1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,254 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Mumma 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 --> 00:00:24,294 Speaker 1: is recorded on. Hi. I'm Nicole Madigan from Mummamea's twice 4 00:00:24,374 --> 00:00:27,694 Speaker 1: daily news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines. For Tuesday 5 00:00:27,774 --> 00:00:33,054 Speaker 1: February four, a UK court has watched footage of Sam 6 00:00:33,134 --> 00:00:36,454 Speaker 1: Kerr telling officers she and partner Christy Mwers feared they 7 00:00:36,454 --> 00:00:39,694 Speaker 1: were being kidnapped after a taxi driver refused to let 8 00:00:39,734 --> 00:00:42,734 Speaker 1: them out of his cab following a row over compensation 9 00:00:42,894 --> 00:00:45,694 Speaker 1: for vomit in the back of his vehicle. The night 10 00:00:45,734 --> 00:00:48,494 Speaker 1: of celebration following a hat trick scored by Kerr in 11 00:00:48,534 --> 00:00:51,974 Speaker 1: a Chelsea victory, ended with the Matilda's captain crawling out 12 00:00:52,014 --> 00:00:55,614 Speaker 1: of the taxi's broken back window, then being arrested for 13 00:00:55,734 --> 00:01:00,294 Speaker 1: racially aggravated abuse of a London police officer. Jurors watched 14 00:01:00,334 --> 00:01:04,614 Speaker 1: footage of Kerr twice, calling Police Constable Stephen Lovell stupid 15 00:01:04,654 --> 00:01:07,534 Speaker 1: and white and insisting on going to court rather than 16 00:01:07,534 --> 00:01:10,974 Speaker 1: pay for the window, leading to her arrat In the video, 17 00:01:11,134 --> 00:01:14,854 Speaker 1: PC Lovel says, while he understands their fears of being kidnapped, 18 00:01:15,134 --> 00:01:18,414 Speaker 1: they were hypothetical and did not happen. While the damage 19 00:01:18,414 --> 00:01:22,254 Speaker 1: to the taxi did happen. Both Kerr and Mwess were 20 00:01:22,294 --> 00:01:26,374 Speaker 1: described by police witnesses as inebriated, emotional and in a 21 00:01:26,414 --> 00:01:30,734 Speaker 1: distressed state. The couple subsequently paid for the damage to 22 00:01:30,774 --> 00:01:33,454 Speaker 1: the taxi and that element was dropped, leaving them to 23 00:01:33,494 --> 00:01:37,134 Speaker 1: face court for racial abuse. Grace Forbes, counsel for the 24 00:01:37,174 --> 00:01:40,934 Speaker 1: Matilda's Skipper, told Kingston Crown Court there was no intention 25 00:01:41,054 --> 00:01:44,734 Speaker 1: to cause harassment, alarm or distress to PC level and 26 00:01:44,854 --> 00:01:48,694 Speaker 1: even if that charge was made, it was not racially aggravated. 27 00:01:49,054 --> 00:01:53,374 Speaker 1: She described Kerr's language as being poorly expressed. The trial, 28 00:01:53,414 --> 00:01:56,214 Speaker 1: which is due to last four days, resumes on Tuesday, 29 00:01:56,374 --> 00:02:00,334 Speaker 1: with Kerr expected to give evidence. A harsher and more 30 00:02:00,374 --> 00:02:04,174 Speaker 1: punitive justice system doesn't deter children from committing crimes, a 31 00:02:04,254 --> 00:02:08,894 Speaker 1: Senate inquiry has been told. National Children's Commissioner Anne Hollins 32 00:02:08,894 --> 00:02:12,974 Speaker 1: told the Senate inquiry into Australia's youth justice and incarceration 33 00:02:13,134 --> 00:02:17,374 Speaker 1: system criminalizing young people with complex or unmet needs makes 34 00:02:17,414 --> 00:02:19,534 Speaker 1: it more likely they will go on to commit more 35 00:02:19,574 --> 00:02:23,814 Speaker 1: serious crimes. While working on the help way earlier report 36 00:02:23,934 --> 00:02:27,214 Speaker 1: released in twenty twenty four, Holland spoke to young people 37 00:02:27,214 --> 00:02:30,654 Speaker 1: who had been incarcerated across the country. She told the 38 00:02:30,694 --> 00:02:33,934 Speaker 1: inquiry her most chilling finding was the number of children 39 00:02:34,054 --> 00:02:38,534 Speaker 1: who had lost all hope. Queensland Family and Child Commissioner 40 00:02:38,614 --> 00:02:41,214 Speaker 1: Natalie Lewis said the Commonwealth should be alarmed at what 41 00:02:41,294 --> 00:02:44,774 Speaker 1: is happening in the state, with children being kept in watchhouses, 42 00:02:45,014 --> 00:02:49,494 Speaker 1: sometimes for extended periods. Children in custody have less protection 43 00:02:49,574 --> 00:02:52,574 Speaker 1: than adults, says Lewis, thanks to the state's Human Rights 44 00:02:52,574 --> 00:02:56,694 Speaker 1: Act being overridden multiple times to reform youth justice policy. 