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Speaker 1: Hell and welcome to the update. Michelle Stevenson well the

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Speaker 1: other an Easy government says a ten billion dollar contract

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Speaker 1: between Australia and Japan marks a significant milestone between both countries.

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Speaker 1: It'subishi Heavy Industries will build eleven warships, with the first

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Speaker 1: to be delivered within four years. The government is confident

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Speaker 1: Japan will be able to deliver all the vessels within

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Speaker 1: a decade, with many to be produced in wa. Defense

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Speaker 1: Minister Richard Miles says it'll shape our military capability for

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Speaker 1: the next generation.

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Speaker 2: It is a next generation vessel. It is stealthy. It

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Speaker 2: has thirty two vertical launch cells capable of launching long

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Speaker 2: range missiles. It has a highly capable radar, a highly

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Speaker 2: capable sonar. In that sense, it is genuinely a general

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Speaker 2: purpose frigate.

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Speaker 1: While security analysts are welcoming the move, Michael Schuebridge from

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Speaker 1: Strategic Analysis Australia says this deal is important Japanese.

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Speaker 3: If your remember offered us their submarine, the Sailu class,

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Speaker 3: back in about twenty sixteen and we turn them down,

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Speaker 3: they don't sell warships or submarines to anyone. So as

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Speaker 3: the Japanese government saying, we think Australia, you're a strategic

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Speaker 3: partner and we'd like to work really closely with you.

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Speaker 1: No, I'm a first Minister, says he's taking a tougher

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Speaker 1: approach to his predecessors. On approving visas, Tony Burk says

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Speaker 1: visitors failing to meet security clearances are being blocked at

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Speaker 1: unprecedented rates. He says the approach is to protect the

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Speaker 1: nation's social cohesion. A fall in inflation and expectations of

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Speaker 1: an interest rate cart have pushed consumer confidence to its

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Speaker 1: highest level since the twenty twenty two election. Anzed research

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Speaker 1: shows confidence rose almost four percent over the past seven days.

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Speaker 1: Consumers are feeling more upbeat about their current and future

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Speaker 1: financial position. WA is lowering the past grade two D

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Speaker 1: for atar subjects. The School Curriculum and Standards Authority has

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Speaker 1: revealed the change in a letter to principles, saying many

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Speaker 1: students aren't taking up horses out of fear they won't

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Speaker 1: score high enough to graduate, and the Bureau Statistics will

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Speaker 1: test its systems and processes tonight ahead of next year's census.

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Speaker 1: Sport and entertainment are next to sport in the NRL

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Speaker 1: continues to investigate claims that Wes Tiger's players aimed offensive

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Speaker 1: hand gestures at Bulldog supporters. Chief executive Andrew Abdotz says

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Speaker 1: is a serious issue.

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Speaker 4: Clearly, we don't want to be talking about these types

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Speaker 4: of issues where there's potential offense to people. So we're

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Speaker 4: having a very close look at what occurred and we'll

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Speaker 4: take the appropriate action.

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Speaker 1: And in AFL Melbourne is Sanctis Premiership winning coach Simon

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Speaker 1: Goodwin after failing to make the top eight for a

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Speaker 1: second consecutive season. In Your Entertainment News Now, and it

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Speaker 1: looks like the bad blood between Tallerswift and Donald Trump

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Speaker 1: isn't going anywhere anytime soon, the President taking to his

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Speaker 1: Truth social website claiming the fourteen time Grammy winner is

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Speaker 1: no longer hot. Also up for the Sussexes, Megan Michael

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Speaker 1: and Prince Harry have been spotted enjoying a California beach

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Speaker 1: day with their six year old son taking surfing lessons.

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Speaker 1: And Lady Gaga will release new music next month. He's

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Speaker 1: dropping a new single for the release of Wednesday season two.

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Speaker 1: And that's the latest woman to have a podcast news

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Speaker 1: team along an episode of The Update for You Tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: I'm Michelle Stevenson,