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Speaker 1: You're listening to a Mumma mea podcast.

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Speaker 2: Hey, I'm Taylor Strano. This is Muma MIA's twice daily

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Speaker 2: news podcast, The Quickie Today should have been a feather

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Speaker 2: in the policy camp of Communications Minister Annika Wells ushering

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Speaker 2: in the world's first social media ban for under sixteens,

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Speaker 2: But instead of just basking in the glory, the minister

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Speaker 2: is simultaneously being grilled over how much money she spent

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Speaker 2: on travel, sporting events, family triops and more so, what's

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Speaker 2: going on here? How much cash can pollies actually splash

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Speaker 2: in the name of business. Plus, if you're staring down

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Speaker 2: the barrel of another work here thinking I cannot do

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty six like I did twenty twenty five, then

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Speaker 2: fear not. This host Lesally has written the blueprint for

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Speaker 2: how to actually get that promotion in the new year

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Speaker 2: and keep showing up to your nine to five without

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Speaker 2: burning out by Easter. Before we get there, here's clermor

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Speaker 2: with the latest from the Quicki news room for Wednesday,

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Speaker 2: December ten.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Taylor. Millions of teenagers and our band from social

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Speaker 1: media as world first laws aimed at better protecting children

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Speaker 1: online come into force Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube and TikTok

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Speaker 1: are amongst the platforms which have agreed to enforce the

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Speaker 1: rules barring anyone under sixteen from holding an account. The

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Speaker 1: Murdock Children's Research Institute and Deacin University will track how

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Speaker 1: the band impacts young people, with some concerns that the

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Speaker 1: sudden removal of teen's ability to easily connect with friends

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Speaker 1: will cause some strain on mental health. Parents are divided

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Speaker 1: between whether the new rules are an important safety measure

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Speaker 1: or an overreach which takes away the rights of families

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Speaker 1: to choose how they raise their kids. Under the changes,

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Speaker 1: social media platforms will need to take reasonable steps to

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Speaker 1: stop anyone under sixteen having an account. Tech companies are

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Speaker 1: expected to use a range of methods to verify users age,

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Speaker 1: including face scans with artificial intelligence, sophisticated analysis of people's

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Speaker 1: posting patterns and language, and didgit IDs. Some platforms, such

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Speaker 1: as YouTube will still be accessible without an account, but

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Speaker 1: it will be harder for algorithms to target content to children.

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Speaker 1: The ban has been subject to last minute changes. Just

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Speaker 1: a month before taking effect, social media platform Redded and

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Speaker 1: streaming site Kick were added. Little known apps Lemonade and

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Speaker 1: yop have also been warned they may be included because

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Speaker 1: children are flocking to them in a bid to dodge

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Speaker 1: the restrictions. The man who murdered Queensland woman toy Accordingly

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Speaker 1: Canns has been sentenced to life in prison. Raj Winda Singh,

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Speaker 1: who will be eligible for parole after twenty five years,

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Speaker 1: has never offered a motive for the seemingly random attack.

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Speaker 1: The judge describing what happened that day's an opportunistic killing,

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Speaker 1: suggesting the miscurdingly had perhaps discovered mister Singh engaging in

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Speaker 1: some type of disgraceful, embarrassing activity at the secluded spot

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Speaker 1: where his true self could emerge uninhibited. After stabbing Miss

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Speaker 1: Cordingly and slashing her throat, he left her half buried

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Speaker 1: On the drive back to his home in in Isfail.

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Speaker 1: The next day he booked a flight to India, leaving

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Speaker 1: his young family behind. The judge saying, you took flight

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Speaker 1: like a gutless coward. You left without saying a proper

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Speaker 1: goodbye to your wife, your parents, your children, demonstrating that

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Speaker 1: your only concern was to save your own skin. Former

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Speaker 1: doesn't regret pursuing legal action against former staff for Britney Higgins,

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Speaker 1: In twenty twenty two, she won, with Miss Higgins told

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Speaker 1: to see any of Miss Reynolds is also pursuing legal

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Speaker 1: action against the Commonwealth, saying they breach their duty of

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Speaker 1: care when they took over her defense over the handling

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Speaker 1: of miss higgins two point four million dollar payout from

