1 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the update. I'm Michelle Stevenson. Well, the 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: opposition believes the Albanesi government needs to put guardrails around 3 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 1: the budget to ensure spending restraint. Shadow Treasurer Ted O'Brian 4 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: got into a pretty heated argument with his counterpart Jim 5 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: Chalmers today on the final day of the Economic around 6 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: It Table. Mister O'Brien says Dr Chalmers must change course 7 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 1: to get the nation's finances back on track. 8 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 2: The households are doing the right things in Australia. The 9 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 2: government needs to start doing the right thing. The government 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 2: needs to start living within its means, and that starts 11 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 2: by applying some rules, some discipline to how you spend 12 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:42,520 Speaker 2: other people's money. 13 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 1: Well, Finance Minister Katie Gallaer, who was in the room, 14 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,160 Speaker 1: has hosed down the details and says it was actually 15 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: over pretty quickly. 16 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 3: I don't think it was awkward, not for politicians anyway. 17 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 3: We're sort of used to engaging with each other that way. 18 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 3: But you know, Ted said a few things, some of 19 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 3: them weren't correct and the Treasurer sought the opportunity to 20 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 3: correct them before moving on. It was very quick. 21 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: Well, police dimits have made a grim discovery in the 22 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: search for a missing father and son after their car 23 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: plunged into a river overnight. Two bodies were pulled from 24 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 1: the water north of Sydney, while a twenty four year 25 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: old man related to the pair managed to escape and 26 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: reach the river bank. It's as heavy rain continues to 27 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,320 Speaker 1: take its toll in New South Wales. The federal opposition 28 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: is vowing to hold the Prime Minister to account if 29 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: kids fall through the cracks once they're taken off the 30 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: NDIS from July. Children with mild autism and developmental delays 31 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: will be moved to a new support program called Thriving Kids, 32 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: but Liberal leader Susan Lee says the government has failed 33 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 1: to bring the states up to speed on their obligations. 34 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: There's no certainty for those families. There's no understanding of 35 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: what it means for those young people who will no 36 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: longer be covered. The Conweuth Bank has reversed a decision 37 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: to cut forty five call center jobs, admitting it was 38 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: wrong about the effect of its new AI voice bot 39 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: d Housing analysts worn a lack of size diversity in 40 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: the market is preventing older ossies from downsizing. Goutality reports 41 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: only six percent of current housing stock has one bedroom. 42 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: Sport in entertainment to next to sport. Australian spinballer Adam 43 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: Zampa has been reprimanded by the ICC for swearing during 44 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: the od I loss to South Africa in Cans and 45 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 1: crowstar Isaac Rankin has finally load his fate for using 46 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 1: a homophobic slur on a Collingwood opponent. He's been given 47 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: a four match ban in order to undertake further pride 48 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: in sport training. Twenty five year old could still play 49 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: again this season provided Adelaide lose their qualifying final but 50 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 1: still reach the decider. New Entertainment News Now and Dom 51 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: Dollar is headlining Beyond the Valley's tenth anniversary, delivering the 52 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 1: New Year's Eve Countdown performance. Addison Ray, The Temper Trap 53 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: and Loot are also on the Victorian Festival lineup. Debil 54 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 1: Levado has perfected Cynthia Arrivo's battle cry from Wicked the Start, 55 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: posting a video from her birthday karaoke party, wowing her 56 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: friends with the riv from Defying Gravity and some high 57 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: praise for Beyonce from a fellow music superstar at Sheeran, 58 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 1: describing her talents as otherworldly, saying out of all the 59 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 1: people he's worked with, Beyonce is the most impressive. That's 60 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: the latest from the Nerve podcast. News to him, i 61 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 1: have another episode of the Update for you tomorrow. I'm 62 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: Michelle Stevenson.