Speaker 1: There are new allegations of sexual assault in the Sydney
Speaker 1: Swan's investigation. Two women have spoken to the Age newspaper
Speaker 1: alleging they were subject to sexual conduct without consent after
Speaker 1: they were hired as topless waitresses. The Age is also
Speaker 1: reporting these statements will form part of the police investigation.
Speaker 1: It adds to allegations of a third woman saying she
Speaker 1: was the victim of quote multiple sexual assaults in the
Speaker 1: Pullman hotel last Monday morning. Victoria Police have not commented
Speaker 1: on the new allegations. They maintain they're investigating the report
Speaker 1: of sexual assault. The Swans have confirmed five of their
Speaker 1: players we're in that hotel room. The New South Wales
Speaker 1: government is bringing together experts for crisis talks after recent
Speaker 1: alleged sexual assaults. The Daily Telegraph reporting the state government
Speaker 1: is assembling a roundtable in the coming weeks in an
Speaker 1: attempt to curb the scourgecation. Minister pro Car believes the
Speaker 1: problem is stemming from young children being exposed to hateful
Speaker 1: content online. New South Wales Nationals MP Nicole Overall is
Speaker 1: calling on the government to tighten social media restrictions for students.
Speaker 1: Intervention follows a spate of alleged sexual assaults involving school
Speaker 1: aged children. The Home Affairs Department is planning to roll
Speaker 1: out a new drone fleet to detect and track people,
Speaker 1: smugglers and illegal fishermen. The Australian reports the government is
Speaker 1: seeking information on uncrude aerial surveillance from drone providers. It's
Speaker 1: asking potential suppliers on the endurance, range and speed of drones,
Speaker 1: as well as their environmental operational limits. The department signed
Speaker 1: a four point three billion dollar contract for crude surveillance
Speaker 1: aircraft in May. The federal government is considering amendments to
Speaker 1: its proposed climate audit requirements for large corporations. The Treasury
Speaker 1: Jim Chalmers, is expected to announce a consultation paper on
Speaker 1: the matter today. It'll consider reducing red tape in climate
Speaker 1: financial disclosures. The Productivity Commission is also expected to develop
Speaker 1: a streamlined reporting process. It's part of the federal government's
Speaker 1: broad a move to cut red tape costs by more
Speaker 1: than ten billion dollars a year. Multiple state governments are
Speaker 1: pushing back against a federal overhaul of private health insurance.
Speaker 1: The federal government plans to remove the higher private health
Speaker 1: insurance rebate for those over sixty five. South Australia, New
Speaker 1: South Wales, Tasmania and Queensland have criticized the policy. They
Speaker 1: argue it'll place additional pressure on the public hospital system.
Speaker 1: Donald Trump has denounced Canada after it announced retaliatory tariffs
Speaker 1: on the US after a breakdown in trade negotiations. Canada's
Speaker 1: Prime Minister Mark Karney has declared the exercise or the
Speaker 1: excise targeting American steel and then dairy industries, would take
Speaker 1: effect on September eighth. The US President condemned the move,
Speaker 1: writing on truth, Canada wants the benefits of being a
Speaker 1: state without being one. They've also changed our great charged,
Speaker 1: I should say, our great farmers. For many years, massive
Speaker 1: amounts of tariffs no more, he says. The new fifty
Speaker 1: percent tariffs on Canadian imports to the US has come
Speaker 1: into force. The two nations failed to reach a deal,
Speaker 1: blaming each other for derailing three days of negotiations. China
Speaker 1: and Iran have held talks ahead of the US announcing
Speaker 1: a new round of sanctions. The two countries met earlier
Speaker 1: in the month, but have only disclosed the matter now.
Speaker 1: China says it supports a diplomatic end to the US
Speaker 1: Iran War, calling for peace talks