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Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to the update. I'm Melanie Scott. Australia

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Speaker 1: is being hit by two significant weather systems, including a

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Speaker 1: tropical cyclone in North Queensland and extreme heat waves on

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Speaker 1: the East Coast. Forty fives are raging across Victoria, while

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Speaker 1: communities across North and Central Queensland are bracing for floods

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Speaker 1: and winds. National Emergency Management Agency Coordinator General Brendan Moon

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Speaker 1: says safety measures are being put in place.

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Speaker 2: What I can say is the emergency management agencies and

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Speaker 2: all levels of government, local, state and Commonwealth are working

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Speaker 2: very very closely together to ensure our priorities are keeping

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Speaker 2: people safe and also properties safe.

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Speaker 1: Prime Minister Anthony Alberizi has defended his choice of former

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Speaker 1: High Court Justice Virginia Bell to lead the Bondai terror

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Speaker 1: Attack Royal Commission. Albanizi says Bell is the most qualified candidate,

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Speaker 1: with unmatched experience in criminal law and widespread respect. Despite

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Speaker 1: concerns from Jewish leaders, the PM in sis she'll do

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Speaker 1: an outstanding job guiding the inquiry. A new study has

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Speaker 1: found the number of undergraduate male teachers in Australia has

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Speaker 1: dropped by nearly twenty five percent. Teachers. Professional Association of

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Speaker 1: Australian National Security Edward Schuler says the gender imbalance could

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Speaker 1: affect younger male students.

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Speaker 3: Boys respond really well naturally to the authority and teaching

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Speaker 3: of men entrenched respect strong mascular figures, and unfortunately there's

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Speaker 3: just not much of that that it doesn't seem to

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Speaker 3: be prioritized in society today.

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Speaker 1: Mining giants Riyo Tinto and glen Core are in talks

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Speaker 1: for a potential Alleshare merger, which could create a three

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Speaker 1: hundred billion dollar company and the world's largest copper miner.

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Speaker 1: Rio Tinto says there's no certainty a deal will happen,

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Speaker 1: with a decision expected by February five. Shares in Rio

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Speaker 1: Tinto fell more than five percent following the announcement, and

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Speaker 1: dozens of Victorians could be more than a quarter million

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Speaker 1: dollars richer today and some may not even know it.

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Speaker 1: A forty member powerball syndicate shared over ten million dollars

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Speaker 1: with unregistered winners now urged to check their tickets. Sport

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Speaker 1: and entertainment news are next. In sport, Nick Kurios won't

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Speaker 1: be chasing a singles campaign at the Australian Open due

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Speaker 1: to not being ready, he'll still be in the men's

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Speaker 1: doubles up at the Brisbane International World Number one Arena.

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Speaker 1: Sabalanca is playing Madison Keys in a rematch of last

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Speaker 1: year's OZ Open final. Mitchell Stark has been nominated for

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Speaker 1: the ICC's Player of the Month award after being named

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Speaker 1: Player of the Ashes series. And Arsenal has played out

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Speaker 1: a nil or drawer against Liverpool in North London, staying

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Speaker 1: six points clear at the top of the table. In

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Speaker 1: entertainment news, Princess Catherine has opened up about her journey

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Speaker 1: through cancer ahead of her forty fourth birthday. She says

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Speaker 1: she has a huge amount of gratitude for the kindness

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Speaker 1: and support shown by her medical tier. And that's the

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Speaker 1: latest from the Nova podcast news team. We'll have another

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Speaker 1: episode of the Update tomorrow