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Speaker 1: You're listening to another near podcast.

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Speaker 2: Hi I'm Tali Blackman from mom and MIA's twice daily

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Speaker 2: news podcast, The Cookie with Your Headlines for Friday, January nine.

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Speaker 2: Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi has announced a federal Royal commission

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Speaker 2: into anti Semitism and social cohesion following the deadly Bondai

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Speaker 2: Beach terror attack, saying it will help restore national unity.

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Speaker 2: Albanesi confirmed the inquiry after weeks of pressure from Jewish groups,

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Speaker 2: community leaders and the opposition. While announcing the Royal commission,

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Speaker 2: the Prime Minister said he had reflected on Australia's unity

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Speaker 2: in times of sorrow.

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Speaker 1: The great Australian instinct to pull together will always be

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Speaker 1: stronger than those who seek division and seek to drive

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Speaker 1: us apart. Here in Australia, light will always triumph over darkness.

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Speaker 2: The inquiry will examine the nature and extent of anti

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Speaker 2: Semitism and religiously motivated extremism in Australia. It will also

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Speaker 2: investigate the circumstances surrounding the December fourteen attack, in which

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Speaker 2: fifteen people were killed and dozens were injured when a

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Speaker 2: father and son opened fire on Jewish Australians celebrating Hunaka

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Speaker 2: special envoid to combat antisemitism. Jillian Siegel welcomed the announcement.

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Speaker 3: As the Prime Minister said, it's about establishing the facts

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Speaker 3: and the causes, identifying the failures and understanding the best

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Speaker 3: way forward. And most importantly, what it needs to aim

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Speaker 3: for is to understand what we must do as a country,

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Speaker 3: as I've said before, to push anti Semitism to the

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Speaker 3: margins and make sure that events that we've experienced can

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Speaker 3: never happen again.

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Speaker 2: Former High Court Judge Virginia Bell will lead the commission,

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Speaker 2: making recommendations to strengthen social cohesion and national security. She

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Speaker 2: became the fourth woman to serve on the High Court

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Speaker 2: in two thousand and nine, but she retired in twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty one. Her appointment has drawn some criticism from parts

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Speaker 2: of the Jewish community because of past court rulings that

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Speaker 2: struck down anti protest laws. Some are concerned that those

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Speaker 2: decisions show a strong emphasis on civil liberties and worry

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Speaker 2: that the approach could affect how firmly the commission deals

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Speaker 2: with extremism and public safety, but Albanzi says she is

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Speaker 2: widely respected. Albanzi also said the final report will be

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Speaker 2: delivered by the first anniversary of the attack and will

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Speaker 2: not be drawn out or divisive. A separate intelligence review

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Speaker 2: will be folded into the commission, and a planned New

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Speaker 2: South Wales inquiry will be scrapped. Rural Victorians are seeking

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Speaker 2: shelter at emergency relief centers as two major bushfires burned

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Speaker 2: out of control in the state's north, with authorities warning

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Speaker 2: conditions could be among the worst in years. A major

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Speaker 2: blaze near Longwood, north of Seymour has destroyed livestock and

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Speaker 2: multiple structures and burned through tens of thousands of hectares

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Speaker 2: of bushland. A second fire near Wohlwa, burning through Mount

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Speaker 2: Lawson State Park along the New South Wales border, continues

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Speaker 2: to spread and threaten nearby communities. Firefighters are bracing for

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Speaker 2: a dangerous mix of extreme heat, strong winds and dry lightning.

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Speaker 2: Temperatures are forecast to reach forty one degrees in Melbourne

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Speaker 2: and up to forty seven degrees in parts of Inland Victoria,

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Speaker 2: with wind gusts of up to ninety kilometers an hour.

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Speaker 2: Fire danger ratings have been raised to catastrophic in several regions,

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Speaker 2: and a total fireband is still in place statewide. Authorities

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Speaker 2: worn fires could become uncontrollable, with lives and homes at

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Speaker 2: risk if evacuation of Vice is ignored. Hundreds of firefighters,

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Speaker 2: supported by aircraft and interstate crews, are battling the blazers,

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Speaker 2: though strong winds may ground aerial support. Residents are urged

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Speaker 2: to stay informed, prepare early, and leave immediately if told

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Speaker 2: to do so. The United States could oversee Venezuela and

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Speaker 2: control its oil revenue for years, President Donald Trump has

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Speaker 2: said following the capture of President Nicolas Maduro by US

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Speaker 2: forces earlier this month, in a wide ranging interview with

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Speaker 2: The New York Times, Trump said US oversight would last

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Speaker 2: much longer than a few months, adding that Washington plan

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Speaker 2: to rebuild Venezuela's oil industry while using its oil to

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Speaker 2: help lower global prices. He said some revenue would be

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Speaker 2: returned to Venezuela, which he described as being in desperate need.

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Speaker 2: Trump also said the US was working closely with Venezuela's

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Speaker 2: interim president Delsey Rodriguez, a longtime Maduro ally, but declined

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Speaker 2: to explain why power was not handed to the opposition

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Speaker 2: previously backed by Washington. He also appeared to ease tensions

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Speaker 2: with Columbia, inviting President Gustavo Petro to Washington after a

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Speaker 2: cordial phone call days after threatening military action. US officials

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Speaker 2: say long term control of oil sales is needed to

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Speaker 2: rebuild Venezuela's economy. Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have officially

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Speaker 2: finalized their divorce three months after filing, ending their nineteen

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Speaker 2: year marriage. The couple shared two daughters, Sunday Rose, aged seventeen,

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Speaker 2: and Faith Margaret, aged fifteen. A Tennessee judge cited a

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Speaker 2: reconcilable differences and signed off on the paperwork, with both

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Speaker 2: stars waiving child and spousal support. The settlement outlines that

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Speaker 2: Kidman and Urban will co parent respectfully, ensuring a stable,

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Speaker 2: loving environment for their children. Kidmen will have primary custody,

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Speaker 2: caring for the girls three hundred and six days a year,

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Speaker 2: while Urban will have fifty nine days and every second weekend.

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Speaker 2: Both will continue making joint decisions for the family. The

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Speaker 2: couple first met in two thousand and five, married in

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Speaker 2: two thousand and six, and built a life balancing holy

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Speaker 2: would end music careers. Despite the split, sources say Kidman

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Speaker 2: and Urban maintain mutual respect, focusing on their daughter's wellbeing

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Speaker 2: as they move forwards separately. That's your latest news headlines.

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