1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,294 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Muma Mia podcast. Mamma Mia acknowledges 2 00:00:15,334 --> 00:00:18,174 Speaker 1: the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast 3 00:00:18,214 --> 00:00:22,614 Speaker 1: is recorded on Hi. I'm Isabella Ross from Mamma MIA's 4 00:00:22,694 --> 00:00:25,374 Speaker 1: daily news podcast, The Quickie. Here's what's happening in the 5 00:00:25,374 --> 00:00:30,054 Speaker 1: news today. Thursday, July twenty fifth. Indigenous Australians Minister Linda 6 00:00:30,054 --> 00:00:32,494 Speaker 1: Burney has announced she will step down at the next 7 00:00:32,494 --> 00:00:35,854 Speaker 1: federal election, due by May twenty twenty five. Prime Minister 8 00:00:35,894 --> 00:00:39,174 Speaker 1: Anthony Albanesi thanked Minister Bernie for her service mid her 9 00:00:39,174 --> 00:00:43,174 Speaker 1: decision to retire from politics. Bernie has represented her Sydney 10 00:00:43,214 --> 00:00:46,414 Speaker 1: seats since twenty sixteen, when she became the first Indigenous 11 00:00:46,414 --> 00:00:49,494 Speaker 1: woman elected to the House of Representatives and later the 12 00:00:49,494 --> 00:00:53,614 Speaker 1: first Indigenous woman to serve as Indigenous Australians Minister. Announcing 13 00:00:53,654 --> 00:00:55,774 Speaker 1: her departure, she said she gave it her all to 14 00:00:55,814 --> 00:00:59,734 Speaker 1: close the gap into advance reconciliation. Joe Biden has delivered 15 00:00:59,814 --> 00:01:02,494 Speaker 1: an address from the Oval Office about his decision to 16 00:01:02,534 --> 00:01:05,654 Speaker 1: bow out of the US presidential race and what lies ahead. 17 00:01:05,934 --> 00:01:08,454 Speaker 1: Biden says dropping out of the race and endorsing his 18 00:01:08,574 --> 00:01:11,734 Speaker 1: vice president Kamala Harris as the Democratic candidate was the 19 00:01:11,734 --> 00:01:14,494 Speaker 1: best way to unite the country despite his ambition to 20 00:01:14,534 --> 00:01:17,094 Speaker 1: win a second term. In his address, he said he 21 00:01:17,134 --> 00:01:19,974 Speaker 1: believed he earned reelection because of his record during his 22 00:01:20,014 --> 00:01:23,214 Speaker 1: first term, but he noted that nothing can quote unquote 23 00:01:23,254 --> 00:01:25,734 Speaker 1: come in the way of saving democracy, and that includes 24 00:01:25,814 --> 00:01:28,694 Speaker 1: personal ambition, adding that he looks forward to passing the 25 00:01:28,734 --> 00:01:32,334 Speaker 1: torch over to the next generation. Meta has taken down 26 00:01:32,414 --> 00:01:35,774 Speaker 1: about sixty three thousand Facebook accounts that were engaging in 27 00:01:35,814 --> 00:01:39,214 Speaker 1: financial sextortion scams, along with groups and pages that were 28 00:01:39,254 --> 00:01:43,454 Speaker 1: trying to organize, recruit and train new scammers. Sexual extortion 29 00:01:43,614 --> 00:01:47,254 Speaker 1: or sextortion involves persuading a person to send explicit photos 30 00:01:47,254 --> 00:01:50,094 Speaker 1: online and then threatening to make the images public unless 31 00:01:50,094 --> 00:01:53,374 Speaker 1: the victim pays money. Recently, the FBI warned of a 32 00:01:53,454 --> 00:01:57,694 Speaker 1: huge increase in sextortion cases targeting children. The removed accounts 33 00:01:57,734 --> 00:02:01,134 Speaker 1: included a coordinated network of twenty five thousand accounts linked 34 00:02:01,134 --> 00:02:03,454 Speaker 1: to a group of about twenty people who were running them. 35 00:02:03,534 --> 00:02:07,494 Speaker 1: Metas said lastly, American pop star Katy Perry will perform 36 00:02:07,534 --> 00:02:10,614 Speaker 1: at September's AFL Grand Final. The thirty nine year old 37 00:02:10,614 --> 00:02:13,214 Speaker 1: firework and raw singer will entertain a crowd of about 38 00:02:13,214 --> 00:02:15,974 Speaker 1: one hundred thousand people at the Melbourne Cricket Ground during 39 00:02:16,014 --> 00:02:19,294 Speaker 1: the pregame entertainment. It's the second time Perry will perform 40 00:02:19,334 --> 00:02:22,294 Speaker 1: at the venue, after previously headlining the entertainment at the 41 00:02:22,334 --> 00:02:25,694 Speaker 1: Women's Tea twenty World Cup in March twenty twenty. British 42 00:02:25,694 --> 00:02:28,614 Speaker 1: performer Robbie Williams and American rock band Kiss led the 43 00:02:28,614 --> 00:02:31,854 Speaker 1: pregame entertainment at the past two Grand Finals. That's your 44 00:02:31,854 --> 00:02:35,374 Speaker 1: evening news headlines. Tomorrow's episode is all about the opening 45 00:02:35,414 --> 00:02:38,534 Speaker 1: ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games. It's kicking off in 46 00:02:38,574 --> 00:02:41,054 Speaker 1: the early hours of Saturday morning, and we look back 47 00:02:41,094 --> 00:02:43,014 Speaker 1: at what it took to pull off the massive Sydney 48 00:02:43,014 --> 00:02:45,694 Speaker 1: two thousand Games. We speak to the choreographer of the 49 00:02:45,894 --> 00:02:48,174 Speaker 1: iconic event to understand what it's like to take on 50 00:02:48,214 --> 00:02:51,054 Speaker 1: a show this big. Check out the Quickie wherever you 51 00:02:51,094 --> 00:02:52,134 Speaker 1: get your podcasts.