Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from the Australian. I'm Christinamio with the
Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines. A Blue Origin rocket launch planned for
Speaker 1: next week will be indefinitely delayed after its unmanned New
Speaker 1: Glen rocket exploded during an engine test. Homes surrounding the
Speaker 1: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida was shaken by
Speaker 1: the explosion, while a plume of flames and smoke shot
Speaker 1: into the sky. Officials said no one was hurt during
Speaker 1: the incident and all personnel are accounted for. Blue Origin
Speaker 1: is owned by tech giant. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos wrote
Speaker 1: in a post on x that it's quote too early
Speaker 1: to know the root cause of the explosion, but they're
Speaker 1: working to find it. Bezos also said it was a
Speaker 1: rough day, but vowed to rebuild the damaged launch vehicle
Speaker 1: and quote get back to flying. New Glenn suffered a
Speaker 1: previous setback in April when an engine failure caused a
Speaker 1: satellite to be left in the wrong orbit. NASA plan
Speaker 1: on using the rocket to launch landers to the Moon,
Speaker 1: including those that will transport astronauts to the Moon's surface.
Speaker 1: The chief executive of KPMG resigned suddenly on Friday, following
Speaker 1: a scandal in the consulting firm's audit division. Andrew Yates's
Speaker 1: departure is effective immediately, with National Managing Partner of Deal
Speaker 1: Advisory and Infrastructure stan Stavross stepping in as interim CEO.
Speaker 1: A whistleblower alleged KPMG had improperly used confidential information from
Speaker 1: clients like lend Lease to drum up new business, a
Speaker 1: claim allegedly denied by Yates to lend Lease boss Tony Lombardo.
Speaker 1: The whistleblower's allegations were initially brushed aside by the Big
Speaker 1: four consulting firm, but were aired publicly in the Senate
Speaker 1: this week. KPMG's National Managing Partner of Audit and Assurance,
Speaker 1: Julian McPherson, also resigned, but there's no suggestion he improperly
Speaker 1: accessed confidential documents. A tribute show to Australian music legend
Speaker 1: John J. Farnham is planned for September, with funds to
Speaker 1: be raised for the Head and Neck Cancer Australia charity. Celindon,
Speaker 1: Hugh Jackman, Keith Urban, Jimmy Barnes and Tina Arena are
Speaker 1: all slated to appear at the event, which will be
Speaker 1: held at Melbourne's Rod Labor Arena on September twenty, but
Speaker 1: Pansi himself won't be belting out any tunes. He says
Speaker 1: his singing days are done after undergoing surgery for a
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two cancer diagnosis. Check out those stories live
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Speaker 1: come back to the front first thing in the morning
Speaker 1: for our look at Amazon's first double O seven, offering
Speaker 1: a James Bond video game named First Light. That's right
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