1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,294 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Muma Mia podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges 2 00:00:15,334 --> 00:00:18,134 Speaker 1: the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast 3 00:00:18,214 --> 00:00:23,534 Speaker 1: is recorded on Hi. I'm Cassandra Green from Momma MEA's 4 00:00:23,614 --> 00:00:27,334 Speaker 1: twice daily news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines for Wednesday, 5 00:00:27,454 --> 00:00:30,774 Speaker 1: June twenty five, Sean Didd Combs has told a judge 6 00:00:30,774 --> 00:00:33,414 Speaker 1: that he will not testify at his sex trafficking trial, 7 00:00:33,774 --> 00:00:36,774 Speaker 1: adding that he thought Judge Subramanian had done an excellent 8 00:00:36,894 --> 00:00:39,614 Speaker 1: job throughout the trial. It's common for a judge to 9 00:00:39,654 --> 00:00:43,414 Speaker 1: ask further questions about the defendant's decision. When asked how 10 00:00:43,454 --> 00:00:46,254 Speaker 1: he was doing, Combs responded, I'm doing great, your honor. 11 00:00:46,694 --> 00:00:49,974 Speaker 1: The decision follows the prosecution resting their case after a 12 00:00:50,014 --> 00:00:52,894 Speaker 1: more than six week long showcase of their evidence against 13 00:00:52,974 --> 00:00:56,934 Speaker 1: the raffer. The defense later rested without calling any witnesses. 14 00:00:57,334 --> 00:01:00,254 Speaker 1: Combe's lawyers also made a series of arguments to toss 15 00:01:00,254 --> 00:01:03,134 Speaker 1: out the charges against their client, saying they weren't proven 16 00:01:03,174 --> 00:01:06,734 Speaker 1: by the prosecution. Judge Subramanian said he'd rule on this 17 00:01:06,774 --> 00:01:10,414 Speaker 1: at a later date. Prosecutors called thirty four witnesses in 18 00:01:10,454 --> 00:01:13,854 Speaker 1: their case, including two ex girlfriends who testified that they 19 00:01:13,854 --> 00:01:17,814 Speaker 1: felt coerced into sex events also called free coofs. Defense 20 00:01:17,894 --> 00:01:22,454 Speaker 1: lawyers maintained that any sexual encounters were consensual. Combs fifty 21 00:01:22,454 --> 00:01:25,934 Speaker 1: five has pleaded not guilty and has remained incarcerated without 22 00:01:25,934 --> 00:01:29,614 Speaker 1: bail in Brooklyn after multiple judges concluded that he presented 23 00:01:29,654 --> 00:01:33,934 Speaker 1: a potential danger to the community. Journalist Antoinette Latouf will 24 00:01:33,974 --> 00:01:37,014 Speaker 1: be paid seventy thousand dollars in damages from the ABC 25 00:01:37,254 --> 00:01:40,294 Speaker 1: for her unlawful dismissal after she was taken off the 26 00:01:40,334 --> 00:01:43,254 Speaker 1: air over a post on the Gaza conflict. She was 27 00:01:43,294 --> 00:01:46,094 Speaker 1: originally hired for a week long stint on the National 28 00:01:46,134 --> 00:01:50,454 Speaker 1: Broadcaster's Sydney Morning's radio program before Christmas twenty twenty three. 29 00:01:50,894 --> 00:01:53,494 Speaker 1: She was let go after sharing a Human Rights Watch 30 00:01:53,534 --> 00:01:56,694 Speaker 1: post that said Israel was using starvation as a weapon 31 00:01:56,734 --> 00:01:59,814 Speaker 1: of war in Gaza. During a hearing in February, she 32 00:01:59,894 --> 00:02:02,094 Speaker 1: claimed she was fired from the job because of her 33 00:02:02,174 --> 00:02:06,694 Speaker 1: race and political opinion. However, the ABC denied this. The 34 00:02:06,734 --> 00:02:09,654 Speaker 1: broadcaster claimed it took Latouf off the air because she 35 00:02:09,734 --> 00:02:12,734 Speaker 1: failed to follow a direction not to post about Israel 36 00:02:13,014 --> 00:02:15,574 Speaker 1: or the war in Gaza during her five day shift. 