1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,414 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Mumamea podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges the 2 00:00:15,414 --> 00:00:18,294 Speaker 1: traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast is 3 00:00:18,334 --> 00:00:24,494 Speaker 1: recorded on Hi. I'm Nicole Madigan from Mummamea's twice daily 4 00:00:24,534 --> 00:00:28,174 Speaker 1: news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines. For Wednesday May 5 00:00:28,254 --> 00:00:33,374 Speaker 1: twenty one, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Australia is well placed 6 00:00:33,454 --> 00:00:36,654 Speaker 1: to avoid a recession even if Donald Trump's trade war 7 00:00:36,734 --> 00:00:40,214 Speaker 1: takes a turn for the worse. Forecasts released by the 8 00:00:40,254 --> 00:00:44,094 Speaker 1: Reserve Bank of Australia on Tuesday painted o bleak picture 9 00:00:44,134 --> 00:00:47,094 Speaker 1: of the economic blowback from a scenario where the world 10 00:00:47,294 --> 00:00:52,094 Speaker 1: descends into all out Taraffaws. Uncertainty was cited one hundred 11 00:00:52,094 --> 00:00:55,854 Speaker 1: and thirty two times in the Central Bank's quarterly economic update, 12 00:00:56,334 --> 00:01:00,454 Speaker 1: with forecasters forced to wargame different scenarios to help guide 13 00:01:00,494 --> 00:01:05,054 Speaker 1: the board's decision making. RBA Governor Michelle Bullock says the 14 00:01:05,134 --> 00:01:08,054 Speaker 1: scale and scope of the trade shock had blown the 15 00:01:08,094 --> 00:01:11,294 Speaker 1: bank completely out of the water, conceding there was a 16 00:01:11,374 --> 00:01:15,174 Speaker 1: chance Australia could tip into a recession, but Chalmers has 17 00:01:15,174 --> 00:01:18,894 Speaker 1: as shored Australians that an economic downturn was unlikely and 18 00:01:19,054 --> 00:01:22,134 Speaker 1: that his expectation was that the economy would continue to 19 00:01:22,214 --> 00:01:26,894 Speaker 1: grow and strengthen despite the global uncertainty. Mortgage holders can 20 00:01:26,974 --> 00:01:29,614 Speaker 1: be consoled by the promise of more raid cuts this 21 00:01:29,734 --> 00:01:33,174 Speaker 1: year if the Reserve Bank's baseline forecast is correct and 22 00:01:33,294 --> 00:01:37,654 Speaker 1: inflation and the economy grow more slowly than previously expected. 23 00:01:38,654 --> 00:01:42,014 Speaker 1: A woman accused of murdering her two young grandsons has 24 00:01:42,054 --> 00:01:45,494 Speaker 1: faced court after being released from a mental health facility. 25 00:01:45,894 --> 00:01:49,374 Speaker 1: Kathleen Joyce Heggs was set to appear in double local 26 00:01:49,414 --> 00:01:54,574 Speaker 1: court today on two counts of domestic violence murder. Her grandsons, 27 00:01:54,574 --> 00:01:58,894 Speaker 1: Max and Sam Johnson, aged just seven and six, were 28 00:01:58,934 --> 00:02:01,854 Speaker 1: found dead in their home on the outskirts of kunebarra 29 00:02:01,974 --> 00:02:05,734 Speaker 1: Brand in northwest New South Wales on May five. Two 30 00:02:05,894 --> 00:02:09,174 Speaker 1: junior police officers broke into the Emulane house after a 31 00:02:09,174 --> 00:02:12,574 Speaker 1: message sent to the community's and Justice department triggered an 32 00:02:12,574 --> 00:02:17,694 Speaker 1: emergency response. They found the boy's bodies in their bedrooms. Heggs, 33 00:02:17,774 --> 00:02:22,094 Speaker 1: their maternal grandmother, had harmed herself and was immediately arrested 34 00:02:22,134 --> 00:02:24,814 Speaker 1: and taken to a mental health unit. She was the 35 00:02:24,854 --> 00:02:29,494 Speaker 1: boy's sole career. The consideration of good character references for 36 00:02:29,654 --> 00:02:34,414 Speaker 1: accused rapists will be restricted under major Queensland court reforms, 37 00:02:34,694 --> 00:02:38,054 Speaker 1: but some advocates say it doesn't go far enough. The 38 00:02:38,214 --> 00:02:41,774 Speaker 1: changes introduced to Queensland Parliament this week are among the 39 00:02:41,814 --> 00:02:46,694 Speaker 1: recommendations made by a Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council report into 40 00:02:46,854 --> 00:02:51,374 Speaker 1: rape and sexual assault. The changes introduced to Queensland Parliament 41 00:02:51,414 --> 00:02:54,774 Speaker 1: this