1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,414 Speaker 1: You're listening to Amma Mea podcast. Mamma Mea acknowledges the 2 00:00:15,454 --> 00:00:18,334 Speaker 1: traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast is 3 00:00:18,374 --> 00:00:24,694 Speaker 1: recorded on Hey, I'm Taylor Strano from Mamma MIA's twice 4 00:00:24,774 --> 00:00:27,694 Speaker 1: daily news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines for Wednesday, 5 00:00:27,774 --> 00:00:31,534 Speaker 1: November twenty, parents of the two Australian teens fighting for 6 00:00:31,614 --> 00:00:34,694 Speaker 1: life in Thailand remained by their side after discovering they'd 7 00:00:34,694 --> 00:00:38,974 Speaker 1: suffered suspected methanol poisoning in Laos. Bianca Jones and Holly 8 00:00:38,974 --> 00:00:41,614 Speaker 1: Bowls were staying at a hostel near the Laysian capital 9 00:00:41,854 --> 00:00:44,734 Speaker 1: when they fell critically ill last week. There are also 10 00:00:44,774 --> 00:00:47,814 Speaker 1: reports of two Swedish nationals who have died, whilst others 11 00:00:47,854 --> 00:00:50,614 Speaker 1: also fell sick. Parents of the nineteen year olds have 12 00:00:50,694 --> 00:00:53,254 Speaker 1: rushed to Thailand, where the friends remain in a hospital. 13 00:00:53,494 --> 00:00:56,054 Speaker 1: The Jones family telling The Herald's son they can't believe 14 00:00:56,054 --> 00:01:00,214 Speaker 1: what's happened. The friends from Melbourne were staying at Banana Hostel. 15 00:01:00,334 --> 00:01:03,254 Speaker 1: Owner Duang Van Juan has told the ABC the women 16 00:01:03,334 --> 00:01:05,574 Speaker 1: had been drinking at a bar and were taken to 17 00:01:05,614 --> 00:01:10,134 Speaker 1: hospital after becoming unwell on Wednesday morning. Australia's Department of 18 00:01:10,214 --> 00:01:13,774 Speaker 1: Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed consular assistance is being provided 19 00:01:13,814 --> 00:01:18,454 Speaker 1: to two Australians and their families in Thailand. Prosecutors who 20 00:01:18,494 --> 00:01:21,534 Speaker 1: secured Donald Trump's conviction over a hush money payment to 21 00:01:21,574 --> 00:01:24,214 Speaker 1: a pawn star have opposed his stated hope to have 22 00:01:24,334 --> 00:01:26,614 Speaker 1: the case dismissed now that he's headed back to the 23 00:01:26,654 --> 00:01:29,774 Speaker 1: White House. The president elect was scheduled to be sentenced 24 00:01:29,814 --> 00:01:32,574 Speaker 1: on November twenty sixth, but the New York State Supreme 25 00:01:32,614 --> 00:01:35,774 Speaker 1: Court Justice One Merchant last week put all proceedings in 26 00:01:35,854 --> 00:01:38,534 Speaker 1: the case on pause at the request of Manhattan District 27 00:01:38,574 --> 00:01:42,574 Speaker 1: Attorney Alvin Bragg's office. The prosecutors say they would accept 28 00:01:42,614 --> 00:01:44,854 Speaker 1: a delay, but asked Merchant to set a deadline for 29 00:01:44,894 --> 00:01:48,454 Speaker 1: Trump to formally seek dismissal of the case. Trump, who 30 00:01:48,534 --> 00:01:51,494 Speaker 1: first served as the president from twenty seventeen to twenty 31 00:01:51,574 --> 00:01:54,134 Speaker 1: twenty one, is hoping to enter office for a second 32 00:01:54,174 --> 00:01:58,254 Speaker 1: term unincumbered by any of the four criminal cases he's faced. 33 00:01:58,974 --> 00:02:02,094 Speaker 1: He was convicted in May of falsifying business records to 34 00:02:02,094 --> 00:02:04,854 Speaker 1: cover up one hundred and thirty thousand dollars payment made 35 00:02:04,854 --> 00:02:07,894 Speaker 1: to the adult film star Stormy Daniels for her silence 36 00:02:07,934 --> 00:02:12,014 Speaker 1: before the twenty sixteen about a sexual encounter she says 37 00:02:12,054 --> 00:02:15,374 Speaker 1: she had with Trump, who denies it. It's the first 38 00:02:15,374 --> 00:02:18,494 Speaker 1: time a US president, former or sitting has been convicted 39 00:02:18,494 --> 00:02:22,214 Speaker 1: of or charged with a criminal offense. Meantime, Trump continues 40 00:02:22,254 --> 00:02:26,294 Speaker 1: to nominate members of his administration, this time tapping cryptocurrency 41 00:02:26,414 --> 00:02:30,414 Speaker 1: enthusiast Howard Lutnick as his Secretary of Commerce. Lutnick, the 42 00:02:30,494 --> 00:02:33,814 Speaker 1: chief executive of Wall Street firm Canter Fitzgerald, is co 43 00:02:33,934 --> 00:02:37,214 Speaker 1: chair of Trump's transition team along with Lynda McMahon, the 44 00:02:37,214 --> 00:02:41,294 Speaker 1: former wrestling executive who previously led Trump's small business administration. 