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Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the day. I'm Grace Barlow. The Queensland

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Speaker 1: Premier is urging all Southeast Queenslanders not to be complacent

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Speaker 1: to the threats of cyclone Alfred. The category two system

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Speaker 1: is expected to impact residents from just north of Noosa

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Speaker 1: to slightly south of the New South Wales border. Gale

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Speaker 1: force winds and heavy rainfall is expected to impact from

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Speaker 1: Wednesday afternoon. David Chris the Fully says everyone should be

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Speaker 1: taking this seriously.

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Speaker 2: It's a really rare event for Southeast Queensland, but it

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Speaker 2: is serious and it is happening and we want Queenslanders

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Speaker 2: to be prepared. We are and we want Queenslanders to

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Speaker 2: know we'll get through this if you do the preparation.

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Speaker 1: Treasure Er Jim Chalmers says while the weather event is rare,

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Speaker 1: the government is ready to help when.

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Speaker 3: The time comes. There'll be a cost, no doubt about that.

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Speaker 3: There'll be a cost to the economy and there'll be

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Speaker 3: a cost to the budget, but we will do what's

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Speaker 3: necessary when the time comes. Our focus, primarily exclusively is

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Speaker 3: on making sure that people are ready for the heavy

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Speaker 3: weather that's coming.

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Speaker 1: China has announced retaliatory tariffs on the US in a

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Speaker 1: major escalation of the trade war between the world's two

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Speaker 1: largest economies. The US tariffs means some Chinese imports will

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Speaker 1: be taxed at forty five percent. Beijing says it will

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Speaker 1: take countermeasures to safeguard its interests. Well, there's bad news

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Speaker 1: for millions of Ossie borrowers, with the RBA hinting there

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Speaker 1: may not be any more rate cuts this year as

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Speaker 1: inflation threatens to climb. The official cash rate was slashed

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Speaker 1: just last month for the first time since November twenty twenty.

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Speaker 1: The minutes of the latest BORED meeting suggests the cash

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Speaker 1: rate could stay at four point one percent for an

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Speaker 1: extended period, or even go up again. Analysts say it's

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Speaker 1: too early to know exactly how the US's decision to

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Speaker 1: pour wors military aid will impact Ukraine. Donald Trump has

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Speaker 1: stopped all shipments of equipment until he's satisfied President Vladimir

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Speaker 1: Zelenski is committed to peace. It follows a fiery Oval

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Speaker 1: office encounter where mister Trump berated the Ukrainian leader in

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Speaker 1: front of the cameras. And retailers are welcoming the latest

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Speaker 1: spending data, saying the year is off to a promising start.

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Speaker 1: Consumer spending is up three point eight percent on the

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Speaker 1: same time last year, driven by a rise in spending

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Speaker 1: on cosmetics, sports and recreational goods. Sport and entertainment are

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Speaker 1: next In sport, both AFL games scheduled in Queensland on

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Speaker 1: Thursday and Saturday have been postponed due to tropical Cyclone Alfred.

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Speaker 1: The Brisbane Geelong clash will most likely be played in

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Speaker 1: round three, where both teams have a bye. The Gold

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Speaker 1: Coast Essenden game will be played much later in the

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Speaker 1: season and Australia could fill two frontline spin bowlers in

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Speaker 1: tonight's Champions Trophy semi final against India. Skipper Steve Smith

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Speaker 1: says it's a serious consideration due to the spin friendly

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Speaker 1: pitch in Dubai. In entertainment news, country music icon Dolly

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Speaker 1: Parton has announced her husband of nearly sixty years, Carl Dean,

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Speaker 1: has died. He inspired her iconic hit Joline, based on

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Speaker 1: an interaction he had with a flirty bank teller. Chelsea

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Speaker 1: Handler and Ray Fines have been spotted getting cozy at

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Speaker 1: the Vanity Fair Oscars after party. The two stars were

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Speaker 1: photographed leaving the event in arm and Taylor Swift could

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Speaker 1: be subpoened in the Blake Lively Justin Baldoni legal battle.

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Speaker 1: The singer is rumored to be called up to face

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Speaker 1: questioning under oath around her best friend's allegations. And that's

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Speaker 1: the latest from the Nova podcast team. I'll have another

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Speaker 1: episode of Update for you, oh,