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Speaker 1: You're listening to I'm Ama mea podcast.

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Speaker 2: Hi, I'm Alish Delaney. The latest from the Cookie newsroom

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Speaker 2: for Friday, March thirteen. Hundreds of millions of leaders of

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Speaker 2: extra fuel will flood the Australian market in response to

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Speaker 2: price increases and supply shortages caused by the Iran war.

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Speaker 2: Energy Minister Chris Bowen today saying Australia will reduce minimum

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Speaker 2: stock obligations for petrol and diesel, meaning companies can keep

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Speaker 2: less in storage and more will flow to pumps across

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Speaker 2: the nation.

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Speaker 1: It won't flow immediately. The supply chain is very complicated

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Speaker 1: for the fuel companies. It's not like they can just

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Speaker 1: press a button and get fuel out the door, but

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Speaker 1: it will make a difference going forward and help them

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Speaker 1: help regional communities in particular.

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Speaker 2: Bowen says supply and price issues in Australia are being

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Speaker 2: driven by panic buying motorists, not a lack of fuel

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Speaker 2: coming in from overseas. It comes as the World Energy

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Speaker 2: Watchdog warns oil markets are facing the largest supply disruption

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Speaker 2: in history, with the war in Iran stopping tankers from

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Speaker 2: transporting millions of barrels of crude oil every day. US

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Speaker 2: President Donald Trump says his administration will lift some sanctions

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Speaker 2: on oil producing countries to keep energy prices down. Byron

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Speaker 2: Bay's famous blues Fest has been canceled just weeks before

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Speaker 2: it was said to begin. Festival organizers today announcing the

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Speaker 2: difficult decision, citing rising production, logistics, insurance and touring costs

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Speaker 2: combined with a challenging environment for live events. The festival,

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Speaker 2: which began in nineteen ninety, has seen stars such as

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Speaker 2: Bob Dylan and Midnight Oil take the stage, and was

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Speaker 2: due to run from April two to five. The US

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Speaker 2: military says rescue efforts are underway after an American military

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Speaker 2: refueling plane crashed in Iraq. It says the KC one

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Speaker 2: three to five aircraft was part of the operation against Iran,

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Speaker 2: but the crash was not due to hostile file or

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Speaker 2: friendly fire. US Central Command says two aircraft were involved

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Speaker 2: and one landed safely, while the other went down in

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Speaker 2: western Iraq, describing the latter as a loss QUANTUS passengers

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Speaker 2: who were given credits instead of a refund for COVID

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Speaker 2: nineteen canceled flights are set to share one hundred and

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Speaker 2: five million dollars in compensation. The airline was accused of

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Speaker 2: breaching contracted refund obligations to customers who had flights scrapped

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Speaker 2: because of travel restrictions between the start of twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: and November one, twenty twenty two, by issuing flight credits

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Speaker 2: instead of cash refunds. Echo Law, the firm behind the

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Speaker 2: class action, says eligible customers will be able to seek

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Speaker 2: compensation on top of any existing refund rights. The settlement

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Speaker 2: is subject to approval by the Federal Court. Quantus makes

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Speaker 2: no admission of liability. Netflix says a sequel to the

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Speaker 2: smash hit K pop Demon Hunters, the streaming platform's most

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Speaker 2: watch film of all time, is officially in development. The

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Speaker 2: new installment will extend Netflix's creative collaboration with co directors

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Speaker 2: Maggie Kang and Chris Applehan's and marks the first project

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Speaker 2: under the new exclusive mum writing and directing deal for animation.

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Speaker 2: Kang says she feels immense pride the audience wants more

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Speaker 2: from the Korean story, stressing this is only the beginning,

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Speaker 2: and it seems Zendea might have just confirmed her marriage

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Speaker 2: to Tom Holland amid rumors they wedded in secret weeks ago.

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Speaker 2: The actor attended Essence's Black Women in Hollywood Awards on Thursday,

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Speaker 2: where she was playfully questioned by host and Blackish star

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Speaker 2: Marseilles Martin, who asked Sendea to give her a sign

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Speaker 2: if she'd married her fiance. People reports. A source says

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Speaker 2: Sendea was overheard accepting well wishes from fellow attendees at

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Speaker 2: the event and flashed what appeared to be a wedding

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Speaker 2: band to the camera. It comes after Zendea's longtime stylist

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Speaker 2: law Roach declared the couple were already married at the

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Speaker 2: Actor Awards earlier this month. That's the latest from the

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Speaker 2: Quickie Newsroom. On Monday's episode, we bring you your Oscars

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Speaker 2: preview ahead of the twenty twenty sixth ceremony. Listen to

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Speaker 1: Momma Mea acknowledges the traditional owners of land and waters

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