILIES HELD AN EMERGENCY MEETING LAST WEEK, THEIR LAWYERS NOW PREPARING TO MEET WITH THE BOARD. WE STILL GOTTA CONTINUE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THOSE 28 MEN AND THAT LITTLE BOY. HIS LITTLE BOY JOSEPH, WHO HE SIMPLY HOPES HE CAN ONE DAY BURY. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. AN AUCKLAND TEENAGER IS IN POLICE CUSTODY TONIGHT AFTER BEING ARRESTED FOR THE ASSAULT ON A GOOD SAMARITAN. LUCY KNIGHT SUFFERED SERIOUS HEAD INJURIES WHILE TRYING TO STOP THE ALLEGED BAG SNATCHER FROM ROBBING ANOTHER WOMAN. WILL HINE HAS THIS UPDATE. LUCY KNIGHT IN BETTER TIMES. THE 43-YEAR-OLD WAS OUT SHOPPING WITH HER TWO PRESCHOOLERS YESTERDAY WHEN SHE WENT TO HELP AN ELDERLY CHINESE WOMAN TARGETED BY A BAG SNATCHER. SHE'S JUST A LOVELY, CARING, KIND MUM. YOU KNOW, SIX CHILDREN ` TOTALLY DEVOTED MUM. AND I GUESS SHE WAS JUST DOING WHAT ANYBODY ELSE WOULD DO IF THEY SAW SOMEONE STRUGGLING. ALLEGEDLY HIT IN THE HEAD AND KNOCKED TO THE GROUND, MS KNIGHT SUFFERED A BROKEN SKULL AND BLEEDING TO THE BRAIN. THIS MAN'S BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED WOUNDING WITH INTENT TO CAUSE GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM AND ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO ROB. FISH-AND-CHIP-SHOP WORKER MICHAEL DUDLEY WAS THERE AS THE ATTACK UNFOLDED. I SAW THE LAST FEW SECONDS OF THE SCUFFLE AND THE HIT AND HER GOING DOWN. THE 21-YEAR-OLD, WHO'S APPLIED TO JOIN THE POLICE, GAVE CHASE. IT WAS PRETTY MUCH A SPLIT SECOND. AND SO I GLANCED AT HER, AT HIM, AT HER, AND THEN I TOOK OFF. AS I GOT TO THE CAR, IT WAS REVERSING, AND THAT'S WHEN IT CLIPPED ME, AND I WENT DOWN. AND I TRIED TO GET OPEN THE DOOR, BUT THEY SPED OFF. THIS NEARBY SHOP WORKER SAYS SHE SAW A SIMILAR MUGGING IN THE PAST YEAR OR SO. BUT TOWN CENTRE MANAGEMENT SAY A SECURITY GUARD'S ON DUTY MOST DAYS AND CCTV CAMERAS ALSO WATCH OVER SHOPPERS. ONE OF OUR JOBS IS COLLECTING ANY MORE CCTV FOOTAGE THAT WE DIDN'T GET YESTERDAY, AND WE HAVE STAFF TRAWLING THROUGH, LOOKING AT THAT FOOTAGE AS WE SPEAK. LUCY KNIGHT REMAINS IN HOSPITAL FOLLOWING SURGERY. SHE'S IN A STABLE CONDITION. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. AT LEAST ONE POTENTIAL CANDIDATE HAS TAKEN HIMSELF OUT OF THE RACE FOR DAVID CUNLIFFE'S JOB. DAVID PARKER HAS DECLARED HE'LL STAY ON AS DEPUTY LEADER FOR NOW AND WON'T CHALLENGE CUNLIFFE'S LEADERSHIP. THE REST OF THE PARTY, THOUGH, IS KEEPING TIGHT-LIPPED AS THEY WORK THROUGH WHAT WENT SO WRONG IN THE ELECTION. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'LL HAVE TO GET USED TO. BUT FURTHER THAN THAT, I HAVE NO COMMENT. I'VE GOT NO COMMENT ON THAT, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF ISSUES TO CONSIDER, AND WE WILL NOT BE COMMENTING ON OUR CONFIDENTIAL CAUCUS DISCUSSIONS EITHER NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. THERE'S STILL NO INDICATION WHETHER OR NOT LABOUR IS GOING TO HAVE A LEADERSHIP VOTE. BUT DETAILS OF AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW INTO THE DIRE ELECTION RESULT ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. ONE OF TWO PORIRUA MONGREL MOB MEMBERS SCREAMED AS THEY WERE FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING A LOWER HUTT MAN. DILLIN PAKAI AND SHANE HARRISON HAD BEEN ON TRIAL FOR THE KILLING OF ALONSIO MATALASI DURING AN INTERNAL GANG DISPUTE LAST YEAR. THE VICTIM WASN'T A MONGREL MOB MEMBER. HIS FATHER IS PLEASED WITH THE VERDICT. THIS IS A VICTORY FOR ALL VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME, SO THANK YOU, NZ. SON, JUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE. LAWYERS FOR THE PAIR CLAIMED THEY WERE LURED TO A BLOCK OF FLATS AND AMBUSHED BY A RIVAL CHAPTER OF THE MOB. MORE CHARGES HAVE BEEN LAID AGAINST THE KAITAIA LODGE OWNER ACCUSED OF DRUGGING AND INDECENTLY ASSAULTING MALE BACKPACKERS. MICHAEL HARRIS NOW FACES AN ADDITIONAL 19 CHARGES OF INDECENT ASSAULT AND ANOTHER 18 OF MAKING OR POSSESSING INTIMATE VISUAL RECORDINGS. HE APPEARED IN COURT IN RELATION TO CHARGES INVOLVING 16 VICTIMS LAST WEEK. POLICE HAVE SINCE IDENTIFIED SEVEN MORE ALLEGED VICTIMS. THE 58-YEAR-OLD IS IN CUSTODY AND DUE TO REAPPEAR IN COURT NEXT MONTH. IT'S BELIEVED THE TERROR SUSPECT (18) SHOT DEAD BY AUSTRALIAN POLICE WAS PLANNING TO BEHEAD OFFICERS AND POST THE IMAGES ONLINE. CHANNEL NINE'S TOM STEINFORT REPORTS. A TERROR ATTACK ON AUSTRALIAN SOIL. THE PERPETRATOR WAS MELBOURNE TEENAGER NUMAN HAIDER. HE'D PHOTOGRAPHED HIMSELF IN A BALACLAVA WITH AN ISLAMIC FLAG BEFORE, AND LAST NIGHT, HE PLANNED TO BEHEAD BOTH THE POLICE OFFICERS BEFORE DRAPING THEIR BODIES IN ISIS FLAGS. INSTEAD, THOUGH, THE AFGHAN-BORN ATTACKER WAS SHOT DEAD FIRST. IT'S ABSOLUTELY CLEAR TO US THAT OUR MEMBERS REALLY HAD NO CHOICE OTHER THAN TO ACT IN THE WAY IN WHICH THEY DID. INVESTIGATIONS TODAY FOUND AN ISIS FLAG CONCEALED IN THE ATTACKER'S CLOTHES, ALONG WITH ANOTHER LARGER KNIFE. AT THE SAME TIME, THE COUNTERTERRORISM POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE ATTACKED WERE RECOVERING IN HOSPITAL. THE FIRST A VICTORIAN OFFICER WITH SLASH WOUNDS TO HIS ARM; THE SECOND, A FEDERAL OFFICER AND FATHER-OF-TWO WITH MORE SERIOUS INJURIES. THE SHOCKING ATTACK TOOK PLACE IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN MELBOURNE SUBURB OF ENDEAVOUR HILLS AND CAUGHT POLICE COMPLETELY OFF-GUARD. THE TEEN HAD BEEN INVITED TO MEET WITH POLICE, BUT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE DOING SO AT THE STATION. SO INSTEAD PARKED AT A NEIGHBOURING CHILDCARE CENTRE AND SHOOK HANDS WITH THE TWO OFFICERS THERE. WITHIN MOMENTS, THOUGH, HE DREW A KNIFE, STABBED BOTH POLICEMEN, AND THEN RAN TOWARDS THE STATION BEFORE A SINGLE GUNSHOT BROUGHT HIM DOWN. NUMAN HAIDER HAS LINKS TO A MELBOURNE-BASED ISLAMIC GROUP THAT WAS THE EPICENTRE OF A LARGE COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATION IN 2012. MORE RECENTLY, THOUGH, THE TEENAGER HIMSELF HAD HIS PASSPORT CONFISCATED AS PART OF NEW ANTI-TERROR MEASURES. IT'S BEEN REPORTED HE'D MADE THREATS TO KILL PRIME MINISTER TONY ABBOTT. THE LATEST WAVE OF US-LED AIR STRIKES AGAINST ISIS IN SYRIA HAVE BEGUN HITTING TARGETS CLOSE TO TURKEY'S BORDER. THAT'S AS AMERICA REVEALED AN ELITE OFFSHOOT OF AL QAEDA WAS PLANNING ATTACKS ON THE US AND EUROPE. ABC'S JANE COWAN HAS THE DETAILS. ENGINE ROARS LOUDLY US MILITARY MIGHT WAS AGAIN IN THE SKIES OVER THE MIDDLE EAST. THE STRIKES HIT MORE THAN A