45 00:02:42,174 --> 00:02:45,174 Speaker 1: He's also chosen celebrity doctor Merhead Oz to serve as 46 00:02:45,174 --> 00:02:49,614 Speaker 1: his administrator for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services. Oz, 47 00:02:49,734 --> 00:02:53,134 Speaker 1: also known as Doctor Oz, unsuccessfully ran for the US 48 00:02:53,214 --> 00:02:56,814 Speaker 1: Senate in twenty twenty two. Trump says the celebrity doc 49 00:02:56,894 --> 00:03:00,094 Speaker 1: will work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Junior, who he's 50 00:03:00,134 --> 00:03:03,214 Speaker 1: nominated to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. 51 00:03:04,654 --> 00:03:07,974 Speaker 1: Australia's gender pay gap has narrowed further, held by wage 52 00:03:08,014 --> 00:03:10,574 Speaker 1: farms in the age care sector, where four and five 53 00:03:10,614 --> 00:03:14,734 Speaker 1: workers are women. Naming and shaming individual companies is also 54 00:03:14,774 --> 00:03:17,974 Speaker 1: providing effective at pushing employers to root out the causes 55 00:03:18,014 --> 00:03:20,854 Speaker 1: of their gender pay gaps and act on them. The 56 00:03:20,894 --> 00:03:24,294 Speaker 1: average total remuneration gender pay gap is twenty one point 57 00:03:24,294 --> 00:03:27,694 Speaker 1: eight percent, down zero point six percentage points compared to 58 00:03:27,774 --> 00:03:31,134 Speaker 1: last year, with women earning seventy eight cents for every 59 00:03:31,174 --> 00:03:35,174 Speaker 1: dollar men make. The workplace Gender Equality Agency looks at 60 00:03:35,174 --> 00:03:38,094 Speaker 1: the difference between the average rate of pay the women 61 00:03:38,134 --> 00:03:41,814 Speaker 1: receive and men across the workforce. They say paid parental 62 00:03:41,854 --> 00:03:46,174 Speaker 1: leave and other policies aimed at improving equality. Improving equity 63 00:03:46,174 --> 00:03:49,414 Speaker 1: across caring responsibilities are some of the ways employers can 64 00:03:49,454 --> 00:03:52,614 Speaker 1: ship away at their pay gaps. The pay gaps across 65 00:03:52,614 --> 00:03:55,214 Speaker 1: heads of business and chief executives was higher than the 66 00:03:55,254 --> 00:03:59,054 Speaker 1: lower level managerial roles, with the average female CEO paid 67 00:03:59,134 --> 00:04:02,014 Speaker 1: on average just under one hundred and sixty thousand dollars 68 00:04:02,094 --> 00:04:05,934 Speaker 1: less than men. And You Can Believe in Life after 69 00:04:06,014 --> 00:04:09,734 Speaker 1: twenty seven albums, as Share has teased album twenty eight 70 00:04:09,974 --> 00:04:12,214 Speaker 1: is in the works. The Believe hit maker appeared on 71 00:04:12,254 --> 00:04:14,974 Speaker 1: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this week to promote 72 00:04:14,974 --> 00:04:17,694 Speaker 1: her new two part memoir, where she was asked if 73 00:04:17,734 --> 00:04:21,654 Speaker 1: there'll be another album. Without giving anything away, she simply replied, 74 00:04:21,734 --> 00:04:24,654 Speaker 1: I'm about to the seventy eight year old music legend 75 00:04:24,694 --> 00:04:28,414 Speaker 1: release her first album featuring original material in ten years. 76 00:04:28,494 --> 00:04:32,254 Speaker 1: Last year Christmas, which followed twenty thirteen's Close to the Truth, 77 00:04:32,334 --> 00:04:36,294 Speaker 1: also marked her first ever festive record. That's your latest 78 00:04:36,294 --> 00:04:39,494 Speaker 1: news headlines on tomorrow's episode of The Quikie, We're diving 79 00:04:39,534 --> 00:04:44,814 Speaker 1: into the efficient, confusing, and sometimes criminal world of artificial intelligence. 80 00:04:44,974 --> 00:04:47,494 Speaker 1: Listen to The Quikie wherever you get your podcasts.