45 00:02:57,614 --> 00:03:01,934 Speaker 1: Elon Musk is now considered a special government employee, allowing 46 00:03:01,974 --> 00:03:04,734 Speaker 1: the world's richest man to work for the federal government 47 00:03:05,054 --> 00:03:08,814 Speaker 1: but potentially avoid disclosure rules about conflicts of interests and 48 00:03:08,894 --> 00:03:14,374 Speaker 1: finances that apply to regular government employees. Musk continues to 49 00:03:14,454 --> 00:03:19,454 Speaker 1: run electric car company Tesla and aerospace company SpaceX while 50 00:03:19,494 --> 00:03:23,694 Speaker 1: shairing Trump's cost cutting effort called the Department of Government Efficiency. 51 00:03:24,374 --> 00:03:27,654 Speaker 1: Special government employees are appointed to their positions for no 52 00:03:27,734 --> 00:03:30,454 Speaker 1: more than one hundred and thirty days, but Trump hasn't 53 00:03:30,494 --> 00:03:33,814 Speaker 1: revealed how long Musk will hold his position. Musk has 54 00:03:33,894 --> 00:03:37,134 Speaker 1: drawn widespread scrutiny in recent days as his team gave 55 00:03:37,214 --> 00:03:41,214 Speaker 1: access to or took control of numerous government systems. His 56 00:03:41,414 --> 00:03:44,734 Speaker 1: moves struck fear into the government workforce and caused chaos 57 00:03:44,774 --> 00:03:48,894 Speaker 1: inside some agencies. Since taking offers, Trump has embarked on 58 00:03:48,934 --> 00:03:53,574 Speaker 1: a massive government makeover, firing and sidelining hundreds of civil 59 00:03:53,654 --> 00:03:57,614 Speaker 1: servants in his first steps towards downsizing the bureaucracy and 60 00:03:57,734 --> 00:04:03,214 Speaker 1: installing more loyalists. Democratic politicians have decried what they characterize 61 00:04:03,214 --> 00:04:06,694 Speaker 1: as an unelected billionaire amassing too much power over the 62 00:04:06,734 --> 00:04:11,894 Speaker 1: federal government are a juvenile and inform Mary Fowler has 63 00:04:11,934 --> 00:04:15,174 Speaker 1: been named to return to the Matilda's setup after opting 64 00:04:15,214 --> 00:04:19,614 Speaker 1: to withdraw from the side's most recent international window. Fowler 65 00:04:19,774 --> 00:04:23,254 Speaker 1: was rested from November's friendlies on home soil due to fatigue, 66 00:04:23,374 --> 00:04:25,334 Speaker 1: but is welcomed back to the Fold for the She 67 00:04:25,494 --> 00:04:28,574 Speaker 1: Believes Cup in the USA later this month. The extra 68 00:04:28,654 --> 00:04:30,814 Speaker 1: time off appears to have done the twenty one year 69 00:04:30,814 --> 00:04:33,574 Speaker 1: old a world of good, with the Manchester City striker 70 00:04:33,694 --> 00:04:37,294 Speaker 1: netty three goals and registering four assists across her five 71 00:04:37,374 --> 00:04:40,654 Speaker 1: games since the turn of the year. Australia will pay 72 00:04:40,694 --> 00:04:43,854 Speaker 1: Japan in their tournament opener on February twenty one, before 73 00:04:43,894 --> 00:04:47,894 Speaker 1: facing the USA and Columbia later in the competition. That's 74 00:04:47,894 --> 00:04:51,054 Speaker 1: your latest news headlines on tomorrow's episode of The Quickie. 75 00:04:51,494 --> 00:04:54,814 Speaker 1: US President Donald Trump has started a trade war, shut 76 00:04:54,854 --> 00:04:58,374 Speaker 1: down foreign aid, and immigrants are being mass deported. We 77 00:04:58,494 --> 00:05:01,534 Speaker 1: talk to US correspondent Amelia Lester to try to make 78 00:05:01,574 --> 00:05:04,294 Speaker 1: sense of it all. Listen to The Quickie wherever you 79 00:05:04,334 --> 00:05:05,374 Speaker 1: get your podcasts.