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Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the update. I'm Tina Quinn. Australia has

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Speaker 1: taken home another three medals at the Paralympics, two gold

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Speaker 1: and one silver. All three were one in the Valodrome

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Speaker 1: by Emily Petrocola, Corey Boddington and Jessica Gallagher. Petrocola overwhelmed

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Speaker 1: with the win after what she says has been a

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Speaker 1: difficult few years.

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Speaker 2: I've just had a lot of mis issues over the

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Speaker 2: last three years. I've moved from relapsing, remitting to secondary progressive,

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Speaker 2: so it's been really challenging.

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Speaker 1: And Australia's wheelchair rugby team has kept its metal hopes alive,

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Speaker 1: beating host nation France fifty five to fifty three in Paris.

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Speaker 1: We missed out on a place in the four by

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Speaker 1: fifty meter freestyle relay final, disqualified at the end of

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Speaker 1: the race. China claimed gold in the event for eight

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Speaker 1: third straight Paralympic Games. The new South Wales Liberal Party

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Speaker 1: is facing three by elections following the resignation of Pittwater

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Speaker 1: MP Rory Amon over alleged child sex offenses. The thirty

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Speaker 1: five year old was yesterday charged on ten counts relating

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Speaker 1: to the alleged sexual assault of a then thirteen year

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Speaker 1: old boy in twenty seventeen. While he's denied all charges.

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Speaker 1: Mister Amen's resignation means his party will face by elections

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Speaker 1: in the seat of Pittwater as well as the seats

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Speaker 1: of Epping and Hornsby. Mister Amon, who has been granted bail,

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Speaker 1: released a statement denying the allegations. An Indigenous human rights

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Speaker 1: lawyer is calling for WA's government to engage the Aboriginal

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Speaker 1: community and reform the state's youth justice system. Following another

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Speaker 1: death in custody this week, A seventeen year old died

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Speaker 1: at Banksy A Hill Detention Center on Thursday night. He's

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Speaker 1: the second child to die in custody and the state

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Speaker 1: in less than twelve months. Speaking to the ABC, doctor

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Speaker 1: Hannah McGlade says that the WA government needs to step up.

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Speaker 2: I think there needs to also be an independent Youth

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Speaker 2: Justice Commissioner appointed who can report directly to the Premier,

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Speaker 2: who sits outside of justice just because they've consistently filed

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Speaker 2: and created such a dangerous environment, especially for our Aboriginal children.

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Speaker 1: Heading overseas now and at least six people have been

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Speaker 1: killed and fifty injured in a Russian strike on the

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Speaker 1: city of Harkiev. A fourteen year old is among the dead.

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Speaker 1: Guided bombs were used to head a twelve story building

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Speaker 1: in the cities Industrial precinct. Hakkiev Chief of Police Vladimir

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Speaker 1: Demoshkov says it's an indiscriminate attack on civilians.

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Speaker 3: These were civilian sites. The park at Uria Boulevard was

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Speaker 3: directly hit. Children were there. The children's playground was hit.

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Speaker 3: A child died. According to preliminary information, it was a

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Speaker 3: girl of thirteen or fourteen.

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Speaker 1: Well as we close out winter, Australia has broken several

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Speaker 1: heat records and the Bureau of Meteorology says the warm

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Speaker 1: weather and fire risks are here to stay and will

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Speaker 1: persist through spring, with higher than average temperatures forecast. Parts

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Speaker 1: of australia southeast have also endured wild weather, with damaging

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Speaker 1: wind warnings persisting in parts of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.

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Speaker 1: Two of Australia's four big banks predict interest rates will

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Speaker 1: come down from early next year. A and Z and

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Speaker 1: Westpac believe the official cash rate will drop to the

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Speaker 1: low three percent range. The current rate is running at

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Speaker 1: a thirteen year high at four point three five percent.

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Speaker 1: In sport and the AFLW has kicked off with two

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Speaker 1: games played. Last night, West Coast claimed a narrow one

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Speaker 1: point win over Richmond, while Sydney beat Collingwood by fifteen points.

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Speaker 1: At the US Open, Coco Gulf has defeated her Ukrainian

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Speaker 1: opponent in a third round clash. Ozzie Alexeipoprin will be

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Speaker 1: an action later this morning. Soccero's coach Graham Arnold has

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Speaker 1: named an extended twenty four man squad for the Asian

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Speaker 1: Qualifiers against Bahrain and Indonesia. In n RL action, injuries

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Speaker 1: have soured Manley's victory over the Bulldogs. Star duo Jason

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Speaker 1: Salb and Tom Trevoyevich were both heard during the thirty

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Speaker 1: four to twenty two win, and after back de bag losses,

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Speaker 1: the Panthers have got their season back on track, thrashing

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Speaker 1: the rabbit Os thirty four to two. In entertainment news,

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Speaker 1: a music promoter has won a multimillion dollar lawsuit against

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Speaker 1: the Australian Grand Prix for the cancelation of a Robbie

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Speaker 1: Williams performance. The corporation must pay two point eight four

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Speaker 1: million dollars in damages. You're all up to date now

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Speaker 1: catch us tomorrow for another episode of the Update