Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to the update. I'man j Anderson Morgie
Speaker 1: told us being told not to bank on interest rates
Speaker 1: being put on hold just yet off the back of
Speaker 1: better than expected inflation numbers, Economists worn the RBA could
Speaker 1: still put them up as inflation is still above the
Speaker 1: target rate. Pauline Hanson has written to every crossbench MP
Speaker 1: seeking support for a new bill to strengthen counter terrorism
Speaker 1: laws and stop ICE's terrors from returning to Australia. In
Speaker 1: the letter, the One Nation leader lays out her fears
Speaker 1: about thirteen men in jail in Iraq who are still
Speaker 1: trying to get back here. The note follows her letter
Speaker 1: to Coalition leader Angus Taylor about the same issue, which
Speaker 1: got no formal response. The death toll from a huge
Speaker 1: earthquake in Japan has risen to at least eighteen. Three
Speaker 1: of the dead have been recovered from a collapsed shopping
Speaker 1: center in the Kumamoto region of Kyushu. Many people are
Speaker 1: still trapped inside. Two Greek firefighters have been killed battling
Speaker 1: the wildfires in southern Europe. They were trying to control
Speaker 1: flames in crete. And the cost of sending a letter
Speaker 1: with Australia post is about to go up. The change
Speaker 1: comes as letter volumes fall to levels not seen since
Speaker 1: the late thirties. The proposed fifteen cent rise will come
Speaker 1: in from September first, pending approval. Sport and entertainments are next.
Speaker 1: The Dolphins have broken their own record for the most
Speaker 1: medals won at a Commonwealth Games. There have been two
Speaker 1: podium clean sweeps overnight in the women's fifty free and
Speaker 1: the men's fifty butterfly. Meantime, Kay Taylor's stunned the field
Speaker 1: to win the two hundred meters free, and we've also
Speaker 1: won medals in the men's and women's basketball and in
Speaker 1: the men's weightlifting. Collingwood is gearing up to host Geelong
Speaker 1: for their Round twenty one opener at the MCG tonight,
Speaker 1: and Round twenty two of the NRL kicks off tonight
Speaker 1: with Cowboys up against the Roosters. In entertainment, years and
Speaker 1: Jared Leto has responded to sexual misconduct allegations, labeling them
Speaker 1: absolutely and categorically false. For women have come out claiming
Speaker 1: they were teenagers when the alleged relations happened between two
Speaker 1: thousand and two and twenty sixteen. One claims he shrugged
Speaker 1: off her being seventeen, asking her would you like to
Speaker 1: call me daddy? BTS is boycotting the Grammys. The K
Speaker 1: pop band has decided not to submit their work, saying
Speaker 1: we hope our music can be heard and loved for
Speaker 1: what it is, rather than being divided by region or language.
Speaker 1: And Natalie Portman has shared a peak of her baby
Speaker 1: bump on Insta, saying she can't wait to meet her
Speaker 1: third baby. It's the forty five year olds first with
Speaker 1: Tanguay des Stable. That's the latest from an over podcast
Speaker 1: news team. We'll have another episode for you later