1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: I'm welcome to the update. I'm Michelle Stevenson. 2 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 2: Well. 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: The federal government has welcomed the latest unemployment data showing 4 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 1: almost eighteen thousand jobs were created last month. The ABS 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: revealing Australia's jobless ray remains steady at four point one 6 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: percent in January. Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth claiming the numbers 7 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: prove the government has the right economic policies in place. 8 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 3: There are over one hundred and fifty thousand more Australians 9 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 3: in jobs since this time last year. Now importantly, the 10 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 3: number of people in full time jobs has been significantly 11 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 3: increased over the month. 12 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 1: Opposition leader Angus Taylor, meantime, says low wages and high 13 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 1: inflation are crippling the economy. 14 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 2: Australians are working harder for less. That's what we've seen 15 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 2: because earlier in the week we saw real wages have 16 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 2: gone down under this government. As I said, this Treasurer 17 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: is failing Australians. He's failed to beat in flames. Inflation 18 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 2: is beating this government because it simply doesn't know how 19 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 2: to manage the economy. No. 20 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: A sydneyman has been ordered to face court again in 21 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: March after being charged with a terrorism offense. The thirty 22 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: one year old was pulled over for a traffic stop 23 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 1: in December where police seized three mobile phones. He's been 24 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:23,119 Speaker 1: charged with possessing violent extremist material after officers examined the devices. 25 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: The PM has declared he has nothing but contempt for 26 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: the ISIS brides stranded in a camp in Syria and 27 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: the Albinezi, again insisting the government would not be providing 28 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: support to help bring them home. Now, Donald Trump is 29 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 1: apparently looking at Australia's world for social media laws as 30 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: well as the impact screen time has on youngsters. The 31 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: president's daughter in law Lara Trump, telling the New York 32 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: Post he's taking a keen interest in how the under 33 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: sixteen band is working. 34 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 2: I see things like what has happened in Australia where 35 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 2: you have a regulatory body saying we're going to wheat 36 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 2: until these kids are at least a little bit older. 37 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: And teachers are calling for more help as they attempt 38 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: to stop students using AI to cheat. Educators acclaiming chat 39 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: GPT among other AO bots are being used to complete 40 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:15,519 Speaker 1: class work at an alarming rate. Sport and entertainment to 41 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 1: next to sport in Australia's early exit from the T 42 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: twenty World Campus spark fears for our Olympic qualification in 43 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: twenty twenty eight. The LA Games will feature the twenty 44 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: twenty format, with cricketing greats calling for an overhaul of 45 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: the selection process. Meantime, Australia's continuing to make history in 46 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: its most successful Winter Olympic Games to date. The Green 47 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 1: and Gold is sitting twelfth on the metal tally with 48 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 1: three golds, two silvers and a bronze. In the Bank 49 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 1: Entertainment News Now and from high Fashion to Haviana's, Jacob 50 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: A Lordie was spotted in a new South walest news 51 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:49,119 Speaker 1: agency picking up a pair of flip flops, The Hollywood 52 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: Star looking every bit the Ossie dressed in a baggy 53 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: shirt and a pair of bodies, and Romeo Beckham seems 54 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: to have subtly weighed in on the drama between his 55 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: parents as well as his estranged brother Brooklyn the Model, 56 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: liking an Instagram post about how Brooklyn's wife Nicola Peltz 57 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: is the problem and punters are putting their money on 58 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: Timothy Chalomte to take out the Best Actor Gone and 59 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 1: next month's Oscars. The actor's odds jumping to almost eighty 60 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 1: percent according to polymarket for his leading role in Marty Supreme. 61 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: And that's the latest from the over Podcast news team. 62 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 1: I'll have another episode of the Update for you tomorrow. 63 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: I'm Schelle Stevenson.