1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the update. I'm Michelle Stevenson Well. The 2 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,559 Speaker 1: federal government says the latest growth figures are welcome, even 3 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: though the data shows the Aussie economy is anemic. GDP 4 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: came in at point two of a percent for the 5 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: three months to March, with natural disasters and Trumpet tariffs 6 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: having an effect. Treasure Jim Chalmers admits the result could 7 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: have been better. Bark compared with other countries, we are 8 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: doing well. 9 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 2: Most of our peers in the OECD have had negative quarters. 10 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 2: A number of them have had multiple negative quarters and recessions. 11 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 2: What we've been able to do collectively as Australians is 12 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 2: to get inflation down without paying for that. With negative 13 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 2: quarters off. 14 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: Growth well, some analysts say the economy is paralyzed as 15 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: latest data shows growth remains very weak. Independent economist Evan 16 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: Lucas says the federal government must act now demand. 17 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 3: For things like machinery, for tech, for new job creation, etc. 18 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 3: Basically going backwards. The al PA that really caught your 19 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 3: attention is productivity is still at twenty sixteen levels. 20 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,119 Speaker 1: The election results in the Sydney seat of Bradfield has 21 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: been formally declared, but the battle could still end up 22 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: in court. The margin is one of the tightest in 23 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 1: Australian political history, with Independent Nicolette Buller declared the winner 24 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: by just twenty six votes following a full recount, but 25 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: given how close the result is, Liberal candidate Giselle Captirian 26 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 1: could mount a legal challenge. Queens and Police have arrested 27 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: the former housemaid of a missing teenager almost three weeks 28 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: after she vanished. James Wood is being questioned by police 29 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: in relation to Phoebe Bishop's disappearance from Bunderberg. He was 30 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: one of the two last people to see the seventeen 31 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: year old alive after she felt to board a flight 32 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: to visit her boyfriend in Perth. Accused mushroom killer Aaron 33 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: Patterson has admitted in Call the fatal Beef Wellington lunch 34 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: she served may have contained foraged mushrooms. Patterson says she 35 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: thought the container in her kitchen had only dried mushrooms 36 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: she'd bought from a grosser in Melbourne. She says she 37 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: added them to a Beef Wellington pace because it was 38 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: bland and Ozzie's bought one hundred and nine one thousand 39 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: vehicles over the last month, down slightly on this same 40 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: time last year, SUV's represented more than sixty percent of 41 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,399 Speaker 1: all the cars assault In May, It's bort in Entertainment 42 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: annexed to Sport as our Sydney's hopeful of securing Wayne 43 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: Bennett services long term. The super Coach is being linked 44 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: with the new P ANDNG team and the AFL's nineteenth team. 45 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: The Tasmania Devils is on the verge of collapse, with 46 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,919 Speaker 1: fresh doubts over the ability to construct a new stadium 47 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 1: in Hobart. In your Entertainment News now, and it seems 48 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey can't contain his joy around Taylor Swift buying 49 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 1: her music bag the NFL start posting a heartwarming video 50 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: giving his girlfriend a big shout out, describing how happy 51 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: he is now she once again and owns her entire catalog. 52 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 2: Well. 53 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: Jana Jackson is apparently a big Kylie fan the Pop Icon, 54 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: revealing she had an incredible time at the Aussie Singer 55 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: Show in London and staying in London. And Jesse Jay 56 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: has revealed she's been diagnosed with the breast cancer. The 57 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: British singer says she'll undergo surgery in a couple of weeks. 58 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: After a performance and that's the latest from the Nova 59 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: Podcast news team. We'll have another episode of the Update 60 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: for you tomorrow. I'm Michelle Stevenson.