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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the update. I'm to Lisa Writer.

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Speaker 1: The Federal GARB will implement more than one hundred recommendations

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Speaker 1: from the Veterans' Suicide Royal Commission. At the heart of

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Speaker 1: the changes will be a national peak body to improve

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Speaker 1: suicide prevention and drive better outcomes for serving and ex

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Speaker 1: serving ADF personnel. PM Anthony Alberezi says the Defense and

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Speaker 1: Veterans and Services Commission will be set up immediately.

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Speaker 2: To undertake the most comprehensive reform to the culture, systems

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Speaker 2: and processes across Defense, the ADF and the Department of

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Speaker 2: Veterans Affairs to prevent suicide and improve the mental health

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Speaker 2: and well being of service personnel and veterans.

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Speaker 1: Over in the US, and Joe Biden has pardoned his

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Speaker 1: son a hunter despite previously ruling it out. The President

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Speaker 1: has released a statement saying his son was treated differently

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Speaker 1: and was singled out because he was mister Biden's son.

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Speaker 1: The pardoning comes ahead of hunters sentencing for federal gun

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Speaker 1: and tax evasion chargers. Australia Day will be off the

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Speaker 1: menu next year, add more than two hundred pubs and

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Speaker 1: bars and nationwide, the country's second biggest pub group Australia,

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Speaker 1: Venue co As reportedly informed managers of a band on

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Speaker 1: Os Day celebrations because it causes sadness for many of

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Speaker 1: their patrons and stuff laundry hotels groups at Craig Laundy

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Speaker 1: says business owners should keep out of politics.

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Speaker 3: There's an Indigenous flag flying on top of the Harbor Bridge,

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Speaker 3: as this should be, but we also shouldn't be turning

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Speaker 3: out back on another important day in our history. And

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Speaker 3: more importantly, I don't think business owners should get politically involved.

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Speaker 3: If they want to do that, then run for parliament.

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Speaker 1: Three more staff members from a hostel in Laos have

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Speaker 1: been arrested as part of an investigation into methanol poisoning.

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Speaker 1: Eleven people have been taken into custody following the death

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Speaker 1: of six tourists, including Ossie Teens, Holly Bowls and Bianca Jones.

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Speaker 1: It's believed the source of the outbreak is a factory

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Speaker 1: which was making tiger vodka and Tiger whiskey, and a

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Speaker 1: new drug to treat endometriosis is to be listed on

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Speaker 1: the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme. Federal Health Minister Mark Butler says

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Speaker 1: the cost of visit will be more than halved for

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Speaker 1: one in seven Ossie women affected by the condition. The

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Speaker 1: annual cost of the daily treatment will come down to

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Speaker 1: three hundred and eighty dollars. Sport and entertainment are next.

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Speaker 1: In sport, the Matildas have suffered a two to undefeat

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Speaker 1: to Brazil and a friendly on the Gold Coast. They'll

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Speaker 1: play two more friendlies in the International window against Chinese Taipei,

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Speaker 1: with the first in Melbourne on Wednesday, followed by a

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Speaker 1: clash in Gelong on Saturday. And in Formula one, Ozzie

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Speaker 1: Oscar Piastre has claimed a podium finish at the Gitar

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Speaker 1: Grand Prix. The McLaren driver came in third behind Ferrari's

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Speaker 1: Charles Leclair and Red Bulls Max Fstappen. In entertainment news,

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Speaker 1: Dwayne the Rock Johnson has visited troops and their families

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Speaker 1: in Hawaii during the opening weekend of Malata III. He

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Speaker 1: later shared moments from his visit on socials, saying he

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Speaker 1: was boundlessly grateful to all military men and women for

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Speaker 1: their service. The daughter of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin

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Speaker 1: has stepped into the spotlight, making her official Society debut

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Speaker 1: in Paris. Apple Martin wore a sixty at Valentino dress

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Speaker 1: for the occasion. Her famous parents and brother Moses there

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Speaker 1: in support, also decked out in the designer brand, and

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Speaker 1: Prince Kate's beloved Christmas tradition has returned for its fourth year.

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Speaker 1: She's written a heartfelt letter to guests attending her Christmas

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Speaker 1: Carol service at Westminster Abbey. And that's the latest from

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Speaker 1: the Nova Podcast newsroom. We'll have another episode of the Update.

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Speaker 1: See you later on