DOZEN ISLAMIC STATE TARGETS INSIDE SYRIA, KILLING SCORES OF MILITANTS AND DESTROYING TRAINING CAMPS AND COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTRES. OUR INITIAL INDICATION IS THAT THESE STRIKES WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL. THIS MISSION HAD A SECOND IMPORTANT AIM ` TO STOP A DANGEROUS AL QAEDA SPLINTER GROUP FROM CARRYING OUT AN ATTACK ON AMERICA OR EUROPE. LAST NIGHT WE ALSO TOOK STRIKES TO DISRUPT PLOTTING AGAINST THE UNITED STATES AND OUR ALLIES BY SEASONED AL QAEDA OPERATIVES IN SYRIA WHO ARE KNOWN AS THE KHORASAN GROUP. MADE UP OF SENIOR AL QAEDA FIGURES, THE KHORASAN GROUP IS WELL RESOURCED AND LED BY KUWAITI MUHSIN AL FADHLI (33). ONCE CLOSE TO OSAMA BIN LADEN, HE'S A VETERAN TERRORIST WHO KNEW ABOUT THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS BEFORE THEY WERE LAUNCHED. THE GROUP'S THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN PLOTTING AN ATTACK BY SMUGGLING UNDETECTABLE BOMBS THROUGH AIRPORT SECURITY. ROCKET ROARS, HISSES ARMY CHIEFS SAY THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF COALITION BOMBING. THE DECISION TO HIT THE KHORASAN GROUP SHOWS THE FULL EXTENT OF THE THREAT OF A DESTABILISED REGION. JUST LIKE AFGHANISTAN IN THE '90'S, THE US AND ITS COALITION PARTNERS ARE AFRAID THAT SYRIA AND IRAQ WILL BECOME A SAFE HAVEN FOR TERRORIST GROUPS TO PLOT AGAINST THE WEST. THE COALITION AGAINST ISIS ARE PRAISING THE ATTACKS FOR THEIR ACCURACY AND ARE CLAIMING THERE'VE BEEN NO CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. DESPITE GLOBAL DAIRY PRICES PLUMMETING, WE'RE UNLIKELY TO SEE THE COST OF MILK, CHEESE OR BUTTER COME DOWN. FONTERRA TODAY ANNOUNCED A HUGE DROP IN PROFIT, PROMPTING IT TO LOWER ITS FORECAST MILK SOLIDS PAYOUT FROM $6 TO $5.30 A KILO. THIS DROP IN THE PAYOUT IS GONNA BURN ABOUT A $5B HOLE IN THE POCKETS OF THE DAIRY INDUSTRY FOR NZ, AND THAT IS GONNA HURT. AND THE DAIRY GIANT'S WARNING FARMERS TO KEEP BUDGETS UNDER CONTROL BECAUSE INTERNATIONAL PRICES ARE STILL EXTREMELY VOLATILE. SOME RESIDENTS IN GISBORNE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO FLEE THEIR HOMES AS A SLIP THREATENS TO TEAR THE HOUSES COMPLETELY APART. THIS HILL IN THE CENTRE OF THE CITY HAS BEEN MOVING FOR SOME TIME, PROMPTING RESIDENTS TO ASK THE EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION FOR A FULL ASSESSMENT. THE SLIP GOT WORSE BEFORE THAT REPORT COULD BE WRITTEN, AND AUTHORITIES SAY IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT CAUSED IT. AT ONE STAGE, WE WERE IN THE HOUSE, GETTING STUFF OUT, AND THEY CAME AND SAID WE'VE GOT LITERALLY A MINUTE TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. THEY WANTED TO CLEAR THE HOUSE, COS THEY THOUGHT THAT THE HILL BEHIND THE HOUSE WAS GOING TO COME DOWN. COUNCIL STAFF SAY THEY'RE WORKING TO STOP THE SLIP AND PREVENT ANY FURTHER DAMAGE. FANS OF ONLINE AUCTION WEBSITES ARE BEING WARNED NOT TO PUT THEIR MOBILE NUMBERS IN ADS AFTER REPORTS OF WOMEN BEING HARASSED. TRADE ME AND ONLINE SAFETY EXPERTS SAY THE DISTURBING COMMUNICATIONS RANGE FROM SUGGESTIVE TEXTS TO HIGHLY EXPLICIT PICTURES AND PHONE CALLS. HERE'S KRISTIN HALL. WE CAN'T IDENTIFY REBECCA FOR SAFETY REASONS, BUT WE CAN TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO HER AFTER SHE ADVERTISED FOR A FLATMATE ON TRADE ME LAST YEAR, USING HER MOBILE NUMBER AS A CONTACT. IT WAS 40 TEXTS AND ABOUT 15 CALLS WITHIN A ONE-HOUR PERIOD. THE MAN IN QUESTION CAME TO VISIT THE FLAT BUT TOLD HER HE WASN'T INTERESTED. WHEN REBECCA REFUSED TO MEET UP WITH HIM LATER THAT NIGHT, THINGS ESCALATED QUICKLY. VERY QUICKLY PROGRESSED INTO VERY EXPLICITLY SEXUAL TEXTS, WHICH MADE ME FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, AND THEN PROGRESSED INTO, 'I'M OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE. 'COME DOWN. I'M WAITING FOR YOU. COME OUT.' REBECCA REGRETS NOT TAKING ACTION AT THE TIME. IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THIS PERSON COULD BE OUT THERE DOING IT TO LOTS OF PEOPLE. NETSAFE SAYS THEY HAVE RECEIVED SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. ALL OF THOSE TARGETED HAVE BEEN WOMEN. THERE WERE MORE PERSISTENT COMMUNICATIONS, AND SOME OF THEM INVOLVED THE SENDING OR RECEIVING OF INDECENT IMAGES. TRADE ME SAYS SOME OF THE COMMUNICATIONS START WITH A MESSAGE LIKE THIS ONE, WITH THE SENDER PRETENDING TO HAVE MET THE PERSON. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEM AND GET IN TOUCH WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SENDING THE TEXT MESSAGES AND LET THEM KNOW IT'S A PRETTY LAME WAY OF TRYING TO GET A DATE. IF YOU'RE ADVERTISING ON THE SITE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE OUT YOUR MOBILE NUMBER; YOU CAN CHOOSE THE EMAIL-ONLY OPTION. THAT WAY, PEOPLE CAN ONLY GET IN TOUCH THROUGH THE SITE AND WON'T KNOW YOUR DETAILS UNTIL YOU REPLY TO THEM. BOTH TRADE ME AND NETSAFE SAY INCIDENTS LIKE THIS ARE UNDER-REPORTED. IF IT BECOMES HARASSMENT OR IT'S SEXUALLY INAPPROPRIATE, THEY SHOULD GET IN TOUCH WITH POLICE. JUST BE AWARE OF WHAT YOU DO GIVE OUT ONLINE. WISE WORDS FROM SOMEONE WHO LEARNT THE HARD WAY. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. WE'VE ALL HEARD IT'S TOUGH FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET THEIR HANDS ON THEIR FIRST HOME. BUT NEW RESEARCH SAYS SOME MAY HAVE TO ACCEPT RENTING FOR LIFE. ERIN CONROY EXPLAINS. IMAGINE THE JOY OF STEPPING INTO YOUR OWN HOME. THIS IS JUST A MODEL HOME OF SOMETHING MANY YOUNG KIWIS WOULD LOVE TO OWN. A MORE AFFORDABLE APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT, THE QUARTER-ACRE DREAM LONG GONE. HAVE YOU GOT MANY YOUNG PEOPLE BUYING THEM? YEAH, LOOK, MORE THAN YOU'D EXPECT. THEY'RE THE LUCKY ONES, BECAUSE A NEW STUDY SHOWS MANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE GENERATION Y CAN'T GET MORTGAGES LIKE THEY USED TO. LVRs ARE ACTUALLY CREATING A WHOLE NEW SEGMENT, WHICH WE'VE ACTUALLY CALLED OR BRANDED 'THE PROPERTY ORPHANS'. IN OTHER WORDS, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE DESTINED TO BE RENTERS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. INQUIRIES FOR MORTGAGES HAVE DROPPED 32% IN THE UNDER-28S, SO COULD THIS JUST BE THE GENERATION WHO WILL NEVER OWN A HOME? OH, YEAH, DEFINITELY, IF THINGS KEEP GOING THE WAY THEY ARE AT THE MOMENT. I MEAN, I'M PRETTY AWARE IT'S NOT GONNA BE THAT EASY. I'M HOPING TO BUILD UP MY KIWISAVER AND THEN GET