37 00:02:15,854 --> 00:02:19,334 Speaker 1: She rejected this, seeing her supervisor Elizabeth Green agreed she 38 00:02:19,374 --> 00:02:22,694 Speaker 1: could post facts from reputable sources. The forty one year 39 00:02:22,734 --> 00:02:25,774 Speaker 1: old took her unlawful termination case to the Federal Court 40 00:02:26,134 --> 00:02:28,254 Speaker 1: and the judge handed down the verdict in a court 41 00:02:28,334 --> 00:02:31,294 Speaker 1: room full of her supporters on Wednesday. The judge ordered 42 00:02:31,294 --> 00:02:34,974 Speaker 1: the ABC to pay seventy thousand dollars in compensation to Latouf. 43 00:02:35,294 --> 00:02:38,694 Speaker 1: A potential pecuniary penalty will be determined at a later hearing. 44 00:02:39,454 --> 00:02:42,454 Speaker 1: He did not order any penalties against the national broadcaster, 45 00:02:42,694 --> 00:02:45,814 Speaker 1: as sought by the journalist. The town of Woods Point 46 00:02:45,894 --> 00:02:48,854 Speaker 1: in Victoria's central East woke up to a two point 47 00:02:48,894 --> 00:02:52,454 Speaker 1: eight magnitude earthquake this morning just after five twenty a m. 48 00:02:52,894 --> 00:02:56,214 Speaker 1: Initially reported as a three point one magnitude quake, it 49 00:02:56,294 --> 00:03:00,174 Speaker 1: reportedly went as far as ten kilometers deep. Residents reported 50 00:03:00,174 --> 00:03:02,694 Speaker 1: feeling the tremor as they slept, with some saying it 51 00:03:02,734 --> 00:03:06,014 Speaker 1: felt like something was crashing into their building. Australians are 52 00:03:06,054 --> 00:03:08,654 Speaker 1: reminded of the advice to drop cover and hold on 53 00:03:08,774 --> 00:03:10,614 Speaker 1: in the case of an earth earthquake. There have been 54 00:03:10,654 --> 00:03:14,614 Speaker 1: no injuries reported as yet. Visiting more than one supermarket 55 00:03:14,694 --> 00:03:17,454 Speaker 1: has proven to be the smartest approach for shoppers, as 56 00:03:17,534 --> 00:03:21,174 Speaker 1: data shows prices for everyday essentials continue to vary widely. 57 00:03:21,614 --> 00:03:25,694 Speaker 1: Data from consumer advocacy group Choice found that even without specials, 58 00:03:25,774 --> 00:03:29,534 Speaker 1: prices differed across the big four supermarkets, with Aldi emerging 59 00:03:29,574 --> 00:03:32,974 Speaker 1: as the best for overall value. Choice sent mystery shoppers 60 00:03:33,054 --> 00:03:35,894 Speaker 1: to one hundred and four supermarkets across Australia in March 61 00:03:36,254 --> 00:03:39,534 Speaker 1: to compare the prices of fourteen common grocery items. The 62 00:03:39,574 --> 00:03:43,974 Speaker 1: items included popular winter buyers such as vegetable stock, sour cream, 63 00:03:44,214 --> 00:03:48,174 Speaker 1: drinking chocolate, butteron up, pumpkin, quick oats, garlic and onions. 64 00:03:48,414 --> 00:03:51,454 Speaker 1: The data showed Aldi offered the most value, with the 65 00:03:51,494 --> 00:03:54,654 Speaker 1: full basket of products costing just fifty five dollars thirty 66 00:03:54,654 --> 00:03:57,854 Speaker 1: five cents. Woolwors was not far behind at around fifty 67 00:03:57,934 --> 00:04:01,214 Speaker 1: eight dollars, while the Coal's basket without specials came in 68 00:04:01,334 --> 00:04:04,694 Speaker 1: at around fifty nine dollars. The most expensive shop was 69 00:04:04,774 --> 00:04:07,934 Speaker 1: IgA at around sixty nine dollars, although it did prove 70 00:04:08,054 --> 00:04:11,694 Speaker 1: cheapest for carrots and garlic. The cost comparison comes just 71 00:04:11,774 --> 00:04:15,934 Speaker 1: months after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission release its 72 00:04:15,934 --> 00:04:19,454 Speaker 1: final report into the supermarkets, finding the chains had little 73 00:04:19,454 --> 00:04:23,454 Speaker 1: incentive to be competitively priced due to their large market share. 74 00:04:24,494 --> 00:04:28,014 Speaker 1: That's your evening news headlines. On tomorrow's episode of The Quikie, 75 00:04:28,214 --> 00:04:31,254 Speaker 1: we speak with Amelia Lester about the fragile ceasefire in 76 00:04:31,334 --> 00:04:34,814 Speaker 1: Iran and explore the death of the dinner table. Listen 77 00:04:34,854 --> 00:04:37,814 Speaker 1: to The Quickie wherever you get your podcasts.