1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,294 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Mumma Mea podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges 2 00:00:15,334 --> 00:00:18,134 Speaker 1: the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast 3 00:00:18,214 --> 00:00:23,734 Speaker 1: is recorded on. Hi. I'm Cassandra Green from Momma MEA's 4 00:00:23,774 --> 00:00:27,214 Speaker 1: twice daily news podcast, The Quikie with Your Headlines for Tuesday, 5 00:00:27,294 --> 00:00:31,694 Speaker 1: July twenty nine. So Michael Hill, owner of the multimillion 6 00:00:31,734 --> 00:00:34,894 Speaker 1: dollar jewelry chain of the same name, has died aged 7 00:00:34,974 --> 00:00:38,774 Speaker 1: eighty six. The entrepreneur and philanthropist was born in New 8 00:00:38,854 --> 00:00:42,054 Speaker 1: Zealand in nineteen thirty eight, months before the outbreak of 9 00:00:42,054 --> 00:00:45,494 Speaker 1: World War II. According to a statement from his company, 10 00:00:45,574 --> 00:00:48,174 Speaker 1: So Michael was a lover of music. He dropped out 11 00:00:48,174 --> 00:00:51,094 Speaker 1: of school, but pivoted into the world of jewelry, joining 12 00:00:51,094 --> 00:00:54,414 Speaker 1: his uncle's family owned store. He founded his own business 13 00:00:54,414 --> 00:00:58,254 Speaker 1: alongside his wife in nineteen seventy nine, deciding to expand 14 00:00:58,334 --> 00:01:02,094 Speaker 1: into the Australian market. He won international awards for his 15 00:01:02,134 --> 00:01:07,294 Speaker 1: window displays and revolutionized the store's advertising. Michael Hill International 16 00:01:07,374 --> 00:01:10,174 Speaker 1: owns a total of three hundred and two store globally 17 00:01:10,414 --> 00:01:14,214 Speaker 1: across Australia, Canada and New Zealand. In twenty twenty four, 18 00:01:14,454 --> 00:01:17,174 Speaker 1: the business earned a total revenue of almost six hundred 19 00:01:17,214 --> 00:01:20,454 Speaker 1: and fifty million, so Michael is survived by his wife, 20 00:01:20,534 --> 00:01:25,054 Speaker 1: Lady Christine, and their two children. President Donald Trump has 21 00:01:25,094 --> 00:01:28,054 Speaker 1: signaled that Australia could be hit with tariffs of fifteen 22 00:01:28,094 --> 00:01:31,734 Speaker 1: to twenty percent. It comes after he reached agreements with 23 00:01:31,854 --> 00:01:35,614 Speaker 1: major trading partners like Japan and the European Union to 24 00:01:35,614 --> 00:01:39,734 Speaker 1: set a baseline tariff of fifteen percent. Mister Trump said 25 00:01:39,774 --> 00:01:43,254 Speaker 1: in Scotland overnight that his administration will notify about two 26 00:01:43,374 --> 00:01:47,374 Speaker 1: hundred countries soon of their new world tariff rate. He 27 00:01:47,454 --> 00:01:49,694 Speaker 1: said it would be somewhere in the fifteen to twenty 28 00:01:49,734 --> 00:01:53,254 Speaker 1: percent range. This would mean potentially doubling the ten percent 29 00:01:53,374 --> 00:01:57,534 Speaker 1: rate that US importers pay for most Australian goods. Assistant 30 00:01:57,534 --> 00:02:00,894 Speaker 1: Treasurer Daniel Molino said Australia is working with the US 31 00:02:00,894 --> 00:02:04,454 Speaker 1: to get the best possible deal and maximize Australian access 32 00:02:04,454 --> 00:02:07,894 Speaker 1: to their market. While the US is Australia's fourth largest 33 00:02:07,934 --> 00:02:11,254 Speaker 1: expert market, sales to the US only account for five 34 00:02:11,334 --> 00:02:15,094 Speaker 1: percent of the nation's total exports. While this means it 35 00:02:15,174 --> 00:02:18,014 Speaker 1: may not have the biggest impact on US, Australia is 36 00:02:18,094 --> 00:02:22,414 Speaker 1: particularly vulnerable to negative changes in the global Economy Prime 37 00:02:22,414 --> 00:02:26,094 Speaker 1: Minister Anthony Albanzi and Trade Minister Don Farrell have maintained 38 00:02:26,134 --> 00:02:28,934 Speaker 1: that Australian products should not be hit with any tariffs. 