1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,294 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Muma Mia 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 --> 00:00:22,854 Speaker 1: is recorded on Hi. I'm Grace Reroofrey from Mumma MEA's 4 00:00:22,854 --> 00:00:25,574 Speaker 1: twice daily news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines for 5 00:00:25,614 --> 00:00:30,014 Speaker 1: Thursday October thirty one. The Australian Medical Association is urging 6 00:00:30,054 --> 00:00:33,414 Speaker 1: governments to stop treating mental health funding as too difficult, 7 00:00:33,614 --> 00:00:36,974 Speaker 1: warning hospital mental health care is getting worse as staff 8 00:00:37,054 --> 00:00:40,374 Speaker 1: leave due to burnout. The latest report shows mental health 9 00:00:40,414 --> 00:00:43,574 Speaker 1: patients waited an average of seven hours in emergency departments 10 00:00:43,574 --> 00:00:45,854 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two and twenty twenty three, with over 11 00:00:45,894 --> 00:00:48,734 Speaker 1: half arriving with police or ambulance and ten percent waiting 12 00:00:48,774 --> 00:00:51,934 Speaker 1: more than twenty three hours for a bed. Emergency cases 13 00:00:51,934 --> 00:00:54,094 Speaker 1: for mental health have more than doubled in twelve years. 14 00:00:54,334 --> 00:00:57,894 Speaker 1: The Association's president, Daniel McMullen, is calling for increased wrap 15 00:00:57,934 --> 00:01:01,334 Speaker 1: around support, emphasizing the current funding approach is failing to 16 00:01:01,334 --> 00:01:05,414 Speaker 1: meet patient needs. Cole's plans to boost home brand offerings 17 00:01:05,414 --> 00:01:09,094 Speaker 1: and weekly specials to attract cost conscious customers amid warnings 18 00:01:09,094 --> 00:01:12,414 Speaker 1: of rise chocolate and sugar prices. First quarter sales showed 19 00:01:12,414 --> 00:01:15,174 Speaker 1: a three point five percent increase in food division sales, 20 00:01:15,214 --> 00:01:18,974 Speaker 1: reaching nine point five billion dollars, despite deflation in categories 21 00:01:19,014 --> 00:01:22,174 Speaker 1: like meat and dairy. Constant living pressures have led shoppers 22 00:01:22,174 --> 00:01:25,494 Speaker 1: to visit up to eight grocery retailers monthly compared to 23 00:01:25,574 --> 00:01:29,214 Speaker 1: four a year ago. Meanwhile, supermarket inflation dropped slightly to 24 00:01:29,254 --> 00:01:31,974 Speaker 1: one percent, with Coals and Woolworths holding a combined sixty 25 00:01:31,974 --> 00:01:36,294 Speaker 1: seven percent market share. Influential US senators are being urged 26 00:01:36,334 --> 00:01:40,214 Speaker 1: to reject a proposed ban on kangaroo leather imports, which 27 00:01:40,214 --> 00:01:44,374 Speaker 1: are sparked rare bipartisan opposition in Australia. Animal activists have 28 00:01:44,414 --> 00:01:47,374 Speaker 1: pressured companies like Nike to drop kangaroo leather, with a 29 00:01:47,414 --> 00:01:50,614 Speaker 1: new US bill aiming to ban all kangaroo leather products 30 00:01:50,854 --> 00:01:54,574 Speaker 1: in response to Australian politicians, diplomats and industry representatives are 31 00:01:54,574 --> 00:01:58,094 Speaker 1: campaigning against it, warning of repercussions for Australia's two hundred 32 00:01:58,134 --> 00:02:01,814 Speaker 1: million dollar industry. They argue that kangaroo leather minimizes waste 33 00:02:01,854 --> 00:02:04,814 Speaker 1: by using more of the animal, though Humane Society International 34 00:02:04,854 --> 00:02:08,534 Speaker 1: Australia criticizes the commercial culls and oversight of Kangaroo management. 35 00:02:08,814 --> 00:02:12,494 Speaker 1: Australia's inn Indian communities calling for Duali, the Hindu Festival 36 00:02:12,494 --> 00:02:16,134 Speaker 1: of Lives, to be recognized as a public holiday nationwide. Douali, 37 00:02:16,254 --> 00:02:19,374 Speaker 1: celebrated by hundreds of thousands, is akin to Christmas, featuring 38 00:02:19,414 --> 00:02:22,734 Speaker 1: home cleaning, prayers and candle lighting. Hindu Council of Australia 39 00:02:22,774 --> 00:02:27,014 Speaker 1: President Zai Paravastu and Melbourne residents Swati Shama are advocating 40 00:02:27,054 --> 00:02:30,214 Speaker 1: for a public holiday to foster cultural understanding. Inspired by 41 00:02:30,214 --> 00:02:34,174 Speaker 1: New York City's recognition of Douali, Australia's Indian born population 42 00:02:34,254 --> 00:02:36,294 Speaker 1: numbers are at more than seven hundred and fifty thousand, 43 00:02:36,414 --> 00:02:39,454 Speaker 1: making it the second largest migrant community. Support is growing 44 00:02:39,454 --> 00:02:41,974 Speaker 1: to make it a national holiday, with Federal MP Andrew 45 00:02:42,054 --> 00:02:45,534 Speaker 1: Chilton backing the holiday call in Parliament. That's your latest 46 00:02:45,534 --> 00:02:48,214 Speaker 1: news headlines. On tomorrow's episode of The Quikie, there's been 47 00:02:48,294 --> 00:02:52,094 Speaker 1: even more disturbing allegations leveled against musician Sean Diddy Combs. 48 00:02:52,334 --> 00:02:54,934 Speaker 1: We're speaking exclusively to a woman who had her own 49 00:02:55,014 --> 00:02:58,014 Speaker 1: encounter with the fallen star. 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