1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,294 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Mumma Mea podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges 2 00:00:15,334 --> 00:00:18,174 Speaker 1: the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast 3 00:00:18,214 --> 00:00:24,734 Speaker 1: is recorded on. Hi. I'm Nicole Madigan from Mummamea's twice 4 00:00:24,814 --> 00:00:27,934 Speaker 1: daily news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines. For Thursday 5 00:00:27,974 --> 00:00:32,494 Speaker 1: November twenty one, one of the two Australian teenagers fighting 6 00:00:32,494 --> 00:00:36,454 Speaker 1: for their lives after a suspected methanol poisoning overseas has died. 7 00:00:37,094 --> 00:00:40,134 Speaker 1: Thai police have confirmed nineteen year old Bianca Jones has 8 00:00:40,174 --> 00:00:42,934 Speaker 1: died after she and a group of others, including her 9 00:00:42,974 --> 00:00:46,494 Speaker 1: friend and fellow traveler Holly Bows, were drinking alcohol in 10 00:00:46,534 --> 00:00:50,134 Speaker 1: a popular tourist town in Laos. The pair from Melbourne 11 00:00:50,134 --> 00:00:53,214 Speaker 1: were rushed to separate hospitals in Thailand earlier this week, 12 00:00:53,574 --> 00:00:56,614 Speaker 1: their families by their bedsides as they remained on life support. 13 00:00:57,374 --> 00:01:00,374 Speaker 1: A group of backpackers fell ill after the apparent poisoning, 14 00:01:00,454 --> 00:01:04,254 Speaker 1: including Bianca and Holly. A fourth person has reportedly died, 15 00:01:04,454 --> 00:01:07,414 Speaker 1: believed to be a US citizen. Two Danish women are 16 00:01:07,454 --> 00:01:12,654 Speaker 1: also confirmed dead. Poisoning has prompted Australia's Smart Traveler website 17 00:01:12,694 --> 00:01:15,214 Speaker 1: to issue a warning urging tourists to be on the 18 00:01:15,254 --> 00:01:18,614 Speaker 1: lookout for methanol poisoning, saying as little as one shot 19 00:01:18,814 --> 00:01:22,934 Speaker 1: can be fatal. Methanol tastes and smells like standard alcohol 20 00:01:22,974 --> 00:01:26,134 Speaker 1: and is often used as a substitute in illegal alcoholic drinks. 21 00:01:26,814 --> 00:01:30,294 Speaker 1: It initially causes similar symptoms to being drunk and can 22 00:01:30,334 --> 00:01:33,414 Speaker 1: take up to eighteen hours before its toxic effects are felt, 23 00:01:33,694 --> 00:01:38,814 Speaker 1: possibly leading to multi organ failure. TikTok, Snapchat, and Reddit 24 00:01:38,854 --> 00:01:41,174 Speaker 1: are among the social media platforms that will have to 25 00:01:41,214 --> 00:01:44,374 Speaker 1: ban children under the age of eighteen, but advocates of 26 00:01:44,414 --> 00:01:47,134 Speaker 1: warning the reforms could infringe on the human rights of 27 00:01:47,174 --> 00:01:53,014 Speaker 1: young people. Communications Minister Michelle Roland introduced world first legislation 28 00:01:53,134 --> 00:01:56,094 Speaker 1: to Federal Parliament on Thursday, saying it would make the 29 00:01:56,134 --> 00:02:01,814 Speaker 1: online environment safer for young people. TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, 30 00:02:02,014 --> 00:02:05,734 Speaker 1: Instagram and x formerly Twitter will be forced to impose 31 00:02:05,774 --> 00:02:10,334 Speaker 1: the limitations while messing to kids. WhatsApp, kids Helpless, Google, 32 00:02:10,374 --> 00:02:13,934 Speaker 1: Classroom and YouTube are expected to be classified as out 33 00:02:13,974 --> 00:02:18,054 Speaker 1: of scope services. Roland says the inclusion of messaging apps 34 00:02:18,054 --> 00:02:21,174 Speaker 1: in the band could have wider consequences by making communication 35 00:02:21,294 --> 00:02:25,534 Speaker 1: within families harder. Under the draft laws, social media platforms 36 00:02:25,534 --> 00:02:28,494 Speaker 1: would be required to take reasonable steps to prevent people 37 00:02:28,574 --> 00:02:32,214 Speaker 1: under sixteen from having accounts. Parents won't be able to 38 00:02:32,214 --> 00:02:35,094 Speaker 1: give consent for their children to use social media, and 39 00:02:35,294 --> 00:02:38,254 Speaker 1: users will not be required to hand over sensitive ID 40 00:02:38,374 --> 00:02:42,294 Speaker 1: documents to platforms. Australia would be the first country to 41 00:02:42,294 --> 00:02:45,174 Speaker 1: have an age ban on social media, with companies that 42 00:02:45,254 --> 00:02:48,214 Speaker 1: breach the minimum age obligation facing fines of up to 43 00:02:48,294 --> 00:02:52,614 Speaker 1: forty nine point five million dollars. Age verification trials are 44 00:02:52,694 --> 00:02:56,774 Speaker 1: underway to determine how the band will be enforced. A 45 00:02:56,814 --> 00:03:00,094 Speaker 1: man accused of murdering missing teen Isla Belle has fronted 46 00:03:00,174 --> 00:03:03,694 Speaker 1: court after human remains were found at a Melbourne rubbish tip. 47 00:03:04,294 --> 00:03:07,214 Speaker 1: A fifty three year old Saint Kilda east man appeared 48 00:03:07,214 --> 00:03:10,534 Speaker 1: in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday, charged with the nineteen 49 00:03:10,614 --> 00:03:14,214 Speaker 1: year old's murder. Bell was last seen leaving her home 50 00:03:14,254 --> 00:03:17,814 Speaker 1: in Brunswick on October four. Human remains, which are yet 51 00:03:17,854 --> 00:03:21,174 Speaker 1: to be formally identified, were found at a waste management 52 00:03:21,254 --> 00:03:24,974 Speaker 1: facility in Dandinong in Melbourne's Outer East on Tuesday evening. 53 00:03:26,014 --> 00:03:28,854 Speaker 1: Two other men were arrested. One has been charged with 54 00:03:28,934 --> 00:03:32,214 Speaker 1: assisting the alleged murderer. The other has been released pending 55 00:03:32,254 --> 00:03:36,534 Speaker 1: further inquiries. The final hours of Bell's life have been 56 00:03:36,534 --> 00:03:40,014 Speaker 1: captured on CCTV from the Melbourne apartment building of her 57 00:03:40,094 --> 00:03:44,334 Speaker 1: alleged killer. According to court documents. Police say Bell was 58 00:03:44,374 --> 00:03:47,174 Speaker 1: seen entering the apartment for the last time on October 59 00:03:47,254 --> 00:03:51,014 Speaker 1: five and was never seen to leave again. Two days later, 60 00:03:51,054 --> 00:03:53,374 Speaker 1: a police alleged fight can be seen through a gap 61 00:03:53,414 --> 00:03:56,814 Speaker 1: in the front kitchen window of his apartment. The accused 62 00:03:56,814 --> 00:04:01,054 Speaker 1: will return to court in March. Former members of One 63 00:04:01,094 --> 00:04:04,094 Speaker 1: Direction were among the mourners at the funeral of bandmate 64 00:04:04,254 --> 00:04:07,334 Speaker 1: Liam Payne, just over a month after the thirty one 65 00:04:07,414 --> 00:04:12,334 Speaker 1: year old died. Harry's Zane Malick, Niall Horan and Louis 66 00:04:12,334 --> 00:04:16,054 Speaker 1: Tomlinson joined Payne's family and friends for the private church 67 00:04:16,094 --> 00:04:20,174 Speaker 1: service in northwest London. Paine was found dead after he 68 00:04:20,214 --> 00:04:23,574 Speaker 1: fell from his hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, triggering an 69 00:04:23,574 --> 00:04:27,494 Speaker 1: outpouring of grief from fans around the world. The singer's 70 00:04:27,494 --> 00:04:30,454 Speaker 1: coffin arrived at the church in a white carriage drawn 71 00:04:30,534 --> 00:04:34,254 Speaker 1: by two white horses and adorned with floral tributes spelling 72 00:04:34,294 --> 00:04:39,374 Speaker 1: the words son and Daddy. Argentine authorities have charged three 73 00:04:39,414 --> 00:04:42,934 Speaker 1: people in connection with Paine's death after an autopsy revealed 74 00:04:42,974 --> 00:04:46,894 Speaker 1: traces of alcohol, cocaine, and a prescription antidepressant in his 75 00:04:46,934 --> 00:04:50,494 Speaker 1: system when he died. That's your evening news headlines. On 76 00:04:50,614 --> 00:04:53,614 Speaker 1: tomorrow's episode of The Quickie, we dive into the phenomenon 77 00:04:53,694 --> 00:04:56,854 Speaker 1: that is Wicked and why so many cinemagoers have found 78 00:04:56,854 --> 00:05:00,054 Speaker 1: themselves in tears. 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