Speaker 1: The fifty five members of Europe's Football Association have voted
Speaker 1: to boycott upcoming World Cups if FIFA follows through with
Speaker 1: its plan to sell off the game to private investors.
Speaker 1: So that would mean finalists in this year's competition such
Speaker 1: as Spain, England and France would not appear going forward.
Speaker 1: That's how big this move is. FIFA's president Jianni Infantino
Speaker 1: proposes creating a commercial arm to run major footballing events,
Speaker 1: which would allow private investors to purchase stakes. So the
Speaker 1: European of European Football Associations UEFA doesn't like it. It's
Speaker 1: said overnight. UEFA and its fifty five member association stand
Speaker 1: as one. We unanimously and unequivocally reject FIFA's proposal to
Speaker 1: transfer ownership interests in the World Cup and other FIFA
Speaker 1: competitions to private investors. There are moments when institutions are
Speaker 1: judged not by what they are prepared to accept, but
Speaker 1: what they refuse to compromise. This is one of those moments.
Speaker 1: Some things are simply too important to sell. The Prime
Speaker 1: Minister is refusing to stand down. His Special Envoy for
Speaker 1: Defense and Veterans Affairs, Luke Gosling, police charge the Federal
Speaker 1: Labor MP with two counts of allegedly assaulting the King's
Speaker 1: representative in the Northern Territory. Mister Gosling responded to the
Speaker 1: chargers saying in a statement, I can't say much because
Speaker 1: the matter is before the courts, but it's been a
Speaker 1: strange morning, to say the least. He said. I've got
Speaker 1: a job to do and I'll be working hard as
Speaker 1: always to serve the people of Darwin and Palmerston. Mister
Speaker 1: Gosling finished by thanking those who'd reached out with messages
Speaker 1: of support, saying he's cracking on with his job. Two
Speaker 1: key manisterial allies of the former Victorian Labour Premier Jacinta
Speaker 1: Raylan have resigned. The Health Minister Harriet Shing and the
Speaker 1: Energy Minister Lily Diambrosio will not recontest their seats in
Speaker 1: the November state election and are stepping back from the
Speaker 1: front bench. Both of praised the new Premier Ben Carroll
Speaker 1: and pledged their support for his government. Labour sources say
Speaker 1: other loyalists are considering leaving, including Attorney General Sonya Kilkenny,
Speaker 1: who also ran against Ben Carroll in this week's leadership spill.
Speaker 1: Almost three quarters of businesses and New South Wales were
Speaker 1: at risk of closing due to a skilled worker shortage.
Speaker 1: A State of Skills report has found seventy four percent
Speaker 1: of businesses were facing considerable difficulty finding people with the
Speaker 1: right skills to work. Seventy four percent. That's a big number.
Speaker 1: Four out of five businesses in New South Wales say
Speaker 1: the lack of skilled workers is putting pressure on existing
Speaker 1: staff members. Six percent of businesses fear they won't survive.
Speaker 1: A father who gave his son a rifle which was
Speaker 1: later used to kill four people, has been sentenced to
Speaker 1: fifteen years in prison, two days after his sixteen year
Speaker 1: old son was sentenced to life behind bars for killing
Speaker 1: four people during a twenty twenty four school shooting. Colt
Speaker 1: Gray's father, Colin Gray, has also been sentenced. The case
Speaker 1: is the States first in which a parent has been
Speaker 1: convicted of second degree murder for a mass shooting committed
Speaker 1: by their child. The fifty five year old is the
Speaker 1: latest parent to be prosecuted in relation to their children's crime.
Speaker 1: In a bid by prosecutors to tackle gun violence in
Speaker 1: American schools, in the UK, a major incident has been
Speaker 1: declared as the latest as the largest wildfire in the
Speaker 1: East of England has ever been seen, which continues to burn.
Speaker 1: Aerial footage shows the fire which began burning near Dunwich
Speaker 1: Heath on Suffolx's eastern coast on Thursday. More than seventy
Speaker 1: firefighters have been deployed, whilst nearby communities have been evacuated.
Speaker 1: While the fire is close proximity to nuclear sites, poser's
Speaker 1: risk authorities say there is no immediate threat if wind
Speaker 1: conditions remained unchanged. M