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Speaker 1: This is the latest from your news feed. It's Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: the twenty second of May. Anthony Albanesi has declared he

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Speaker 1: will not go to the polls until he has broken

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Speaker 1: the back of the cost of living crisis, saying he

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Speaker 1: is committed to going the distance in his first term

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Speaker 1: of government. He has also doubled down on plans to

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Speaker 1: combat the toxic impact of social media on children, saying

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Speaker 1: people needed hope and support now more than ever. The

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Speaker 1: Prime Minister's pledge comes amid shocking new research from the

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Speaker 1: Salvation Army that shows some families a using candles to

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Speaker 1: save on energy bills and public bathrooms.

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Speaker 2: To save on water costs.

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Speaker 1: As staggering seventy percent of Queensland's public hospital staff have

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Speaker 1: been assaulted or witnessed violence at work, a damning new

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Speaker 1: survey has revealed, with warnings patients are also at risk.

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Speaker 1: Queensland health staff believe their boss and the government aren't

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Speaker 1: taking their concerns seriously.

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Speaker 2: With a new union run campaign.

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Speaker 1: Set to call for more security personnel and tougher laws

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Speaker 1: to protect workers and patients.

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Speaker 2: We'll be back after this.

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Speaker 1: The cost of building a new home in Victoria went

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Speaker 1: up around twenty five thousand dollars overnight earlier this month.

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Speaker 1: It follows a thirty five percent surge in new home

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Speaker 1: sales across the state in April as buyer's race to

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Speaker 1: beat the impost caused by the state's new minimum standards

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Speaker 1: under the National Construction Code. Since May one, any new

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Speaker 1: home submitted for planning approvals has been required to be

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Speaker 1: seven star energy efficient, typically requiring better orientation for sunlight,

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Speaker 1: more double glazing, insulation, and often solar panels or more

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Speaker 1: efficient appliances and adelaide. Commuters purchasing single trips to travel

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Speaker 1: short distances on public transport are paying the higher fees

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Speaker 1: in the country. A single bus, train or tram trip

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Speaker 1: will set users back four dollars twenty five during peak

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Speaker 1: travel times, regardless of the distance traveled or.

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Speaker 2: Mode of transport.

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Speaker 1: That's compared with a four dollar adult peak fare paid

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Speaker 1: by Sydney Metro and Train patrons traveling up to ten kilometers.

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Speaker 1: We'll have an update to your news feed tomorrow