1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,294 Speaker 1: You're listing to a Muma Mea podcast. Mamma 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 --> 00:00:22,934 Speaker 1: is recorded on. Hi. I'm Alex Nicholson. From Mamma MEA's 4 00:00:22,934 --> 00:00:25,734 Speaker 1: twice daily news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines for 5 00:00:25,774 --> 00:00:31,054 Speaker 1: Thursday February twenty Female barristers still face a significant gender 6 00:00:31,054 --> 00:00:33,454 Speaker 1: pay gap, despite the number of legal briefs given to 7 00:00:33,534 --> 00:00:36,414 Speaker 1: them rising. A report from the Law Council of Australia 8 00:00:36,454 --> 00:00:39,494 Speaker 1: reveals women barristers received only twenty two percent of the 9 00:00:39,534 --> 00:00:42,254 Speaker 1: overall briefing fee value in the twenty twenty three to 10 00:00:42,374 --> 00:00:45,774 Speaker 1: twenty four financial year, with their male colleagues receiving seventy 11 00:00:45,814 --> 00:00:49,734 Speaker 1: eight percent. Launched in twenty sixteen, the Council's Equitable Briefing 12 00:00:49,734 --> 00:00:52,414 Speaker 1: Policy aims to track and measure targets relating to the 13 00:00:52,414 --> 00:00:56,574 Speaker 1: percentage of female barristers briefed and the value of those briefs. 14 00:00:56,614 --> 00:00:59,134 Speaker 1: Nearly five hundred and twenty law firms across Australia have 15 00:00:59,174 --> 00:01:03,094 Speaker 1: adopted the policy. In the last financial year, women barristers 16 00:01:03,134 --> 00:01:05,574 Speaker 1: received at least thirty percent of all briefs, the third 17 00:01:05,614 --> 00:01:07,654 Speaker 1: year in a row. The policy's goal has been met. 18 00:01:08,014 --> 00:01:11,174 Speaker 1: Women barristers were also recom mended by another barrister fifty 19 00:01:11,254 --> 00:01:14,854 Speaker 1: nine percent of the time. Law Council President Juliana Warner 20 00:01:14,934 --> 00:01:17,854 Speaker 1: says law firms that have adopted the policy are optimizing 21 00:01:17,894 --> 00:01:21,574 Speaker 1: opportunities for all barristers with their efforts improving gender equality 22 00:01:21,574 --> 00:01:24,854 Speaker 1: in the sector. She added that despite the progress that 23 00:01:24,854 --> 00:01:27,494 Speaker 1: has been made since the policy's inception, there is still 24 00:01:27,494 --> 00:01:30,694 Speaker 1: more to be done and the paygat remains too wide. 25 00:01:30,894 --> 00:01:33,894 Speaker 1: Doctors in Victoria will no longer be muzzled from initiating 26 00:01:34,014 --> 00:01:38,094 Speaker 1: voluntary assisted dying conversations with terminally ill patients. Under long 27 00:01:38,134 --> 00:01:42,214 Speaker 1: called for law changes, a gag clause banning Victorian practitioners 28 00:01:42,254 --> 00:01:45,334 Speaker 1: from initiating a discussion on VAD with patients would be 29 00:01:45,374 --> 00:01:49,094 Speaker 1: lifted under government led legislation. It comes after a peer 30 00:01:49,134 --> 00:01:51,934 Speaker 1: reviewed study in July twenty twenty three found the gag 31 00:01:51,974 --> 00:01:55,494 Speaker 1: on doctors was a barrier for patients. Other proposed law 32 00:01:55,614 --> 00:01:58,854 Speaker 1: changes include lifting the six month life expectancy rule for 33 00:01:58,974 --> 00:02:03,294 Speaker 1: non neurodegenerative diseases to twelve months, shortening the time between 34 00:02:03,334 --> 00:02:07,534 Speaker 1: the first and final VAD requests, and simplifying the permit process. 