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Speaker 1: You're listening to a Mummamea podcast. Hi, I'm Jemmy Donna,

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Speaker 1: who from Mamma Meir's twice daily news podcast, The Quickie

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Speaker 1: with your Headlines for Tuesday, January twenty. There's been an

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Speaker 1: unsettling run of wildlife encounters that have left multiple people

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Speaker 1: injured across Queensland and New South Wales in the span

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Speaker 1: of just forty eight hours. A man in his twenties

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Speaker 1: was rushed to Ingham Hospital this morning after being bitten

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Speaker 1: by a crocodile at a North Queensland creek north of Townsville.

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Speaker 1: Emergency crews responded to the Victoria plantation site around eight

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Speaker 1: forty five am, where the victim was treated for stable

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Speaker 1: but painful puncture wounds to his hip. Meanwhile, the New

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Speaker 1: South Wales Mid North coast is reeling from a shark

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Speaker 1: emergency after a thirty nine year old surfer was attacked

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Speaker 1: near Crescent Head in the fourth confirmed shark attack on

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Speaker 1: the state's coastline in forty eight hours. The man was

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Speaker 1: lucky to escape serious injury after surfing at Point Pluma

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Speaker 1: when the shark bit his board. The surfer was taken

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Speaker 1: to hospital with minor injuries to one of his legs. However,

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Speaker 1: Surf Life Saving Chief Executive Steve Pierce says he is

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Speaker 1: lucky to be alive. According to local surfers, multiple bull

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Speaker 1: sharks were spotted in the water at the time of

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Speaker 1: the attack. Beaches have been closed from Town Beach in

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Speaker 1: Port Macquarie to Crescent Head Beach. Wildlife experts have warned

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Speaker 1: that recent heavy rainfall in the tropics has increased predator activity,

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Speaker 1: making coastal and inland waterways particularly unpredictable for locals and

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Speaker 1: tourists alike. The federal government is moving to pass significant

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Speaker 1: gun and hate speech reforms today, following a deal between

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Speaker 1: Labour and the Coalition that split the original package into

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Speaker 1: two separate bills. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke argued that

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Speaker 1: these titaned licensing rules would have prevented the father and

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Speaker 1: son duo responsible for the December fourteen Bondai Terra attack

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Speaker 1: from legally obtaining their firearms. While the hate speech bill

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Speaker 1: was waded down to secure bipartisan support by removing certain

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Speaker 1: racial vilification clauses, it will still empower the government to

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Speaker 1: outlaw extremist groups and introduces a ten year maximum sentence

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Speaker 1: for religious leaders who advocate violence. However, the proposed national

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Speaker 1: gun byback scheme is facing a major crisis as Queensland

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Speaker 1: and the Northern Territory officially refused to co fund the programme,

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Speaker 1: labeling it a cheap political diversion. National's leader David little

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Speaker 1: Proud has led the charge against the changes, arguing that

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Speaker 1: they unfairly demonize law abiding gun owners in regional areas

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Speaker 1: rather than addressing the core issues of radicalization. Despite this friction,

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Speaker 1: the government remains resolute, insisting that a consistent national framework

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Speaker 1: is the only way to ensure such tragedy never happens again.

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Speaker 1: Australia's largest coalified power station, err Ring, will now stay

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Speaker 1: open until twenty twenty nine to ensure the lights stay

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Speaker 1: on while the country navigates its energy transition. Origin Energy

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Speaker 1: and the New South Wales government agreed to the extension

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Speaker 1: after experts warned that delays in renewable energy projects could

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Speaker 1: leave the power grid vulnerable. While Energy Minister Penny Sharp

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Speaker 1: views the move as a necessary safety net for reliability,

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Speaker 1: critics argue it shows the shift to green energy is stalling.

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Speaker 1: Despite the longer timeline for coal, Origin insists this won't

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Speaker 1: derail its twenty thirty emissions targets, and work is already

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Speaker 1: under way to build a massive battery on the site. Ultimately,

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Speaker 1: the decision highlights the tricky balancing act of phasing out

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Speaker 1: fossil fuels without risking the stability of the national power supply.

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Speaker 1: In a stunning Instagram statement, Brooklyn Beckham has cut ties

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Speaker 1: with his parents, David and Victoria, accusing them of controlling

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Speaker 1: his life and public image for years. When he six

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Speaker 1: year old, claimed he has no desire to reconcile, alleging

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Speaker 1: that his parents have consistently leaked lies to the press

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Speaker 1: to protect the brand Beckham facade at the expense of

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Speaker 1: his wife, Nicola Pelts. Brooklyn detailed several deeply hurtful incidents,

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Speaker 1: including claims that Victorious sabotaged Nichola's wedding dress and intentionally

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Speaker 1: hijacked the couple's first dance for a public stunt. He

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Speaker 1: also hit back at rumors that his wife controls him,

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Speaker 1: stating instead that his lifelong anxiety has only disappeared since

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Speaker 1: he stepped away from his parents' influence. While the Beckhams

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Speaker 1: have yet to officially respond, Brooklyn has reportedly instructed his

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Speaker 1: family to only contact him through legal channels moving forward.

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Speaker 1: That's your evening news headlines. On Wednesday's episode of The Quickie,

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Speaker 1: we dive deep into the sudden surge in shark attacks,

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Speaker 1: plus we unpack the Beckham family feud. Listen to The

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