1 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the Update. I'm Michelle Stevenson. Well Bunnaby 2 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: Joyce is confirmed he has quit the Nationals, claiming the 3 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: regional party wants him to leave. Mister Joyce believes he's 4 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: been prevented from playing a greater role and is expected 5 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:20,959 Speaker 1: to make the switch to rival one Nation, although he 6 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: does say he's yet to make that decision. 7 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 2: I've had no communication with either the leader of the 8 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 2: National Party or the Deputy Leader of the National Party 9 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,639 Speaker 2: to try and resolve this and that's disappointing. So after 10 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:34,599 Speaker 2: thirty years with the National Party, I am resigning from 11 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 2: the party that really leads me with a heavy heart, 12 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 2: and I apologize for all the hurt that that will 13 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 2: cause other people. I really do. 14 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: Will PM Anthony Alberneezy. It says the already depleted opposition 15 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: is losing more support forty two now there are forty one. 16 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 2: See if we can get him into single figures by 17 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 2: ten past three, Missus Speaker. 18 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: Well Labour's Tony Berg told Question Time he can see 19 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: the former Deputy PM taking in some Christmas classics over 20 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: the Break with Love. 21 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 2: Actually will have the Member for New England turning up 22 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 2: at Aqueensland doorstep for a different party holding a sign 23 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 2: saying to me you are perfect. 24 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: The opposition meantime has accused the Albernezi government of reaching 25 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: a dirty deal with the Greens to pass environmental laws. 26 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: The changes will streamline at the approval process for key 27 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 1: projects and impose tougher restrictions around land clearing. The coalition 28 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: argues that the legislation is being rushed and could stifle 29 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: business investment. Well beaches are closed on a stretch of 30 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: the New South Wales Mid North Coast after two people 31 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: were mault by shark. The pair believed to be Swedish tourists. 32 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: We're swimming in Crowdy Bay when they were attacked. A 33 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: woman in her twenties died at the scene. A man 34 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: in his twenties who went to eight is in hospital 35 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: with serious leg injuries. Authorities in the US he had 36 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: to work out why a government targeted National Guard members 37 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: in Washington, DC, but the FBI believes it has identified 38 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: the suspect. Two soldiers are in hospital in a critical condition, 39 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: and new data from the workplace gender a Quality agency 40 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: has found the gender pay gap is narrowing, but it's 41 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: also found women are still earning twenty eight thousand dollars 42 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: per year, less than men in similar positions Sport and 43 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: entertainment to next to sport, and Matilda's coach Joe Montmorrow 44 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: is refusing to confirm whether Sam Cour will play tomorrow 45 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: night against New Zealand. The match in Gosford has been 46 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: promoted as Cur's first time game in two years, but 47 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: the priority is apparently managing her comeback from knee surgery. 48 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: In Entertainment News Now and Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey 49 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: are rethinking their wedding plans, eyeing a venue in Tennessee 50 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 1: and considering hosting a private island affair. Now sources say 51 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: the couple have realized they may want to invite a 52 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: lot more people than they initially thought. Hugh Jackman has 53 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 1: finally gone insta official with Sutton Foster, the fifty seven 54 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: year old Ozzie Star who divorced Debra Lee Furness earlier 55 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: this year, gushing Oversney love in a sweet post. And 56 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: Sharon Osborne has made her first public appearance since the 57 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: death of husband Ozzie, the seventy three year old joining 58 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: daughter Kelly at a glitzy London fashion event hosted by 59 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: Ozzie designer Rebecca of Lance. That's the latest for the 60 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: Nervo podcast news team. I'll have another episode of the 61 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: Update for you tomorrow. I'm Michelle Stevenson.