Speaker 1: Welcome to the update, Michelle Stevenson. But the ABC has
Speaker 1: formally apologized to mining a billionaire Gina Reinhardt, over a
Speaker 1: graphic satirical segment aired on Race Around the World. While
Speaker 1: the broadcaster says the program didn't breach its editorial policies,
Speaker 1: it does admit that the content fell well short of
Speaker 1: community expectations. The segment has now been removed and the
Speaker 1: ABC will review its guidelines on violent content. The States
Speaker 1: and territories are all backing new national e bike safety rules.
Speaker 1: The Consumer Watchdog has been asked to develop a national
Speaker 1: safety standard for e bikes and other battery powered devices.
Speaker 1: The changes would ban the sale of high powered, high
Speaker 1: speed e bikes, with Assistant Competition Minister Andrew Lee saying
Speaker 1: the reforms will help make roads safer.
Speaker 2: This new safety standard, which is supported by States and territories,
Speaker 2: is going to be an important step forward in ensuring
Speaker 2: that the bikes that are sold in Australia are compliant
Speaker 2: with a clear safety standard.
Speaker 1: While Peter Burg from Bicycle Industries Australia says it all
Speaker 1: create a consistent approach which has been lacking.
Speaker 3: We've got road laws that we've seen a lot introduced
Speaker 3: in states like Queensland, New South Wales. But we don't
Speaker 3: have the controls of sales or import at the moment,
Speaker 3: and these regulations that have been proposed are certainly going
Speaker 3: to introduce consistency.
Speaker 1: Ratings agency S and P Global has just reaffirmed Australia's
Speaker 1: Triple A credit rating treasure Jim Chalmers says it's a
Speaker 1: powerful endorsement of the government's responsible economic management at a
Speaker 1: time of extreme global uncertainty. Australia remains one of only
Speaker 1: nine countries with the Triple A sovereign credit rating from
Speaker 1: all three major agencies. A seagull and a magpie are
Speaker 1: among another sixteen birds to die from avian flu in
Speaker 1: Victoria this year. Is IRL was also confirmed in extra
Speaker 1: six cases of the H five strain in South Australia,
Speaker 1: now one hundred and twenty three confirmed bird flu cases
Speaker 1: across the country, but it hasn't yet spread to poultry.
Speaker 1: And another AI security scare today with a meta model
Speaker 1: hacking into another company's computer system during testing. The tech
Speaker 1: giant blaming a configuration error for accidentally giving the chatbot
Speaker 1: internet access. It' sport INTAATA next just border revelations today.
Speaker 1: IFL Commission chairman Craig Drummond was president of the Geelong
Speaker 1: Board when it reportedly struck a secret deal allowing a
Speaker 1: player to take all legal responsibility for concussions. The Harald
Speaker 1: Sun reports the Cats agreed to the deal with the
Speaker 1: player two years ago, and the agreement went to the
Speaker 1: entire board for approval. In Your Entertainment News Now, and
Speaker 1: Olivia Rodrigo has put Donald Trump on blast. The Thing
Speaker 1: are taking to Insta to slam the US President for
Speaker 1: defunding Planned Parenthood. Damon is revealed he and Ben Alfleck
Speaker 1: were broke after making goodwill hunting in the nineties. The
Speaker 1: fifty five year old actor has revealed they ended up
Speaker 1: pocketing less than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars each
Speaker 1: from the Oscar winning film. And Sidney Sweety and Scooter
Speaker 1: Braun have rushed back to the actress's hometown as it's
Speaker 1: ravaged by devastating wildfires. The high profile couple getting to
Speaker 1: work in Washington State, handing out and preparing meals for
Speaker 1: firefighters on the front line, as well as families affected
Speaker 1: by the blazers. That's Late's from the Never Podcast News
Speaker 1: team will have another episode of The Update for You Tomorrow.
Speaker 1: I'm Michelle Stevenson,