1 00:00:06,415 --> 00:00:13,334 Speaker 1: You're listening to a mummamea podcast. Hi, I'm Jemma Donna 2 00:00:13,375 --> 00:00:16,255 Speaker 1: who from MMA MEA's twice daily news podcast, The Quickie 3 00:00:16,295 --> 00:00:20,854 Speaker 1: with your Headlines. For Thursday, December four, Melbourne detectives have 4 00:00:21,055 --> 00:00:26,135 Speaker 1: issued eighty three additional charges against childcare pedophile Joshua Dale Brown, 5 00:00:26,295 --> 00:00:29,055 Speaker 1: bringing the total number of offenses he faces to one 6 00:00:29,135 --> 00:00:32,935 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty six. The new charges relate to four 7 00:00:32,975 --> 00:00:36,294 Speaker 1: additional alleged victims, as well of some of the initial 8 00:00:36,335 --> 00:00:40,654 Speaker 1: eight identified during the ongoing investigation. The alleged victims were 9 00:00:40,654 --> 00:00:44,495 Speaker 1: placed at centers in Point Cook, Williamstown and key Law, 10 00:00:44,815 --> 00:00:47,815 Speaker 1: though health officials confirm no new centers are currently a 11 00:00:47,815 --> 00:00:52,335 Speaker 1: concern and no further child testing is required. Mister Brown 12 00:00:52,455 --> 00:00:56,455 Speaker 1: was charged this morning with serious offenses, including six counts 13 00:00:56,495 --> 00:00:59,975 Speaker 1: of penetrating a child under twelve, eight counts of producing 14 00:01:00,095 --> 00:01:04,975 Speaker 1: child abuse material and twelve counts of bestiality. Victoria Police 15 00:01:04,975 --> 00:01:07,735 Speaker 1: said the beast Reality offenses a part of a separate 16 00:01:07,775 --> 00:01:13,535 Speaker 1: investigation and unrelated to any childcare centers. The former childcare worker, 17 00:01:13,575 --> 00:01:17,054 Speaker 1: who previously worked at twenty Centers, is due to face 18 00:01:17,095 --> 00:01:21,575 Speaker 1: court in February next year. The Victorian government has approved 19 00:01:21,655 --> 00:01:24,535 Speaker 1: more than four billion dollars in cuts to the state's 20 00:01:24,535 --> 00:01:28,855 Speaker 1: public service following a long awaited independent review aiming to 21 00:01:28,895 --> 00:01:32,895 Speaker 1: rein in its ballooning wage bill and debt. The review, 22 00:01:33,055 --> 00:01:36,535 Speaker 1: led by banking executive Helen Silver, found that the public 23 00:01:36,615 --> 00:01:40,735 Speaker 1: service had grown sixteen percent since twenty nineteen, with executive 24 00:01:40,855 --> 00:01:44,615 Speaker 1: roles rising by a staggering fifty two percent, creating a 25 00:01:44,735 --> 00:01:48,495 Speaker 1: top heavy structure. As a result, the government will slash 26 00:01:48,575 --> 00:01:52,335 Speaker 1: more than one thousand full time equivalent public servant jobs, 27 00:01:52,415 --> 00:01:55,935 Speaker 1: including reducing three hundred and thirty two executive and similar 28 00:01:56,015 --> 00:02:01,255 Speaker 1: roles to rebalance the workforce. Other measures include cutting spending 29 00:02:01,295 --> 00:02:05,895 Speaker 1: on consultants, reducing CBD office costs, and committing to merging 30 00:02:06,015 --> 00:02:10,135 Speaker 1: or winding up twenty nine public entities and boards. Premiere 31 00:02:10,215 --> 00:02:13,335 Speaker 1: just Inter Allen stated the moves are necessary to reduce 32 00:02:13,415 --> 00:02:18,295 Speaker 1: waste and inefficiencies so the government can invest in essential services, 33 00:02:18,575 --> 00:02:23,335 Speaker 1: with frontline roles like nurses, teachers, and police remaining outside 34 00:02:23,415 --> 00:02:27,174 Speaker 1: the scope of the cuts. The government will introduce legislation 35 00:02:27,295 --> 00:02:31,055 Speaker 1: today to enact the review's recommendations, with the goal of 36 00:02:31,255 --> 00:02:37,335 Speaker 1: ending unnecessary duplication across the state's administration. Fourteen vodos end 37 00:02:37,415 --> 00:02:41,535 Speaker 1: videos of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's private island in 38 00:02:41,575 --> 00:02:45,294 Speaker 1: the US Virgin Islands have been publicly released by Democrats 39 00:02:45,335 --> 00:02:48,295 Speaker 1: in the House Oversight Committee. The release comes on the 40 00:02:48,335 --> 00:02:52,655 Speaker 1: same day as Epstein's jailed accomplice, Glaine Maxwell, informed a 41 00:02:52,735 --> 00:02:55,655 Speaker 1: New York court she planned to make a fresh bid 42 00:02:55,695 --> 00:02:59,175 Speaker 1: for freedom. The visuals from the luxury estate on Little 43 00:02:59,255 --> 00:03:04,415 Speaker 1: Saint James Island show opulent rooms, empty courtyards, and chilling details, 44 00:03:04,455 --> 00:03:08,375 Speaker 1: including a room cantaining a dentist's chair and masks hanging 45 00:03:08,415 --> 00:03:12,294 Speaker 1: on the wall. Representative Robert Garcia stated the images were 46 00:03:12,335 --> 00:03:16,415 Speaker 1: released to ensure public transparency and help piece together the 47 00:03:16,455 --> 00:03:20,855 Speaker 1: full picture of Epstein's horrific sex trafficking crimes. Congress is 48 00:03:20,895 --> 00:03:24,894 Speaker 1: simultaneously pressing the Trump administration to release all of its 49 00:03:24,935 --> 00:03:29,055 Speaker 1: case files from the investigation into the disgraced late financier. 