1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,254 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Mumma Mea podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges 2 00:00:15,334 --> 00:00:18,134 Speaker 1: the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast 3 00:00:18,214 --> 00:00:23,494 Speaker 1: is recorded on Hey, I'm Taylor Strano. This is Mamma 4 00:00:23,574 --> 00:00:26,934 Speaker 1: MIA's twice daily news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines 5 00:00:26,974 --> 00:00:32,054 Speaker 1: for Friday, February twenty one, Australia's spy chief says anti 6 00:00:32,134 --> 00:00:35,934 Speaker 1: Semitic attacks are the intelligence agency's number one priority for 7 00:00:36,014 --> 00:00:39,654 Speaker 1: threats to life. Speaking after handing down his annual threat 8 00:00:39,654 --> 00:00:43,614 Speaker 1: assessment earlier this week, ASIO Director General Mike Burgess says 9 00:00:43,654 --> 00:00:48,014 Speaker 1: both Islamophobia and anti Semitism were wrong, but the agency 10 00:00:48,174 --> 00:00:52,174 Speaker 1: was investigating the latter more. He told ABC Radio National 11 00:00:52,214 --> 00:00:56,094 Speaker 1: the country is currently seeing much more anti Semitic incidents. 12 00:00:56,174 --> 00:00:59,694 Speaker 1: The nation has experienced escalating attacks since December, when a 13 00:00:59,734 --> 00:01:04,054 Speaker 1: Melbourne synagogue was firebombed, homes and cars vandalized, and Jewish 14 00:01:04,094 --> 00:01:09,294 Speaker 1: cultural institutions targeted. The Albanese government has faced increasing criticism 15 00:01:09,334 --> 00:01:13,694 Speaker 1: over handling of anti semitism. Mister Verger's urge restraint when 16 00:01:13,694 --> 00:01:17,174 Speaker 1: discussing the attacks and broader issue, vowing police would get 17 00:01:17,214 --> 00:01:20,334 Speaker 1: to the bottom of the incidents. An attempt to wind 18 00:01:20,374 --> 00:01:23,454 Speaker 1: back penalty rates has been opposed by the federal government 19 00:01:23,614 --> 00:01:27,214 Speaker 1: in a bid to protect workers' wages and rights. Workplace 20 00:01:27,254 --> 00:01:30,134 Speaker 1: Relations Minister Murray Watt will file a submission to the 21 00:01:30,134 --> 00:01:33,014 Speaker 1: Fair Work Commission in response to a proposal that would 22 00:01:33,014 --> 00:01:36,334 Speaker 1: allow retailers to take away penalty rates, meal brakes and 23 00:01:36,494 --> 00:01:40,334 Speaker 1: overtime pay in exchange for a twenty five percent pay rise. 24 00:01:40,774 --> 00:01:44,134 Speaker 1: While some workers may prefer this offer, Senator Ward says 25 00:01:44,134 --> 00:01:48,494 Speaker 1: negotiations should take place in a safer, more supervised context 26 00:01:48,894 --> 00:01:53,534 Speaker 1: like enterprise bargaining. About one million Australian workers are covered 27 00:01:53,574 --> 00:01:56,894 Speaker 1: by the Retail award, with many earning around fifty four 28 00:01:56,934 --> 00:02:01,414 Speaker 1: thousand dollars per year. The Australian Retailers Association, which filed 29 00:02:01,454 --> 00:02:05,854 Speaker 1: the original submission, claims changes could help simplify general retail 30 00:02:05,894 --> 00:02:10,934 Speaker 1: industry award. Australia's largest industry superang uation provider, has been 31 00:02:10,974 --> 00:02:14,974 Speaker 1: fined twenty seven million dollars for failing to notify members 32 00:02:15,014 --> 00:02:19,054 Speaker 1: of their duplicate accounts. Federal Court Justice Lisa Hesby on 33 00:02:19,214 --> 00:02:23,374 Speaker 1: Friday made the ruling against Australian Super, finding it contravened 34 00:02:23,414 --> 00:02:28,014 Speaker 1: the Superannuation Industry Act. The company admitted between July twenty 35 00:02:28,134 --> 00:02:32,094 Speaker 1: thirteen and June twenty twenty two, more than ninety thousand 36 00:02:32,214 --> 00:02:35,414 Speaker 1: of its members had multiple accounts that should have been merged. 37 00:02:35,694 --> 00:02:39,494 Speaker 1: As a result, those members incurred approximately sixty nine million 38 00:02:39,574 --> 00:02:44,614 Speaker 1: dollars in losses through multiple administration fees, insurance premiums and 39 00:02:44,734 --> 00:02:48,774 Speaker 1: lost investment earnings. Australian Super reported the issue to the 40 00:02:48,774 --> 00:02:52,894 Speaker 1: Australian Securities and Investment Commissions in December twenty twenty one, 41 00:02:53,414 --> 00:02:57,534 Speaker 1: the fund's chief executive Paul Schroder, apologizing for the company's mistake. 42 00:02:58,014 --> 00:03:01,254 Speaker 1: Australian Super has more than three point five million members, 43 00:03:01,574 --> 00:03:05,614 Speaker 1: with responsibility for fourteen point six percent of member accounts 44 00:03:05,614 --> 00:03:10,414 Speaker 1: across the nation, and Australian soap Neighbors is facing uncertainty 45 00:03:10,494 --> 00:03:13,694 Speaker 1: once again, with Amazon reportedly pulling the plug on the 46 00:03:13,694 --> 00:03:17,534 Speaker 1: show's revival less than two years after saving it from cancelation. 47 00:03:18,374 --> 00:03:21,894 Speaker 1: According to UK outlet The Sun, the series, which was 48 00:03:21,974 --> 00:03:25,774 Speaker 1: revived by Amazon FREEV in twenty twenty three, we'll be 49 00:03:25,854 --> 00:03:29,574 Speaker 1: moving to prime video as FREEV shuts down, but there's 50 00:03:29,614 --> 00:03:33,454 Speaker 1: no confirmation of its future beyond the current season. Starless 51 00:03:33,454 --> 00:03:36,854 Speaker 1: Cinder Cowden, who plays Melanie Pearson, revealed to media that 52 00:03:36,894 --> 00:03:40,414 Speaker 1: the cast still don't know whether they're being renewed beyond April. 53 00:03:40,774 --> 00:03:43,734 Speaker 1: The soap is now more than halfway through its original 54 00:03:43,814 --> 00:03:47,934 Speaker 1: four hundred episode order, with no word yet on recommissioning. 55 00:03:48,374 --> 00:03:51,974 Speaker 1: This marks the second time Neighbors has faced potential cancelation, 56 00:03:52,174 --> 00:03:55,934 Speaker 1: following its initial axing by Channel five in twenty twenty two. 57 00:03:56,734 --> 00:04:00,654 Speaker 1: That's Your Latest News Headlines. On Monday's episode of The Quikie, 58 00:04:00,654 --> 00:04:04,214 Speaker 1: we learn how multiple failures in the healthcare system led 59 00:04:04,214 --> 00:04:06,974 Speaker 1: to the preventable death of a two year old boy 60 00:04:07,374 --> 00:04:10,174 Speaker 1: and the urgent reforms being called to stop it from 61 00:04:10,214 --> 00:04:14,054 Speaker 1: ever happening again. Listen to The Quickie wherever you get 62 00:04:14,054 --> 00:04:14,934 Speaker 1: your podcasts.