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 --> 00:00:23,494 Speaker 1: is recorded on. Hi. I'm Cassandra Green from Mamma MEA's 4 00:00:23,534 --> 00:00:26,454 Speaker 1: twice daily news podcast. To the Quickie with your headlines 5 00:00:26,494 --> 00:00:31,374 Speaker 1: for Wednesday, July twenty three, legislation to slash HEX stets 6 00:00:31,414 --> 00:00:35,054 Speaker 1: by twenty percent and increase income thresholds is expected to 7 00:00:35,094 --> 00:00:38,214 Speaker 1: be waived through Parliament, with the Opposition flagging it will 8 00:00:38,254 --> 00:00:42,934 Speaker 1: support the measure. Federal Education Minister Jason Clair said the 9 00:00:43,014 --> 00:00:46,294 Speaker 1: changes will make the system fairer, meaning young Australians will 10 00:00:46,294 --> 00:00:48,894 Speaker 1: start paying off their Uni degree when it starts paying 11 00:00:48,934 --> 00:00:52,974 Speaker 1: off for them By increasing the thresholds. Young Australians will 12 00:00:53,014 --> 00:00:55,974 Speaker 1: also have more in their pockets on payday, offering an 13 00:00:56,014 --> 00:01:00,294 Speaker 1: additional cost of living relief. Bruce Chapman, the architect of 14 00:01:00,294 --> 00:01:03,334 Speaker 1: the HEX scheme, said the changes are fairer, but that 15 00:01:03,454 --> 00:01:07,974 Speaker 1: reviewing the price of university degrees should be the priority. Currently, 16 00:01:08,134 --> 00:01:11,214 Speaker 1: humanity students finished with the highest debts but end up 17 00:01:11,254 --> 00:01:14,094 Speaker 1: being the lowest paid graduates. Following the failure of the 18 00:01:14,134 --> 00:01:17,894 Speaker 1: former Liberal government's Job Ready program, the program aimed to 19 00:01:17,934 --> 00:01:20,894 Speaker 1: fixed skill shortages by making it cheaper to study in 20 00:01:20,974 --> 00:01:24,294 Speaker 1: certain fields while doubling the cost of popular degrees. Mister 21 00:01:24,374 --> 00:01:26,614 Speaker 1: Claire said it hadn't worked in reducing the number of 22 00:01:26,614 --> 00:01:29,494 Speaker 1: people doing arts degrees as people want to study the 23 00:01:29,534 --> 00:01:33,094 Speaker 1: courses they're interested in. Chapman also called for changes to 24 00:01:33,134 --> 00:01:36,454 Speaker 1: the way HEX is paid off. Currently, it's taken out 25 00:01:36,454 --> 00:01:39,374 Speaker 1: of each pacelip and then deducted as a lump sum 26 00:01:39,494 --> 00:01:43,054 Speaker 1: after the full debt has been indexed. The University Accord 27 00:01:43,214 --> 00:01:46,014 Speaker 1: recommended the arrangement be changed to make the system fairer. 28 00:01:46,454 --> 00:01:50,134 Speaker 1: The Australian Tertiary Education Commission has been established to review 29 00:01:50,174 --> 00:01:53,414 Speaker 1: the HEX system over the next twelve months. A coroner 30 00:01:53,454 --> 00:01:55,774 Speaker 1: has found that the death of forty one year old 31 00:01:55,814 --> 00:01:59,134 Speaker 1: Prapa Kuma in Western Sydney a decade ago was the 32 00:01:59,174 --> 00:02:02,414 Speaker 1: result of homicide. The coroner said it was committed by 33 00:02:02,454 --> 00:02:06,334 Speaker 1: an unknown person, insisting police continue investigating her death as 34 00:02:06,334 --> 00:02:09,774 Speaker 1: a targeted killing. Miss Kuma was stabbed multiple