WEBVTT - Blue Origin rocket explosion lights up Florida skies

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<v Speaker 1>Today's biggest news from the Australian. I'm Christinamio with the

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<v Speaker 1>Front's afternoon headlines. A Blue Origin rocket launch planned for

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<v Speaker 1>next week will be indefinitely delayed after its unmanned New

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<v Speaker 1>Glen rocket exploded during an engine test. Homes surrounding the

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<v Speaker 1>Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida was shaken by

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<v Speaker 1>the explosion, while a plume of flames and smoke shot

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<v Speaker 1>into the sky. Officials said no one was hurt during

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<v Speaker 1>the incident and all personnel are accounted for. Blue Origin

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<v Speaker 1>is owned by tech giant. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos wrote

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<v Speaker 1>in a post on x that it's quote too early

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<v Speaker 1>to know the root cause of the explosion, but they're

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<v Speaker 1>working to find it. Bezos also said it was a

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<v Speaker 1>rough day, but vowed to rebuild the damaged launch vehicle

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<v Speaker 1>and quote get back to flying. New Glenn suffered a

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<v Speaker 1>previous setback in April when an engine failure caused a

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<v Speaker 1>satellite to be left in the wrong orbit. NASA plan

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<v Speaker 1>on using the rocket to launch landers to the Moon,

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<v Speaker 1>including those that will transport astronauts to the Moon's surface.

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<v Speaker 1>The chief executive of KPMG resigned suddenly on Friday, following

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<v Speaker 1>a scandal in the consulting firm's audit division. Andrew Yates's

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<v Speaker 1>departure is effective immediately, with National Managing Partner of Deal

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<v Speaker 1>Advisory and Infrastructure stan Stavross stepping in as interim CEO.

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<v Speaker 1>A whistleblower alleged KPMG had improperly used confidential information from

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<v Speaker 1>clients like lend Lease to drum up new business, a

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<v Speaker 1>claim allegedly denied by Yates to lend Lease boss Tony Lombardo.

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<v Speaker 1>The whistleblower's allegations were initially brushed aside by the Big

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<v Speaker 1>four consulting firm, but were aired publicly in the Senate

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<v Speaker 1>this week. KPMG's National Managing Partner of Audit and Assurance,

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<v Speaker 1>Julian McPherson, also resigned, but there's no suggestion he improperly

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<v Speaker 1>accessed confidential documents. A tribute show to Australian music legend

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<v Speaker 1>John J. Farnham is planned for September, with funds to

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<v Speaker 1>be raised for the Head and Neck Cancer Australia charity. Celindon,

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<v Speaker 1>Hugh Jackman, Keith Urban, Jimmy Barnes and Tina Arena are

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<v Speaker 1>all slated to appear at the event, which will be

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<v Speaker 1>held at Melbourne's Rod Labor Arena on September twenty, but

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<v Speaker 1>Pansi himself won't be belting out any tunes. He says

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<v Speaker 1>his singing days are done after undergoing surgery for a

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty two cancer diagnosis. Check out those stories live

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<v Speaker 1>right now at the Australian dot com dot au, and

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<v Speaker 1>come back to the front first thing in the morning

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<v Speaker 1>for our look at Amazon's first double O seven, offering

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<v Speaker 1>a James Bond video game named First Light. That's right

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<v Speaker 1>here Saturday morning,