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Speaker 1: the government. Reynolds told the seven to thirty program that

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Speaker 1: she and her partner have had to take out a

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Speaker 1: but says she has no regrets, saying, I either had

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Speaker 1: so damaged by these lies and by the weaponization of

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Speaker 1: these lies. Pamela Anderson has spoken about her romantic time

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Speaker 1: it was a publicity stunt. Anderson told people she and

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Speaker 1: Nison were romantically involved for a short time, that she'd

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Speaker 1: spent an intimate week together at his home, but that

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Speaker 1: explained that they reconnected while promoting the film they'd met

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Speaker 1: Nissan has shown that friendship is real, surprising Addison by

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Speaker 1: turning up to see her perform in a play back

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Speaker 1: in August.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Clare next, how much a Polly is entitled to

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Speaker 2: spend while they're on the job. This week should have

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Speaker 2: been a victory lab for Communications and Sports Minister Annika Wells.

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Speaker 2: She's the face of the under sixteen social media ban,

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Speaker 2: a world first law now in force instead, though she's

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Speaker 2: spending her time defending how she uses parliamentary entitlements. Fresh

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Speaker 2: reporting from the ABC has revealed a string of high

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Speaker 2: cost trips, comcar bills and family travel tied to major

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Speaker 2: sporting events and overseas junkets, all technically within the rules,

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Speaker 2: but raising that familiar question just because you can build taxpayers,

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Speaker 2: should you. Let's start with the numbers. Wells rapped up

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Speaker 2: thousands of dollars in comcar charges on days she attended

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Speaker 2: the NRL Grand Finals in Sydney, the AFL Grand Final

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Speaker 2: in Melbourne, and the Australian Open Women's Final. Comcar refers

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Speaker 2: BOS trips came in at about a combined three thousand,

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Speaker 2: spokespersons say her travel to the Australian Open was in

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Speaker 2: Sports Minister, with tickets properly declared on the Parliamentary Gift Register,

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Speaker 2: but critics have pointed out she's updated several declarations late

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Speaker 2: after media started asking questions, arguing it looked like the

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Speaker 2: enjoying prime seat sport. These trips slotted into a much

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Speaker 2: larger pattern. A nearly one hundred thousand dollars last minute

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Speaker 2: trip to New York to promote the social media ban

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Speaker 2: at the UN delayed by the optors triple zero outage

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Speaker 2: crisis back home, thousands spent at the Paris Olympics, including

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Speaker 2: dinner at a Michelin Star restaurant, family travel claims of

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Speaker 2: about nine thousand dollars over those Grand Final and sport weekends,

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Speaker 2: All of it, she says, was properly declared and within

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Speaker 2: the existing rules, and to be fair, she's not the

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Speaker 2: only one using them. Since detailed comcar records started in

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Speaker 2: twenty seventeen, there've been more than six hundred trips costing

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Speaker 2: over one thousand dollars apiece, racked up by eighty eight

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Speaker 2: and longtime Comcast superuser bove Katter. Last Parliament. Wells ranked

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Speaker 2: eighteenth for comcast spending, behind fifteen other ministers. She's also

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Speaker 2: sat midpack for family travel, international trips and total outlays.

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Speaker 2: In other words, by the raw dollars, She's not an outlier,

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Speaker 2: just the latest name in the spotlight. So what are

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Speaker 2: the rules and why do we care what Polly's are

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Speaker 2: claiming as work related expenses and travel. MPs can use

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Speaker 2: comcas when the dominant purpose is work and when it

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Speaker 2: represents value for money compared to other options. Family reunion

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Speaker 2: rules allow spot and children to fly at taxpayer expenses

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Speaker 2: a limited number of times a year, or to join

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Speaker 2: an MP in Canberra or on official business. It's a modern,

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Speaker 2: much more generous version of the free train tickets issued

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Speaker 2: to politicians' wives in the nineteen twenties. The problem isn't

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Speaker 2: just whether ministers can tick the box on those guidelines.

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Speaker 2: It's whether voters are comfortable subsidizing Grand Final weekends and

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Speaker 2: cricket tests while they're being told to tighten their belts.

