1 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the update. I'm Michelle Stevenson. Well, 2 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: the Opposition leader, has refused to back the Federal government's 3 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: motion on the Middle East conflict. The PM condemned the 4 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: terrorist attack on Israel on October seven last year, but 5 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: then went on to acknowledge the innocent lives lost in 6 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: Gaza and Lebanon. Peter Dutton says Anthony Abenezi is trying 7 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: to speak out of both sides of his mouth. 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 2: For that Prime Minister, you should stand condemned. We have 9 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 2: put to this Prime Minister a more than reasonable position 10 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 2: and the Prime Minister has rejected that position for his 11 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 2: own political domestic advancement. 12 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: Meantime, just over twelve hundred Aussies have been evacuated from 13 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: Lebanon over recent days as conflict in the Middle East intensifies. 14 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: These include citizens at permanent residents as well as their 15 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: immediate families laters to Economic data shows a small jump 16 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: in consumer confidence over the past seven days, following a 17 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: decline the previous week. The ANZ fig show people are 18 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: more confident about their current and future finances than they 19 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: were last week, while confidence was greater among those who 20 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: owned their own home or rented compared to people with 21 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 1: a mortgage. One of the faces of the COVID pandemic 22 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 1: is retiring from his position. Professor Paul Kelly has been 23 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:20,479 Speaker 1: Australia's Chief Medical Officer since twenty twenty. He'll step down 24 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:24,479 Speaker 1: from the role later this month. Drivers worried about expensive 25 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 1: fuel costs at being encouraged to think again before filling 26 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: up with premium petrol. A new report shows that many 27 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: drivers are paying an extra twenty five cents per liter 28 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: to buy premium products which have no real benefit over 29 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 1: E ten or regular unleaded and a warning to Ozzie's 30 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 1: working from home they may be risking their tax return 31 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,320 Speaker 1: if they fail to keep a diary of rosted hours. 32 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: New rules which came into effects last year allow people 33 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: working from home to claim sixty seven cents an hour 34 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: on their tax return. It's Port Entertainment, a next just 35 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: born in the Western Bears have had their bid to 36 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: join the NRL competition formerly rejected by Peter Velandi and 37 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: the ARL Commission. The Perth based team had been hoping 38 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: to join the comp in twenty twenty seven to become 39 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: the league's eighteenth team. In Australia's own Cameron Smith has 40 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: committed to playing this year's Australian Open Golfer tournament in 41 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: her entertainment news Now and Diddy's key to Miami Beach 42 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: is said to be taken back by the city following 43 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: the disgraced rappers arrest. The honor will be revoked at 44 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 1: a future date. Amid the music mogul's sex traffic indictment. 45 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: Now Lady Gargo has opened up about her biggest inspirations 46 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: the Superstar, revealing Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Madonna and Britney 47 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: Spears are the icons that she looks up to, and 48 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 1: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's daughter made her modeling debut 49 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: in Paris last week, prompting concerns from her famous parents. 50 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,399 Speaker 1: Saday Rose may have walked for Momoo, but has been 51 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,519 Speaker 1: told she needs to keep her new lifestyle balanced with schoolwork. 52 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: That's the latest for the nov podcast news team. We'll 53 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: have another episode of the Update for you tomorrow. I'm 54 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 1: Michelle Stevenson.