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Speaker 1: Welcome to the update. I'm Elinor Quirk. The mother of

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Speaker 1: an Australian man living in LA says her son shouldn't

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Speaker 1: have died in the fires. Former child actor Rory Sykes,

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Speaker 1: who was born blind with cerebral palsy, couldn't be saved

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Speaker 1: when flames engulfed his cottage on the family's Malibu estate.

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Speaker 1: Shelley Sykes says failures in the system claimed the life

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Speaker 1: of her thirty two year old son. Guess what didn't work?

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Speaker 1: Name one one, All the phone lanes were down. It

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Speaker 1: was my baby and he died needlessly. Public officials are

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Speaker 1: also pointing to failures in the system, with the LA

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Speaker 1: Fire Department Chief Kristin Crawley claiming firefighters weren't told a

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Speaker 1: major reservoir had been drained.

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Speaker 2: When a firefighter comes up to a hydrant, we expect

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Speaker 2: there's going to be water.

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Speaker 1: We don't control the water supply.

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Speaker 3: Our firefighters are there to protect lives and property.

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Speaker 1: To the City of Los Angeles, your department, and our city. Yes,

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Speaker 1: the hunt's continuing for those responsible for a series of

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Speaker 1: anti Semitic attacks across Sydney. Another synagogue and a home

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Speaker 1: are the latest targets. Of offensive graffiti. Police also believe

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Speaker 1: the offenders tried to start a fire at the Newtown Temple.

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Speaker 1: Jewish Board of Deputies President David Alsop says something needs

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Speaker 1: to change.

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Speaker 2: Is just vandalism. This is a sustained campaign of intimidation,

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Speaker 2: harassments and menacing the community.

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Speaker 1: The Australian Bankers Association says Facebook parent company Meta is

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Speaker 1: putting users at risk by failing to remove pages seeking

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Speaker 1: and selling so called mule bank accounts. Chief Executive and

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Speaker 1: Apply says the scam ads encourage unknowing users to sell

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Speaker 1: or rent their bank accounts, which are then used for

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Speaker 1: criminal activity.

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Speaker 2: So it will mean more accountability for banks, but it

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Speaker 2: will also mean more accountability for telecommunications companies and importantly

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Speaker 2: social media platforms where far too much of this activity

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Speaker 2: is happening.

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Speaker 1: Sport and Entertainment annexed to Sport and Fanasi Kokanaka says

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Speaker 1: he still has a few things to work through to

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Speaker 1: be ready for his opening match at the Australian Open.

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Speaker 1: Cochanakus is scheduled to take to the court on Monday. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 1: he says he'll be doing all he can to line

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Speaker 1: up with Nick Curios in the doubles.

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Speaker 2: I think both of us kind of made a little

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Speaker 2: bit of a pack on this where seriously, seriously hurt,

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Speaker 2: like badly. We're going to try and come out there

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Speaker 2: even if I'm not feeling great.

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Speaker 1: To entertainment and returning to the fires in California, where

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Speaker 1: Jennifer Garner has rolled up her sleeves to support her

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Speaker 1: neighbors whose homes have been destroyed. The actress, whose suburb

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Speaker 1: of Pacific Palisades is one of the worst hit areas,

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Speaker 1: has joined a charity to help hand out food and relief.

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Speaker 3: My hope weeds for my friends. I mean, I can

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Speaker 3: think of one hundred families, and there are poems last

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Speaker 3: I can without even I could just write out a

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Speaker 3: list of one hundred friends who lost her home. I

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Speaker 3: feel almost guilty walking through my house.

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Speaker 1: And the fires have delayed a number of ceremonies scheduled

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Speaker 1: for the Hollywood Awards season. The Critics Choice Awards, scheduled

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Speaker 1: for tomorrow has been pushed back two weeks, while the

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Speaker 1: announcement of the Oscar nominations has also been rescheduled for

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Speaker 1: later this month. And that's the latest from the Nova

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Speaker 1: podcast team. We'll see you again soon. For another episode

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Speaker 1: of the Update