1 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the update. 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 2: I'm Michelle Stevenson. 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 1: Electricity rises are said to rise by up to sixty 4 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: five percent over the next ten years. Global credit rating 5 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: agency Moodies is warning Australia's push to net zero emissions 6 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: will come at a steep price. It's found decarbonizing the 7 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: power grid will increase consumer energy costs by thirty five percent. 8 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: That's on top of the thirty percent impact of general inflation. 9 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 1: Head of Economics that Moody is at, Katrina el says 10 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:36,559 Speaker 1: the pressure is on the Abenezy government to decide who pays. 11 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 2: It can be a case of the government can can 12 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 2: really come to the party and say, look, we don't 13 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 2: want households and businesses to bear the brunt of this. 14 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 2: We're going to take it. Or they might take a 15 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 2: step back and say no, let's let's let the market 16 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 2: work and have households and businesses increasingly pick up this bill. 17 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: The PM concedes there's been a substantial increase in the 18 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: threads being made to federal and state politicians in recent months. 19 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:05,479 Speaker 1: The comments come as federal police charge of Victorian men 20 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: with making anti Semitic comments and death threats toward MPs 21 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 1: over email and social media. Anthony Alberzi says it is 22 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: important to work out why it's happening. 23 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 3: People will say things on social media that they would 24 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 3: never say to you face to face. We need to 25 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 3: be able to have civil discourse in this country. I 26 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 3: don't want to see the sort of polarization that we 27 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 3: see in some of our democracies around the world happen 28 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 3: the opposition. 29 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: Meantime, it says it's not surprised a new opinion poll 30 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: show support for the PM has tumbled in Wa. The 31 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: state was pretty crucial in delivering government for Anthony Alberanesi 32 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty two federal election, but the latest 33 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: News poll shows fifty percent of Western Australians don't believe 34 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: the PM deserves a second term. When North Queensland is 35 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: expected to get pummeled with rain for the second weekend 36 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: in a row now, severe thunderstorm activity is also forecast, 37 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: with daily rainfall totals of about two hundred and fifty millimeters, 38 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: it says. With Sunday Coast Airport in Proserpine is shut 39 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:09,959 Speaker 1: down amid flooding fears, and couples looking to dine out 40 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: this Valentine's Day are being worn to book ahead. Data 41 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: from Open Table shows restaurant dining was up eighteen percent 42 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: on the fourteenth of February last year. It's one entertainment 43 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,519 Speaker 1: to annexed to sport and all rounder bow Webster will 44 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 1: be heading home when he returns to the Big Bash League. 45 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: The Tasmanian has left the Melbourne Stars for the Hobart Hurricanes, 46 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,959 Speaker 1: and the PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and players representative 47 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: Adam Scott have met with US President Donald Trump. They're 48 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 1: hoping he can help broker a resolution with the Saudi 49 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 1: Arabian Public Investment Fund to reunite professional golf. In your 50 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,639 Speaker 1: entertainment news now, and Kanye West has taken to social 51 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: media to call for the release of Sean Diddy Combs, 52 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: the rapper tagging Donald Trump on eggs saying free my 53 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 1: brother Puff, who's currently awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges 54 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,399 Speaker 1: in a New York prison. Will looks like at cheering 55 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: fans won't have to wait much longer for some new music. 56 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 1: The singer sharing some picks on social media, saying he's 57 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: wrapped the record and all the stars of Walks of 58 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 1: the Red Carpet for this year's Australian Academy of Arts 59 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 1: and Cinema Awards, better known as the Actors Henry Cavell, 60 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: Robbie Williams and Guy Pearce are just some of the 61 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: big names, with Russell Crowe the host. That's the latest 62 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 1: from the podcast news team. I have another episode of 63 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: The Update for you tomorrow. I'm Michelle Stevenson.