1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,414 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Mumamea podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges the 2 00:00:15,414 --> 00:00:18,294 Speaker 1: traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast is 3 00:00:18,334 --> 00:00:23,694 Speaker 1: recorded on. Hi. I'm Cassandra Green from Mumma MEA's twice 4 00:00:23,774 --> 00:00:27,094 Speaker 1: daily news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines for Wednesday, 5 00:00:27,174 --> 00:00:31,054 Speaker 1: August thirteen. A gun was discharged this morning inside one 6 00:00:31,054 --> 00:00:35,054 Speaker 1: of Australia's busiest airports. The Australian Federal Police said a 7 00:00:35,054 --> 00:00:38,534 Speaker 1: police gun was fired following an altercation at Sydney's Domestic 8 00:00:38,574 --> 00:00:41,614 Speaker 1: Airport terminal. A man was arrested and there are no 9 00:00:41,654 --> 00:00:45,014 Speaker 1: injuries or ongoing threats to the public. A crime scene 10 00:00:45,014 --> 00:00:47,294 Speaker 1: has been set up, with police taping off an area 11 00:00:47,374 --> 00:00:50,334 Speaker 1: near Gate fifty two of the T two terminal, which 12 00:00:50,374 --> 00:00:53,694 Speaker 1: is mainly used by Virgin and Jetstar airlines. The airport, 13 00:00:53,734 --> 00:00:56,374 Speaker 1: which handles more than forty million passengers a year, is 14 00:00:56,414 --> 00:01:00,814 Speaker 1: now operating normally. The Australian Council of Trade Unions will 15 00:01:00,814 --> 00:01:03,414 Speaker 1: call for a four day work week at next week's 16 00:01:03,454 --> 00:01:07,094 Speaker 1: economic summit. The news comes after the Prime Minister said 17 00:01:07,094 --> 00:01:09,494 Speaker 1: there was room for bold ideas at the round table. 18 00:01:10,054 --> 00:01:13,334 Speaker 1: The act U says a shorter workweek will allow workers 19 00:01:13,334 --> 00:01:17,454 Speaker 1: to benefit from productivity gains and technological advances in sectors 20 00:01:17,454 --> 00:01:20,134 Speaker 1: that can support it. They say the change is key 21 00:01:20,174 --> 00:01:23,774 Speaker 1: to lifting living standards, helping workers to live happier, healthier 22 00:01:23,814 --> 00:01:27,214 Speaker 1: and more balanced lives. For workers in industries that can't 23 00:01:27,254 --> 00:01:30,014 Speaker 1: support a four day workweek, they've called for more time 24 00:01:30,054 --> 00:01:33,294 Speaker 1: off and fairer rosters. The PM says he's keen on 25 00:01:33,374 --> 00:01:36,334 Speaker 1: big reform. As long as the idea will improve the economy, 26 00:01:36,414 --> 00:01:39,574 Speaker 1: he'll consider it. The roundtable will take place next Tuesday 27 00:01:39,614 --> 00:01:44,174 Speaker 1: to Thursday. American actor Brad Pitt reportedly faced a scary 28 00:01:44,214 --> 00:01:47,974 Speaker 1: situation when his home was ransacked in late June. Now 29 00:01:48,094 --> 00:01:51,254 Speaker 1: four people have been arrested over the burglary, which reportedly 30 00:01:51,294 --> 00:01:54,534 Speaker 1: took place in his Los Angeles mansion located in the 31 00:01:54,574 --> 00:01:57,534 Speaker 1: Los Police neighborhood. Police said the suspects broke through the 32 00:01:57,574 --> 00:02:01,694 Speaker 1: homes front window and escaped with various belongings. Officials did 33 00:02:01,734 --> 00:02:04,574 Speaker 1: not identify Pitt in their comments nor what was stolen. 34 00:02:05,174 --> 00:02:08,414 Speaker 1: According to real estate site Traded, Pitt bought the property 35 00:02:08,454 --> 00:02:11,454 Speaker 1: for the equivalent of eight point four million Australian dollars 36 00:02:11,494 --> 00:02:14,574 Speaker 1: back in April twenty twenty three. It's understood that Pitt 37 00:02:14,614 --> 00:02:17,254 Speaker 1: was absent from the US throughout June for the promotional 38 00:02:17,294 --> 00:02:20,534 Speaker 1: tour of his new movie f One. Donald Trump has 39 00:02:20,614 --> 00:02:23,774 Speaker 1: enlisted eight hundred National Guard troops and a further five 40 00:02:23,854 --> 00:02:26,734 Speaker 1: hundred federal law enforcement agents to crack down on what 41 00:02:26,894 --> 00:02:30,374 Speaker 1: he says is a crime spate in Washington, DC. As 42 00:02:30,414 --> 00:02:33,414 Speaker 1: a part of this strategy, Trump says homeless individuals could 43 00:02:33,494 --> 00:02:36,094 Speaker 1: face jail time if they do not follow pathways to 44 00:02:36,094 --> 00:02:40,094 Speaker 1: get off the street. White House spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt said 45 00:02:40,094 --> 00:02:43,054 Speaker 1: they're being referred to homeless shelters or offered addiction and 46 00:02:43,094 --> 00:02:46,774 Speaker 1: mental health services. If they refused, they could be locked up. 47 00:02:47,414 --> 00:02:50,174 Speaker 1: The White House is also looking at strategies to relocate 48 00:02:50,214 --> 00:02:53,974 Speaker 1: the homeless far from the capitol. Andy Wassenich, director of 49 00:02:53,974 --> 00:02:57,094 Speaker 1: policy at Miriam's Kitchen, is asking homeless people to go 50 00:02:57,134 --> 00:02:59,294 Speaker 1: to a shelter if they can stand it, and if 51 00:02:59,334 --> 00:03:01,574 Speaker 1: they can't, to find someone they can shelter with to 52 00:03:01,614 --> 00:03:04,174 Speaker 1: get off the street. Trump said that Washington had been 53 00:03:04,174 --> 00:03:08,254 Speaker 1: overtaken by violent gangs, bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of youth, 54 00:03:08,334 --> 00:03:11,574 Speaker 1: and drugged out maniac Local data shows violent crime in 55 00:03:11,654 --> 00:03:14,974 Speaker 1: Washington has decreased in recent years after a post pandemic 56 00:03:14,974 --> 00:03:17,894 Speaker 1: strike in twenty twenty three. In January this year, the 57 00:03:17,974 --> 00:03:21,014 Speaker 1: Department of Justice said violent crime was down thirty five 58 00:03:21,054 --> 00:03:23,694 Speaker 1: percent year on year and had hit a thirty year low. 59 00:03:24,334 --> 00:03:27,894 Speaker 1: A recent Housing and Urban Development report estimates at Washington's 60 00:03:27,894 --> 00:03:31,534 Speaker 1: homeless population amounts to around five thousand people, making it 61 00:03:31,574 --> 00:03:35,134 Speaker 1: the sixteenth largest homeless population in the country. That's your 62 00:03:35,174 --> 00:03:38,414 Speaker 1: evening news headlines on tomorrow's episode of The Quikie, A 63 00:03:38,454 --> 00:03:41,534 Speaker 1: guide to the recent rate cuts, and the dangerous contraceptive 64 00:03:41,574 --> 00:03:45,254 Speaker 1: advice making the rounds on TikTok. Listen to The Quikie 65 00:03:45,294 --> 00:03:46,774 Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts.