1 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,319 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the Morning Update. I'm Tina Quinn. 2 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: Tropical cyc Loan Alfred is expected to move towards the 3 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales coastlines from tomorrow. 4 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: Dozens of beaches have been closed due to extreme high 5 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: tides and strong winds. The Weather Bureau Senior Meteorologist Sarah 6 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: Scully warns the effects will be wide ranging. 7 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 2: Would include things like damaging to destructive winds, heavy to 8 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 2: intense rainfall that may lead to life threatening flash flooding, 9 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 2: and coastal inundation or inundation of low lying areas. With 10 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 2: that strong storm surge. 11 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,840 Speaker 1: The system is also threatening the AFL season opener, which 12 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: is due to take place in Brisbane later this week. 13 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:50,959 Speaker 1: The federal government insists it's six hundred million dollar investment 14 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: in urgent care clinics will needse pressure on the healthcare system. 15 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: Labour is promising to build another fifty clinics if it's 16 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: return to power at the upcoming election. The College of 17 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: GPS believes the money would be better spent helping existing 18 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: general practitioners expand their hours, but help Minister Mark Butler 19 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 1: says the centers will take strain off hospitals. 20 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 3: These additional fifty urgent care clinics will bring to the 21 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 3: number one hundred and thirty seven in our total network 22 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 3: across the country. What that will mean is that four 23 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 3: out of five Australians live within twenty minutes drive of 24 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 3: a Medicare urgent care. 25 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: Clinic staying in Canberra. And the Prime Minister says he 26 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: will be running a positive election campaign, and they Albanzi 27 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 1: telling nine to sixty minutes the lead up to the 28 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: election won't be dominated by a tanks between parties. 29 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 4: It's not a negative campaign, it's a positive one. What 30 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 4: I'll do is go through the policies. I want to 31 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 4: bring astrains together. I want to lift people up, not 32 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 4: punch down on Purple. 33 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: And the Albanese government is arguing that a coalition plan 34 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: to build more fighter jets has been under consted. Defense 35 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: Industry Minister Pat Conroy says the three billion dollar a 36 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: price tag does not add up. Experts are also warning 37 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: that the figure could triple turning overseas, and the British 38 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: Prime Minister Kirs Stamer says European leaders have agreed to 39 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: boost military aid to Ukraine. Speaking after a London Summit 40 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: on the war. He said this would allow Kiev to 41 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: negotiate a peace deal with Russia from a position of strength. Meanwhile, 42 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 1: the global fallout from last week's disastrous meeting between Donald 43 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: Trump and Ukraine's leader, volt of Mizelenski has been swift. 44 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 1: One of Norway's biggest fuel suppliers is refusing to refuel 45 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: US Navy ships and has encouraged others to follow suit. 46 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 1: Hopback Bunkers announced the decision on social media, saying they 47 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: will not deliver any more fuel until Trump is finished. 48 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,359 Speaker 1: To the Middle East, and Israel has blocked all humanitarian 49 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,679 Speaker 1: aid going into the Gaza Strip, saying the ceasefire will 50 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: only go on if Hamas continues releasing hostages immediately. The 51 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 1: militant group says it is willing to free all remaining 52 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: hostages if Israeli forces withdrawal from the strip and the 53 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 1: seasfire becomes permanent. The UN's Humanitarian Chief Tom Fletcher has 54 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: condemned Israel's aid blockage as a violation of international law. 55 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: Returning home and a major overhaul of the Reserve Bank 56 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: begins today, interest rates will now be set by a 57 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 1: Monetary policy committee rather than the RBA board themselves. It 58 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: was the key recommendation of an independent review updating sport, 59 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,359 Speaker 1: and the Panthers and the Raiders have come away with wins. 60 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: In the NRL's Vegas season opener, Camber down the Warriors 61 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: thirty to eight before Penrith overcame a strong Sharks outfit 62 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: twenty eight to twenty two. The jillarous thumb to England's 63 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: Lioness is ninety four. In the women's Test, Australia ran 64 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: in seventeen tries, with England scoring just one in the 65 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: sixty ninth minute. In the A League, the Wanderers down 66 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: to Perth Glory four to one in the men's while 67 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: Sydney beat Brisbane three to two in the women's. And 68 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: in the ICC Champions Trophy, India has defeated New Zealand 69 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: by forty four runs to set up a semi final 70 00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 1: clash with Australia, and to Entertainment News, final preparations are 71 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: underway for the Oscars, which get underway in Los Angeles 72 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: later today. Australian actor Guy Pears is in the mix 73 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: for Glory for his supporting role and the brutalist and 74 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: Harrison Ford has been forced to pull out of his 75 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: presenting role and we'll miss the event after being diagnosed 76 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: with shingles. And that's the latest from the Nova Podcast team. 77 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: We'll see you this afternoon for another episode of the 78 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: Update