1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,294 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Muma 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 --> 00:00:23,174 Speaker 1: is recorded on Hi I'm Tlisabezaz from Mamma MIA's daily 4 00:00:23,214 --> 00:00:27,374 Speaker 1: news podcast, The Quickie with your Headlines for Thursday, October seventeen, 5 00:00:28,414 --> 00:00:31,734 Speaker 1: Former One Direction singer Liam Payne has been found dead 6 00:00:31,894 --> 00:00:35,334 Speaker 1: outside a hotel room in Argentina. He was aged just 7 00:00:35,454 --> 00:00:39,654 Speaker 1: thirty one. A local newspaper reports the British musician allegedly 8 00:00:39,654 --> 00:00:43,134 Speaker 1: fell from the hotel in Buenos Aires' third floor balcony. 9 00:00:43,574 --> 00:00:47,334 Speaker 1: Emergency services attended the scene. It's understood that police were 10 00:00:47,374 --> 00:00:50,614 Speaker 1: called to the hotel after responding to an emergency call 11 00:00:50,934 --> 00:00:53,294 Speaker 1: that described an aggressive man who could be under the 12 00:00:53,334 --> 00:00:57,174 Speaker 1: effects of drugs and alcohol. Pain rose to fame after 13 00:00:57,214 --> 00:00:59,974 Speaker 1: auditioning for the British version of The X Factor in 14 00:01:00,014 --> 00:01:03,574 Speaker 1: twenty ten. Through the audition process, the boy band One 15 00:01:03,654 --> 00:01:07,734 Speaker 1: Direction was formed, with Pain working alongside Harry Styles, Zane Malick, 16 00:01:07,854 --> 00:01:11,014 Speaker 1: Null Horn and Louis Tomlinson. The group broke up in 17 00:01:11,054 --> 00:01:13,854 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen, and all five members have since gone on 18 00:01:13,934 --> 00:01:17,934 Speaker 1: to have flourishing solo careers. Pain began dating X factor 19 00:01:18,014 --> 00:01:21,534 Speaker 1: judge and pop star Sheryl Cole in twenty sixteen. They 20 00:01:21,574 --> 00:01:24,894 Speaker 1: welcomed their first son together, Beck on March twenty second, 21 00:01:24,934 --> 00:01:28,734 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen, and broke up in twenty eighteen. At the 22 00:01:28,734 --> 00:01:31,454 Speaker 1: time of his death, Pain had been dating Kate Cassidy 23 00:01:31,534 --> 00:01:37,054 Speaker 1: since twenty twenty two. Investigations are ongoing. The Baby Bonus 24 00:01:37,134 --> 00:01:40,854 Speaker 1: is not coming back, despite Australia's fertility rate plummeting to 25 00:01:40,934 --> 00:01:44,494 Speaker 1: a record low. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 26 00:01:44,614 --> 00:01:46,934 Speaker 1: show the fertility rate drop to one and a half 27 00:01:46,974 --> 00:01:49,934 Speaker 1: babies born per woman. There were just under two hundred 28 00:01:49,934 --> 00:01:53,174 Speaker 1: and eighty seven thousand berths registered in Australia in twenty 29 00:01:53,214 --> 00:01:56,654 Speaker 1: twenty three, the lowest level since two thousand and six. 30 00:01:57,134 --> 00:01:59,814 Speaker 1: The rising cost of living and housing prices have been 31 00:01:59,894 --> 00:02:02,894 Speaker 1: cited as the major factors behind the falling number of berths. 