35 00:02:08,094 --> 00:02:10,934 Speaker 1: The moves follow a legislation five year review into the 36 00:02:11,054 --> 00:02:14,214 Speaker 1: laws that found some safeguards were impeding access to the 37 00:02:14,294 --> 00:02:17,694 Speaker 1: end of life choice. Victoria became the first state to 38 00:02:17,774 --> 00:02:22,134 Speaker 1: legalize euthanasia in twenty nineteen, with Western Australia, Queensland, New 39 00:02:22,174 --> 00:02:26,294 Speaker 1: South Wales, Tasmania and South Australia following suit. The report 40 00:02:26,334 --> 00:02:29,614 Speaker 1: made five recommendations, including to provide more guidance for health 41 00:02:29,654 --> 00:02:33,134 Speaker 1: practitioners and health and care services. All have been accepted 42 00:02:33,134 --> 00:02:36,654 Speaker 1: by the government. Australia's unemployment rate edged up to four 43 00:02:36,654 --> 00:02:39,294 Speaker 1: point one percent in January, but a higher than expected 44 00:02:39,374 --> 00:02:42,294 Speaker 1: rise in jobs shows the labour market is still running hot. 45 00:02:42,734 --> 00:02:46,014 Speaker 1: According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, forty four thousand 46 00:02:46,054 --> 00:02:48,374 Speaker 1: jobs were added to the economy over the month, well 47 00:02:48,414 --> 00:02:52,014 Speaker 1: above consensus predictions of a twenty thousand strong jobs boost. 48 00:02:52,454 --> 00:02:55,574 Speaker 1: The point one percentage point gain in unemployment came after 49 00:02:55,614 --> 00:02:58,814 Speaker 1: an identical rise in December, but the jobless rate remains 50 00:02:58,854 --> 00:03:02,734 Speaker 1: historically low. According to the Bureau's Head of Labour Statistics, 51 00:03:02,814 --> 00:03:05,814 Speaker 1: Bjorn Jarvis, most of the rise in both employment and 52 00:03:05,894 --> 00:03:09,934 Speaker 1: unemployment in January reflected rises for women. Female in deployment 53 00:03:10,014 --> 00:03:13,534 Speaker 1: rose by forty four thousand and unemployment by twenty four thousand. 54 00:03:14,054 --> 00:03:16,254 Speaker 1: Strength in the labor market has been a bright spot 55 00:03:16,254 --> 00:03:18,894 Speaker 1: in the economy, with the government welcoming the fact few 56 00:03:18,934 --> 00:03:21,014 Speaker 1: workers have had to lose their jobs in order to 57 00:03:21,014 --> 00:03:25,494 Speaker 1: bring down inflation. But for RBA Governor Michelle Bullock, ongoing 58 00:03:25,534 --> 00:03:28,214 Speaker 1: signs of tightness in the labor market weigh against further 59 00:03:28,254 --> 00:03:30,854 Speaker 1: interest rate cuts because of the potential threat it could 60 00:03:30,894 --> 00:03:34,574 Speaker 1: cause inflation to rise again. And according to the Internet, 61 00:03:34,654 --> 00:03:37,774 Speaker 1: Channing Tatum may have a new girlfriend and she's Ozzy A. 62 00:03:37,894 --> 00:03:41,054 Speaker 1: Sources told celebrity gossip outlet De Nois, The Magic Mike 63 00:03:41,134 --> 00:03:43,974 Speaker 1: Starr and twenty five year old Australian model Inca Williams 64 00:03:44,014 --> 00:03:46,414 Speaker 1: were seen together at the Mustaff for the Poet concert 65 00:03:46,454 --> 00:03:49,454 Speaker 1: at LA's Palace Theater a couple of nights ago. It 66 00:03:49,494 --> 00:03:51,814 Speaker 1: comes after he was seen holding hands with a mystery 67 00:03:51,854 --> 00:03:55,014 Speaker 1: woman in January this year. Neither Channing nor Inca has 68 00:03:55,054 --> 00:03:57,934 Speaker 1: confirmed or denied the rumors, but fans also noticed some 69 00:03:58,054 --> 00:04:01,134 Speaker 1: interesting social media action going on with forty four year 70 00:04:01,134 --> 00:04:03,894 Speaker 1: old Channing following Inca's mum and some of her friends 71 00:04:03,934 --> 00:04:07,054 Speaker 1: on Instagram. It's been around four months since Channing and 72 00:04:07,094 --> 00:04:10,774 Speaker 1: as former fiancee Zoe Kravitz split last October, almost exactly 73 00:04:10,814 --> 00:04:14,334 Speaker 1: a year after getting engaged. And that's your news. Headlines 74 00:04:14,654 --> 00:04:17,454 Speaker 1: on tomorrow's episode of The Quickie. What happens when reality 75 00:04:17,494 --> 00:04:20,534 Speaker 1: TV contestants go rogue. This season of Married at First 76 00:04:20,534 --> 00:04:23,734 Speaker 1: Sight has been chaotic so far, but who's to blame. 77 00:04:24,174 --> 00:04:26,414 Speaker 1: Listen to The Quickie wherever you get your podcasts.