times in 35 00:02:09,814 --> 00:02:11,974 Speaker 1: the neck by a person in black as she walked 36 00:02:11,974 --> 00:02:15,334 Speaker 1: home alone through Paramatta in twenty fifteen. She was taken 37 00:02:15,334 --> 00:02:18,454 Speaker 1: to Westmead Hospital but died the next day. She had 38 00:02:18,534 --> 00:02:20,614 Speaker 1: been on the phone to her husband in India at 39 00:02:20,614 --> 00:02:23,214 Speaker 1: the time of the attack. The coroner was told her 40 00:02:23,254 --> 00:02:25,774 Speaker 1: husband had been having an affair, had renewed his wife's 41 00:02:25,814 --> 00:02:28,374 Speaker 1: life insurance and changed the pin on her bank account 42 00:02:28,614 --> 00:02:31,574 Speaker 1: just one hour prior to the stabbing. Police is still 43 00:02:31,614 --> 00:02:34,214 Speaker 1: investigating if he was involved in her death, but no 44 00:02:34,334 --> 00:02:36,374 Speaker 1: charges have been laid and the person who carried it 45 00:02:36,414 --> 00:02:39,654 Speaker 1: out has never been identified. A one million dollar award 46 00:02:39,654 --> 00:02:44,534 Speaker 1: for information remains in place. Murderer Brian Coburger, who admitted 47 00:02:44,534 --> 00:02:47,494 Speaker 1: to killing four university students as they slept in their 48 00:02:47,494 --> 00:02:51,294 Speaker 1: beds in Idaho, planned to blame his victim's friends at trial. 49 00:02:51,614 --> 00:02:53,974 Speaker 1: He ended up agreeing to a plea deal before it 50 00:02:54,014 --> 00:02:57,254 Speaker 1: went to a jewelry. Police obtained a court order filed 51 00:02:57,334 --> 00:02:59,974 Speaker 1: just days before the deal was made, which detailed the 52 00:03:00,014 --> 00:03:05,134 Speaker 1: deceased's relationships. Aida County District Court Judge Stephen Hippler wrote 53 00:03:05,174 --> 00:03:08,454 Speaker 1: that Coburger planned to blame friends who were socially connected 54 00:03:08,494 --> 00:03:10,694 Speaker 1: to one or more of the victims, who lived within 55 00:03:10,774 --> 00:03:13,294 Speaker 1: walking distance, and who were familiar with the layout of 56 00:03:13,334 --> 00:03:16,414 Speaker 1: the home. Judge Hippler also said that the proximity of 57 00:03:16,454 --> 00:03:18,974 Speaker 1: these friends to the crime scene was a moot point, 58 00:03:19,294 --> 00:03:21,414 Speaker 1: given that the perpetrator had driven a car to the 59 00:03:21,414 --> 00:03:24,254 Speaker 1: crime scene and none of their vehicles matched the description 60 00:03:24,374 --> 00:03:28,334 Speaker 1: of the killers. The four persons also provided DNA samples, 61 00:03:28,534 --> 00:03:31,814 Speaker 1: which lab testing determined were not matches to DNA found 62 00:03:31,814 --> 00:03:35,254 Speaker 1: at the crime scene. It's possible the order gutted Coburger's 63 00:03:35,294 --> 00:03:39,454 Speaker 1: defense strategy. The following day after it was filed, Coburger's 64 00:03:39,494 --> 00:03:42,814 Speaker 1: defense team reached out to prosecutors to discuss the possibility 65 00:03:42,854 --> 00:03:45,774 Speaker 1: of a plea deal. His sentencing is set for July 66 00:03:45,854 --> 00:03:49,774 Speaker 1: twenty three. Shia lebuff and FKA Twigs have reached a 67 00:03:49,814 --> 00:03:53,214 Speaker 1: settlement after she accused him of assault and relentless abuse. 