Speaker 1: This is the latest from your news speech. It's Friday,
Speaker 1: the seventeenth of May. Almost three hundred and twenty thousand
Speaker 1: Australians have been unemployed for between two years and a decade,
Speaker 1: despite living through the biggest job booms in Australian history.
Speaker 1: Unemployment data from March twenty twenty four showed more Australians
Speaker 1: for jobless for between two and ten years than the
Speaker 1: entire population of Woollongong. The figures come despite eight hundred
Speaker 1: and twenty thousand new jobs being created since the last
Speaker 1: federal election. The University of Melbourne has warned pro Palestinian
Speaker 1: protesters occupying a major building on campus that it will
Speaker 1: send in police to break up their encampment because patience
Speaker 1: is now at an end. The Herald Sun confirmed with
Speaker 1: the university on Thursday night that it was closely working
Speaker 1: with police to remove the protesters. Deputy Vice Chancellor Michael
Speaker 1: Wesley says students had a right to protest at its
Speaker 1: Parkville campus, but it was not a blank check. We'll
Speaker 1: be back after this. A frightened mother from regional South
Speaker 1: Australia says her child's school was forced into lockdown after
Speaker 1: a seven year old boy with a history of behavioral issues,
Speaker 1: produced a knife and threatened to kill classmates. The mother,
Speaker 1: who asked to remain anonymous, said the boy brought a
Speaker 1: kitchen block carving knife to Mount Gambia North Primary School
Speaker 1: where her daughter attends, on Monday, forcing teachers to launch
Speaker 1: an immediate evacuation or school lockdown. She said the boy
Speaker 1: threatened to kill fellow students and struck her daughter with
Speaker 1: his fist. The latest act in a rising series of
Speaker 1: bullying incidents and the Queensland Government's alternative plan for the
Speaker 1: Gabbett could cost one point one billion dollars and cut
Speaker 1: its capacity by four thousand seats, it can be revealed.
Speaker 1: Early discussions among stakeholders indicated the crazy spend was necessary
Speaker 1: to reach code compliance and prevent the cracked and rusty
Speaker 1: stadium from further deteriorating. For the same one billion dollar
Speaker 1: price tag, former Premier Anastasia Paliche in twenty twenty one
Speaker 1: said the Gabbutt could be demolished and rebuilt. Four thousand
Speaker 1: seats could instead be removed as part of a billion
Speaker 1: dollar plan to upgrade it and sun Corp Stadium. We'll
Speaker 1: have an update to your newsfeed tomorrow