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Speaker 1: You're listening to Amother Mere podcast.

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Speaker 2: Hi. I'm Grace Roofrey with the latest from the Quickie

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Speaker 2: newsroom for Wednesday, March twenty five. The fuel crisis is

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Speaker 2: continuing to wreak havoc across the country, with Ossie's being

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Speaker 2: hit with new fines, slashed flight routes and even bin

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Speaker 2: collection disruptions. The federal government has introduced legislation to increase

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Speaker 2: fines for price gouging two one hundred million dollars as

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Speaker 2: petrol stations run dry in parts of New South Wales

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Speaker 2: and Victoria. Ministers have also ruled out a forty dollars

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Speaker 2: fuel cap, which could limit purchases to about sixteen liters,

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Speaker 2: saying rationing isn't being considered, though other supply measures remain possible.

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Speaker 2: The spike in fuel costs is also disrupting travel. Airlines

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Speaker 2: are cutting services due to soaring jet fuel prices, with

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Speaker 2: some trans Tasman and domestic routes reduced, while internationally carriers

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Speaker 2: are canceling flights to conserve fuel. The waste industry is

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Speaker 2: also warning of potential rubbish collection disruptions amidst these price hikes.

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Speaker 2: Some operators are receiving as little as half or even

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Speaker 2: a quarter of their usual fuel allocations, and the sector

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Speaker 2: says it has not been listed as a priority fuel user.

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Speaker 2: Industry groups warn that if supply titans further reduced, BIN

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Speaker 2: services and public health risks could emerge within days, particularly

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Speaker 2: for hospitals, supermarkets, and aged care facilities that rely on

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Speaker 2: regular waste removal. ABC staff have staged their first major

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Speaker 2: strike in nearly twenty years, walking off the job for

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Speaker 2: twenty four hours in a dispute over pay in working conditions,

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Speaker 2: with journalists announcing the strike on air and.

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Speaker 1: That is your world for tonight. But the show will

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Speaker 1: look a bit different tomorrow. In fact, we'll be off

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Speaker 1: air because my colleagues and I will be on strike.

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Speaker 1: We're asking ABC management to deliver secure, safe and sustainable

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Speaker 1: jobs so we can deliver the news and content you deserve,

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Speaker 1: but their fallen short of offering fair pay and conditions.

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Speaker 1: But the world will be back on Thursday. I'm Gurius,

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Speaker 1: sol Laney, I'll see you then.

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Speaker 2: ABC staff began a twenty hour strike at eleven am today,

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Speaker 2: with about sixty percent of employees rejecting a proposed ten

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Speaker 2: percent pay increase over three years. The strike, which was

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Speaker 2: backed by unions is disrupting programming, with some canceled and

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Speaker 2: others using BBC content to replace local shows. Unions are

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Speaker 2: also pushing for better job security, improved conditions and clearer

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Speaker 2: rules around AI use, while Management says its offer is

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Speaker 2: financially responsible. The negotiations are continuing. Residents as far south

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Speaker 2: as Perth are preparing for the impacts of Cyclone Nerel,

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Speaker 2: the first cyclone in twenty years to track across Queensland,

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Speaker 2: the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Now a Category one,

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Speaker 2: NoREL is expected to intensify into a Category three by Thursday,

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Speaker 2: bringing wind gusts of up to two hundred and twenty

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Speaker 2: four kilometers per hour and heavy rain that could trigger

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Speaker 2: flash flooding across the Kimberley and Pilbra. The cyclone first

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Speaker 2: hit far north Queensland and then the Northern Territory, where

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Speaker 2: flooding is still affecting communities and Catherine is bracing for

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Speaker 2: another major river peak. Forecasters say the system could track

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Speaker 2: south later in the week, with impacts extending along the

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Speaker 2: coast and a chance of heavy rain reaching as far

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Speaker 2: south as Perth this weekend for the first time Bridgeton

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Speaker 2: will center a same gender romance in its upcoming fifth season.

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Speaker 2: Announced on social media this morning, the new storyline will

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Speaker 2: follow widow and Bridgeton daughter Francesca and her late husband's

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Speaker 2: cousin Mikayla, as their relationship develops after Francesca is widowed.

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Speaker 2: The season will pick up two years after the events

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Speaker 2: of season four. Show Runner Jess Brownell described the love

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Speaker 2: story as groundbreaking for a period drama, while the cast

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Speaker 2: said the goal is to portray a realistic queer romance

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Speaker 2: with a happy ending. That's your evening news headlines and

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Speaker 2: on Thursday's episode of The Quickie, We're going to dive

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Speaker 2: deeper into the latest announcement for Bridgeton season five, what

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Speaker 2: we know so far, the predictions, and when exactually the

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