68 00:03:53,814 --> 00:03:57,574 Speaker 1: Documents obtained by US Weekly showed that FKA Twigs, whose 69 00:03:57,574 --> 00:04:00,694 Speaker 1: real name is Talia Barnett, filed to end the lawsuit 70 00:04:00,774 --> 00:04:03,894 Speaker 1: with prejudice, meaning she cannot refile the claims in future. 71 00:04:04,374 --> 00:04:06,974 Speaker 1: In her suit and an interview with The New York Times, 72 00:04:07,214 --> 00:04:11,454 Speaker 1: Barnett alleged Labouf knowingly exposed her to a sexually transmitted infection, 73 00:04:11,694 --> 00:04:14,494 Speaker 1: attempted to strangle her, and slammed her against a car. 74 00:04:14,814 --> 00:04:19,814 Speaker 1: Lebouth denied all allegations of wrongdoing. FKA Twiggs's lawyer said 75 00:04:19,814 --> 00:04:21,934 Speaker 1: that they settled the case as they were committed to 76 00:04:21,974 --> 00:04:25,454 Speaker 1: forging a constructive path forward, adding that the details of 77 00:04:25,494 --> 00:04:29,094 Speaker 1: the settlement will remain private. The case is dragged on 78 00:04:29,174 --> 00:04:32,134 Speaker 1: for years with little movement. It was originally scheduled to 79 00:04:32,134 --> 00:04:35,534 Speaker 1: go to trial last year, but was postponed multiple times. 80 00:04:36,134 --> 00:04:39,894 Speaker 1: YouTube star Tricia Petus has given birth to her third child, 81 00:04:40,054 --> 00:04:45,094 Speaker 1: a son named Aquaman Moses Petus Hackmann. Aquaman, named after 82 00:04:45,134 --> 00:04:48,454 Speaker 1: the Warner Bros. Movie, joins her other children, Malibu Barbie 83 00:04:48,454 --> 00:04:52,014 Speaker 1: and Elvis. However, the comments on her post were inundated 84 00:04:52,094 --> 00:04:54,934 Speaker 1: due to an Internet rumor that her children are reincarnated 85 00:04:54,974 --> 00:04:57,734 Speaker 1: from other celebrities who had recently died at the time 86 00:04:57,774 --> 00:05:01,454 Speaker 1: of birth. In this case, Aquamann's birth was announced just 87 00:05:01,494 --> 00:05:05,614 Speaker 1: an hour before legendary rocker Ozzy Osborne's death. However, it 88 00:05:05,654 --> 00:05:09,534 Speaker 1: turns out Aquaman was actually born on July twelfth. Malibu Barbie, 89 00:05:09,814 --> 00:05:12,374 Speaker 1: her first child, was born days after the death of 90 00:05:12,454 --> 00:05:15,374 Speaker 1: Queen Elizabeth the second. Just before the news of the 91 00:05:15,454 --> 00:05:18,734 Speaker 1: queen's death broke, Tricia announced that she had gone into labor. 92 00:05:19,494 --> 00:05:22,334 Speaker 1: Memes began to circulate, with people joking that the queen 93 00:05:22,414 --> 00:05:25,814 Speaker 1: would be reincarnated as Tricia's baby. The timing of Peters 94 00:05:25,854 --> 00:05:28,734 Speaker 1: announcing she was expecting her second child also sent the 95 00:05:28,774 --> 00:05:31,614 Speaker 1: Internet into a spin because King Charles the Third had 96 00:05:31,694 --> 00:05:34,934 Speaker 1: just announced his cancer diagnosis and treatment. Peters has said 97 00:05:34,934 --> 00:05:37,934 Speaker 1: she does not understand or subscribe to the Internet's theory. 98 00:05:38,494 --> 00:05:42,094 Speaker 1: That's your evening news headlines on Thursday's episode of The Quickie, 99 00:05:42,254 --> 00:05:45,414 Speaker 1: our deep dive on Trump and the Epstein Files. 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