1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,934 Speaker 1: You're listing to a Mumamea podcast. Mummamea acknowledges the traditional 2 00:00:15,934 --> 00:00:18,774 Speaker 1: owners of land and waters that this podcast is recorded 3 00:00:18,814 --> 00:00:26,134 Speaker 1: on Hi. I'm Saturtannic for Mmamea's twice daily news podcast, 4 00:00:26,214 --> 00:00:30,574 Speaker 1: The Quickie with Your Headlines. For Thursday September four, hundreds 5 00:00:30,614 --> 00:00:33,174 Speaker 1: of thousands of robot At victims will share in the 6 00:00:33,294 --> 00:00:37,374 Speaker 1: largest class action settlement in Australian history after appealing their 7 00:00:37,414 --> 00:00:41,254 Speaker 1: case against the federal government. The automated debt recovery scheme 8 00:00:41,294 --> 00:00:45,294 Speaker 1: introduced by the previous coalition government wrongly chased more than 9 00:00:45,294 --> 00:00:48,694 Speaker 1: four hundred and forty thousand Aussies for welfare debts they 10 00:00:48,694 --> 00:00:51,494 Speaker 1: did not owe. Labour has agreed to pay a further 11 00:00:51,534 --> 00:00:54,574 Speaker 1: four hundred and seventy five million dollars in compensation to 12 00:00:54,694 --> 00:00:58,214 Speaker 1: victims of the debt collection scheme, which was declared unlawful 13 00:00:58,214 --> 00:01:01,414 Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen. If approved by the Federal Court, it 14 00:01:01,454 --> 00:01:04,494 Speaker 1: will be a record class action settlement, with a total 15 00:01:04,534 --> 00:01:07,574 Speaker 1: payout expected to reach nearly five hundred and fifty million 16 00:01:07,774 --> 00:01:12,334 Speaker 1: once legal and administrative fees are included. ROBERTA representative applicant, 17 00:01:12,454 --> 00:01:16,054 Speaker 1: Nathan Knox, said everyday Australians should now know that they 18 00:01:16,054 --> 00:01:19,574 Speaker 1: can stand up and demand respect and fairness, especially from 19 00:01:19,614 --> 00:01:23,134 Speaker 1: their government. The number of sexual assaults in Australia is 20 00:01:23,174 --> 00:01:26,414 Speaker 1: at its highest rate in more than twenty years. Latest 21 00:01:26,454 --> 00:01:29,454 Speaker 1: crime figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show there 22 00:01:29,494 --> 00:01:32,974 Speaker 1: were more than forty thousand victim survivors recorded by police 23 00:01:33,054 --> 00:01:36,014 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four. That's up ten percent on the 24 00:01:36,054 --> 00:01:40,094 Speaker 1: previous year. Eighty one percent of victims were female, with 25 00:01:40,254 --> 00:01:43,294 Speaker 1: most of the sexual assaults occurring in a residential location 26 00:01:43,574 --> 00:01:46,934 Speaker 1: and more than one third related to family and domestic 27 00:01:47,014 --> 00:01:51,454 Speaker 1: violence incidents. Victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are 28 00:01:51,574 --> 00:01:55,094 Speaker 1: demanding the release of all unclassified records held by the 29 00:01:55,134 --> 00:02:00,054 Speaker 1: Trump administration. They're demanding US Congress pass legislation forcing all 30 00:02:00,054 --> 00:02:03,454 Speaker 1: documents relating to the disgraced financier to be released. It 31 00:02:03,494 --> 00:02:06,294 Speaker 1: comes after more than thirty three thousand pages of files 32 00:02:06,294 --> 00:02:09,134 Speaker 1: on Epstein were released earlier this week by the United 33 00:02:09,134 --> 00:02:12,894 Speaker 1: States House of Reps Oversight Committee. Epstein took his own 34 00:02:12,934 --> 00:02:17,574 Speaker 1: life in twenty nineteen while in jail awaiting trial. Marina Lacerda, 35 00:02:17,694 --> 00:02:21,894 Speaker 1: identified as minor victim Ie, shared her experience speaking for 36 00:02:21,974 --> 00:02:24,614 Speaker 1: the first time publicly about what happened to her. 37 00:02:24,934 --> 00:02:28,294 Speaker 2: I was only fourteen years old when I met Jeffrey. 