1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,414 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Mumamea podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges the 2 00:00:15,414 --> 00:00:18,294 Speaker 1: traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast is 3 00:00:18,334 --> 00:00:23,654 Speaker 1: recorded on Hi. I'm Nicole Madigan from Mamma MIA's twice 4 00:00:23,734 --> 00:00:27,134 Speaker 1: daily news podcast, The Quickie with your Headlines for Tuesday, 5 00:00:27,294 --> 00:00:32,334 Speaker 1: May twenty, The Nationals have abandoned their traditional political relationship 6 00:00:32,374 --> 00:00:35,654 Speaker 1: with the Liberals following a disastrous result for the coalition 7 00:00:35,734 --> 00:00:40,294 Speaker 1: in the federal election. Nationals leader David Little Proud announced 8 00:00:40,294 --> 00:00:42,974 Speaker 1: an agreement couldn't be reached and his party will now 9 00:00:42,974 --> 00:00:46,934 Speaker 1: sit alone on a principled basis. Opposition leader Susan Lee 10 00:00:47,054 --> 00:00:50,174 Speaker 1: faces the task of rebuilding the Liberals after the election 11 00:00:50,334 --> 00:00:53,614 Speaker 1: wipe out on May three. Little Prowd says the door 12 00:00:53,654 --> 00:00:58,174 Speaker 1: remains open for a future agreement. Households are hoping for 13 00:00:58,294 --> 00:01:00,974 Speaker 1: a cut in their mortgages when the Reserve Bank hands 14 00:01:00,974 --> 00:01:04,534 Speaker 1: down its latest interest rates decision, As the Finance Minister 15 00:01:04,574 --> 00:01:09,134 Speaker 1: says lowering inflation is welcome progress. Economists are tipping the 16 00:01:09,174 --> 00:01:12,174 Speaker 1: Reserve Bank to cut the official cash rate by twenty 17 00:01:12,174 --> 00:01:16,014 Speaker 1: five basis points to three point eight five percent when 18 00:01:16,054 --> 00:01:19,014 Speaker 1: its two day meeting wraps up today. Should the Central 19 00:01:19,014 --> 00:01:21,734 Speaker 1: Bank cut rates it would be only the second time 20 00:01:21,814 --> 00:01:24,814 Speaker 1: in almost five years that interest levels on mortgages have 21 00:01:24,894 --> 00:01:28,774 Speaker 1: been reduced. Finance Minister Katie Gallagher says homeowners would be 22 00:01:28,854 --> 00:01:32,254 Speaker 1: watching the bank's decision closely, adding that of fallen inflation 23 00:01:32,414 --> 00:01:35,934 Speaker 1: levels is a positive sign. Inflation for the March quarter 24 00:01:36,014 --> 00:01:39,934 Speaker 1: remained steady at two point four percent, while underlying inflation, 25 00:01:40,134 --> 00:01:44,214 Speaker 1: which removes volatile price movements, dropped to two point nine percent. 26 00:01:44,694 --> 00:01:47,574 Speaker 1: Both measures are within the Reserve Bank's target band of 27 00:01:47,694 --> 00:01:50,814 Speaker 1: two to three percent. If the RBA does slash rates 28 00:01:50,814 --> 00:01:53,934 Speaker 1: by one hundred basis points or seventy five as the 29 00:01:53,974 --> 00:01:57,614 Speaker 1: market is predicting, by year's end, house prices are likely 30 00:01:57,694 --> 00:02:01,654 Speaker 1: to surge. A young mother's husband and brother in law 31 00:02:01,694 --> 00:02:04,854 Speaker 1: will remain behind bars after being accused of her murder. 32 00:02:05,014 --> 00:02:08,174 Speaker 1: The two men were charged after emergency services rushed to 33 00:02:08,214 --> 00:02:11,694 Speaker 1: a Springfield Lake's home west of Brisbane on Friday night, 34 00:02:12,014 --> 00:02:15,174 Speaker 1: responding to reports that a woman had collapsed. They found 35 00:02:15,254 --> 00:02:18,534 Speaker 1: a twenty three year old woman unconscious and not breathing. 