1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,294 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Muma Mea podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges 2 00:00:15,334 --> 00:00:18,174 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 Hi. I'm Grace Rufrey from Mumma MIA's 4 00:00:23,574 --> 00:00:26,814 Speaker 1: daily news podcast to the Quickie with your Headlines. For Monday, 5 00:00:26,854 --> 00:00:30,454 Speaker 1: seventeenth of June, a major part of the committal hearing 6 00:00:30,494 --> 00:00:34,134 Speaker 1: for rape charges against former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lherman 7 00:00:34,454 --> 00:00:37,414 Speaker 1: will be heard in a closed court. Lherman faces two 8 00:00:37,414 --> 00:00:40,214 Speaker 1: counts of raping a woman into Woomba, west of Brisbane 9 00:00:40,254 --> 00:00:43,334 Speaker 1: in October twenty twenty one, which his lawyers have said 10 00:00:43,374 --> 00:00:46,614 Speaker 1: he denies. He was first charged in January twenty twenty 11 00:00:46,614 --> 00:00:49,094 Speaker 1: three and has been on bail since. Now attending a 12 00:00:49,174 --> 00:00:53,014 Speaker 1: Queensland Magistrate's court on Monday for the first time. Magistrate 13 00:00:53,054 --> 00:00:56,134 Speaker 1: Mark Howden denied an application for journalists to remain in 14 00:00:56,134 --> 00:00:59,814 Speaker 1: the courtroom while the alleged victim gave evidence. Mister Hawden 15 00:00:59,854 --> 00:01:02,814 Speaker 1: said I acknowledge the public interest. However, the matter ought 16 00:01:02,854 --> 00:01:06,094 Speaker 1: to proceed in the ordinary way. Lherman was mobbed by 17 00:01:06,094 --> 00:01:08,654 Speaker 1: the media on his way to court, responding with where 18 00:01:08,734 --> 00:01:11,614 Speaker 1: is Peter Costello when you need him? Apparently in reference 19 00:01:11,654 --> 00:01:15,454 Speaker 1: to the former Nine Entertainment chairman allegedly pushing over a journalist. 20 00:01:15,974 --> 00:01:18,534 Speaker 1: The hearing at to Womber Magistrate's Court will determine if 21 00:01:18,534 --> 00:01:22,094 Speaker 1: the matter will go to trial. Global concerns about AI 22 00:01:22,174 --> 00:01:26,614 Speaker 1: and news production and misinformation are growing, with Australians particularly wary. 23 00:01:27,294 --> 00:01:30,614 Speaker 1: Newsrooms are addressing the challenges. Tech giants like Google and 24 00:01:30,734 --> 00:01:35,334 Speaker 1: open Ai develop AI tools. After surveying thousands of people 25 00:01:35,334 --> 00:01:39,094 Speaker 1: across multiple countries, the annual Digital News Report found that 26 00:01:39,134 --> 00:01:43,734 Speaker 1: many consumers distrust AI generated news, especially on sensitive topics 27 00:01:43,774 --> 00:01:47,534 Speaker 1: like politics. In Australia, nearly sixty percent of respondents were 28 00:01:47,614 --> 00:01:51,374 Speaker 1: uncomfortable with AI news content, leading to increased reliance on 29 00:01:51,414 --> 00:01:55,814 Speaker 1: traditional news. Despite financial pressures, twenty one percent of Australian's 30 00:01:55,894 --> 00:01:59,334 Speaker 1: pay for news, higher than the global average. Influencers are 31 00:01:59,334 --> 00:02:02,894 Speaker 1: also becoming significant in delivering news on platforms like TikTok, 32 00:02:03,254 --> 00:02:06,454 Speaker 1: where fifty seven percent of TikTok users surveyed said they 33 00:02:06,494 --> 00:02:10,414 Speaker 1: rely on individual personalities such as Tucker Carson, Joe Rogan 34 00:02:10,534 --> 00:02:14,454 Speaker 1: and David Packman. Environmental groups warned that approving new and 35 00:02:14,494 --> 00:02:18,574 Speaker 1: expanding MIND leases would severely threaten koalas in a letter 36 00:02:18,614 --> 00:02:22,814 Speaker 1: to environment Minister Tanya PLIBISEG fifty organization urged the government 37 00:02:22,854 --> 00:02:26,254 Speaker 1: to reject mining developments in Queensland and New South Wales, 38 00:02:26,654 --> 00:02:30,494 Speaker 1: calling to hold projects clearing koala habitats and urging a 39 00:02:30,534 --> 00:02:34,734 Speaker 1: phase out of fossil fuels. The Australian Conservation Foundation stated 40 00:02:34,774 --> 00:02:38,654 Speaker 1: that approving new coal mines risks the koala's survival. The 41 00:02:38,734 --> 00:02:42,174 Speaker 1: letter highlighted forty proposed coal projects in Queensland and New 42 00:02:42,214 --> 00:02:45,294 Speaker 1: South Wales, with more than half threatening Koala and Greater 43 00:02:45,334 --> 00:02:49,534 Speaker 1: Glider habitats. A recent study found forty two thousand hectares 44 00:02:49,534 --> 00:02:53,214 Speaker 1: of potential koala habitat was at risk from twelve proposed 45 00:02:53,254 --> 00:02:57,174 Speaker 1: mines in central Queensland. More than fifty five postings a 46 00:02:57,174 --> 00:03:00,294 Speaker 1: week are being attacked by dogs, sparking calls for dog 47 00:03:00,294 --> 00:03:04,134 Speaker 1: owners to restrain their animals. Australia Posts says there has 48 00:03:04,174 --> 00:03:07,214 Speaker 1: been an alarming eleven dog related incidents a day over 49 00:03:07,254 --> 00:03:10,774 Speaker 1: the past six months. Queensland Cantat News to hold the record, 50 00:03:10,854 --> 00:03:13,254 Speaker 1: with the highest number of incidents being four hundred and 51 00:03:13,254 --> 00:03:16,494 Speaker 1: sixty six in the past six months, followed by New 52 00:03:16,534 --> 00:03:19,294 Speaker 1: South Wales with four hundred and eight and Western Australia 53 00:03:19,294 --> 00:03:22,454 Speaker 1: with two hundred and fifteen. Smaller dogs are noted as 54 00:03:22,494 --> 00:03:25,294 Speaker 1: the most aggressive, with almost a third of incidents occurring 55 00:03:25,294 --> 00:03:28,574 Speaker 1: at the front door. Australia Post General Manager of Safety 56 00:03:28,574 --> 00:03:31,214 Speaker 1: and well Being said Posts will not make a delivery 57 00:03:31,254 --> 00:03:33,294 Speaker 1: if it is unsafe for them to do so, and 58 00:03:33,374 --> 00:03:36,214 Speaker 1: will cease deliveries to a customer's house until the danger 59 00:03:36,294 --> 00:03:40,014 Speaker 1: is fixed. That's your latest news headlines. On tomorrow's episode 60 00:03:40,014 --> 00:03:42,414 Speaker 1: of The Quikie, Claire Murphy is doing a deep dive 61 00:03:42,494 --> 00:03:44,934 Speaker 1: on the Royals, with the Princess of Waleses making her 62 00:03:45,014 --> 00:03:48,694 Speaker 1: first public appearance since her cancer diagnosis. Listen to The 63 00:03:48,774 --> 00:03:50,734 Speaker 1: Quikie wherever you get your podcasts.