1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,294 Speaker 1: You're listening to a mumur Mea podcast. Mumma Mea 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 --> 00:00:22,734 Speaker 1: is recorded on Hi. I'm Isabella Ross from Mumma MEA's 4 00:00:22,814 --> 00:00:25,454 Speaker 1: daily news podcast, The Quickie. Here's what's happening in the 5 00:00:25,454 --> 00:00:29,574 Speaker 1: news today, Friday, June twenty first. New South Wales police 6 00:00:29,614 --> 00:00:33,734 Speaker 1: Inspector Amy Scott, who single handedly pursued, confronted, and shot 7 00:00:33,774 --> 00:00:36,934 Speaker 1: at a man who fatally stabbed six people at Bondi Junction, 8 00:00:37,014 --> 00:00:40,454 Speaker 1: Westfield in April, is being publicly commended for her bravery. 9 00:00:40,854 --> 00:00:43,494 Speaker 1: Hailed a hero for bringing an end to the stabbing rampage. 10 00:00:43,534 --> 00:00:47,014 Speaker 1: Inspector Scott today accepted an award at the Golden Police Academy. 11 00:00:47,774 --> 00:00:50,454 Speaker 1: She was performing routine checks near the shopping center when 12 00:00:50,494 --> 00:00:53,854 Speaker 1: the incident unfolded on the Saturday afternoon of April thirteen. 13 00:00:54,414 --> 00:00:57,854 Speaker 1: Prime Minister Anthony Albanezi praised the officer's courage in responding 14 00:00:57,894 --> 00:01:01,214 Speaker 1: to danger. The attacker's family later issued a statement saying 15 00:01:01,214 --> 00:01:04,014 Speaker 1: Inspector Scott was only doing her job to protect others 16 00:01:04,054 --> 00:01:07,614 Speaker 1: and they hoped she was coping all right. High profile 17 00:01:07,694 --> 00:01:11,294 Speaker 1: journalist Lisa Wilkinson has argued she never doubted Britney Higgins's 18 00:01:11,334 --> 00:01:14,334 Speaker 1: rape allegations as part of an attempt to overturn critical 19 00:01:14,374 --> 00:01:17,854 Speaker 1: court findings about her reporting. While Justice Michael Lee found 20 00:01:17,854 --> 00:01:20,574 Speaker 1: her Network ten report on the project in February twenty 21 00:01:20,614 --> 00:01:23,334 Speaker 1: twenty one did not defame Bruce Lherman, the judge said 22 00:01:23,374 --> 00:01:26,574 Speaker 1: that not enough was done to test higgins allegations beforehand. 23 00:01:27,014 --> 00:01:29,774 Speaker 1: Wilkinson's lawyers have challenged a total of forty of the 24 00:01:29,814 --> 00:01:33,374 Speaker 1: judge's findings against the journalist, including her perceived lack of 25 00:01:33,374 --> 00:01:36,174 Speaker 1: independence and that she did an insufficient amount of work 26 00:01:36,214 --> 00:01:39,534 Speaker 1: before the broadcast. In a Federal Court judgment in April, 27 00:01:39,814 --> 00:01:42,574 Speaker 1: Justice Lee found on the balance of probabilities that Lehmann 28 00:01:42,654 --> 00:01:45,534 Speaker 1: raped Higgins in a parliament House office in twenty nineteen. 29 00:01:46,014 --> 00:01:49,894 Speaker 1: Lehmann has since appealed to these findings. Australian sports fans 30 00:01:49,934 --> 00:01:53,494 Speaker 1: believe racist behavior at matches is growing, but most bystanders 31 00:01:53,494 --> 00:01:56,334 Speaker 1: fail to report the actions of other spectators as study 32 00:01:56,414 --> 00:01:59,654 Speaker 1: is found. A University of South Australia survey of more 33 00:01:59,694 --> 00:02:02,894 Speaker 1: than two thousand spectators found that half of AFL fans 34 00:02:02,934 --> 00:02:05,774 Speaker 1: have seen racist barracking at matches, such as name calling. 35 00:02:06,134 --> 00:02:08,774 Speaker 1: This compared to thirty six percent of NRL fans and 36 00:02:08,814 --> 00:02:11,894 Speaker 1: twenty seven percent of A league fans. The results revealed 37 00:02:11,894 --> 00:02:16,214 Speaker 1: a significant discrepancy between observing racism and reporting. Experts say 38 00:02:16,414 --> 00:02:19,094 Speaker 1: the three professional leagues have put measures in place such 39 00:02:19,094 --> 00:02:23,894 Speaker 1: as anonymous reporting hotlines and lifetime bands. Lastly, today Australia 40 00:02:23,974 --> 00:02:26,414 Speaker 1: is experiencing its shortest day of the year as the 41 00:02:26,454 --> 00:02:30,134 Speaker 1: annual Winter Solstice marks the astronomical calendars beginning of winter. 42 00:02:30,654 --> 00:02:33,454 Speaker 1: In the Southern Hemisphere, the winter solstice occurs when the 43 00:02:33,494 --> 00:02:36,254 Speaker 1: South Pole faces furthest from the sun, meaning it's the 44 00:02:36,334 --> 00:02:39,614 Speaker 1: day with the least daylight hours. Darwin will have the 45 00:02:39,654 --> 00:02:42,694 Speaker 1: most sunlight with eleven hours, twenty three minutes and forty 46 00:02:42,694 --> 00:02:45,774 Speaker 1: five seconds to be exact, while Hobart, Sydney, Melbourne and 47 00:02:45,814 --> 00:02:48,414 Speaker 1: Adelaide will have the least daylight All around the nine 48 00:02:48,454 --> 00:02:51,774 Speaker 1: hour mark. As we celebrate our longest night and darkest day, 49 00:02:51,814 --> 00:02:55,294 Speaker 1: the Northern Hemisphere marks its shortest night for the summer solstice. 50 00:02:55,654 --> 00:02:59,014 Speaker 1: That's your evening news headlines. On Monday's episode, we speak 51 00:02:59,054 --> 00:03:02,214 Speaker 1: about a very powerful moment in history. On June twenty four, 52 00:03:02,374 --> 00:03:04,774 Speaker 1: forty six years ago, the first ever Sydney gain in 53 00:03:04,894 --> 00:03:07,654 Speaker 1: Lesbian Mardi Gras parade was held, and it would become 54 00:03:07,734 --> 00:03:11,374 Speaker 1: a milestone of civil rights for the lgbtqia plus community. 55 00:03:11,574 --> 00:03:13,654 Speaker 1: We speak to two seventy eight ers who marched on 56 00:03:13,734 --> 00:03:15,894 Speaker 1: that night, and they remind us of just how far 57 00:03:15,974 --> 00:03:19,214 Speaker 1: we've come. Check out the Quickie wherever you get your podcasts.