Speaker 1: This is Gabriella Power with Your News. Twenty four update.
Speaker 1: Federal ministers have begun to condemn the ABC for letting
Speaker 1: a video depicting violence against Gina Reinhart go to air
Speaker 1: an internal on Budsman is questioning the race around the
Speaker 1: World satirical video, but there's no timeline for the review's outcome.
Speaker 1: Acting Prime Minister Richard Miles says he's surprised the video
Speaker 1: has not been removed from online assistance. Defense Minister Peter
Speaker 1: Khalil also expressing outrage, drawing on his own media experience
Speaker 1: and calling the ABC's lack of accountability for the video unacceptable.
Speaker 1: Gena Reinhart is threatening the ABC with legal action and
Speaker 1: is calling on the public broadcaster to remove the video
Speaker 1: and apologize. The comedian involved in the skit has apologized,
Speaker 1: but the broadcaster itself is yet to. One Nation is
Speaker 1: poised to launch a new branch in Western Australia as
Speaker 1: part of its plans to push Liberal MP Andrew Hasty
Speaker 1: out of his seat. The party's state leader, Rod Caddy's
Speaker 1: has told The Australian the party will unveil its Canning
Speaker 1: branch this weekend. It coincides with the party's campaign for
Speaker 1: the Secret Harbor seat, which is also within mister Hasty's electorate.
Speaker 1: One Nation's leader, Pauline Hanson has pledged to target mister
Speaker 1: Hasty's seat following his decision to testify against Ben Roberts Smith,
Speaker 1: The Shadow Minister appeared unfazed by the threat. A thirty
Speaker 1: million dollar federal program to help long term unemployed people
Speaker 1: gain employment has only placed fifty five people into jobs
Speaker 1: in almost two years. The Real Job's Real Wages Scheme
Speaker 1: was announced in twenty twenty four and offered employers fifteen
Speaker 1: thousand dollars to hire eligible employees deemed at risk of
Speaker 1: long term unemployment. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Speaker 1: admitted to a Senate estimates question that the program had
Speaker 1: only placed fears fifty five people into work since the
Speaker 1: pilot program began in July twenty twenty five. That equates
Speaker 1: to around one hundred and ninety five thousand dollars per
Speaker 1: person placed in employment over three years of the scheme.
Speaker 1: Quantus is in discussions to outsource up to one thousand
Speaker 1: positions to India as part of a deal with Assenture.
Speaker 1: The plan, known as Project IQ, aims at cutting costs
Speaker 1: and overhauling operations using AI by outsourcing part of the
Speaker 1: airline's back office operations. A decision on whether to proceed
Speaker 1: with the project, as well as how many jobs will
Speaker 1: be cut, is likely to be made later this year.
Speaker 1: A Quantus spokesperson told The Financial Review that the airline
Speaker 1: is looking at ways to accelerate the use of technology
Speaker 1: and AI to help modernize the way the company works.
Speaker 1: It's been revealed two people killed at a Japanese shopping
Speaker 1: center during last week's earthquake were ordered back into the
Speaker 1: building to secure cab The company concedes instructions given at
Speaker 1: the time were inappropriate and have apologized for the worker deaths.
Speaker 1: Representatives for the company's say they are considering options on
Speaker 1: how to proceed with the matter with affected families. The
Speaker 1: death toll from the six point eight earthquake stands at
Speaker 1: thirty eight. Donald Trump has criticized oil companies for making
Speaker 1: profits during a global energy crisis. He has specifically called
Speaker 1: out Chevron and Exon for their windfall profits, calling on
Speaker 1: them to cut consumer prices. The US president has also
Speaker 1: called on the UK to open up the North Sea,
Speaker 1: allowing the US to access its oil and gas reserves.
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