1 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the update time, Sissy Thompson. Australia has 2 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: experienced its deadliest twelve month period on our roads in 3 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: nearly twelve years. New data shows one three hundred and 4 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,160 Speaker 1: twenty seven people died on Australian roads in the twelve 5 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: months to the end of July, one hundred and twenty 6 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: three more than the previous year. Deaths in New South 7 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: Wales are up by a massive seventeen percent, nine percent 8 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: higher in Victoria, and around three percent higher in Queensland 9 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: and Western Australia. The Queensland government's fifty cent public transport 10 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: fares appear to be paying dividends. It was hoped the 11 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: initiative would increase patronage and in turn reduce congestion on 12 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 1: the state's roads. Public Transport advocate Robert dow says it's 13 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: doing just that. 14 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 2: Our reports are the light Gold Coast light Rail is 15 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 2: already raater than pre COVID patronage across SEQ is starting 16 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 2: to get very close to the pre COVID patronage and 17 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 2: on certain days it's actually exceeded it, which is good. 18 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: More than fifty eight thousand new jobs have been created 19 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 1: over the past month, continuing to put pressure on the 20 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: Reserve Bank about interest rates. Australia's unemployment rate climb to 21 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: point one of a percent in July to sit at 22 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: four point two percent. The slight increase is due to 23 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: a lift in workforce participation, meaning more people are actively 24 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 1: looking for a job, confident they'll land a role. High 25 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 1: school students across Australia are being invited to participate in 26 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: a Kid's Helpline bullying session today. The session can be 27 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 1: accessed virtually without charge. Eighty five percent of Aussie teens 28 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: have told a Kid's Helpline they've experienced bullying. Sport and 29 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: entertainment and next in sport, NRL's top of the Table 30 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 1: clash lived up to expectation last night, with a Storm 31 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: beating the Panthers by just two points to sit atop 32 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: the leaderboard, but there's been an enormous blow for Penrith 33 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: with star half back Nathan Cleary suffering as shoulder injury. 34 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: Scans today are expected to determine the extent of the issue. 35 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: Antennas Alex Demonoor has confirmed he will play at the 36 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: US Open, despite recent injury struggles at Wimbledon and at 37 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: the Olympics. In entertainment news. US police have arrested five 38 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: people over the death of friend star Matthew Perry. Prosecutors 39 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: have blamed people have taken advantage of Perry after he 40 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: slipped back into drug addiction. Two doctors are amongst those 41 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: charged after toxicology reports showed Perry to have a huge 42 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: amount of the horse tranquilizer ketamine in his system. And 43 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 1: that is the latest from an OVA podcast team. We'll 44 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:32,639 Speaker 1: see you later on for another update. I'm Susie Thompson.