1 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the update. I'm Michelle Stevenson. The 2 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: Liberals have unvowed their full policy costings, promising that the 3 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: budget bottom line over the next four years will be 4 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: billions of dollars better off. The party also plans to 5 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 1: reduce grossed at by forty billion dollars over the same period. 6 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: The Coalition is pushing ahead as well, with plans to 7 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: reduce the public service by forty one thousand staff over 8 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: the next five years. Shadow Treasurer Angus Tayler is accusing 9 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: Labor of reckless spending, arguing his party will return Australia 10 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 1: to surplus quickerp What we've. 11 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 2: Announced today is a fourteen billion dollar bottom line budget 12 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 2: improvement over the forward estimates since p FA. 13 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: But Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the Opposition is not to 14 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: be trusted. 15 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 2: These costings released this afternoon by the Coalition a a joke. 16 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 2: They are a sham, are a costings con job, and 17 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 2: what they show is if Peter Dutton winds the election 18 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:04,960 Speaker 2: on Saturday, Australians will play higher taxes there with savage 19 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 2: cuts to make people worse off, and there'll still be 20 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 2: bigger deficits over the next couple of years. 21 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: The estranged husband of alleged mushroom cook killer Aaron Parison 22 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: is the first witness to give evidence that her murder 23 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: trial in Country. Victoria Simon Patterson didn't attend the infamous 24 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 1: lunch at her home in twenty twenty three, which left 25 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: four people with mushroom poisoning, because he felt too uncomfortable, 26 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 1: he says. One of the deceased told him the next 27 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 1: day she noticed that Erin served herself at food on 28 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: a colored plate, which was different to the rest. The 29 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: White House claims the US economy is booming under President 30 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: Donald Trump. That's despite figures showing a decline in the 31 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: country's gross domestic product. Alas believe a fall in economic 32 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: growth was caused by retailers reacting to the Trump administration's tariffs, 33 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: well supermarket staff for being fitted with body worn cameras 34 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: as well as personal alarms to keep themselves safe from 35 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: customer harassment. Cole says it has spent the past year 36 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: investing heavily in safety technologies to protect workers from the abuse, 37 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: and Ford is recalling thirteen and a half thousand vehicles 38 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: because they might lose power while driving. The Ranger in 39 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: Everest models built from twenty twenty two until this year 40 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: have a manufacturing defect it Sport and entertainment are next 41 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: to sport. In the Broncos, fullback Reee Walsh has all 42 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,959 Speaker 1: but ruled himself out of Origin one for Queensland. He's 43 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: currently sidelined with a knee injury and says it's unlikely 44 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: he'll be fit in time to be selected. And Collingwood's 45 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: Jack cris prepares to break his record for the most 46 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,959 Speaker 1: consecutive AFL games played. The Magpies clashed with the Cats 47 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: at the g Saturday night, and that'll be Crisp's a 48 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 1: two hundred and forty fourth game in a row. Entertainment 49 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: news now and Well. Things seem to be heating up 50 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: between Liz Hurley and Billy ray Cyrus since going public 51 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: with their relationship, the couple sharing a passionate kiss in 52 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: the latest picks to be uploaded on insta. Will Sean 53 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,799 Speaker 1: Diddy Comes has received permission to dress in non prison 54 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: clothing during his sex trafficking trial. The rapper, whose trial 55 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: will begin in the next few days, told he is 56 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: able to sport business attire in the courtroom, and Hugh 57 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: Jackman's budding romance with Broadway star Sutton Foster has apparently 58 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 1: hit a rough patch. Reports are the pair of feeling 59 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: pretty pressured by the public scrutiny of their relationship. That's 60 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,239 Speaker 1: the latest from the Nerve podcast news team. We'll have 61 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 1: another episode of the Update for you tomorrow. I'm Schelle Stevenson.