1 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to the update. I'm Heidi Tilt. It's 2 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 1: three of Australia's big four banks and now predicting a 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: July interest rate cut. Westpac has joined the Commonwealth Bank 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: and NAB in predicting relief next month, which would see 5 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 1: the RBA's cash rate fall to three point six percent 6 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 1: for the first time since May twenty twenty three. Experts 7 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: worn a lack of defense spending could be detrimental to 8 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: Australia's national safety. Australia has ruled out meeting Donald Trump's 9 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 1: request to lift defense spending to three point five percent 10 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: of GDP Defense strategies. Senior analyst doctor Ewan Graham says 11 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 1: its sparking concerns it will be outmatched by China. 12 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 2: We're facing the largest single build up of military power 13 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 2: since the Second World War in China, who are not 14 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 2: putting the brakes on their own spending. Far from it. 15 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 2: They're continuing to expand out. 16 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: The head of the CIA has revealed you as strikes 17 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: on Iran at the weekends severely damaged the regimes nuclear 18 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: facilities and set them back years. The spy agency's director 19 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: says key sites have been destroyed, but He's stopped short 20 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: of declaring that Iran's nuclear program has been eliminated outright. 21 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: The White House is already playing on Donald Trump's new 22 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: NATO nickname. NATO's Secretary General has raised eyebrows overnight after 23 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: referring to the US President as Daddy for his use 24 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: of expletives against warring nations Iran and Israel. The official 25 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: White House account posting a video montage of the President 26 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: arriving home from the summit to this song by Usher. 27 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: An Australian gas distributor is facing court action over accusations 28 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: of greenwashing. The Consumer Watchdog alleges the Love Gas campaign 29 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two and twenty twenty three stated the 30 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: likelihood of renewable gas being available to Ozzie households within 31 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: a generation, but a Trible C Chairwoman Gena Cascottlieb says 32 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: it's not currently possible to distribute renewable gas at scale. 33 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 2: Greenwashing is a priority for the A Triple se because 34 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 2: when businesses make misleading environmental claims, it houms consumers and 35 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 2: also harms those businesses that are genuinely working to reduce 36 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 2: their environmental impact. 37 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: And Ozzie parents are increasingly homeschooling their kids to protect 38 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: them from bullies at school. New researchers found a quarter 39 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 1: of families signing up to online education and doing it 40 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 1: because of violence at school. The number of Ozzie students 41 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: being homeschool climbed to a new record of more than 42 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: forty five thousand last year. Sport and Entertainment annexed in sport. 43 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: A new era of the Matildas begins tonight when they 44 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 1: host Slavina in a friendly in Perth. Joe Montemurro will 45 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 1: coach the Tillies for the first time. Australia's bowling attack 46 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 1: hit back late on Day one of the first Tests 47 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: against the Windies, reducing the hosts to four for fifty 48 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: seven at stumps. After winning the toss and electing to bat. 49 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: Australia was bowled out for one hundred and eighty in 50 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: just fifty six point five overs, which is their lowest 51 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: first innings title against the Windy's in a Test since 52 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety five, and John Tapp has been announced as 53 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: an Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee. The legendary race 54 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: callers started practicing calling paddle pop sticks in the storm. 55 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: What a drain is a ten year old in Sydney. 56 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: In entertainment news, the cast of Wicked may have looked 57 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: very different. Amanda Seafried has revealed Shig audition for the 58 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: role of Glinda six times before it was eventually given 59 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: to Ariana Grunde. Demi Levado will release a new cookbook 60 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: to help others heal their relationship with food. The singer 61 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: has previously been opened about the challenges of recovering from 62 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: years of disordered eating, and a live action Bratt's films 63 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: apparently in the works, with Kim Kardashian being eyed to 64 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: play the villain. The reality star is reportedly already in 65 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: talks with the movie makers, but the plot is being 66 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: kept tightly under wraps. And that's the latest from the 67 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: Nova Book. Cous News team will have another episode of 68 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: the Update for you tomorrow