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Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the update. I'm Ash Gartner. Some relief

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Speaker 1: for communities impacted by the bushfires burning across Victoria. With

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Speaker 1: all emergency level bush fires now downgraded to a Watch

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Speaker 1: and Act. There are still concerns for communities east of

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Speaker 1: the Longwood fire. It comes as the man killed in

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Speaker 1: the Longwood bushfires identified as farmer Maxwell Hobson. Central Queensland

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Speaker 1: has been battered by record breaking rainfall and flash flooding

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Speaker 1: as ex tropical cyclone Kogi continues to track inland. The

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Speaker 1: town of Clermont recorded its wettest day in over one

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Speaker 1: hundred years, with over two hundred millimeters rainfalling in twenty

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Speaker 1: four hours. New gun and hate speech laws will be

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Speaker 1: released today as Parliament prepares to return early in the

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Speaker 1: wake of the Bondai terror attack. The Prime Minister will

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Speaker 1: look to fast track the landmark legislation next Monday. It

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Speaker 1: will criminalize hate speech preachers and launch a national gun

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Speaker 1: buyback scheme. More than three hundred thousand dollars who's now

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Speaker 1: been raised for Bondi Junction hero police officer Amy Scott

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Speaker 1: after she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form

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Speaker 1: of breast cancer. The mother of two took down the

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Speaker 1: attacker in the stabbing spree at the shopping center in

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. The hunt for Kenneth John Giles has

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Speaker 1: ramped up amid fears the alleged wa gunman has left.

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Speaker 1: This date, it comes as the search for Giles to

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Speaker 1: enter its seventh day. Tens of thousands of people have

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Speaker 1: taken to the streets in a run for counter pro

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Speaker 1: government protests. It comes as the government continues to downplay

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Speaker 1: rallies being staged across the country. Human rights groups now

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Speaker 1: say the death toll is close to six hundred and fifty.

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Speaker 1: Sport and to entertainment use are next. Sydney Thunder has

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Speaker 1: claimed a four wicket went over the Melbourne Renegades in

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Speaker 1: their Big Bash thriller. The Melbourne Stars face the Adelaide

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Speaker 1: Strikers in today's action. Tanasi Kokanakas has progressed through to

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Speaker 1: the round of sixteen at the Adelaide International, claiming a

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Speaker 1: three sets victory over American said quarter Daria Katzkina, also

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Speaker 1: advancing in straight sets, while fellow Izzi Alexei Popperin crashed

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Speaker 1: out in two sets. In the NBL. The Cans type

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Speaker 1: hands have fought back from thirty one points down to

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Speaker 1: claim a five point win over the Bruceman Bullets. The

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Speaker 1: Taipe Hands now ninth on the NBL Ladder, and the

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Speaker 1: Perth Bears have confirmed the signing of two more recruits

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Speaker 1: they head of their inaugural twenty twenty seventh season, James

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Speaker 1: MacDonald and Chris vea Ela inking two year deals. In

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Speaker 1: entertainment news, Mattala has launched a new barbie to represent

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Speaker 1: people living with autism. She's wearing pink headphones and is

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Speaker 1: carrying a fidget spinner. She's part of the line representing

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Speaker 1: diversity and inclusion. Mark Ruffalo has slammed US President Donald

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Speaker 1: Trump while attending the Golden Globes. The actor was one

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Speaker 1: of a number of celebs sporting a B Good pin

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Speaker 1: in off honor of Renee Good, who was shot and

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Speaker 1: killed by an Ice agent in Minneapolis. And in another

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Speaker 1: blow for Victoria and David Beckham, their eldest son, Brooklyn

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Speaker 1: has sent a legal letter instructing them to only contact

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Speaker 1: him through lawyers going forward. He comes up to Brooklyn

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Speaker 1: blocked his family on Instagram at the end of last year.

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Speaker 1: And that's the latest from the Nova Podcast. News team.

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Speaker 1: We'll have another episode of the Update for you later