38 00:02:28,374 --> 00:02:30,654 Speaker 2: It was the summer of high school. I was working 39 00:02:30,694 --> 00:02:33,374 Speaker 2: three jobs to try to support my mom and my 40 00:02:33,494 --> 00:02:36,334 Speaker 2: sister when a friend of mine in a neighborhood told 41 00:02:36,414 --> 00:02:38,614 Speaker 2: me that I could make three hundred dollars to give 42 00:02:39,094 --> 00:02:42,654 Speaker 2: another guy a massage. It went from a dream job 43 00:02:43,014 --> 00:02:45,854 Speaker 2: to the worst nightmare. My therapist is that my brain 44 00:02:45,894 --> 00:02:48,694 Speaker 2: is just trying to protect the self, but it's so 45 00:02:48,854 --> 00:02:51,974 Speaker 2: hard to begin to heal knowing that there are people 46 00:02:52,014 --> 00:02:55,694 Speaker 2: out there who know more about my abuse than I do. 47 00:02:56,054 --> 00:03:00,014 Speaker 1: While US President Donald Trump has responded saying the entire 48 00:03:00,094 --> 00:03:02,654 Speaker 1: request is nothing more than a hoax. 49 00:03:02,654 --> 00:03:05,734 Speaker 3: But trying to get people to talk about something that's 50 00:03:05,854 --> 00:03:09,174 Speaker 3: totally irrelevant to the success that we've had as a nation. 51 00:03:09,694 --> 00:03:11,854 Speaker 3: I've been present, and I know that no matter what 52 00:03:11,894 --> 00:03:14,214 Speaker 3: you do, it's going to keep going. Really, I think 53 00:03:14,254 --> 00:03:14,774 Speaker 3: it's enough. 54 00:03:16,214 --> 00:03:18,334 Speaker 1: Tech giants have been put on notice so over the 55 00:03:18,414 --> 00:03:22,974 Speaker 1: upcoming ban on social media accounts for under sixteens. From December, 56 00:03:23,014 --> 00:03:25,854 Speaker 1: Australians younger than sixteen will no longer be able to 57 00:03:25,854 --> 00:03:30,094 Speaker 1: have an account on TikTok, snapchat, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram 58 00:03:30,174 --> 00:03:34,254 Speaker 1: Under the federal government's world first social media measure, Australia's 59 00:03:34,294 --> 00:03:37,214 Speaker 1: online safety watchdog has written to tech companies to make 60 00:03:37,214 --> 00:03:40,694 Speaker 1: sure they're starting to take action. With ninety five percent 61 00:03:40,734 --> 00:03:43,374 Speaker 1: of ten to fifteen year olds currently holding at least 62 00:03:43,414 --> 00:03:47,214 Speaker 1: one social media account, E Safety Commissioner Julian Van Grant 63 00:03:47,334 --> 00:03:51,214 Speaker 1: says children, parents and carers accounting on services to provide 64 00:03:51,214 --> 00:03:53,974 Speaker 1: their young users and the trusted adults in their lives 65 00:03:54,174 --> 00:03:58,214 Speaker 1: for this monumental change, and that self declaring age will 66 00:03:58,254 --> 00:04:01,054 Speaker 1: not be enough. The tech giants could face fines of 67 00:04:01,174 --> 00:04:03,814 Speaker 1: up to forty nine point five million dollars if they 68 00:04:03,814 --> 00:04:07,454 Speaker 1: don't comply, and Quantus is giving its staff uniform a 69 00:04:07,534 --> 00:04:11,494 Speaker 1: major overhaul. Ossie designer Rebecca Velance has been chosen for 70 00:04:11,534 --> 00:04:14,214 Speaker 1: the new look, describing it as an iconic role and 71 00:04:14,294 --> 00:04:16,774 Speaker 1: a huge honor. The new design, to be launched in 72 00:04:16,854 --> 00:04:20,774 Speaker 1: twenty twenty seven for more than seventeen thousand staff, replaces 73 00:04:20,814 --> 00:04:24,094 Speaker 1: the current uniform designed by Martin Grant, which has been 74 00:04:24,134 --> 00:04:27,894 Speaker 1: worn since twenty fourteen. That's Your evening News headlines on 75 00:04:28,014 --> 00:04:31,214 Speaker 1: Friday's episode of The Quikie World. Leaders have been caught 76 00:04:31,294 --> 00:04:34,774 Speaker 1: on Mike pondering longevity, but is living to one hundred 77 00:04:34,774 --> 00:04:38,374 Speaker 1: and fifty actually achievable? Plaus Could there be a psychopath 78 00:04:38,454 --> 00:04:41,254 Speaker 1: in your friend's circle? 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