1 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:08,399 Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the update. I'm Suzy Thompson. There are 2 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: demands for the federal government to immediately implement the findings 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: of the landmark Royal Commission into Veteran Suicides. The findings 4 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: will be handed down today after hearings across the country, 5 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 1: which received thousands of submissions. Its recommendations will be aimed 6 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 1: at improving the culture of the ADF and better supporting 7 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: former military personnel. Independent Senator and Army veteran Jackie Lamby 8 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: says it's time to stop talking. 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 2: You're never going to stop veterans for taking their lives, 10 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 2: but what you can do, if you're doing it properly, 11 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 2: is at least reduce that number. 12 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: Melbourne Police are investigating if three children who are fighting 13 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 1: for life after a house fire and the city's northwest 14 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: were home alone. A crime scene has been established after 15 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: fire tool through a Sydnam home at around nine thirty 16 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: last night, moments after a loud bang was heard. Firefighters 17 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: entered the house and found a toddler and two children inside. 18 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:02,279 Speaker 1: They were rushed to hospital with critical injuries. There are 19 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:04,960 Speaker 1: calls for the federal government to give all workers twelve 20 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: days of reproductive leave to cover IVF treatments, period pain, 21 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: menopause visectomies and gender transitioning therapies. The Health Services Union 22 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: has launched a national campaign for the new leave entitlements 23 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: to be enshrined in the National employment standards. A lack 24 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: of early childhood education and care in regional, rural and 25 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 1: remote communities is taking a toll on parents. Polling conducted 26 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: by the Parenthood shows eighty six percent of families in 27 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: the bush A struggling to access care and facing financial 28 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: stress as a result. To Parenthood's Maddie Butler says, the 29 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: government needs to step in. 30 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 2: Ultimately, we want to see that every single child can 31 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 2: access some form of early learning and care no matter 32 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 2: where they live, and that means that governments need to 33 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 2: adopt a public management role of the system. It also 34 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 2: means that we need a tailored workforce strategy to ensure 35 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:56,919 Speaker 2: the recruitment. 36 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: And retention sport and entertainment. Next in space thought. The 37 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: curtain has come down on the Paris Paralympic Games. James 38 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: Turner and Lauren Parker carried the flag for Australia at 39 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 1: this morning's closing ceremony. Thousands packing out Staye de France 40 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 1: for the celebrations, the Aussies finished ninth on the medal 41 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: tally with eighteen gold medals, seventeen silver and twenty eight bronze. 42 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: It was our lowest hall since nineteen eighty. Rashard Pant 43 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: has been named in India's test sCOD against Bangladesh less 44 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: than two years after he was nearly killed in a 45 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 1: car accident, and an Iranian Paralympic athlete has been stripped 46 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: of his gold medal for displaying a band religious flag. 47 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: In entertainment news, el McPherson has been spotted and joining 48 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: a Queensland getaway after sparking outrage for her revelations about 49 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: her cancer treatment in the lead up to the release 50 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: of her memoir, The supermodel has been staying in Hayman Island. 51 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: McPherson received public backlash after saying she opted for an intuitive, 52 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: holistic approach over modern medicine, and the Royal family has 53 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: shared photo of Queen Elizabeth sid to mark two years 54 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: since her death. The late monarch can be seen smiling 55 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: at a Buckingham Palace garden party in twenty nineteen. And 56 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 1: that is the latest from an OVA podcast team. We'll 57 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:17,079 Speaker 1: see later on for another update. I'm Susie Thompson,