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

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

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Speaker 1: Your Headlines for Tuesday, December twenty three. New details have

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Speaker 1: emerged regarding the December fourteen Hunnaker attack at Bondai Beach,

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Speaker 1: which has been described as Australia's worst mass shooting in decades.

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Speaker 1: On Monday, a court released information revealing that several shrapnel

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Speaker 1: field pipe bombs were thrown into a crowd of celebrants

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Speaker 1: at Archer Park. Although police confirmed the devices were viable,

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Speaker 1: they failed to detonate. The evidence suggests a high level

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Speaker 1: of planning, with the shooters allegedly using a rental property

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Speaker 1: as a staging post and conducting reconnaissance of the festival

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Speaker 1: site just days before the tragedy. In a move to

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Speaker 1: support those affected, a magistrate has suppressed the identities of

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Speaker 1: twenty five survivors to protect their privacy and aid in

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Speaker 1: their recovery. In response to the massacre, Prime Minister Anthony

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Speaker 1: Albanesi has issued an apology to the Jewish community and

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Speaker 1: is facing calls for a national Royal commission. The federal

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Speaker 1: government has committed to introducing new legislation in twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: six aimed at combating hate speech and radicalization. Key measures

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Speaker 1: will include expanding powers to cancel visas of those who

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Speaker 1: preach hate and creating a new criminal offense for adults

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Speaker 1: who target children for extremist grooming. As the legal process continues,

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Speaker 1: the surviving twenty four year old alleged gunmen remains in

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Speaker 1: custody facing fifty nine charges, including fifteen counts of murder

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Speaker 1: and committing a terrorist act. He remains in custody following

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Speaker 1: a high security prison transfer and is scheduled to return

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Speaker 1: in court in April. Victoria has become the second Australian

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Speaker 1: state to introduce sweeping reforms to combat anti Semitism. Following

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Speaker 1: the deadly Bondai Beach massacre. Premier Justinto Allen announced that

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Speaker 1: Victoria police will gain new powers to veto or relocate

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Speaker 1: public protests in the immediate aftermath of designated terrorist attacks.

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Speaker 1: The Premier stated that such tragedies should never be used

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Speaker 1: as protest opportunities. The reforms include a high level review

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Speaker 1: of state gun laws by former Police Commissioner Can Lay,

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Speaker 1: and the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliances definition

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Speaker 1: of anti semitism. To target online extremism, the government plans

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Speaker 1: to hold social media platforms and anonymous users accountable for

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Speaker 1: spreading hate. Legislation is expected to be introduced in early

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty six, with the Victorian opposition offering to work

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Speaker 1: bipartisan lely to pass the laws. These measures aim to

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Speaker 1: protect the community while distinguishing between free speech and hateful behavior.

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Speaker 1: In addition to the measures in Victoria, the new South

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Speaker 1: Wales Police Commissioner will have the power to issue a

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Speaker 1: public assembly restriction declaration for up to fourteen days extendable

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Speaker 1: to three months in areas where where gatherings might cause

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Speaker 1: fear or intimidation following a terror event. While the government

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Speaker 1: says the laws are about community safety and social cohesion,

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Speaker 1: they have faced criticism from the Greens and civil liberties

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Speaker 1: groups who label them as an overreach. Thailand and Cambodia

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Speaker 1: are set to return to the negotiating table this Wednesday

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Speaker 1: in an attempt to end a deadly border conflict that

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Speaker 1: has killed at least forty one people. The move follows

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Speaker 1: the collapse of a previous piece deeal, which Thai officials

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Speaker 1: now claim was rushed to accommodate a signing ceremony for

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Speaker 1: US President Donald Trump in October. While Cambodia maintains it

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Speaker 1: is ready for an unconventional cease fire, it recently accused

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Speaker 1: Thailand of launching fresh air strikes using F sixteen fighter jets.

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Speaker 1: Tensions remain high over the use of land mines, with

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Speaker 1: Thailand alleging the new mines have been planted in violation

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Speaker 1: of international conventions. The US State Department has called for

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Speaker 1: an immediate end to hostilities and the full implementation of

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Speaker 1: the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accords. Prince William and his son

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Speaker 1: Prince George have continued a long standing family tradition by

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Speaker 1: volunteering at the Passage, a London homelessness charity, helping prepare

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Speaker 1: Christmas lunch for those in need. The visit held special

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Speaker 1: significance as William's late mother, Princess Diana, first took him

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Speaker 1: to the same center when he was eleven. Continuing the

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Speaker 1: family legacy, twelve year old George signed the visitors book

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Speaker 1: on the very same page his grandmother once did. The

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Speaker 1: father and son duo were seen laughing with staff while

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Speaker 1: preparing trays of food and setting festive tables. With crackers. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 1: the Duke and Duchess of Sussex shared their own holiday

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Speaker 1: greetings from California, posting a family photo with Archie and Lilibet.

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Speaker 1: The Prince of Wales and his family are expected to

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Speaker 1: join King Charles for Christmas. That's your latest news headlines.

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Speaker 1: The Quickie team will be bringing you updated daily headlines

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Speaker 1: every day except the public holidays through the holiday period,

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Speaker 1: as well as afternoon entertainment news with Ash London, So

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