39 00:02:29,654 --> 00:02:33,974 Speaker 1: According to CNN, four people, including an NYPD officer, have 40 00:02:34,094 --> 00:02:37,974 Speaker 1: been killed in a shooting in Midtown Manhattan. The gunman 41 00:02:38,094 --> 00:02:41,294 Speaker 1: opened fire at three hundred and forty five Park Avenue, 42 00:02:41,614 --> 00:02:45,134 Speaker 1: a skyscraper which houses a number of financial firms, including 43 00:02:45,174 --> 00:02:50,694 Speaker 1: Blackstone and KPMG, along with the NFL headquarters. CNN reports 44 00:02:50,694 --> 00:02:54,694 Speaker 1: that the gunmen shot himself after the rampage. At this stage, 45 00:02:54,734 --> 00:02:57,094 Speaker 1: there are only early reports, but according to The New 46 00:02:57,174 --> 00:03:00,094 Speaker 1: York Post, the gunman was wearing a bulletproof vest and 47 00:03:00,174 --> 00:03:04,854 Speaker 1: carrying an ar style rifle. New York Police Commissioner Jessica 48 00:03:04,894 --> 00:03:07,894 Speaker 1: Tish said the scene had been contained and the loane 49 00:03:07,894 --> 00:03:11,894 Speaker 1: shooter neutralized. The FBI set agents from its New York 50 00:03:11,894 --> 00:03:15,534 Speaker 1: field office were also responding to provide support at the scene. 51 00:03:16,454 --> 00:03:19,574 Speaker 1: It's widely believed that taking ten thousand steps a day 52 00:03:19,734 --> 00:03:22,894 Speaker 1: is an ideal benchmark for physical activity, but a new 53 00:03:22,934 --> 00:03:26,654 Speaker 1: study suggests it may be far less. Researchers from the 54 00:03:26,774 --> 00:03:30,174 Speaker 1: University of Sydney reviewed fifty seven studies spanning more than 55 00:03:30,214 --> 00:03:33,574 Speaker 1: ten countries. They looked at how step count impacted the 56 00:03:33,694 --> 00:03:36,494 Speaker 1: risk of dying from heart disease in cancer, as well 57 00:03:36,534 --> 00:03:40,174 Speaker 1: as the risk of cancer, type two diabetes, dementia, and depression. 58 00:03:41,094 --> 00:03:43,814 Speaker 1: Their findings were that just seven thousand steps a day 59 00:03:43,854 --> 00:03:47,454 Speaker 1: could be enough to boost essential health markers. In fact, 60 00:03:47,654 --> 00:03:50,854 Speaker 1: seven thousand and ten thousand steps had almost exactly the 61 00:03:50,894 --> 00:03:53,854 Speaker 1: same risk of death, which was reduced by forty seven 62 00:03:53,894 --> 00:03:57,614 Speaker 1: percent compared to no walking. They added that any increase 63 00:03:57,654 --> 00:04:00,774 Speaker 1: in daily steps, even to a modest number like four thousand, 64 00:04:00,934 --> 00:04:06,574 Speaker 1: delivers health benefits. Jeffrey Epstein's longtime co conspirator, Glaane Maxwell, 65 00:04:06,654 --> 00:04:09,534 Speaker 1: is attempting to have her conviction for sex trafficking over time. 66 00:04:10,654 --> 00:04:14,574 Speaker 1: People Magazine obtained her petition to the Supreme Court, citing 67 00:04:14,614 --> 00:04:16,854 Speaker 1: that she should have received immunity as a part of 68 00:04:16,854 --> 00:04:21,574 Speaker 1: Epstein's controversial deal with federal prosecutors. Epstein served just over 69 00:04:21,614 --> 00:04:24,254 Speaker 1: a year in prison after pleading guilty in two thousand 70 00:04:24,294 --> 00:04:27,774 Speaker 1: and eight to state charges following an agreement with Attorney 71 00:04:27,854 --> 00:04:32,014 Speaker 1: for the Southern District of Florida, Alexander Acosta. In the deal, 72 00:04:32,214 --> 00:04:35,254 Speaker 1: federal prosecutors dropped the charges against him as long as 73 00:04:35,254 --> 00:04:39,094 Speaker 1: he pled guilty to state charges. Maxwell's attorneys claimed that 74 00:04:39,134 --> 00:04:41,534 Speaker 1: there was a clause in the deal stating that criminal 75 00:04:41,614 --> 00:04:44,974 Speaker 1: charges would not be brought against any potential co conspirators. 76 00:04:45,454 --> 00:04:48,934 Speaker 1: They claim Maxwell should be covered by the agreement. Epstein 77 00:04:49,054 --> 00:04:51,614 Speaker 1: was indicted in New York on sex trafficking charges in 78 00:04:51,654 --> 00:04:55,054 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen and died by suicide in a Manhattan jail. 79 00:04:55,614 --> 00:04:58,534 Speaker 1: Maxwell was convicted in twenty twenty one and sentenced to 80 00:04:58,574 --> 00:05:02,694 Speaker 1: twenty years in prison. She also recently met with prosecutors 81 00:05:02,734 --> 00:05:05,774 Speaker 1: following the backlash of the Trump administration's handling of the 82 00:05:05,814 --> 00:05:10,214 Speaker 1: Epstein files. The Court of Appeals has previously denied Maxwell's 83 00:05:10,254 --> 00:05:15,094 Speaker 1: appeal petition. That's your evening news headlines on Wednesday's episode 84 00:05:15,094 --> 00:05:17,134 Speaker 1: of The Quikie. There's a push to scrap our net 85 00:05:17,254 --> 00:05:20,934 Speaker 1: zero targets, but what does that actually mean? Plus why 86 00:05:21,014 --> 00:05:23,734 Speaker 1: joy span is a new measurement of success in life. 87 00:05:24,334 --> 00:05:26,814 Speaker 1: Listen to The Quikie wherever you get your podcasts.