1 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:08,559 Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to the update. I'm Heidi Totans. The 2 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: Prime Minister has confirmed three Australian sub mariners were on 3 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: board the US subwig torpedoed and Iranian Navy vessel in 4 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: the Indian Ocean. The Australian troops were stationed on board 5 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: a US submarine which sank the frigate near Sri Lanka 6 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: as part of an orchest training rotation. Anthony Albanesi has 7 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: told Sky Australians are deployed across a range of assets 8 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: as part of the exercise. 9 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 2: There were three Australian personnel on board that vessel I 10 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,560 Speaker 2: can confirm. Also though that no Australian personnel have participated 11 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 2: in any offensive action against. 12 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: Iran, but Green Senator David Shubridge says Anthony Albanesi can't 13 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 1: claim Australia isn't involved. 14 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 3: This makes Australia obviously clearly unambiguously part of an illegal war. 15 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: Australian petrol stations are being worn. They will face consequences 16 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: for using the Middle East as an excuse to gouge 17 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: customers at the bowser. The Consumer Watchdog is monitoring price 18 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: movements and has also written to major fuel companies to 19 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: set out its expectations for domestic pricing. Commissioner and a 20 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,479 Speaker 1: Breaking says the A Triple C will enforce the law 21 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 1: if required. 22 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 3: Making falsal misleading statements to consumers is a serious breach 23 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 3: of Australia's consumer or. This is an essential area. It 24 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 3: hits Australian's hip pockets and it's something that we will 25 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 3: take very seriously. 26 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: To Other news, Queensland's coroner has now confirmed a Canadian 27 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: backpacker drowned after she was attacked by a pack of 28 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: dingoes on Fraser Island. The nineteen year old's body was 29 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: discovered on a Gary beach on January nineteen, shortly after 30 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: she left for an early morning walk. It's hope to 31 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: nationwide building Blitz will increase the number of aged care 32 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:58,559 Speaker 1: beds in Australia. The federal government will spend one hundred 33 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: and fifteen million dollars on the program, with the aim 34 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: of having the new beds built and available within two years. 35 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: And it appears young people have worse cybersecurity than those 36 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: aged over sixty five. Nudata's revealed jen z is growing 37 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 1: more prone to scams, with nearly fifty percent using the 38 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: same password for their accounts. Australia's National cyber Security Coordinator, 39 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: Michelle McGinness says every age group needs to stay informed. 40 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: We know that they are confident online, but they are 41 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: demonstrating risky behaviors. There are things that all of us 42 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 1: can do, and I think Ash's story tells us that 43 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: all of us can be targeted. Sport and entertainment annexed 44 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: in sport, Eels prop Jermaine Hopwood will miss one match 45 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 1: with an early plea after being charged with a careless 46 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: high tackle in his side's big NRL loss to the Storm. 47 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: Tottenham is at risk of losing its Premier League status 48 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: for the first time after a three to one lost 49 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: to Crystal Palace. And India will play New Zealand in 50 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: the final of the T twenty World Cup on Monday. 51 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 1: In entertainment news, Californian police have broken their silence on 52 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: the arrest of Britney Spears. They say the forty four 53 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: year old singer showed signs of impairment after an hour 54 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 1: long police chase, while they're awaiting the results of drug 55 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: and alcohol tests to come in. Savannah Guthrie has returned 56 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: to the Today Show studio for the first time since 57 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 1: her mother, Nancy was abducted. The US TV host visiting 58 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 1: colleagues as the search continues for her eighty four year 59 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: old mother thirty three days after her mysterious disappearance, and 60 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: more details are emerging about who will present this month's 61 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: Oscar Awards. Robert Danny Junior, Anne Hathaway, Paul mescal and 62 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: Gwyneth Paltrow among the big names unveiled ahead of Hollywood's 63 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: Night of Nights on March fifteen. And that's the latest 64 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: from the Nova Podcast news team. We'll have another episode 65 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: of the Update for you tomorrow