1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,254 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Muma Mea 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 --> 00:00:25,054 Speaker 1: is recorded on Hi. I'm Kimberly Bruttish from Mummamea's twice 4 00:00:25,094 --> 00:00:28,094 Speaker 1: daily news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines for Friday, 5 00:00:28,174 --> 00:00:32,614 Speaker 1: January thirty one. Australia's new Workplace Gender Equality Bill would 6 00:00:32,654 --> 00:00:36,014 Speaker 1: require companies with over five hundred employees to set and 7 00:00:36,094 --> 00:00:39,214 Speaker 1: report on gender equality targets, with a critical focus on 8 00:00:39,254 --> 00:00:42,014 Speaker 1: equal pay. The proposed law is set for debate in 9 00:00:42,094 --> 00:00:46,054 Speaker 1: Parliament's first sitting week. Companies would need to establish policies 10 00:00:46,174 --> 00:00:51,294 Speaker 1: addressing workforce gender composition, flexible working arrangements, and strategies to 11 00:00:51,334 --> 00:00:55,254 Speaker 1: prevent sex based harassment. The legislation empowers the Fair Work 12 00:00:55,254 --> 00:00:58,894 Speaker 1: Commission to make equal pay orders, ensuring employees receive the 13 00:00:58,934 --> 00:01:02,814 Speaker 1: same for work of equal or comparable value. If passed, 14 00:01:02,814 --> 00:01:05,374 Speaker 1: the bill would impact over one thousand, six hundred and 15 00:01:05,454 --> 00:01:09,454 Speaker 1: fifty of Australia's largest companies, potentially closing the gender pay gap. 16 00:01:09,774 --> 00:01:14,574 Speaker 1: The Coalition is opposing it as government overreach. Around two 17 00:01:14,654 --> 00:01:17,694 Speaker 1: hundred specialist psychiatrists are walking off their jobs in New 18 00:01:17,734 --> 00:01:20,854 Speaker 1: South Wales public hospitals after the state government rejected their 19 00:01:20,854 --> 00:01:23,974 Speaker 1: demands for a twenty five percent pay rise. The departures 20 00:01:24,014 --> 00:01:27,334 Speaker 1: have forced the closure of mental health wards in multiple hospitals, 21 00:01:27,614 --> 00:01:32,454 Speaker 1: including Cumberland Psychiatric Hospitals, acute and rehabilitation units, and several 22 00:01:32,454 --> 00:01:36,654 Speaker 1: beds at Westmead Hospital. Health authorities are responding by transferring 23 00:01:36,694 --> 00:01:40,134 Speaker 1: patients to private facilities, with plans to open forty six 24 00:01:40,214 --> 00:01:44,974 Speaker 1: private hospital beds in Western Sydney. Emergency psychiatrist doctor Jacqueline 25 00:01:45,014 --> 00:01:49,014 Speaker 1: Hober warns the crisis will escalate without government intervention as 26 00:01:49,134 --> 00:01:52,854 Speaker 1: GPS brace for an increase in mental health consultations. A 27 00:01:52,934 --> 00:01:55,814 Speaker 1: deadly mid air collision between a passenger jet and an 28 00:01:55,974 --> 00:01:59,134 Speaker 1: army helicopter in Washington, d C. Has killed all sixty 29 00:01:59,134 --> 00:02:02,374 Speaker 1: seven people on board both aircrafts. During a White House 30 00:02:02,414 --> 00:02:06,054 Speaker 1: press conference, President Trump claimed without evidence that the Federal 31 00:02:06,094 --> 00:02:11,174 Speaker 1: Aviation Administration's diversity and equity hiring policy contributed to the crash. 32 00:02:11,574 --> 00:02:15,294 Speaker 1: Trump specifically criticized the FAA's initiatives to hire people with 33 00:02:15,374 --> 00:02:19,374 Speaker 1: disabilities as air traffic controllers, stating, we want brilliant people 34 00:02:19,454 --> 00:02:24,694 Speaker 1: doing this. Aviation safety experts, disability advocates, and Democratic lawmakers 35 00:02:24,774 --> 00:02:29,974 Speaker 1: immediately condemned Trump's comments, with former Transportation Secretary Pete Buddegee 36 00:02:30,094 --> 00:02:33,774 Speaker 1: calling them despicable. The cause of the crash remains under investigation, 37 00:02:33,934 --> 00:02:38,214 Speaker 1: with no evidence linking diversity hiring practices to air safety concerns. 38 00:02:38,654 --> 00:02:43,254 Speaker 1: Federal prosecutors have filed an indictment against Sean Ditty Combs, 39 00:02:43,294 --> 00:02:48,014 Speaker 1: expanding the racketeering conspiracy allegations to include two additional female 40 00:02:48,094 --> 00:02:51,054 Speaker 1: victims and extending the time frame back to two thousand 41 00:02:51,094 --> 00:02:54,454 Speaker 1: and four. The new charges claim Comb's coerced at least 42 00:02:54,494 --> 00:02:58,934 Speaker 1: three women into commercial sex acts, including disturbing allegations such 43 00:02:59,014 --> 00:03:03,294 Speaker 1: as threatening a woman by suspending her over an apartment balcony. Combs, 44 00:03:03,294 --> 00:03:06,574 Speaker 1: who has pleaded not guilty and maintains his innocence, remains 45 00:03:06,574 --> 00:03:09,654 Speaker 1: in federal custody, with his trial scheduled to begin on 46 00:03:09,734 --> 00:03:14,054 Speaker 1: May five. And Maryanne Faithful, the iconic singer and Rolling 47 00:03:14,094 --> 00:03:17,454 Speaker 1: Stones muse who shaped nineteen sixties rock culture, has died 48 00:03:17,494 --> 00:03:21,374 Speaker 1: at age seventy eight. Her career spanned multiple decades, evolving 49 00:03:21,414 --> 00:03:23,734 Speaker 1: from her early days as a folk singer and Mick 50 00:03:23,814 --> 00:03:27,214 Speaker 1: Jagger's partner to becoming an acclaimed artist in her own right. 51 00:03:28,214 --> 00:03:31,454 Speaker 1: That's your latest news headlines on Monday's episode of The Quikie. 52 00:03:31,454 --> 00:03:34,414 Speaker 1: With kids across the country heading back to school, parents 53 00:03:34,454 --> 00:03:37,414 Speaker 1: bank accounts have taken a hit. We find out all 54 00:03:37,454 --> 00:03:40,094 Speaker 1: the tips and tricks to lowering the back to school costs. 55 00:03:40,214 --> 00:03:44,294 Speaker 1: Listen to The Quickie wherever you get your podcasts.