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Speaker 1: You're listening to Amma Mia podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges the

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Speaker 1: traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast is

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Speaker 1: recorded on Hi, I'm Groceryouvey from Mummamea's twice daily news podcast,

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Speaker 1: The Quickie with your Headlines for Monday March seventeen, Labour's

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Speaker 1: budget will prioritize the cost of living ahead of the

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Speaker 1: federal election, as grocery prices hit record highs. Finder research

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Speaker 1: shows a household with two kids now spends an average

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Speaker 1: of two hundred and seventy dollars per week on groceries,

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Speaker 1: with eighty percent of Australian's cutting cost by switching brands

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Speaker 1: and using coupons. Finance Minister Katie Gallagher said next week's

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Speaker 1: budget will focus on inflation and household support. Meanwhile, Tanya

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Speaker 1: Plebisek urged supermarkets to ease check out prices, while Barnaby

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Speaker 1: Joyce blamed rising grocery costs on Labour's energy policies. The

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Speaker 1: Trump administration has deported over two hundred Venezuelans to a

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Speaker 1: prison in El Salvador to bite a federal judge's order

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Speaker 1: to return them to the US. The White House claimed

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Speaker 1: it wasn't defying the court, but insisted it had the

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Speaker 1: right to proceed. Trump invoked the rarely used Alien Enemies

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Speaker 1: Act to deport alleged members of a Venezuelan gang linked

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Speaker 1: to violent crimes. Judge James Boseburg blocked the move, but

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Speaker 1: footage showed deporte's arriving in El Salvador. The ACLU is

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Speaker 1: demanding assurances that no migrants were removed in violation of

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Speaker 1: the order. A fire at a nightclub in North Macedonia

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Speaker 1: has killed at least fifty nine people and injured over

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Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty five. The blaze broke out at

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Speaker 1: Club Polse during a concert by local hip hop group DNK.

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Speaker 1: Authorities believe pyrotechnics on stage ignited the fire and there

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Speaker 1: was only one fire exit, trapping many attendees. A survivor

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Speaker 1: described the chaos, including blocked bathroom windows with bars. The

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Speaker 1: club was operating without a valid license and the number

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Speaker 1: of people inside exceeded its capacity. Around twenty people, including

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Speaker 1: club owners, band members and officials, have been arrested with

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Speaker 1: suspicions of bribery and corruption. Investigations are ongoing. There were

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Speaker 1: no reports of any Australians caught up in the Blaze.

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Speaker 1: Elton John has lost vision in his right eye due

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Speaker 1: to an infection, which has forced him to simplify his

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Speaker 1: signature for special editions of his new album, Who Believes

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Speaker 1: In Angels. He now signs his name simply as E

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Speaker 1: and adds an ex to represent a kiss. The music

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Speaker 1: legend revealed in December that he couldn't properly see his

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Speaker 1: music All the Devil Wears Prata, but still enjoyed the performance.

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Speaker 1: He explained that since losing his sight in his right eye,

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Speaker 1: he's been unable to work on new music as he

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Speaker 1: struggles to read lyrics, though he remains hopeful for recovery.

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Speaker 1: That's your latest news headlines on tomorrow's episode of The Quickie.

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Speaker 1: For the first time in Australian history, both the Prime

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Speaker 1: Minister and the Opposition leader have sat down with the

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Speaker 1: same podcast, No Filter here at Mumma Mea. The Quickie

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Speaker 1: will investigate their pitch to women voters and what it

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