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Speaker 2: Opponents say Wells is taking taxpayers from a ride and

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Speaker 2: should refer herself to the Independent Watchdog for Review, Treasurer

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Speaker 2: Jim Chalmers and others for now as sticking to the

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Speaker 2: line that she hasn't broken any rules, but even path

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Speaker 2: ministers have admitted that within the guidelines isn't the same

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Speaker 2: as matching community expectations. Tony Burke repaid eighty six hundred

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Speaker 2: dollars in family flights to ULARU after public backlash, albeit

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Speaker 2: years after the fact. It puts the government in a

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Speaker 2: tricky position trying to ease the pressure on Ossie's who

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Speaker 2: are watching every dollar during a cost of living crisis,

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Speaker 2: while while also defending a minister who's spending shines a

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Speaker 2: light on just how generous parliamentary perks still are. So

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Speaker 2: does it pass the pop test? Well, I asked my

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Speaker 2: mum and mere colleagues just how much taxpayer money they

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Speaker 2: reckon Our elected representatives are entitled to spend while on the.

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Speaker 3: Job, and they're getting paid an income zero dollars and

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Speaker 3: zero sense you get paid enough. We don't all get

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Speaker 3: taxpayer brakes for things we need for work. Sometimes we

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Speaker 3: just need to buy them, and that's okay.

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Speaker 4: I believe that if they're doing something that is business

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Speaker 4: centric restaurants and things, but taking your family places, that

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Speaker 4: is entertainment that should be on your own dime. As

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Speaker 4: all of us regular plubs. If we go to the

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Speaker 4: footy or the theater and take our kids to a

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Speaker 4: theme park, we pay for it. It should be the

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Speaker 4: same they pay for it themselves. That's silly.

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Speaker 2: Honestly, I don't really care how much they spend.

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Speaker 1: I'm a very unconcerned citizen, Sorry about it.

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Speaker 5: I think a capped figure of about fifty thousand dollars

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Speaker 5: per politician is reasonable. They can absolutely go above that,

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Speaker 5: but there needs to be special consideration. There needs to

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Speaker 5: be someone that they have to report to and justify

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Speaker 5: why they need to spend more of that money. No

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Speaker 5: bringing partners, no bringing kids. We're in a cost of

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Speaker 5: living crisis. Your kids don't need to go to Disneyland.

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Speaker 4: So, considering the voice for the voiceless, I think travel

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Speaker 4: and all those things are necessary, but without the fills.

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Speaker 5: No Michelin Star dinners, no business class flights.

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Speaker 1: Keep it simple.

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Speaker 2: Have you heard of the resignation rush? Maybe it's starting

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Speaker 2: to wind down work for the year and reflection is

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Speaker 2: settling in work in twenty twenty six might look like

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Speaker 2: well quitting. The start of the year is famously when

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Speaker 2: people dream about quitting. In fact, January thirty first has

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Speaker 2: widely been documented as the most popular day on the

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Speaker 2: calendar to throw your job in, but the start of

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Speaker 2: the year can also be one of the best times

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Speaker 2: to aim higher than where you already are. Career coaches

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Speaker 2: say January is when workers start asking the big question

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Speaker 2: what's working and maybe more importantly, what's not okay? So

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Speaker 2: if a promotion is more looking like you're vibe in

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty six, do we have to wait for the

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Speaker 2: midyear review to actually raise that question? Surely putting in

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Speaker 2: this request first thing in the year won't pay off.

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Speaker 2: We'll bis host and founder of Learner Lesally might have

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Speaker 2: something to say about that, Lisa, we know about this

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Speaker 2: resignation rush. In fact, jan thirty one it's the most

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Speaker 2: common day of the year for people to quit their jobs.

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Speaker 2: So where does this idea of asking for a promotion

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Speaker 2: early in the year come from?

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Speaker 3: So have you ever heard of the fresh start effect?

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Speaker 3: It's basically a psychological reset, bute. We all have so

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Speaker 3: big dates trick our brain and feeling like we get

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Speaker 3: to start again. So I think like birthdays Monday and

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Speaker 2: Interesting? Okay, So last one for you. We've seen lots

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Speaker 3: The biggest one is that we're all focused on AI

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