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Speaker 1: You're listening to Amama Mia podcast. Hi. I'm Jimmy Donna,

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Speaker 1: who with the letters from the Quickie newsroom for Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: March twenty four. Iran has denied that it had engaged

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Speaker 1: in negotiations with the US, calling reports of productive talks

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Speaker 1: with US President Donald Trump nothing more than fake news.

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Speaker 1: The denial came just hours after Trump postponed a major

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Speaker 1: strike on Iran's power grid, citing progress toward a total

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Speaker 1: resolution of hostilities. While the news of a potential breakthrough

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Speaker 1: caused global oil prices to drop significantly and boosted stock markets,

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Speaker 1: the situation on the ground remains volatile. Iran launched new

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Speaker 1: missile attacks on Israeli cities and US bases late Monday.

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Speaker 1: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah, who confirmed he spoke with Trump,

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Speaker 1: but maintained that military operations in Lebanon and Iran will continue.

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Speaker 1: Despite the conflicting reports, regional neighbors like Pakistan and Egypt

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Speaker 1: continue to relay messages in a high stakes effort to

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Speaker 1: end the month long war. After a decade of back

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Speaker 1: and forth, Prime Minister Anthony Albanizi and EU President Ursula

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Speaker 1: Vonderlin have officially signed a landmark free trade deal in Canberra.

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Speaker 1: Australian shoppers can expect price drops on European cars, fashion

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Speaker 1: and wine as a five percent tariff is officially scrapped.

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Speaker 2: In exchange, the EU.

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Speaker 1: Will allow expanded imports of Australian products like beef and

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Speaker 1: lamb and Ozzie winemakers must phase out using the name

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Speaker 1: Prosecco for international sales over the next ten years. Beyond

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Speaker 1: the economy, the agreement deepens our alliance through new commitments

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Speaker 1: to military cooperation, cybersecurity and shared research. Bill Cosby has

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Speaker 1: been found liable for the drugging and sexual assault of

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Speaker 1: Donna Motzinger more than five decades ago.

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Speaker 2: The eighty eight year old was ordered.

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Speaker 1: To pay nineteen point two five million dollars in damage. Motzinger,

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Speaker 1: who had been a server at a restaurant near San Francisco,

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Speaker 1: said in her lawsuit filed in twenty twenty three that

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Speaker 1: Cosby had invited her to his stand up comedy show

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Speaker 1: at a theater nearby.

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Speaker 2: She testified that Cosby gave.

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Speaker 1: Her wine and pills that caused her to lose consciousness

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Speaker 1: before the assault. While Cosby's lawyers expressed disappointment and vowed

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Speaker 1: to appeal. The jury deliberated for just over a day

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Speaker 1: before reaching their decision. Jurors awarded Motzing out seventeen point

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Speaker 1: five million in past damages and one point seventy five

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Speaker 1: million for future damages, including mental suffering, loss of enjoyment

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Speaker 1: of life inconvenience, grief, anxiety, humiliation and emotional distress. This

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Speaker 1: civil verdict comes five years up to Cosby's criminal conviction

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Speaker 1: in a similar case was overturned on a legal technicality.

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Speaker 1: Cosby did not testify during the trial and continues to

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Speaker 1: deny all allegations of sexual misconduct made by dozens of women.

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Speaker 1: New South Wales and Queensland are moving to crack down

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Speaker 1: on illegal e bikes with strict new legislation. This includes

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Speaker 1: powers for police to seize and crush device that exceed

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Speaker 1: speed limits. New South Wales Transport Minister John Graham announced

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Speaker 1: the rollout of roadside Dino units to identify bikes modified

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Speaker 1: to ride faster than twenty five kilometers per hour.

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Speaker 2: This legislative shift.

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Speaker 1: Follows a massive compliance operation in Sydney that saw one

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Speaker 1: hundred and seventy fins issued and multiple riders charged with

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Speaker 1: drug offenses. Meanwhile, Queensland is considering a total ban on

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Speaker 1: children under sixteen using e bikes, potentially requiring riders to

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Speaker 1: hold at least a learner's driver's license. The sweeping measures

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Speaker 1: aimed to curb antisocial behavior and prevent further tragedies after

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Speaker 1: e bikes were linked to twelve deaths last year. An

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Speaker 1: Australian wellness influencer has apologized after being slammed for tone

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Speaker 1: deaf comments that appeared to downplay the nation's escalating fuel crisis.

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Speaker 2: Georgie Stevenson is.

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Speaker 1: A health and wellness entrepreneur and has built a sizeable

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Speaker 1: online community through her niche. The backlash began after she

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Speaker 1: posted a video suggesting the record high prices were a

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Speaker 1: mindset issue, sparking outrage from struggling families and essential workers.

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Speaker 1: In her statement, she admitted her remarks were insensitive to

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Speaker 1: those facing genuine financial hardship. As petrol and diesel costs

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Speaker 1: continue to soar. The controversy highlights growing desperation at the pump.

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Speaker 1: Just yesterday, a Western Australian service station attendant was taken

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Speaker 1: to hospital after being run over by an accused petrol thief.

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Speaker 1: Authorities are warning that frustration over the cost of living

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Speaker 1: is boiling over into dangerous criminal activity. That's your evening

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Speaker 1: news headlines. On Wednesday's episode of The Quickie, we're following

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Speaker 1: up on the state of fuel prices in Australia. We

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Speaker 1: keep hearing we only have a certain number of days

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Speaker 1: supply on standby, so just how close are we to

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Speaker 1: an actual shortitch and how much of the lack of

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Speaker 1: fuel at the pump is really just panic buying.

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