Speaker 1: Japan's Defense minister has met Richard Miles in Canberra to
Speaker 1: discuss Australia's acquisition of the mcgami class frigates Shinjira Kazumi
Speaker 1: and his trip. He is expected to last around five days,
Speaker 1: which includes a stop in India.
Speaker 2: That's according to Japanese media.
Speaker 1: His visit comes a week after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
Speaker 1: he defended himself constantly over comments made about a pair
Speaker 1: of Japanese melons that were gifted to him by Japan's
Speaker 1: Prime Minister Sanae taki Ichi. Defense Minister Richard Males says
Speaker 1: Australia's alliance with Japan is stronger than ever and is
Speaker 1: built on complete trust. The pair claim talks were successful
Speaker 1: in advancing efforts to bolster defense cooperation. Japan reaffirmed the
Speaker 1: progress of the mcgami class frigate operation.
Speaker 3: We work on the successful completion of few trials in
Speaker 3: Australia of the pro type system for the Bubuk project,
Speaker 3: the first core development initiative between Japanese industry under Australian
Speaker 3: Department of Defense based on cutting edge leiser technology.
Speaker 1: Australia will spend ten billion dollars over a decade to
Speaker 1: buy three of the frigates, which are expected to be
Speaker 1: delivered in December of twenty twenty nine. The government's NDIS
Speaker 1: reforms plan has passed the Senate after Labor and the
Speaker 1: Coalition struck a deal. The agreement was reached after Anthony
Speaker 1: Albanezi conceded to the opposition's demand of repealing the widow's tax.
Speaker 1: The reforms will target fraud and illegitimate claims within the
Speaker 1: scheme and is expected to save about thirty eight billion
Speaker 1: dollars by the end of twenty thirty. It's now up
Speaker 1: to the state governments to honor their part of the
Speaker 1: deal for the plan to go ahead. The coalition is
Speaker 1: considering an eighty percent tax cut on tobacco in response
Speaker 1: to One Nation's pledge yesterday to cut the excise by as.
Speaker 2: Much as seventy five percent. The Herald Sun reports.
Speaker 1: The opposition is considering the move on the back of
Speaker 1: recommendations for it's Illicit Tobacco Task Force. Labour says the
Speaker 1: excise shouldn't be cut at all because it will just
Speaker 1: encourage more people to take up smoking, even though we
Speaker 1: all know how bad it.
Speaker 2: Is for you now and that it could kill you.
Speaker 1: The case of the notorious mushroom murderer Aaron Patterson returns
Speaker 1: to court today in Victoria. One of the appeals is
Speaker 1: her fight against her convictions. Was they want it overturned
Speaker 1: or she wants it overturned. The other is the Director
Speaker 1: of Public Prosecutions fighting the sentence in post so they
Speaker 1: want it to be tougher.
Speaker 2: That's the short of that.
Speaker 1: Aaron Patterson's defense will argue a substantial miscarriage of justice
Speaker 1: occurred during her trial. If her appeal is successful, it
Speaker 1: could result in a retrial or an acquittal. The prosecution
Speaker 1: appealing the length of erin Patterson's sentence, arguing she should
Speaker 1: be jailed for life without parole. To the US now
Speaker 1: and Meta is on trial overclaims it deliberately designed its sites.
Speaker 2: To be addictive to young people.
Speaker 1: Social media company is fighting claims against twenty nine American
Speaker 1: states being represented by four states in the court, that
Speaker 1: its platforms addict children and that it misled the public
Speaker 1: about safety. A deputy Californian Attorney General told the eight
Speaker 1: person jury the company's business model was to hook the users,
Speaker 1: hold them for as long as they can harvest their data.
Speaker 2: And then hide the truth from the public. That's the quote.
Speaker 1: Facebook's parent company strongly disagrees with the allegations, claiming evidence
Speaker 1: in the trial will show its long standing commitment to
Speaker 1: supporting young people.