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Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the update. I'm to Lisa Ryder. Bombshell

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Speaker 1: revelations today that billions of dollars in NDIS funds have

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Speaker 1: been spent on illicit drugs, holidays and expensive cars. The

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Speaker 1: Schemes head of Fraud and Integrity has revealed to a

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Speaker 1: Senate estimates hearing as much as two billion dollars a

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Speaker 1: year it's being fraudulently spent, including drugs like cocaine, heroine

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Speaker 1: and ice. Minister Bill Shorten And has told Parliament authorities

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Speaker 1: are cracking down on fraud.

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Speaker 2: I actually think that most members of the House are

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Speaker 2: very committed to seeing the NDIS deliver the outcomes that

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Speaker 2: it was designed to deliver for people with disability. But

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Speaker 2: the NDIS needs to be got back on track.

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Speaker 1: The Shadow Foreign Minister says that Defense Force should be

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Speaker 1: recruiting more Aussies rather than looking for foreigners. From next month,

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Speaker 1: new Zealanders who've had permanent residency for at least a

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Speaker 1: year will be able to join the ADF. People from

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Speaker 1: other friendly countries can sign on from twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 1: Simon Birmingham says Defense is clearly dealing with major recruitment issues.

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Speaker 3: This isn't about whether or not we have foreign nationals.

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Speaker 3: It's about the failure of the government to get Australians

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Speaker 3: to sign up and to stay in the military. And

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Speaker 3: they've missed the targets by some five thousand people, and

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Speaker 3: we should be seeing more Australians have the confidence to

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Speaker 3: sign up.

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Speaker 1: A Perth primary school P and C have apologized after

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Speaker 1: a photo of a parent wearing blackface at a Bingo

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Speaker 1: fundraiser went viral. The father was awarded best dressed at

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Speaker 1: the nineties themed event, coming as a member of the

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Speaker 1: Jamaican Bob sled team from the movie Cool Runnings. North

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Speaker 1: Woodvale Primary says they acknowledge their mistake in not understanding

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Speaker 1: the complex history of the costume. Ossie Cruise Line P

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Speaker 1: and O will soon be no more, its parent company

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Speaker 1: announcing today it will be folded into Carnival Cruise Line

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Speaker 1: early next year. Carnival says the move was a necessary

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Speaker 1: cost saving. Exercise and eating more fruit could reduce a

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Speaker 1: person's risk of developing depression, and international study has found

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Speaker 1: a potential link between fruit intake and mental health. Researchers

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Speaker 1: also say their work suggested veggies had a benefit, but

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Speaker 1: it was not as significant sport and entertainment are next.

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Speaker 1: In sport, the eighteen player Matilda squad has been named

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Speaker 1: for the upcoming Paris Olympics. Steph Cattlee will camped in

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Speaker 1: the side with Emily van Egman and Ellie Carpenter as

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Speaker 1: her deputies, and Cameron Green says he's ready to plug

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Speaker 1: any holes. As Australia prepares for its first game of

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Speaker 1: the T twenty World Cup. The Aussies face omen in

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Speaker 1: the first of four group games on Thursday. In entertainment news,

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Speaker 1: Kanye West is being sued for sexual harassment. He's been

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Speaker 1: taken to court by his former assistant, who's also accusing

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Speaker 1: the rapper of wrongful termination. Chris Emsworth has shocked fans

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Speaker 1: by claiming the Ossie accent isn't sexy. The homegrown star

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Speaker 1: disagreeing with the statement that Australians had the best accent

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Speaker 1: during an interview with lad Bible, saying he hates the

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Speaker 1: way we talk and fans have been left reeling after

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Speaker 1: Cindy Lauper hinted she may be retiring from the stage,

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Speaker 1: the music Legend announcing her upcoming US tour titled Girls

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Speaker 1: Just Want to Have Fun At the Farewell tour.

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Speaker 2: And that's the.

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Speaker 1: Latest from the Nova Podcast news team. We'll have another

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Speaker 1: episode of the Update for you tomorrow