1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,414 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Mummamea 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 --> 00:00:23,574 Speaker 1: recorded on. Hi. I'm Nicole Madigan from Mamma MEA's twice 4 00:00:23,614 --> 00:00:27,054 Speaker 1: daily news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines. For Tuesday, 5 00:00:27,174 --> 00:00:31,494 Speaker 1: January twenty eight, Google Maps will change the name of 6 00:00:31,614 --> 00:00:35,454 Speaker 1: Golf of Mexico to Gulf of America once it's officially 7 00:00:35,534 --> 00:00:39,454 Speaker 1: updated in the US Geographic Name system. The change will 8 00:00:39,494 --> 00:00:42,334 Speaker 1: be visible in the US, but it will remain Gulf 9 00:00:42,374 --> 00:00:46,454 Speaker 1: of Mexico in Mexico. Outside of those two countries, users 10 00:00:46,454 --> 00:00:50,694 Speaker 1: will see both names. The Trump Administration's Interior Department on 11 00:00:50,814 --> 00:00:53,574 Speaker 1: Friday said it had officially changed the name of the 12 00:00:53,574 --> 00:00:56,654 Speaker 1: Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and the 13 00:00:56,654 --> 00:01:00,774 Speaker 1: Alaskan Peak Denali to Mount McKinley. Google Maps, which is 14 00:01:00,814 --> 00:01:03,854 Speaker 1: owned by Alphabet's Google, will make a similar change with 15 00:01:03,934 --> 00:01:07,694 Speaker 1: Mount McKinley. US President Donald Trump ordered the name changes 16 00:01:07,694 --> 00:01:10,374 Speaker 1: as part of a flurry of executive all orders hours 17 00:01:10,414 --> 00:01:14,174 Speaker 1: after taking office last Monday, making good on a campaign promise. 18 00:01:14,854 --> 00:01:17,494 Speaker 1: A nine year old boy allegedly killed by a twenty 19 00:01:17,574 --> 00:01:20,054 Speaker 1: four year old woman in a suburban home suffered a 20 00:01:20,094 --> 00:01:23,814 Speaker 1: significant head injury. A senior police officer says the boy 21 00:01:23,894 --> 00:01:26,774 Speaker 1: was found dead in his Townsville home about seven pm 22 00:01:26,814 --> 00:01:29,894 Speaker 1: on Saturday. While the woman has been charged with his murder, 23 00:01:30,054 --> 00:01:32,814 Speaker 1: police say the two had a loose family connection and 24 00:01:32,894 --> 00:01:35,894 Speaker 1: the boy was in her care at the time. Attending 25 00:01:35,894 --> 00:01:39,694 Speaker 1: officers described the scene as confronting, with the boy's injury 26 00:01:39,774 --> 00:01:44,254 Speaker 1: consistent with blunt force trauma. Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Miles 27 00:01:44,294 --> 00:01:46,414 Speaker 1: says other children were at home at the time of 28 00:01:46,454 --> 00:01:49,734 Speaker 1: the boy's death, but no other adults were present. Parents 29 00:01:49,734 --> 00:01:52,454 Speaker 1: have kept thousands of dollars more in their pockets under 30 00:01:52,454 --> 00:01:55,294 Speaker 1: increases to the child care subsidy, but it's not yet 31 00:01:55,334 --> 00:01:58,454 Speaker 1: known how many centers have hiked fees to the maximum cap. 32 00:01:58,854 --> 00:02:02,134 Speaker 1: New data from the Federal Education Department shows families, on 33 00:02:02,174 --> 00:02:05,174 Speaker 1: average saved an extra two thousand, seven hundred and sixty 34 00:02:05,214 --> 00:02:08,174 Speaker 1: eight dollars since the changes came into effect in twenty 35 00:02:08,214 --> 00:02:11,854 Speaker 1: twenty three. The percentage of child care fees subsidized by 36 00:02:11,894 --> 00:02:14,774 Speaker 1: the government has also increased, rising to as much as 37 00:02:14,894 --> 00:02:18,854 Speaker 1: ninety percent for those earning under eighty thousand. Wages for 38 00:02:18,934 --> 00:02:21,654 Speaker 1: workers in the sector are being boosted by fifteen percent 39 00:02:21,814 --> 00:02:25,294 Speaker 1: over two years. Under laws that passed parliament in November. 