1 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to the update. I'm elinor Quirk. Households will soon 2 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: be able to easily switch to cheaper electricity providers under 3 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: a new government initiative. The one Click Switch Plan means 4 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: customers will no longer have to opt in to access 5 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,760 Speaker 1: a cheaper default power price. It follows a report by 6 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: the Ahable c which found forty seven percent of households 7 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: were on plans that charged more than the retail offer 8 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: because contracts rolled over to a higher rate after twelve months. Meanwhile, 9 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 1: new research has revealed nuclear energy could cost up to 10 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: six times more than renewable energy. A Clean Energy Council 11 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: report reveals households would need to pay hefty subsidies to 12 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 1: fund the infrastructure needed for nuclear power. Chief Executive Kane 13 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: Thornton says it would be a complex and expensive rollout. 14 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 2: Would take at least two decades for Australia to develop 15 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 2: the institution, safety protocols, the capability and all of the 16 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 2: infrastructure that you need to develop a nuclear power industry 17 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 2: in this country. 18 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: And nurl Star has been barred from playing after he 19 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: was charged with domestic violence offenses. It's alleged tailor may 20 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: punched a woman in the face at a Western Sydney 21 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: home last month. NURL chief executive Andrew Abdoz says the 22 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: league's integrity unit is working with his club, the Penrith Panthers, 23 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: to investigate. 24 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 2: The club has made a decision to withdraw him from playing. 25 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:32,119 Speaker 1: We're going to review these facts. We're going to look 26 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 1: at the police charges and then I will let our 27 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: policies kick in overseas, and former US President Donald Trump 28 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:42,119 Speaker 1: is demanding Joe Biden undergoes a drug test before next 29 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: month's presidential debate. 30 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 2: I don't want him coming in like the State of 31 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:46,559 Speaker 2: the Union. 32 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: He was, heyre's a cake, he said, Is that Joe 33 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: up there? Beautiful row? And by the end of the 34 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: evening he's like, well, it was exhausted. Right now, We're 35 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: going to demand a drug test. And Trump's former lawyer 36 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: Giuliani has been served an indictment for his alleged efforts 37 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: to overturn the twenty twenty election in the state of Arizona. 38 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: Sport and Entertainment and Next to Sport and Brisbane coach 39 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: Chris Fagan says Richmond is back to ground zero and 40 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: he feels for coach Adam Ouse. The Lions beat the 41 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: Targets by one hundred and nineteen points. Fagan says the 42 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,959 Speaker 1: Lions have been in a similar position in the past there. 43 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 2: Gone back to ground zero and building up again after 44 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 2: a tremendously successful era. 45 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 1: I feel a little bit sorry for us. I've been 46 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,079 Speaker 1: in that place when I first came to Brisbane and 47 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: the cops and wallopings. Titans coach Des Hasler was left 48 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: fuming after his son fell to the Nights twenty eight 49 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 1: to twenty four. Gold Coast had a tried disallowed in 50 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: the dying minutes, which would have allowed them a shot 51 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: at goal to win the match. The bucket's crazy. He 52 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: never came away from the ball. If it did, then 53 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,359 Speaker 1: there's a penalty one on one strip in it. They 54 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: don't know, they don't know. To Entertainment and Sir Paul 55 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: McCartney has become the UK's first ever billionaire musician. The 56 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 1: eighty one year old's one point nine billion dollar fortune 57 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: has been boosted by a recent tour, a valuable back catalog, 58 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: and also some assistance from Beyonce, who covered the beatles 59 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 1: nineteen sixty eight hit Blackbird, and adding more fuel to 60 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: rumors he's split with wife Jlo ben Alfleck has been 61 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: spotted in la without his wedding ring on. And that's 62 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: the latest from the Nova podcast team. We'll see you 63 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: again suit for another episode of the Update