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Speaker 1: You're listening to Amma Mia podcast. Hey there, I'm Taylor

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Speaker 1: Strano with the latest from the QUICKI newsroom for Thursday,

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Speaker 1: February twenty six. The Prime Minister has clarified the intention

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Speaker 1: of his comments after a viral clip showing him labeling

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Speaker 1: former Australian of the Year Grace Tame as difficult during

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Speaker 1: a word association game at an event in Victoria earlier

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Speaker 1: this week. Anthony Albanesi likened Tame to the word difficult today,

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Speaker 1: clarifying he was referring to her difficult life as a

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Speaker 1: survivor of child sexual assaults. He went on to describe

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Speaker 1: the activist as a strong and powerful advocate, while also

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Speaker 1: highlighting he disagreed with the language Tame used during a

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Speaker 1: recent pro Palestine rally in Sydney. Miss Tame shared post

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Speaker 1: of support on her social media from people calling out

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Speaker 1: the word difficult as a misogynistic code for a woman

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Speaker 1: who won't comply. Families of Australian diplomats in ISA, Israel

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Speaker 1: and Lebanon have been advised to leave as the government

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Speaker 1: cites unpredictable security tensions in the Middle East. In a

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Speaker 1: post on the Smart Traveler website, the Australian government has

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Speaker 1: also offered voluntary departures to its diplomat's dependence in the

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Speaker 1: United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Qatar. It also said the

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Speaker 1: Australian embassies in Tel Aviv and Beirut remain open. Embassies

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Speaker 1: will also remain open in Jordan's Aman, Qatar's Doha, and

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Speaker 1: UAE's Abu Dhabi, along with the consulate in Dubai. The

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Speaker 1: advice comes after US President Donald Trump laid out plans

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Speaker 1: for a possible attack on Iran in his State of

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Speaker 1: the Union speech to Congress. Iran has threatened to strike

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Speaker 1: US bases in the region if it's attacked, but Tehran's

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Speaker 1: top diplomats said on Tuesday a deal with the US

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Speaker 1: was within reach if diplomacy was prioritized. The Australian government

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Speaker 1: continues to advise citizens in Israel and Lebanon to consider

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Speaker 1: leaving while commercial options are still available. The two men

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Speaker 1: charged with kidnapping and murdering an elderly grandfather affronted court.

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Speaker 1: Gerard Anthony Andrews and Daniel Stevens appeared via video link

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Speaker 1: in a Sydney court on Thursday, charged with killing eighty

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Speaker 1: five year old widower Chris Bagsarian. The men were arrested

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Speaker 1: by heavily armed police after the remains of mister Bagsarian

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Speaker 1: were found in Bushland in Sydney's Northwest Fringe. Police alleged

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Speaker 1: the pair and a third unknown person abducted the victim

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Speaker 1: from his home in North Ride in a case of

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Speaker 1: mistaken identity eleven days ago. Andrew Lawyer says the allegedbacks

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Speaker 1: are disturbing, but his client is not the mastermind of

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Speaker 1: the incident, and tributes have flowed to Real Housewives of

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Speaker 1: Salt Lake City star Mary Cosby following the death of

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Speaker 1: her son. Authorities confirmed the death of twenty three year

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Speaker 1: old Robert Cosby Junior, who regularly appeared on the reality show,

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Speaker 1: saying they originally responded to an overdose call on Monday.

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Speaker 1: A Bravo spokesperson told Variety production of season seven of

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Speaker 1: the show has been halted after being original scheduled to

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Speaker 1: commence this week. Robert Junior has been a regular on

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Speaker 1: the program in several scenes discussing his drug addiction with

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Speaker 1: his mother. Mary shared a post on her social sharing

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Speaker 1: thanks to fans for their prayers in a time of sorrow.

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Speaker 1: That's your evening news headlines. On tomorrow's episode of The Quiki,

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Speaker 1: the Prime Minister has walked back his comments on grace tame,

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Speaker 1: but what does it actually mean to be a difficult woman.

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Speaker 1: We take a look back in history at other women

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Speaker 1: branded hard to work with and what change they brought

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Speaker 1: to us. All listen to the Quikie wherever you get

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