SOMETHING, BUT UNTIL THEN, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKELY. CULTURALLY, HOME OWNERSHIP IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND YET FOR A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IT'S OUT OF THEIR REACH. GEN Y ARE AFTER PERSONAL LOANS AND CREDIT CARDS, THOUGH ` IN FACT, CREDIT CARD INQUIRIES ARE UP 20% ON LAST YEAR. I THINK THEY'RE SPENDING IT ON LUXURY ITEMS. BIG STATEMENT. DO THE GEN Ys AGREE? MOST OF IT GOES TOWARDS RENT, REALLY. YEAH. < NO FRIVOLOUS SPENDING IN THERE? NOT REALLY. NAH. NAH, GOT THE BASIC TEES, THE JEANS. FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY. I LIKE TO THINK I'M QUITE SENSIBLE. I THINK IT'S UNFAIR TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS MASS FRIVOLITY RIGHT ACROSS THE GEN Ys. FRIVOLOUS SPENDING OR NOT, MANY GEN Ys NOW ACCEPT RENTING FOR LIFE IS A NEW REALITY. ERIN CONROY, ONE NEWS. COMING UP ` THIS HOLLYWOOD HOTSHOT'S LATEST ROLE. AND A WARNING ` IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ACTING. AS IF PRETENDING THAT CLIMATE CHANGE WASN'T REAL WOULD SOMEHOW MAKE IT GO AWAY. AND, OOPSIE-DAISY. WHY THE BRITISH PRIME MINSTER HAS TO SAY, 'SORRY, MA'AM.' A WARNING TONIGHT ABOUT THE SPREAD OF EBOLA, WITH SOME ALARMING PREDICTIONS ABOUT A WORSE-CASE SCENARIO FOR THE DEADLY DISEASE. NEARLY 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE IN WEST AFRICA COULD BE INFECTED WITH EBOLA BY MID-JANUARY. THAT'S ACCORDING TO ESTIMATES FROM THE US CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. IN CONTRAST, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION IS FORECASTING EBOLA INFECTIONS COULD REACH 20,000 BY NOVEMBER. SO FAR EBOLA HAS CAUSED AROUND 2800 DEATHS IN WEST AFRICA, MAINLY IN GUINEA, LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE. OUTBREAKS IN SENEGAL AND NIGERIA WERE CONTAINED. PREVIOUSLY IT WAS REPORTED AROUND 50% OF THOSE INFECTED DIED, BUT OFFICIALS NOW SAY THE DEATH RATE IS EVEN HIGHER, AT 70%. A HOLLYWOOD HEAVYWEIGHT HAS ADDED HIS VOICE TO THE CHORUS DEMANDING A SHIFT IN ATTITUDE TOWARDS CLIMATE CHANGE. LEONARDO DICAPRIO JOINED THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI MOON AT A SPECIAL SUMMIT IN NEW YORK. THE AIM OF THE MEETING IS TO RALLY SUPPORT FOR A NEW GLOBAL TREATY TO CUT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. I PLAY FICTITIOUS CHARACTERS OFTEN SOLVING FICTITIOUS PROBLEMS. I BELIEVE THAT MANKIND HAS LOOKED AT CLIMATE CHANGE IN THAT SAME WAY, AS IF IT WERE FICTION, AS IF PRETENDING THAT CLIMATE CHANGE WASN'T REAL WOULD SOMEHOW MAKE IT GO AWAY. FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER MURRAY MCCULLY IS REPRESENTING NZ AT THE MEETING. NOW TO A REMARKABLE STORY OF SURVIVAL FROM AUSTRALIA. A WOMAN AND CHILD HAVE WALKED AWAY FROM A HORROR CRASH WHICH SAW THEIR CAR SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO TRUCKS. THE PAIR WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL BUT DISCHARGED A SHORT TIME AGO WITH MINOR INJURIES. QUITE HOW THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED IS STILL BEING WORKED OUT. MEANWHILE, A SKYDIVER HAS HAD A CLOSE CALL, LOSING CONTROL JUST SECONDS INTO HIS FREEFALL DIVE. THE STUDENT FLIPPED OVER