week are among the recommendations made by a Queensland 42 00:02:54,894 --> 00:02:59,574 Speaker 1: Sentencing Advisory Council report into rape and sexual assault. Good 43 00:02:59,654 --> 00:03:03,454 Speaker 1: character references from friends and families of accused rapists have 44 00:03:03,654 --> 00:03:06,774 Speaker 1: in the past been a consideration in a judge's decision 45 00:03:06,854 --> 00:03:09,894 Speaker 1: on the sentence. The report recommended that the use of 46 00:03:09,894 --> 00:03:13,974 Speaker 1: good character references, including evidence of the offenders standing and 47 00:03:14,174 --> 00:03:19,054 Speaker 1: contributions in the community, should be restricted in sentencing. Attorney 48 00:03:19,094 --> 00:03:22,014 Speaker 1: General deb Frecklington says no one wants to hear that 49 00:03:22,054 --> 00:03:25,534 Speaker 1: a rapist is an all round great person, a trustworthy mate, 50 00:03:25,814 --> 00:03:29,854 Speaker 1: or that they're respected in the community, especially not their victim. 51 00:03:30,134 --> 00:03:32,894 Speaker 1: The bill means good character references can only be used 52 00:03:32,934 --> 00:03:36,094 Speaker 1: as a mitigating factor if it's relevant to the offenders 53 00:03:36,174 --> 00:03:40,694 Speaker 1: prospects of rehabilitation or risk of offending, but advocates say 54 00:03:40,734 --> 00:03:43,254 Speaker 1: the laws should be strengthened so that courts don't give 55 00:03:43,334 --> 00:03:47,774 Speaker 1: any consideration to good character references in any circumstances. A 56 00:03:47,854 --> 00:03:50,974 Speaker 1: review of sentencing guidelines in New South Wales is also 57 00:03:51,094 --> 00:03:55,294 Speaker 1: currently underway, while good character references for child sex offenders 58 00:03:55,334 --> 00:04:00,054 Speaker 1: were removed in Tasmania in twenty sixteen, Oscar winning actor 59 00:04:00,174 --> 00:04:03,054 Speaker 1: Kevin Spacey says it's nice to be back at an 60 00:04:03,094 --> 00:04:07,574 Speaker 1: awards ceremony on the sidelines of the Canes Film Festival. Spacey, 61 00:04:07,614 --> 00:04:11,374 Speaker 1: who won Oscars for American Views and The Usual Suspects, 62 00:04:11,734 --> 00:04:14,574 Speaker 1: was one of Hollywood's biggest stars before he was first 63 00:04:14,574 --> 00:04:18,374 Speaker 1: accused of sexual assault in two thousand and seventeen. He 64 00:04:18,494 --> 00:04:21,814 Speaker 1: was then quickly dropped from the TV drama House of Cards. 65 00:04:22,174 --> 00:04:24,854 Speaker 1: In twenty twenty two, the now sixty five year old 66 00:04:24,934 --> 00:04:28,614 Speaker 1: was charged in Britain with nine sexual offenses against four 67 00:04:28,654 --> 00:04:32,374 Speaker 1: men between two thousand and four and two thousand and thirteen, 68 00:04:32,894 --> 00:04:36,094 Speaker 1: but was acquitted of all charges after a high profile 69 00:04:36,174 --> 00:04:39,334 Speaker 1: trial the following year. In the US, the actor defeated 70 00:04:39,414 --> 00:04:42,654 Speaker 1: a sexual abuse case against him in twenty twenty two 71 00:04:42,774 --> 00:04:46,014 Speaker 1: after jurors in a Manhattan civil trial found his accuser 72 00:04:46,054 --> 00:04:49,094 Speaker 1: didn't prove his claim that Spacey made an unwonted sexual 73 00:04:49,134 --> 00:04:52,294 Speaker 1: advance on him when he was fourteen. Basi was in 74 00:04:52,374 --> 00:04:55,134 Speaker 1: Cans to receive an award for Excellence in Film and 75 00:04:55,214 --> 00:04:58,614 Speaker 1: Television from the Better World Fund, which fund raises in 76 00:04:58,654 --> 00:05:01,854 Speaker 1: the name of cinematic art at the service of humanity, 77 00:05:02,094 --> 00:05:05,054 Speaker 1: at a charity gala dinner at the Carlton Hotel. He 78 00:05:05,174 --> 00:05:07,294 Speaker 1: was also at the festival to help sell his new 79 00:05:07,334 --> 00:05:12,734 Speaker 1: conspiracy action thriller The Away. Spacey still faces separate civil 80 00:05:12,814 --> 00:05:16,534 Speaker 1: lawsuits from three men for alleged sexual abuse in London 81 00:05:16,654 --> 00:05:21,254 Speaker 1: and is defending those cases. That's your latest news headlines 82 00:05:21,334 --> 00:05:24,294 Speaker 1: on tomorrow's episode of The Quickie. Ever heard of the 83 00:05:24,334 --> 00:05:28,254 Speaker 1: flying monkey theory. 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