32 00:02:03,094 --> 00:02:06,214 Speaker 1: The Deputy PM, Richard Mules says the Federal government is 33 00:02:06,294 --> 00:02:09,414 Speaker 1: not considering re introducing the Baby Bonus to boost the 34 00:02:09,574 --> 00:02:12,174 Speaker 1: fertility rate. The Baby Bonus was set up by the 35 00:02:12,214 --> 00:02:15,254 Speaker 1: Howard government and gave a three thousand dollars lump sum 36 00:02:15,294 --> 00:02:18,734 Speaker 1: payment to new parents of children born from July two 37 00:02:18,774 --> 00:02:23,174 Speaker 1: thousand and four, Ukraine's president has thanked Australia for its 38 00:02:23,214 --> 00:02:26,414 Speaker 1: brave donation of forty nine tanks, which he's described as 39 00:02:26,494 --> 00:02:31,734 Speaker 1: essential assistance in defense against Russia's invasion. The decommission takes 40 00:02:31,814 --> 00:02:34,294 Speaker 1: are being given to Ukraine in a two hundred and 41 00:02:34,334 --> 00:02:37,854 Speaker 1: forty five million dollar aid package after Kiev called for 42 00:02:37,894 --> 00:02:40,854 Speaker 1: them to be donated rather than scrapped or sold. As 43 00:02:40,854 --> 00:02:44,014 Speaker 1: Australia mulled over what to do with the aged out fleet, 44 00:02:44,534 --> 00:02:48,214 Speaker 1: Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelinsky made a statement on x formerly 45 00:02:48,294 --> 00:02:53,014 Speaker 1: Twitter expressing his gratitude for the essential defense assistance for Ukraine. 46 00:02:53,534 --> 00:02:56,894 Speaker 1: Back home. Racism is alive and well in Australia. According 47 00:02:56,894 --> 00:03:00,814 Speaker 1: to a new Human Rights watchdog report. Heartbreaking accounts have 48 00:03:00,894 --> 00:03:04,174 Speaker 1: led to calls for a national anti racism framework after 49 00:03:04,254 --> 00:03:07,734 Speaker 1: proving racism is entrenched in the Australian community, with a 50 00:03:07,774 --> 00:03:12,574 Speaker 1: society wide response needed to stop the marginalization. Respondents reported 51 00:03:12,614 --> 00:03:15,334 Speaker 1: feeling that their cultural background affected their quality of health 52 00:03:15,334 --> 00:03:18,414 Speaker 1: care they received from professionals, while others said they felt 53 00:03:18,494 --> 00:03:21,454 Speaker 1: unsafe at school due to teachers discriminating, as well as 54 00:03:21,494 --> 00:03:26,094 Speaker 1: in workplaces and when interacting with police. Racism was prevalent 55 00:03:26,094 --> 00:03:30,134 Speaker 1: regardless of age, sexuality, faith, disability, or cultural background. The 56 00:03:30,174 --> 00:03:34,414 Speaker 1: commissioners found. The Race Discrimination Commissioner says racism described is 57 00:03:34,454 --> 00:03:38,094 Speaker 1: more than hurtful words being said to someone. It's systematic, 58 00:03:38,254 --> 00:03:41,134 Speaker 1: often involving dealing with someone in a level of authority 59 00:03:41,334 --> 00:03:45,454 Speaker 1: whose power determines the access to opportunities, basic needs, services 60 00:03:45,534 --> 00:03:49,254 Speaker 1: or justice. And The former New Zealand Prime Minister is 61 00:03:49,294 --> 00:03:52,974 Speaker 1: officially a Dame. Dame. Decinta r Dern received her damehood 62 00:03:53,054 --> 00:03:56,054 Speaker 1: from her friend Prince William added a ceremony at Windsor 63 00:03:56,094 --> 00:03:59,254 Speaker 1: Castle overnight. For five years as Prime Minister, she received 64 00:03:59,254 --> 00:04:01,414 Speaker 1: one of the country's highest honors there as well, the 65 00:04:01,414 --> 00:04:04,414 Speaker 1: New Zealand Order of Merit. Now to let us News 66 00:04:04,414 --> 00:04:07,454 Speaker 1: headlines on tomorrow's episode of The Quickie, where looking into 67 00:04:07,454 --> 00:04:10,254 Speaker 1: the rise of the sifluenza, with more young people lining 68 00:04:10,294 --> 00:04:13,574 Speaker 1: up than ever before, could influencers be the reason? Listen 69 00:04:13,574 --> 00:04:15,694 Speaker 1: to The Quickie wherever you get your podcasts.