1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: I'm welcome to the update. I'm sheel Stein. 2 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 2: So. 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: The federal opposition has hit out at Labor after a 4 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 1: pre election gaff by the Prime Minister's Department on its 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 1: official ex account, The PM's office tweeted that the government 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:23,240 Speaker 1: was already in caretaker mode before Anthony Alberzi has even 7 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: officially called the election. Liberal Senator Micaulia Cash quizzing the 8 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: department boss, it's Senate estimates news, he's a Prime insisd 9 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: and get to call the election PM and c so 10 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 1: who's running the country? 11 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 2: Good God? 12 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: While Miss Alberanzi is expected to visit yer Alumlut tomorrow 13 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: to send Ossie's to the polls on May three, the 14 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: opposition meantime is challenging the Albanese government to count petrol 15 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,840 Speaker 1: taxes to help households with cost of living pressures. Liberal 16 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: leader Peter Darton is said to cut the fuel excise 17 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:57,959 Speaker 1: and say it will be halved for a year if 18 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: he wins the election. He's actually top parliament. The government 19 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: should support the opposition's move. 20 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 2: Will the Prime Minister join with me in cutting the 21 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 2: price of petrol and diesel to save trainees, pensioners and 22 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 2: families Up to twenty eight dollars a week instead of 23 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 2: be seventy cent a day tax cart which doesn't even 24 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 2: come in for fifteen months. 25 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: South Australia's former Liberal leader has admitted to supplying a 26 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: controlled drug to two other people in his final days 27 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: in office. David Spears has faced to Adelaide Magistrates Court, 28 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: pleading guilty when asked whether he supplied the drugs to 29 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,199 Speaker 1: the pairback in August Well. The number of people living 30 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: in Australia's capital cities it grew by almost four hundred 31 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: and thirty thousand last financial year. That is down slightly 32 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: from the previous year, though Melbourne recorded the biggest increase 33 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: with an additional one hundred and forty two thousand, Sydney 34 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: on one seven, Perth and Brisbane added seventy three thousand people. 35 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: And a child has breached the perimeter of the White 36 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: House after slipping through the fence posts and running across 37 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: the north lawn. Secret Service picked the little boy up 38 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: up and returned him to his family without incident. It'sport 39 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: and entertainment to next to sport. The Matilda's of Announcedale 40 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: host Argentina in a two match series starting May thirty 41 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: in Melbourne and Canberra, and the Lakers have won Thriller 42 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: over the Paces in the NBA one hundred and twenty 43 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: two one hundred and nineteen. In Your Entertainment News Now 44 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,679 Speaker 1: in Renee Zelwiga is the latest big signing for the 45 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: fifth series of Only Murders in the Building, But fans 46 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: of the hit TV show, which stars Steve Muttin, Mutton 47 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: Short and Selena Gomez, have been left guessing about whether 48 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: Meryl Streep will return in the latest installment. And Sheeran 49 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: has popped on a disguise, treating unsuspecting travelers to an 50 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: impromptu concert on the New York Subway. The megastar wearing 51 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: a wig, hoodie and dark glasses as he teamed up 52 00:02:46,160 --> 00:03:01,519 Speaker 1: for a duet with Jimmy Fallon. And it seems Sidney 53 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: Sweeney and her fiance have called off the wedding but 54 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,639 Speaker 1: are still working on the relationship. The couple said to 55 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: be working through their issues, but they aren't ready to 56 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: throw in the towel just yet. That's the latest from 57 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: the Nervo podcast news team. We'll have another episode of 58 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 1: the Update for you tomorrow. I'm Michelle Stevenson.