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Speaker 1: Hello, welcome to the update. I'm to Lisa Ryder. The

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Speaker 1: Federal GARVI is predicting Cyclone Alfred will cause billions of

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Speaker 1: dollars worth of damage. Around four million residents in southeast

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Speaker 1: Queensland and northern New South Wales are bunkering down and

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Speaker 1: preparing for the category two storm to make landfall tomorrow night.

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Speaker 1: Strong winds, rain and huge swells are already being reported

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Speaker 1: along the coast from Coulan Gadad to Ballina. Prime Minister

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Speaker 1: Abony Alberizi has been briefed by emergency response teams in

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Speaker 1: Brisbane and has this message for those in the cyclone's path.

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Speaker 2: We are there to support you. We have your back,

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Speaker 2: We respect the work that you are doing in your

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Speaker 2: preparedness and we know that this is tough times and

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Speaker 2: that's why every Australian, every Australian, regardless oh where they

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Speaker 2: are in this great country of ours, is thinking of

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Speaker 2: you over the coming period.

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Speaker 1: The PM also confirming early recovery grants of a million

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Speaker 1: dollars for affected counsels will also come into play, following

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Speaker 1: requests from both the New South Wales and Queensland premiers. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 1: supermarkets are beginning to close their doors ahead of the

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Speaker 1: impact from the wild weather. Coles has confirmed stores within

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Speaker 1: shopping centers across the southeast will shut today. Teachers whill

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Speaker 1: receive their students nap land results faster than previous. Is

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Speaker 1: in a bit to identify any children who are falling

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Speaker 1: behind in literacy and numeracy. The National Curriculum Authority will

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Speaker 1: fast track the assessment scores to give educators a clearer

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Speaker 1: snapshot of student progress. More than one point three million

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Speaker 1: kids in years three, five, seven, and nine will sit

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Speaker 1: exams next week. The United States has paused intelligence sharing

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Speaker 1: with Ukraine, meeting the war torn country will no longer

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Speaker 1: receive intel on targets inside Russia. National Security Advisor Mike

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Speaker 1: Waltz says the US is taking a step back as

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Speaker 1: it reviews its relationship with Ukraine.

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Speaker 3: I think we're going to see movement in very short order. Well,

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Speaker 3: I think we've seen movement in the last twenty four

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Speaker 3: hours that the Ukraine inside will actually come to the

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Speaker 3: table and negotiate a partial truce, a full truce, and

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Speaker 3: then a permanent piece.

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Speaker 1: And the Pope remains in a stable condition, spending the

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Speaker 1: day in his armchair. The Pontiff has not experienced any

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Speaker 1: more respiratory failures, but still needs ventilation overnight. Sport and

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Speaker 1: entertainment annexed in sports. Some Dolphins players will miss their

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Speaker 1: NRL season opener due to a liming cyclone, Mark Nichols

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Speaker 1: and Cody nicorema opting to stay home to help their families.

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Speaker 1: In the firing Line, New Zealand has beaten South Africa

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Speaker 1: by fifty runs to reach the ICC Champions Trophy Final.

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Speaker 1: They'll take on India for the coveted trophy, and Ozzie

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Speaker 1: in a curios is in doubt for his tennis match

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Speaker 1: at Indian Wells after he was seen clutching his rears

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Speaker 1: during practice. In entertainment news, ICEQB is reportedly trapped in

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Speaker 1: his Gold Coast hotel as Alfred prepares to make landfall.

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Speaker 1: The rapper and actor is currently on tour here in Australia.

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Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey's next door neighbor has revealed the Kansas City

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Speaker 1: Chief star and Taylor Swift were actually dating six months

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Speaker 1: before their romance became public. US reality star Wes Bergmann

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Speaker 1: says he'd seen Swift at Kelsey's house months before they

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Speaker 1: announced their relationship to the world and Despite his reported

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Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty million dollar net worth, Ben Affleck

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Speaker 1: seemingly not a big spender. The Oscars winner spotted winsying

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Speaker 1: as his thirteen year old son looked keen to buy

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Speaker 1: a six thousand dollars pair of Air Jordan's. And that's

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Speaker 1: the latest from the Nova Podcast news room. We'll have

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Speaker 1: another episode of the Update for you later on