1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,934 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Mummamea podcast. Mummameer 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 --> 00:00:24,854 Speaker 1: on Hi. I'm Jimmy Donna, who from Mamea's twice daily 4 00:00:24,894 --> 00:00:28,614 Speaker 1: news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines. For Thursday June twelfth, 5 00:00:30,174 --> 00:00:33,414 Speaker 1: Defense Minister Richard Miles has warned Australia cannot chop and 6 00:00:33,494 --> 00:00:37,614 Speaker 1: change submarine deals as the US reviews the Orcas Security Pact. 7 00:00:38,694 --> 00:00:42,654 Speaker 1: Under the agreement, Australia will acquire three Virginia class submarines 8 00:00:42,694 --> 00:00:45,614 Speaker 1: from the US in the early twenty thirties before a 9 00:00:45,654 --> 00:00:48,214 Speaker 1: new fleet of boats is built for delivery from the 10 00:00:48,214 --> 00:00:50,934 Speaker 1: twenty forties, for a cost of three hundred and sixty 11 00:00:50,934 --> 00:00:55,014 Speaker 1: eight billion dollars. The three nation partnership between the US, 12 00:00:55,094 --> 00:00:58,174 Speaker 1: Australia and the UK was signed in twenty twenty one 13 00:00:58,294 --> 00:01:02,614 Speaker 1: under former Liberal Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Biden administration. 14 00:01:03,294 --> 00:01:06,214 Speaker 1: The Pentagon is examining the three hundred and sixty eight 15 00:01:06,214 --> 00:01:08,854 Speaker 1: billion dollar agreement to see if it aligns with Donald 16 00:01:08,894 --> 00:01:12,534 Speaker 1: Trump's and America First policy. While mister Miles says he 17 00:01:12,654 --> 00:01:15,414 Speaker 1: is confident the deal will proceed, he admitted there is 18 00:01:15,534 --> 00:01:19,254 Speaker 1: no backup plan if the US pulls out. He stressed 19 00:01:19,254 --> 00:01:22,734 Speaker 1: that abandoning the current path guarantees Australia will never have 20 00:01:22,934 --> 00:01:27,214 Speaker 1: the submarine capability it needs. The review has prompted critics, 21 00:01:27,294 --> 00:01:31,174 Speaker 1: including former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, to question why Australia 22 00:01:31,254 --> 00:01:35,254 Speaker 1: isn't conducting its own inquiry into the massive deal. A 23 00:01:35,374 --> 00:01:39,334 Speaker 1: Southwest Sydney man is facing human trafficking charges, accused of 24 00:01:39,454 --> 00:01:44,734 Speaker 1: deceptively stranding his family in Pakistan. Police alleged the forty 25 00:01:44,734 --> 00:01:47,014 Speaker 1: five year old troubled with his wife and one year 26 00:01:47,054 --> 00:01:50,454 Speaker 1: old child last August before ditching them at the airport, 27 00:01:50,814 --> 00:01:54,574 Speaker 1: canceling the woman's visa and keeping the child's passport. He 28 00:01:54,654 --> 00:01:58,774 Speaker 1: then returned to Australia alone, leaving them behind. The wife 29 00:01:58,894 --> 00:02:01,774 Speaker 1: was able to get back to Australia in February and 30 00:02:01,974 --> 00:02:04,934 Speaker 1: reported the matter to authorities, who then helped the one 31 00:02:04,974 --> 00:02:09,174 Speaker 1: year old child return. The man was arrested yesterday and 32 00:02:09,254 --> 00:02:13,254 Speaker 1: face court today, with the trafficking charges carrying a potential 33 00:02:13,374 --> 00:02:18,614 Speaker 1: twelve year jail's sentence. The head of fertility Giant Monache 34 00:02:18,694 --> 00:02:21,694 Speaker 1: IVF has resigned after the company was hit by a 35 00:02:21,734 --> 00:02:26,574 Speaker 1: second embryo mix up blunder. CEO Michael Knapp stepped down 36 00:02:26,614 --> 00:02:29,454 Speaker 1: today in a move the board says its supports. The 37 00:02:29,494 --> 00:02:33,294 Speaker 1: resignation follows the recent revelation that staff at its Melbourne 38 00:02:33,294 --> 00:02:36,774 Speaker 1: clinic transferred the wrong embryo to a woman, giving her 39 00:02:36,774 --> 00:02:39,774 Speaker 1: one of her own instead of her partners. This is 40 00:02:39,894 --> 00:02:43,454 Speaker 1: the second major blunder this year, after a Brisbane clinic 41 00:02:43,534 --> 00:02:47,774 Speaker 1: transferred another patient's embryo to a woman in a separate incident, 42 00:02:47,974 --> 00:02:52,014 Speaker 1: which it blamed on human error. The Victorian Health Regulator 43 00:02:52,094 --> 00:02:55,934 Speaker 1: is investigating the latest mistake and the company's chief financial 44 00:02:55,934 --> 00:03:00,694 Speaker 1: officer will step in as acting CEO. There are reports 45 00:03:00,694 --> 00:03:04,894 Speaker 1: of tension between popstar Katy Perry and her fiance, actor 46 00:03:05,174 --> 00:03:09,614 Speaker 1: Orlando Bloom. Sources claim the negative criticism and n and 47 00:03:09,734 --> 00:03:13,174 Speaker 1: fan reception to Perry's latest album one four three has 48 00:03:13,214 --> 00:03:17,254 Speaker 1: put significant stress on their relationship. Adding to the pressure, 49 00:03:17,334 --> 00:03:20,894 Speaker 1: the singer also recently faced public backlash for her commercial 50 00:03:20,934 --> 00:03:24,134 Speaker 1: trip to Space and inside a told People magazine that 51 00:03:24,214 --> 00:03:27,974 Speaker 1: the professional frustrations have caused some tension between the pair. 52 00:03:28,814 --> 00:03:31,414 Speaker 1: Perry and Bloom, who have a young daughter together, have 53 00:03:31,534 --> 00:03:37,014 Speaker 1: been engaged since twenty nineteen. That's your evening news headlines. 54 00:03:37,094 --> 00:03:40,014 Speaker 1: On tomorrow's episode of The Quickie, we take a close 55 00:03:40,094 --> 00:03:43,614 Speaker 1: look at the Orchest deal potentially coming undone under President 56 00:03:43,654 --> 00:03:46,494 Speaker 1: Trump and what that might mean for our relationship with 57 00:03:46,574 --> 00:03:50,134 Speaker 1: the US. Listen to The Quickie wherever you get your podcasts.