1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,294 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Mama Mia 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 --> 00:00:22,694 Speaker 1: is recorded on Hi. I'm Grace Rubray from Mma MEA's 4 00:00:22,774 --> 00:00:25,734 Speaker 1: daily news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines. For Thursday, 5 00:00:25,774 --> 00:00:29,694 Speaker 1: fourth of July. Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lherman has 6 00:00:29,734 --> 00:00:33,134 Speaker 1: been committed to stand trial on two rape charges after 7 00:00:33,174 --> 00:00:35,654 Speaker 1: a two day hearing on the reliability of the alleged 8 00:00:35,734 --> 00:00:38,854 Speaker 1: victim's evidence. The hearings that are to Womber Court focused 9 00:00:38,854 --> 00:00:41,614 Speaker 1: on the charges that Lherman allegedly raped a woman twice 10 00:00:41,654 --> 00:00:45,294 Speaker 1: on October tenth, twenty twenty one. Lhman's defense argued that 11 00:00:45,334 --> 00:00:49,294 Speaker 1: the alleged victim was too intoxicated to remember giving consent. However, 12 00:00:49,334 --> 00:00:52,854 Speaker 1: Magistrate Mark Howden ruled that a reasonable jury could potentially 13 00:00:52,894 --> 00:00:57,614 Speaker 1: find the allegations proven beyond reasonable doubt. Lherman, who attended remotely, 14 00:00:57,734 --> 00:01:00,254 Speaker 1: will stand trial at the Tawoomba District Court, with a 15 00:01:00,334 --> 00:01:03,054 Speaker 1: date to be set by the Director of Public Prosecutions. 16 00:01:03,894 --> 00:01:06,854 Speaker 1: Fatima Payman has quit the Labour Party over her stance 17 00:01:06,894 --> 00:01:10,294 Speaker 1: on Palestine after being suspended for crossing the floor the 18 00:01:10,334 --> 00:01:14,174 Speaker 1: West Australian senator announced her resignation on Thursday, after previously 19 00:01:14,214 --> 00:01:17,694 Speaker 1: claiming she had been isolated and exiled by her caucus 20 00:01:17,734 --> 00:01:21,254 Speaker 1: colleagues after siding with the Greens on a pro Palestinian motion. 21 00:01:21,654 --> 00:01:24,694 Speaker 1: Telling a reporter in Canberra, she said, the ongoing genocide 22 00:01:24,694 --> 00:01:28,774 Speaker 1: in Gaza is a tragedy of unimaginable proportions. I am torn, 23 00:01:29,094 --> 00:01:32,454 Speaker 1: deeply torn, sadly, I do not believe our principles aligned 24 00:01:32,494 --> 00:01:34,934 Speaker 1: with those of the leadership of the Labour Party. With 25 00:01:35,014 --> 00:01:37,774 Speaker 1: a heavy heart, but a clear conscience, I announced my 26 00:01:37,854 --> 00:01:41,214 Speaker 1: resignation from the Australian Labour Party. Senator Payman said that 27 00:01:41,254 --> 00:01:43,254 Speaker 1: she had informed the Prime Minister she would sit on 28 00:01:43,294 --> 00:01:47,854 Speaker 1: the cross bench, effective immediately. Youth mental health remained relatively 29 00:01:47,934 --> 00:01:51,574 Speaker 1: stable until about a decade ago. Research shows that after 30 00:01:51,614 --> 00:01:54,734 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, coinciding with the rise of global social 31 00:01:54,774 --> 00:01:58,974 Speaker 1: media platforms, young Australians reported a sharp decline in mental 32 00:01:58,974 --> 00:02:02,334 Speaker 1: well being. Analysis by the economic think tank E sixty 33 00:02:02,374 --> 00:02:07,334 Speaker 1: one Institute tracking over seventeen thousand Australians annually supports links 34 00:02:07,374 --> 00:02:11,014 Speaker 1: between social media use and poor mental health. Social media 35 00:02:11,054 --> 00:02:15,214 Speaker 1: has been blamed for exacerbating cyberbullying, body image issues, and 36 00:02:15,294 --> 00:02:19,694 Speaker 1: social isolation, prompting government proposals to restrict their use among children. 37 00:02:20,294 --> 00:02:24,374 Speaker 1: Concerns also exist about social networks luring vulnerable youths into 38 00:02:24,414 --> 00:02:28,014 Speaker 1: extremist ideologies. E sixty one's research is part of a 39 00:02:28,014 --> 00:02:31,654 Speaker 1: submission to a parliamentary inquiry in social media's impact on 40 00:02:31,654 --> 00:02:35,494 Speaker 1: Australian society. On the ceiling of a limestone cave on 41 00:02:35,534 --> 00:02:39,334 Speaker 1: the Indonesian island of Sulawesi just over two thousand kilometers 42 00:02:39,334 --> 00:02:43,814 Speaker 1: northeast of Dakata, archaeologists from Australia and Indonesia have discovered 43 00:02:43,854 --> 00:02:47,134 Speaker 1: an artwork believed to be the world's oldest known painting, 44 00:02:47,614 --> 00:02:51,174 Speaker 1: created at least fifty one two hundred years ago. The 45 00:02:51,214 --> 00:02:54,854 Speaker 1: researchers used a new scientific approach to determine the minimum 46 00:02:54,934 --> 00:02:58,334 Speaker 1: age of the newly disclosed painting inside the cave by 47 00:02:58,414 --> 00:03:01,214 Speaker 1: using a laser to date a type of crystal called 48 00:03:01,214 --> 00:03:04,814 Speaker 1: calcium carbonate that formed naturally on top of the painting. 49 00:03:05,134 --> 00:03:08,174 Speaker 1: The scene, dominated by a representation of a pig measuring 50 00:03:08,254 --> 00:03:11,294 Speaker 1: ninety two centimeters by five thirty eight centimeters that he's 51 00:03:11,294 --> 00:03:15,094 Speaker 1: standing upright along with three smaller human like figures, is 52 00:03:15,174 --> 00:03:18,414 Speaker 1: painted in a singular shade of dark red pigment. There 53 00:03:18,414 --> 00:03:20,814 Speaker 1: are other images of pigs in the cave as well. 54 00:03:21,294 --> 00:03:24,334 Speaker 1: That's your latest news headlines. On tomorrow's episode of The Quickie, 55 00:03:24,334 --> 00:03:27,414 Speaker 1: Claire Murphy investigates if America is going to make it 56 00:03:27,454 --> 00:03:30,214 Speaker 1: through this election, what will happen to Joe Biden? And 57 00:03:30,334 --> 00:03:33,054 Speaker 1: is Trump really poised to be back in the winehouse 58 00:03:33,094 --> 00:03:36,054 Speaker 1: with a criminal conviction. Listen to The Quickie wherever you 59 00:03:36,094 --> 00:03:37,054 Speaker 1: get your podcasts.