Speaker 1: Welcome to the update. Hello, I'm eleanor quirk the government's
Speaker 1: resisting calls to extend the fuel excise cart as it
Speaker 1: draws to an end from midnight, the sixteenth CENTI later
Speaker 1: discount will no longer apply, with fuel prices tipped to
Speaker 1: gradually increase in coming weeks. Energy Minister Chris Bowen says
Speaker 1: the measure was only ever meant to be temporary.
Speaker 2: I think Australians have understood, as we made crystal clear
Speaker 2: all the way through this was a temporary measure. Well,
Speaker 2: we ask people to buy as much fuel as they need,
Speaker 2: no more, no less.
Speaker 1: Meanwhile, it speared fuel prices could also be driven up
Speaker 1: as the Middle East conflict again ramps up. US officials
Speaker 1: issuing a warning two American citizens to get out of
Speaker 1: the region ahead of planned strikes on Iran. A cluster
Speaker 1: of dozens of dead and sick birds has been discovered
Speaker 1: in South Australia in what spheared to be the first
Speaker 1: mass mortality from bird floy on Australian soil. Until now,
Speaker 1: the virus, which could wipe out native animal populations and livestock,
Speaker 1: has been kept to arsolated cases. Invasive Species Council Chief
Speaker 1: Jack Goff says it's a concerning development.
Speaker 3: There's a tsunami of devastation about the break across Australia's
Speaker 3: wildlife and we're seeing that this bird flu which has
Speaker 3: been so devastating overseas, is now starting to build momentum.
Speaker 3: So it's in five different states, five different species, including
Speaker 3: a seagull now.
Speaker 1: And the European football governing body uafas piled more pressure
Speaker 1: on the World Football boss to stand down over his
Speaker 1: much criticized plant to sell off the World Cup. Johanni
Speaker 1: Infantino has now scrapped the idea following a major backlash,
Speaker 1: but UAFUS Vice president Laura McCallister says his positions now untenable.
Speaker 2: The football community has lost confidence in the leadership of FIFA,
Speaker 2: particularly in the President Johnny Infantino, and I think after
Speaker 2: events of the past week than the statements that we've
Speaker 2: seen the football stakeholders make it clear that it would
Speaker 2: be appropriate for him to consider his position.
Speaker 1: Sport and entertainment annexed to sport and Ossie Curtis Marshall's
Speaker 1: one gold in the men's pole vault at the Commonwealth
Speaker 1: Games NRL and the Broncos season's gone from bad to worse,
Speaker 1: suffering a thirty to six point lost the Knights, and
Speaker 1: Carlton's kept its AFL Finals hopes alive after defeating Brisbane
Speaker 1: by seventy six points to Entertainment and Pierce Brosnan's been
Speaker 1: spotted on the streets of Sydney stopping for selfies with
Speaker 1: excited fans. The actor is believed to be in Australia
Speaker 1: to shoot his new movie Extraction with Chris Hemsworth and
Speaker 1: Idris Elba. And K pop superstars BTS are boycotting the
Speaker 1: Grammys after a new category for Asian pop was announced.
Speaker 1: The Korean boy bands says the category is divisive and
Speaker 1: they don't want to be judged by region all language.
Speaker 1: And that's the latest from the No For podcast team.
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