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Speaker 1: You're listening to a Muma Mea podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges

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Speaker 1: the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast

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Speaker 1: is recorded on. Hi, I'm Grace Ruverrey. From Mumma MEA's

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Speaker 1: twice daily news podcast to the Quickie with your Headlines

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Speaker 1: from Monday, December two. A new report from the Australian

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Speaker 1: Institute of Family Studies reveals that over half of Australian's

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Speaker 1: age sixteen to nineteen have experienced sexual harassment in the

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Speaker 1: past year. This includes behaviors such as unwelcoming touching, sexual remarks,

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Speaker 1: and exposure to explicit images. Young females were more affected

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Speaker 1: than males, with females often harassed by strangers and males

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Speaker 1: by friends. LGBTQI plus individuals also reported higher rates than

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Speaker 1: their non LGBTQI peers. Common locations for harassment included bars

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Speaker 1: or parties, online workplaces, and schools. The findings drawn from

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Speaker 1: the Growing Up in Australia study tracked ten thousand children

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Speaker 1: since two thousand and four, zing the importance of trust

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Speaker 1: and healthy communication with parents and friends in reducing harassment risk.

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Speaker 1: Lead researcher doctor Nihaswami called for stronger prevention efforts, particularly

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Speaker 1: online and in public spaces. President Joe Biden has pardoned

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Speaker 1: his son, Hunter Biden, overturning his earlier pledge to not

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Speaker 1: use presidential powers for family members. The move spares Hunter

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Speaker 1: Biden from a possible prison sentence for federal felony, gun

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Speaker 1: and tax convictions just weeks before his sentencing. This pardon

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Speaker 1: concludes a lengthy legal saga that began in December twenty twenty,

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Speaker 1: when Hunter publicly disclosed a federal investigation despite previously ruling

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Speaker 1: out any intervention. Biden stated the prosecution was politically motivated

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Speaker 1: and called it a miscarriage of justice. Efforts to finalize

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Speaker 1: a global treaty to curb plastic pollution stalled at the

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Speaker 1: fifth United Nations Into Government Negotiating Committee meeting. More than

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Speaker 1: one hundred countries supported capping plastic production, but oil producing

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Speaker 1: nations pushed to soleocus on managing plastic waste. Key divisions

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Speaker 1: included production caps, chemical management, and financial aid for developing nations.

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Speaker 1: A proposal backed by Panama and over one hundred countries

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Speaker 1: aimed to reduce plastic production globally, but opposition from petrochemical

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Speaker 1: producing nations like Saudi Arabia caused delays. Without agreement, key

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Speaker 1: decisions were postponed of future talks. Plastic production is projected

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Speaker 1: to triple by twenty fifty, with microplastics already contaminating air,

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Speaker 1: food and being found in breast milk. If finalized, the

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Speaker 1: treaty could rival the significance of the twenty fifteen Paris Agreement.

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Speaker 1: Robert Erwin has reflected on his mixed emotions of celebrating

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Speaker 1: his twenty first birthday without his late father, Steve Erwin,

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Speaker 1: who passed away in two thousand and six. Sharing photos

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Speaker 1: of his dad at the same age, Robert admitted it's

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Speaker 1: hard to celebrate milestones when someone's missing, but found to

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Speaker 1: honor his father's legacy as he begins a new chapter,

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Speaker 1: he said, I'm lucky to be surrounded by my amazing

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Speaker 1: family today. Speaking to Stella, he acknowledged the heartbreak of

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Speaker 1: sunch Mo milestones, but expressed gratitude for the sport of

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Speaker 1: his mother, Terry and sister Bindi. That's your latest news headlines.

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Speaker 1: On tomorrow's episode of The Quikie, we're investigating how Trump

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Speaker 1: could influence the Australian election in twenty twenty five. Listen

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