ON TO HIS BACK AND BEGAN SPIRALLING TO THE GROUND. LUCKILY ONE OF HIS INSTRUCTORS WAS ABLE TO STABILISE HIM JUST IN TIME FOR HIS PARACHUTE TO OPEN. BUT, WAIT ` THERE'S MORE IN OUR LUCKY ESCAPE SEGMENT. THIS FILIPINO FISHERMAN HAS BEEN RESCUED BY TAIWAN'S COAST GUARD AFTER SPENDING NINE DAYS DRIFTING IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. ACCORDING TO THE COASTGUARD, THE MAN HAD BEEN SURVIVING ON FISH AND RAINWATER. BUT WHEN HE WAS FOUND, HE HADN'T EATEN FOR THREE DAYS. HE'S NOW RECOVERING IN HOSPITAL. SAYING SORRY IS HARD AT THE BEST OF TIMES, BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN THE PERSON YOU'RE APOLOGISING TO IS THE QUEEN? THAT'S THE TASK AHEAD OF THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER AFTER HE WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA OPENING UP ABOUT A PRIVATE CONVERSATION WITH HER MAJESTY. CHANNEL NINE'S PETER STEFANOVIC HAS THE DETAILS. A LOOSE-LIPPED BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WITH FORMER NEW YORK MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG. HE KNEW THE CAMERA WAS THERE, JUST FORGOT ABOUT THE MICROPHONE AS HE RECOUNTED A PRIVATE CONVERSATION HE HAD WITH THE QUEEN AFTER THE SCOTTISH REFERENDUM. HER MAJESTY WOULD BE MOST UNIMPRESSED. AFTER ALL, SHE'S KNOWN FOR BEING ABOVE POLITICS. BUT THE CONVERSATION CONTINUED AND PROVIDED AN INSIGHT INTO JUST HOW NERVOUS DAVID CAMERON WAS AS SCOTLAND VOTED ON INDEPENDENCE. BUCKINGHAM PALACE SAYS IT DOESN'T MAKE PRIVATE MATTERS PUBLIC, SO IT WON'T BE COMMENTING ON THE CONVERSATION. IT WON'T EVEN CONFIRM IF THE QUEEN DOES IN FACT PURR WHEN SHE'S HAPPY. ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN ` THE NEXT CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE QUEEN MIGHT BE A LITTLE AWKWARD. JUST AHEAD ` THE WEATHER AT YOUR PLACE. AND, FANCY THIS IN YOUR LIVING ROOM? WELL, IT COULD BE YOURS... FOR A MAMMOTH PRICE. FOR THE FIRST TIME, TWO OF ANDY WARHOL'S MOST FAMOUS WORKS ARE DUE TO GO TO AUCTION. THE PORTRAITS OF THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL, ELVIS PRESLEY, AND HOLLYWOOD ACTOR MARLON BRANDO ARE EXPECTED TO SELL FOR A COMBINED TOTAL OF $160M. AND ALSO GOING UNDER THE HAMMER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A CENTURY IS A RARE PAINTING BY THE IMPRESSIONIST MANET. 'PRINTEMPS' IS EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND $30M TO $40M. NOW, IF YOU'RE SEARCHING FOR THAT SPECIAL SOMETHING FOR THE PERSON THAT HAS EVERYTHING AND A WARHOL IS OUT OF THE QUESTION, HOW ABOUT A RELIC FROM THE ICE AGE? A RARE, MOSTLY INTACT WOOLLY MAMMOTH SKELETON IS FOR SALE IN BRITAIN. STANDING 3.5M TALL, THIS MALE WOULD HAVE WEIGHED AROUND 6 TONS WHEN IT ROAMED THE EARTH AROUND 10,000 YEARS AGO. IT'S A SPECIAL OBJECT BECAUSE ALTHOUGH MAMMOTH BONES ` THE ODD MAMMOTH BONE, THE ODD TOOTH, AND THE ODD TUSK ` ARE FOUND QUITE COMMONLY, AN ENTIRE SPECIMEN LIKE THIS THAT'S BEEN FULLY MOUNTED IS REALLY A VERY RARE THING. THE SKELETON IS EXPECTED TO FETCH BETWEEN $300,000 AND $500,000 WHEN IT GOES UP FOR AUCTION IN NOVEMBER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JUNE YEOW AND GLENNA CASALME. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2014