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Speaker 1: You're listening to Amma Mia podcast. Hi, I'm Tali Blackman

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Speaker 1: from Mamma MIA's twice daily news podcast, The Quickie with

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Speaker 1: Your Headlines for Monday, December twenty two. Thousands of people

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Speaker 1: gathered at Bondai Beach last night for a candlelight vigil

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Speaker 1: marking one week since a terror attack claimed fifteen lives.

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Speaker 1: The memorial began with a minute of silence at six

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Speaker 1: forty seven pm, the exact time the first shots were

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Speaker 1: fired last Sunday. To honor the victims, A beam of

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Speaker 1: light was projected from the Bondai Pavilion and a menora

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Speaker 1: was lit to coincide with the final night of Honaka. Michael,

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Speaker 1: the father of ten year old victim Matilda, lit the

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Speaker 1: final candle. Among those honoured was fourteen year old Higher Duddon,

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Speaker 1: who told the crowd she hid under a bench during

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Speaker 1: the attack before helping other children escape to safety. Speaking

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Speaker 1: just meters from where the shooting occurred, she said she

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Speaker 1: felt guided to be that light. Physically, I felt God

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Speaker 1: holding my hand and whispering like I heard the words.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I was going crazy or something,

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Speaker 1: but I heard the words he was saying.

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Speaker 2: This is it.

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Speaker 1: This is your mission, this is your purpose. The vigial

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Speaker 1: part of a national day of reflection also featured tributes

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Speaker 1: from religious leaders, first responders, and community figures. Rabbi Yehoram

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Speaker 1: Ullman told the crowd that darkness does not get the

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Speaker 1: final word.

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Speaker 2: On the first night, we expected a thousand people. Tonight,

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Speaker 2: I've found out in the news twenty thousand or more

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Speaker 2: how many came, and the hundreds of thousands are watching,

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Speaker 2: and that here with us. Bonda is with us, Sydney

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Speaker 2: is with us, Australia is with us, and the world

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Speaker 2: is with us.

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Speaker 1: Olympic champion Jessica Fox described Bondai as a place of

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Speaker 1: unimaginable loss and resilience. While the event remained largely solemn,

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Speaker 1: Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi was met with loud booze and

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Speaker 1: heckling from the crowd. New South Wales Premier Chris Mins

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Speaker 1: received a standing ovation after apologizing for the government's failure

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Speaker 1: to protect its citizens. Local MP Kelly Sloane was also

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Speaker 1: hailed as a hero for her first hand efforts to

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Speaker 1: treat the wounded. The night concluded with a call for

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Speaker 1: a royal commission and a vow from Jewish leaders that

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Speaker 1: the community would not be intimidated into hiding. Even ahead

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Speaker 1: of the vigil, political pressure had been building, with the

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Speaker 1: Federal Opposition releasing its own proposed terms of reference for

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Speaker 1: a broad royal commission into the Bondai massacre. The proposal

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Speaker 1: would examine the drivers of anti Semitism in Australia, including

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Speaker 1: attitudes toward the State of Israel, and the role of

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Speaker 1: institutions such as the media and education sectors. The Prime

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Speaker 1: Minister has so far resisted calls for a national inquiry,

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Speaker 1: opting instead for a rapid review of intelligence and law

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Speaker 1: and capabilities. While New South Wales has already launched a

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Speaker 1: state level royal commission. The Opposition argues that only a

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Speaker 1: federal probe can address the underlying causes of the attack.

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Speaker 1: At least sixteen files have disappeared from the US Justice

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Speaker 1: Department's public website less than a day after they were

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Speaker 1: posted as part of a major document release related to

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Speaker 1: Jeffrey Epstein. The missing files included photographs from inside Epstein's homes,

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Speaker 1: among them an image showing a photograph of President Donald

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Speaker 1: Trump alongside Epstein, Millennia Trump, and Epstein associate Galline Maxwell

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Speaker 1: stored inside a draw. Other removed files showed paintings of

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Speaker 1: nude women and images of photographs arranged on furniture. The

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Speaker 1: documents were available on Friday, but no longer accessible by Saturday,

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Speaker 1: with no explanation from the Justice Department. The Department has

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Speaker 1: not said why the files were taken down or whether

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Speaker 1: their removal was intentional. The unexplained disappearance quickly online speculation

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Speaker 1: and renewed calls for transparency. Democrats on the House Oversight

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Speaker 1: Committee question the move, asking publicly what else may have

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Speaker 1: been removed. The episode has added to criticism of the

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Speaker 1: broader document release, which spans tens of thousands of pages

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Speaker 1: but has revealed little new information about Epstein's crimes, notably

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Speaker 1: absent r FBI interviews with victims and internal Justice Department

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Speaker 1: memos on charging decisions. While Congress required the records to

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Speaker 1: be released by a Friday deadline, the Justice Department says

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Speaker 1: documents will continue to be published gradually, citing the need

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Speaker 1: to protect survivors identities. No timeline has been given for

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Speaker 1: when the remaining files will be made public. Academy Award

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Speaker 1: whin R Kate Winslett is once again speaking out urging

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Speaker 1: the film industry to embrace aging rather than erase it.

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Speaker 1: The actor says she wants to play characters with wrinkles

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Speaker 1: and crow's feet and a face that reflects a life lived.

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Speaker 1: Speaking on BBC Radio four's Desert Island Discs, Winslett said

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Speaker 1: she began challenging magazines early in her career for digitally

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Speaker 1: altering her appearance, refusing to accept an image that wasn't

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Speaker 1: truly her. She said the practice troubled her, particularly the

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Speaker 1: impact it could have on young women comparing themselves to

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Speaker 1: something unreal. Instead, Winslet has chosen to live and work

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Speaker 1: with what she calls intention and integrity, embracing a face

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Speaker 1: that moves and changes with time. The philosophy carries into

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Speaker 1: her latest project, good Bye June, a Christmas family drama

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Speaker 1: marking her directorial debut. Written by her son, Joe Anders,

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Speaker 1: and inspired by the death of Winslett's mother, the film

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Speaker 1: explores grief, family, and connection. Winslett says the industry still

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Speaker 1: has so much to learn, especially in how women are

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Speaker 1: spoken to, but she remains calm, confident, and unapologetically herself.

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