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Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the update. I'm Michelle Stevenson. The new

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Speaker 1: report suggests excessive government handouts during the pandemic it led

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Speaker 1: to Australia's inflation woes. The federal government says one of

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Speaker 1: its biggest priorities is restoring faith in the public service.

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Speaker 1: After handing down an eight hundred and sixty six page

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Speaker 1: report into the COVID response, Treasury Jim Chalmers says because

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Speaker 1: of stimulus payments, peak inflation was at least two percentage

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Speaker 1: points higher than it should have been.

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Speaker 2: There was excessive fiscal and monetary policy stimulus provided throughout

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty one and twenty twenty two, especially in the

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Speaker 2: construction sector, combined with supply side disruptions. This contributed to

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Speaker 2: inflationary pressures coming out of the pandemic.

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Speaker 1: But the coalition has dubbed the report a political hit job.

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Speaker 1: Liberal leader Peter Dutton says the Albernezi government is just

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Speaker 1: engaging in political point scoring.

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Speaker 3: It was a hit job and frankly, I just don't

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Speaker 3: think the Albanesi government gets anything right at the moment.

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Speaker 3: You know, if Labour had their way at a federal level,

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Speaker 3: there would have been an extra eighty one billion dollars

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Speaker 3: that was spent. We know that they were opposed to

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Speaker 3: job Keeper. They were for it. We saved lives.

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Speaker 1: The BM maintains he's been transparent in his dealings with Cornus.

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Speaker 1: A new book suggests Anthony Alberniezi has been given twenty

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Speaker 1: two flight upgrades and gifts from the airline when Alan

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Speaker 1: Joyce was boss. The Opposition now pushing for a Senate

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Speaker 1: inquiry into the matter. Well It's calls for Queensland's newly

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Speaker 1: elected Premier David chris A Fuley to reconsider scrapping pill

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Speaker 1: testing to schoolies. The former state labor government announced a

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Speaker 1: pop up site would be introduced at Surfers Paradise for

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Speaker 1: the celebrations, but the L ANDP is planning to repeal

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Speaker 1: the commitment. Meyer has taken ownership of nearly eight hundred

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Speaker 1: retail stores, signing a deal with a major fashion retail company,

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Speaker 1: Premier Investments, has sold its brands to the department store,

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Speaker 1: which include Just Genes, JJ's, Portman's and Dottie and Organ.

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Speaker 1: Donor cards are being made digital. The document can be

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Speaker 1: added to the micro of appwallet, making it more easily accessible.

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Speaker 1: It's what Entertainment annexed to sport of Matthew Wade will

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Speaker 1: be Australia's wicket keeping and fielding coach for next month's

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Speaker 1: T twenty series against Pakistan. It comes after the thirty

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Speaker 1: six year old confirmed his international retirement and the LA

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Speaker 1: Dodgers add just a one win away from claiming Baseball's

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Speaker 1: World Series. They've been the New York Yankees four to

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Speaker 1: two to take a three nier lead in the best

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Speaker 1: of seven. In Your Entertainment News Now, in all five

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Speaker 1: of one directions albums have re entered the Billboard two

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Speaker 1: hundred Following the death of Liam Payne, it says the

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Speaker 1: singer's first posthumous song, Do No Wrong, is slated for

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Speaker 1: release November one. Lizzo has ditched the vegan lifestyle after

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Speaker 1: realizing her love for Japanese food. The singer reintroducing animal

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Speaker 1: proteins into her diet as she works to improve her

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Speaker 1: overall health. And supermodel Jaselle Bunchen is pregnant. The forty

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Speaker 1: four year old has been dating her jiu jitsu pro

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Speaker 1: boyfriend since divorcing NFL star Tom Brady last year. And

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Speaker 1: that's Lates from the Never Podcast news team, We'll have

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Speaker 1: another episode of the update for you tomorrow. I'm Michelle Stevenson,