50 00:03:30,175 --> 00:03:33,615 Speaker 1: The Department of Justice has until mid December to comply 51 00:03:33,735 --> 00:03:37,655 Speaker 1: with legislation requiring the public release of many of these documents. 52 00:03:39,015 --> 00:03:43,175 Speaker 1: The doctor who illegally supplied Friends star Matthew Perry with ketamine, 53 00:03:43,455 --> 00:03:46,455 Speaker 1: the drug that caused the actor's fatal overdose in twenty 54 00:03:46,455 --> 00:03:49,935 Speaker 1: twenty three, has been sentenced two and a half years 55 00:03:49,975 --> 00:03:54,215 Speaker 1: in federal prison. Doctor Salvador Palencia pleaded guilty to four 56 00:03:54,215 --> 00:03:57,935 Speaker 1: felony counts of illegal distribution after admitting he sold the 57 00:03:57,935 --> 00:04:01,095 Speaker 1: prescription an esthetic to Perry, fully aware the actor was 58 00:04:01,095 --> 00:04:04,895 Speaker 1: a struggling addict, which the judge noted was an exploitation 59 00:04:05,095 --> 00:04:08,975 Speaker 1: for profit. Although not accused of supplying the fatal dose, 60 00:04:09,335 --> 00:04:14,175 Speaker 1: Judge Sherylyn Pacecarnet told Polentia, you and others helped Perry 61 00:04:14,255 --> 00:04:16,695 Speaker 1: on the road to such an ending by continuing to 62 00:04:16,735 --> 00:04:20,855 Speaker 1: feed his ketamine addiction. Pollentia is the first of five 63 00:04:20,974 --> 00:04:24,455 Speaker 1: people to be sentenced in relation to Perry's overdose, with 64 00:04:24,535 --> 00:04:28,495 Speaker 1: the actor's mother and half sisters giving tearful victim impact 65 00:04:28,575 --> 00:04:32,775 Speaker 1: statements in court, and music lovers woke up to an 66 00:04:32,815 --> 00:04:36,575 Speaker 1: early Christmas present this morning, with Spotify Rapped coming together 67 00:04:36,615 --> 00:04:39,335 Speaker 1: to provide a deep dive into the twenty twenty five 68 00:04:39,415 --> 00:04:44,255 Speaker 1: listening habits of millions worldwide. However, the annual data dump 69 00:04:44,295 --> 00:04:47,974 Speaker 1: also revealed a sobering trend for the Australian music scene, 70 00:04:48,295 --> 00:04:53,055 Speaker 1: indicating a reluctance among local listeners to embrace new homegrown talent. 71 00:04:53,735 --> 00:04:58,414 Speaker 1: While Australia's Overall top songs were dominated by recent international releases, 72 00:04:58,815 --> 00:05:03,335 Speaker 1: including Alex Warren's Ordinary. The chart for top Local tracks 73 00:05:03,495 --> 00:05:07,855 Speaker 1: was ruled by decades old It's Fans. Joy's single Riptide, 74 00:05:07,935 --> 00:05:11,295 Speaker 1: released twelve years ago now in twenty thirteen, was the 75 00:05:11,335 --> 00:05:15,335 Speaker 1: most streamed Aussie song, followed by Crowded Houses Don't Dream 76 00:05:15,335 --> 00:05:19,335 Speaker 1: It's Over from nineteen eighty six. Similarly, the top Local 77 00:05:19,375 --> 00:05:23,575 Speaker 1: album's list featured classics from ACDC and in Excess, with 78 00:05:23,695 --> 00:05:26,455 Speaker 1: The Kid Laroi being the only act to crack the 79 00:05:26,495 --> 00:05:29,615 Speaker 1: top five with an album released in the past decade. 80 00:05:30,095 --> 00:05:34,815 Speaker 1: This contrast highlights the ongoing crisis facing Australian artists, who 81 00:05:34,855 --> 00:05:39,775 Speaker 1: recently launched the Ossifi Your Algo campaign to boost local streams. 82 00:05:40,295 --> 00:05:43,815 Speaker 1: The Wiggles were crowned the most streamed local artist, followed 83 00:05:43,855 --> 00:05:48,055 Speaker 1: by The Kid Laroi. That's your evening news headlines tomorrow 84 00:05:48,095 --> 00:05:50,455 Speaker 1: on the Quickie. Are you happy with the results of 85 00:05:50,495 --> 00:05:54,335 Speaker 1: this year's Spotify Wrapped, We'll run through the big global winners, 86 00:05:54,655 --> 00:05:57,735 Speaker 1: what Australia has been streaming and why. For the third 87 00:05:57,775 --> 00:05:59,895 Speaker 1: year in a row, the Wiggles have beaten the Pop 88 00:05:59,935 --> 00:06:03,415 Speaker 1: Girlies to be our number one local artist. Listen to 89 00:06:03,455 --> 00:06:15,055 Speaker 1: the Quickie wherever you get your podcasts. Mumma Mea acknowledges 90 00:06:15,095 --> 00:06:17,935 Speaker 1: the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast 91 00:06:17,975 --> 00:06:18,654 Speaker 1: is recorded on.