1 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the update. I'm Jamie Stevenson. Optus is 2 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: apologizing to all customers affected by inappropriate retail sale practices. 3 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 1: The company issuing a statement saying it is sorry for 4 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: the misconduct and for the distress caused. The Consumer Watchdog 5 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 1: alleges the telco giant were selling goods and services to 6 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: vulnerable consumers which they did not want or need. A 7 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: Triple C chairwoman Gina Kascottlieb says the company then pursued 8 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: customers for debts relating to the sALS. 9 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 2: We allege that they became aware and continued the conduct. 10 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 2: That is also deliberate conduct. So we are looking at 11 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 2: quite specific deliberate conduct at both a sales level and 12 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 2: a management level. 13 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 3: Well. 14 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: OPTAs says it's also sacked some of the staff over 15 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: the allegations. A Coalition front bencher has confirmed she's carrying 16 00:00:55,880 --> 00:01:00,040 Speaker 1: out an audit of her flight upgrades following reports I 17 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: hadn't even declared all of them. The PM is defending 18 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: his Cornus upgrades meantime, saying he never called then boss 19 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: Alan Joyce to ask for them and then always declared them. 20 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: Shadow Transport Minister Bridget Mackenzie is being accused of hypocrisy 21 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: after attacking Anthony Albanezi Bard. Opposition leader Peter Dutton is 22 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: backing his colleague. 23 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,559 Speaker 3: I think Bridget has been open and honest and transparent 24 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 3: and that's the complete opposite of what the Prime Minister 25 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 3: has been. I think that's the point, and I've made 26 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 3: the point during the week. Issue is not with the upgrades, 27 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 3: it's how they were asked for by the Transport Minister 28 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 3: of the CEO of Quarts. 29 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: The father of a boy killed when a car plowed 30 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,680 Speaker 1: into school in Melbourne's East says his son was his 31 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: inspiration and motivation. Eleven year old Jack Davey died after 32 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: being hit at his primary school. Four other students were 33 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: also injured. Identical items are costing OSSI's are living in 34 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: remote communities twice as much as their city counterparts. The 35 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: average basket of nine items in some First Nations towns 36 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: costs ninety nine dollars, with forty four dollars in the 37 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: city and the ATA was urging Aussies to lodge their 38 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: tax returns by the end of today. A hefty fine 39 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: of more than three hundred dollars could await those who 40 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: don't submit their tax statements by the deadline. It'sport entertainment 41 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: to next to sport, and the La Dodgers are celebrating 42 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,399 Speaker 1: after clinching Baseball's World Series. They're fall back from five 43 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: nil down in Game five to beat the New York 44 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: Yankees seven to six. It's their first World Series crown 45 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 1: since twenty twenty. And Reese Walsh assigned the richest deal 46 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: in Brisbane Broncos history, resigning for four years on a 47 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 1: contract worth five million dollars in Your Entertainment News Now 48 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: in Hollywood is embracing the spooky season, with a number 49 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,519 Speaker 1: of stars already uploading their Halloween picks to social media. 50 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 1: Kylie Jenner has channeled Jane Fonda's nineteen sixties Barberella, while 51 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 1: Paris Hilton has recreated Uber Thurman's iconic pulp fiction cover. 52 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:56,359 Speaker 1: Taylors Swift has made a donation to a South Louisiana 53 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: food bank after taking her Ears to New Orleans. It's 54 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: keeping tight lift on the amount. The organization says the 55 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,959 Speaker 1: donation will be enough to provide seventy five thousand meals 56 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: for families in need. And Olivia Rodrigo has broken her 57 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: silence on the terrifying Melbourne on stage incident, the singer 58 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: admitting for the first time that she was left pretty 59 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: shaken up following the dangerous fall. And that's the latest 60 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: from the NOV podcast news team. We'll have another episode 61 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 1: of the Update for you tomorrow. I'm Michelle Stevenson.