40 00:02:25,654 --> 00:02:28,694 Speaker 1: Pay packets rose by ten percent from December, with the 41 00:02:28,774 --> 00:02:31,294 Speaker 1: remaining five percent boost to come into effect at the 42 00:02:31,374 --> 00:02:33,734 Speaker 1: end of twenty twenty five as part of a three 43 00:02:33,774 --> 00:02:36,814 Speaker 1: point six billion dollar measure, but it will only apply 44 00:02:36,894 --> 00:02:39,254 Speaker 1: to centres that agreed not to push up fees by 45 00:02:39,294 --> 00:02:42,174 Speaker 1: more than four point four percent Under the subsidy, The 46 00:02:42,214 --> 00:02:45,214 Speaker 1: income cap for eligibility for the scheme rose from just 47 00:02:45,254 --> 00:02:48,174 Speaker 1: over three hundred and fifty six thousand dollars to five 48 00:02:48,254 --> 00:02:51,254 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty thousand dollars. The average saving under the 49 00:02:51,254 --> 00:02:53,814 Speaker 1: subsidy was based on a family earning one hundred and 50 00:02:53,854 --> 00:02:56,734 Speaker 1: twenty thousand dollars a year paying for thirty hours of 51 00:02:56,814 --> 00:03:00,814 Speaker 1: childcare every week. Actor Debra Lee Finesse has broken her 52 00:03:00,854 --> 00:03:03,934 Speaker 1: silence after ex husband Hugh Jackman went public with his 53 00:03:04,054 --> 00:03:08,094 Speaker 1: romance with Broadway star Sutton Foster. Fernes told The Herald 54 00:03:08,174 --> 00:03:09,934 Speaker 1: Son she feels as though she's in in the third 55 00:03:10,014 --> 00:03:12,854 Speaker 1: chapter of her life after her shock split from Jackman. 56 00:03:13,534 --> 00:03:17,014 Speaker 1: Following the release of photos featuring Jackman and Sutton kissing, 57 00:03:17,374 --> 00:03:20,294 Speaker 1: Furness says she's choosing to focus on her career instead 58 00:03:20,334 --> 00:03:23,494 Speaker 1: of her love life, and is currently reading scripts. She 59 00:03:23,614 --> 00:03:26,054 Speaker 1: says now that she's single, she'll be taking more time 60 00:03:26,094 --> 00:03:29,654 Speaker 1: out for herself to be creative and travel. Jackman and 61 00:03:29,734 --> 00:03:32,614 Speaker 1: Furness shocked fans in September twenty twenty three when they 62 00:03:32,654 --> 00:03:37,214 Speaker 1: announced their separation after twenty seven years together. Meanwhile, Sutton 63 00:03:37,254 --> 00:03:40,534 Speaker 1: filed for divorce from her husband of ten years, Ted Griffin, 64 00:03:40,694 --> 00:03:44,334 Speaker 1: in October last year. That's your Latest News Headlines. On 65 00:03:44,414 --> 00:03:47,294 Speaker 1: tomorrow's episode of The Quickie, we explain the roots of 66 00:03:47,374 --> 00:03:51,294 Speaker 1: anti Semitism and why it persists, as we navigate how 67 00:03:51,294 --> 00:03:54,574 Speaker 1: the war in Gaza has made the line that much blurrier. 68 00:03:55,214 --> 00:03:59,654 Speaker 1: Listen to The Quickie wherever you get your podcasts.