1 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to the update. I'm Melanie Scott. The 2 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: Australian summer of Test cricket has wrapped up with Australia 3 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: completing a five wicked victory in the fifth Ashes Test. 4 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:22,319 Speaker 1: More than twenty five thousand fans have passed through the 5 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:24,759 Speaker 1: gates on the final day. The match marked the end 6 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: of Usmand Kwaja's eighty eighth Test career, leaving the ground 7 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: to a standing ovation. 8 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 2: To be honest, I only I want is a win, 9 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 2: finish off the ashes of the wind. I love nothing more. 10 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 2: And as much as I want to go out there 11 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 2: and score runs and hit the wing runs, I'm just 12 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 2: so grateful for one last final win and accelerate with 13 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 2: my team. 14 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 1: Mates that audio thanks to Fox Cricket. Two toddlers are 15 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,879 Speaker 1: fighting for life after a serious multi vehicle crash involving 16 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:51,319 Speaker 1: a truck on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Five other people were 17 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: taken to hospital in a stable condition. As emergency crews 18 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: respond to the scene, a group of activists is urging 19 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: people to keep protesting in defiance of new laws banning 20 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:05,559 Speaker 1: public assemblies after a terrorist incident. The legislation is currently 21 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: being used to restrict public assemblies until the twentieth of January. 22 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,320 Speaker 1: Lawyer Nick Hannah argues the laws do little to enhance safety. 23 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 2: We've already seen that there have been a couple of 24 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 2: rallies since the since his reduction of these laws, and 25 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 2: the police have been discriminatory in the way that they 26 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 2: have sought to enforce them, and that's really a big 27 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 2: part of the problem. 28 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: Rental growth has accelerated in twenty twenty five as vacancy 29 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: rates titaned further. Rent prices jumped around five percent last year, 30 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: adding thirty four dollars to the weekly rent totality. Research 31 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: director Tim Lawless says the trend has been seen in 32 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 1: every capital city. 33 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 3: Perth actually recorded the strongest rental conditions. We saw rents 34 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 3: in that market place rising by a little bit more 35 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 3: than six percent. We're even seeing rental growth in markets 36 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 3: like Darwin. The weakest rental market was actually in Melbourne. 37 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: The Bureau of Meteorology says we call low off Queensland 38 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: now has a forty five percent chance of becoming a cyclone. 39 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: Severe weather warnings remain in place along the coast, with 40 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 1: heavy rain and renewed flooding possible. Sport and entertainment news 41 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: are next. In sport, Travis Head has been named Player 42 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: of the match for his epic one hundred and sixty 43 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: three from one hundred and sixty six balls in the 44 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: first innings. Head was the leading run scorer after hitting 45 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: three centuries. At the Brisbane International Women's World number one Arena, 46 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: Sablanca has defeated her Romanian opponent in straight sets. The 47 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: twenty seven year old has beaten Sarana Kurstaia six three 48 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: sixty three to advance to the quarterfinals. In entertainment news, 49 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,839 Speaker 1: nominations for the upcoming Actor Awards have been revealed. Australia's 50 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: Rose Byrne, Jacoba Laudie and Sarah Snook have all been 51 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: nominated for their roles across film and TV. And that's 52 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: the latest from the Nova podcast news team. We'll have 53 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 1: another episode of the Update tomorrow.