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Speaker 1: So you're listing to a Muma Mea podcast. Mumma Mea

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Speaker 1: acknowledges the traditional owners of land and waters that this

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Speaker 1: podcast is recorded on. Hey, I'm Taylor Strano from MMA

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Speaker 1: MEA's twice daily news podcast, The Quickie with your Headlines

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Speaker 1: for Monday November four. Federal Labor is banking on education

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Speaker 1: reform to give it a much needed boost as MPs

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Speaker 1: and senators return to Canberra for the final month of

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Speaker 1: parliamentary sittings. The upcoming sitting week in Parliament is said

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Speaker 1: to be dominated by education after Labour announced it would

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Speaker 1: slash hextead for university students by twenty percent if it

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Speaker 1: returns at the next election. The government is also hoping

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Speaker 1: an emphasis on fee free tape We'll give the party

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Speaker 1: a boost after announcing one hundred thousand places will be

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Speaker 1: made available each year from twenty twenty seven. The Lower

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Speaker 1: House is also expected to pass new laws supporting the

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Speaker 1: fifteen percent pay rise for childcare workers ahead of the

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Speaker 1: previously announced boost coming in to effect in December, but

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Speaker 1: the Coalition is likely to continue to press the Government

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Speaker 1: on the Prime Minister's travel arrangements amid revelations he received

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Speaker 1: twenty two flight upgrades from Quantus, with some reportedly granted

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Speaker 1: after mister Albanez he contacted the airline's former head, Alan Joyce.

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Speaker 1: Education Minister Jason Clair on Sunday admitted he also sought

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Speaker 1: flight upgrades in twenty nineteen after surgery on his leg,

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Speaker 1: saying he called Quantas to ask for the upgrade. Israeli

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Speaker 1: airstrikes have killed at least thirty one people in the

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Speaker 1: Gaza Strip, with nearly half the debts in northern areas,

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Speaker 1: where the army has waged a month long campaign it

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Speaker 1: says is aimed at preventing Hamas from regrouping. Palestinian medics

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Speaker 1: have labeled the new aerial and ground offensives as ethnic cleansing,

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Speaker 1: aimed at emptying two northern ghars At towns and a

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Speaker 1: refugee camp in order to create a buffer zone. Israel

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Speaker 1: has denied the accusation, saying it's fighting Hamas militants who

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Speaker 1: launch attacks from there. Medics say at least thirteen Palestinians

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Speaker 1: were killed on Sunday in separate while others were killed

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Speaker 1: in separate air strikes in Gaza City and in southern areas,

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Speaker 1: including one Inkhan Unice meantime, the IDF has carried out

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Speaker 1: a ground raid in Syria, seizing a Syrian citizen who

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Speaker 1: is believed to be connected to Iran. Israel has carried

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Speaker 1: out multiple air strikes on Syria over the past year,

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Speaker 1: claiming to target members of the Iran back group HESBLA

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Speaker 1: and state officials, but until this point had not taken

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Speaker 1: any ground operations. Iran Supreme Leader has threatened Israel and

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Speaker 1: the US with a crushing response over attacks on Iran

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Speaker 1: and its allies. Australians are spending more on media streaming services,

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Speaker 1: but are overall watching less. Deloyd's annual Media Insight report

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Speaker 1: has found media consumption is more than a full time

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Speaker 1: job for most dozzies, who consume an average of forty

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Speaker 1: four hours of digital entertainment per week, with people spending

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Speaker 1: as much time watching free to AIRTV as streaming services.

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Speaker 1: But as the burgeoning list of streaming players and TV

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Speaker 1: channels by for attention, people are watching less, especially younger generations.

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Speaker 1: For gen Z, weekly consumption was down by a quarter

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Speaker 1: on the year before and by ten percent across the

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Speaker 1: broader population, despite spending the most on subscription streamers at

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Speaker 1: the same time their social media use has declined, falling

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Speaker 1: from almost thirteen hours to slightly more than ten per week.

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Speaker 1: Subscriptions per household increased slightly to three point three this year,

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Speaker 1: despite price hikes pushing the average monthly spend up six

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Speaker 1: bucks two sixty three dollars, and UK police have asked

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Speaker 1: prosecutors to consider bringing charges against actor and comedian Russell Brand.

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Speaker 1: The Disgrace comic has been interviewed by police three times

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Speaker 1: since a joint investigation by UK media outlets last year

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Speaker 1: uncovered multiple allegations of historical emotional and sexual abuse, including rape.

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Speaker 1: A file of evidence has now been sent to the

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Speaker 1: Crown Prosecution Service to see if the claims will be

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Speaker 1: taken further. The UK Metropolitan Police have confirmed they've received

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Speaker 1: multiple reports of sexual offenses from women following the original investigation.

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Speaker 1: Detective Superintendent Andy Furfey is leading the investigation. He says

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Speaker 1: there's a team of dedicated offices providing specialist support to

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Speaker 1: the women who've come forward. Brand, who has three children

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Speaker 1: with wife Laura Gallagher and was married to Katie Perry

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Speaker 1: from twenty ten to twenty twelve, insists the allegations are untrue.

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Speaker 1: The original investigation alleged The incidents took place between two

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Speaker 1: thousand and six and twenty thirteen, when the star had

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Speaker 1: several high profile jobs, including on BBC Radio two and

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Speaker 1: Channel four. That's your Latest News Headlines on tomorrow's episode

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Speaker 1: of The Quikie. Eric and Laha Menendez have been behind

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Speaker 1: bars for nearly thirty five years, guilty of murdering their parents,

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Speaker 1: but as their case we resentencing looms and the potential

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Speaker 1: they'll walk out of prison as free men. What would

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Speaker 1: that look like We'll find out. Listen to The Quickie

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