1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,294 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Muma 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 --> 00:00:24,214 Speaker 1: is recorded on Hi. I'm Isabella Ross from Mumma MEA's 4 00:00:24,254 --> 00:00:26,934 Speaker 1: daily news podcast, The Quickie. Here's what's happening in the 5 00:00:26,934 --> 00:00:31,014 Speaker 1: news Today, Friday, August twenty third, thousands of people have 6 00:00:31,094 --> 00:00:34,254 Speaker 1: reported feeling an earthquake over an area spanning hundreds of 7 00:00:34,334 --> 00:00:36,854 Speaker 1: kilometers from south of Sydney to the New South Wales 8 00:00:36,934 --> 00:00:40,734 Speaker 1: Mid North Coast. The five point zero magnitude quake hit Denman, 9 00:00:40,854 --> 00:00:43,614 Speaker 1: around three hours north of Sydney in the Upper Hunter region. 10 00:00:43,654 --> 00:00:47,094 Speaker 1: At twelve pm today, more than two thousand people had 11 00:00:47,174 --> 00:00:50,374 Speaker 1: reported feeling tremors in the following hour, including many residents 12 00:00:50,414 --> 00:00:53,494 Speaker 1: in Sydney. Locals in muscle Brook, which is about twenty 13 00:00:53,494 --> 00:00:56,134 Speaker 1: minutes drive from Denman, said they felt their houses rattle. 14 00:00:56,574 --> 00:00:58,974 Speaker 1: Some parents at variou schools in the region were also 15 00:00:58,974 --> 00:01:02,134 Speaker 1: contacted and told to come collect their children. The Bureau 16 00:01:02,174 --> 00:01:04,694 Speaker 1: of Meteorology said there was no tsunami threat due to 17 00:01:04,734 --> 00:01:08,734 Speaker 1: the earthquake. The case of Charlie Mutton, who was murdered 18 00:01:08,734 --> 00:01:11,294 Speaker 1: by her stepfather the near New South Wales colo River 19 00:01:11,374 --> 00:01:14,654 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two, has returned to court today, prosecutors 20 00:01:14,654 --> 00:01:17,774 Speaker 1: calling for a life sentence for Justin Stein. He was 21 00:01:17,814 --> 00:01:20,374 Speaker 1: found guilty of the nine year old's shooting murder, where 22 00:01:20,374 --> 00:01:23,774 Speaker 1: he then dumped her body in a barrel. Charlie's mother, 23 00:01:23,894 --> 00:01:27,334 Speaker 1: Callista Mutton, gave victim impact statement today, saying her daughter 24 00:01:27,374 --> 00:01:29,934 Speaker 1: trusted her judgment and longed for a dad, and that 25 00:01:30,014 --> 00:01:32,934 Speaker 1: she hates herself for being so wrong about her former partner. 26 00:01:34,054 --> 00:01:37,574 Speaker 1: Charlie's grandfather, Clinton Mutton, who was her primary career, said 27 00:01:37,614 --> 00:01:39,814 Speaker 1: the failure to protect the young girl would want his 28 00:01:39,854 --> 00:01:43,094 Speaker 1: family for the rest of their lives, just as Helen 29 00:01:43,134 --> 00:01:47,534 Speaker 1: Wilson will deliver a sentence on Monday. Australia's family law 30 00:01:47,574 --> 00:01:51,054 Speaker 1: system is failing to protect women and children from domestic violence, 31 00:01:51,094 --> 00:01:55,334 Speaker 1: experts say. As a federal parliamentary hearing examines the issue, 32 00:01:55,574 --> 00:02:00,214 Speaker 1: community legal services, women's organizations and Aboriginal community groups all 33 00:02:00,214 --> 00:02:02,894 Speaker 1: front of the inquiry. Today, it's been set up to 34 00:02:02,934 --> 00:02:06,014 Speaker 1: improve access to family violence orders for victim survivors in 35 00:02:06,014 --> 00:02:10,094 Speaker 1: the family law system. Conflicts between parenting orders and family 36 00:02:10,174 --> 00:02:13,014 Speaker 1: violence orders were also observed, with the system thought to 37 00:02:13,014 --> 00:02:16,414 Speaker 1: be prioritizing parents having equal time with their children over 38 00:02:16,454 --> 00:02:21,534 Speaker 1: and above the safety of the child. The inquiry continues. Lastly, 39 00:02:21,734 --> 00:02:24,734 Speaker 1: US vice president hopeful Governor Tim Waltz has stolen the 40 00:02:24,734 --> 00:02:27,974 Speaker 1: show at the Democratic National Convention. In his speech for 41 00:02:28,014 --> 00:02:31,654 Speaker 1: accepting the Democratic nomination for Vice president, Waltz credited his 42 00:02:31,774 --> 00:02:34,934 Speaker 1: love for his family, his seventeen year old son, Gus Waltz, 43 00:02:35,014 --> 00:02:37,614 Speaker 1: cheering his father on from the crowd as tears streamed 44 00:02:37,654 --> 00:02:41,414 Speaker 1: down his face. The teen's exuberance captured hearts and has 45 00:02:41,414 --> 00:02:44,534 Speaker 1: gone viral, further humanizing the running mate picked by Kamala 46 00:02:44,574 --> 00:02:48,774 Speaker 1: Harris Walts recently disclosed that his son has a nonverbal 47 00:02:48,854 --> 00:02:53,094 Speaker 1: learning disorder ADHD and an anxiety disorder, noting that Gus's 48 00:02:53,134 --> 00:02:57,134 Speaker 1: condition is his quote unquote secret power. That's your evening 49 00:02:57,214 --> 00:03:00,414 Speaker 1: news headlines. In Monday's episode, we ask whether we are 50 00:03:00,494 --> 00:03:03,454 Speaker 1: all over hacking our lives. There is a new trend 51 00:03:03,494 --> 00:03:06,334 Speaker 1: of viral tiktoks claiming to hack our way to simplicity. 52 00:03:06,654 --> 00:03:09,494 Speaker 1: So have these innovations over the last century hindered or 53 00:03:09,774 --> 00:03:12,974 Speaker 1: helped our happiness? 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