36 00:02:19,054 --> 00:02:22,614 Speaker 1: She died at the scene. Two men aged twenty eight 37 00:02:22,694 --> 00:02:26,374 Speaker 1: and twenty six were taken into custody to assist police 38 00:02:26,414 --> 00:02:29,894 Speaker 1: with the investigation before they were charged with murder the 39 00:02:29,934 --> 00:02:34,614 Speaker 1: following day. The family was originally from Afghanistan and had 40 00:02:34,694 --> 00:02:38,094 Speaker 1: recently moved into the Springfield Lakes home. The matter was 41 00:02:38,094 --> 00:02:41,134 Speaker 1: adjourned to June twenty five, with the two men remanded 42 00:02:41,174 --> 00:02:45,694 Speaker 1: in custody. Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi has traveled to Vatican 43 00:02:45,774 --> 00:02:49,414 Speaker 1: City to privately meet with Pope Leo the fourteenth, where 44 00:02:49,414 --> 00:02:52,374 Speaker 1: he formally invited the new pontiff to Australia for a 45 00:02:52,414 --> 00:02:56,614 Speaker 1: major Catholic conference in twenty twenty eight. Albanzi met Pope 46 00:02:56,694 --> 00:02:59,694 Speaker 1: Leo the day after his inaugural Mass in Rome, just 47 00:02:59,854 --> 00:03:03,574 Speaker 1: hours after the Pontiff met US Vice President j D. Vance. 48 00:03:03,974 --> 00:03:06,574 Speaker 1: He's the first prime minister to have a private audience 49 00:03:06,614 --> 00:03:09,494 Speaker 1: with the Pope since Kevin Rudd, who met Pope Benedict 50 00:03:09,734 --> 00:03:12,934 Speaker 1: in two thousand and eight. The ABC has been told 51 00:03:12,974 --> 00:03:16,454 Speaker 1: Albanesi and the Pope discussed their shared concerns about conflicts 52 00:03:16,494 --> 00:03:20,694 Speaker 1: around the world and the humanitarian catastrophes they've brought. During 53 00:03:20,734 --> 00:03:24,614 Speaker 1: the meeting, the Pope blessed rosary beads owned by Albanese's mother, 54 00:03:24,774 --> 00:03:27,934 Speaker 1: Mary Anne, a staunch Catholic who passed away in two 55 00:03:27,974 --> 00:03:31,294 Speaker 1: thousand and two, while the PM presented Pope Leo with 56 00:03:31,334 --> 00:03:36,534 Speaker 1: a framed indigenous artwork by artist Amanda Westley. Pope Benedict 57 00:03:36,654 --> 00:03:39,254 Speaker 1: was the last Pope to visit Australia for World Youth 58 00:03:39,334 --> 00:03:43,214 Speaker 1: Day in two thousand and eight. Michelle Williams has paid 59 00:03:43,254 --> 00:03:46,854 Speaker 1: tribute to her former partner Heath Ledger, describing him as 60 00:03:47,054 --> 00:03:50,974 Speaker 1: so special. Ledger, who is the father of William's daughter Matilda, 61 00:03:51,174 --> 00:03:55,294 Speaker 1: now nineteen, died in two thousand and eight, aged twenty eight, 62 00:03:55,614 --> 00:03:59,494 Speaker 1: from an accidental overdose, just months after the couple separated. 63 00:03:59,974 --> 00:04:03,454 Speaker 1: She's now spoken candidly about the Australian actor and her 64 00:04:03,534 --> 00:04:07,174 Speaker 1: approach to motherhood. During an appearance on The Armchair Expert 65 00:04:07,254 --> 00:04:11,614 Speaker 1: with Dax Shepherd podcast, Williams also became emotional as Shepherd 66 00:04:11,694 --> 00:04:14,774 Speaker 1: recalled his own connection to Ledger, saying he was one 67 00:04:14,774 --> 00:04:17,734 Speaker 1: of the most special boys he'd ever met and could 68 00:04:17,734 --> 00:04:20,774 Speaker 1: feel the weight of the world on him. Williams and 69 00:04:20,854 --> 00:04:23,494 Speaker 1: Ledger met while filming the two thousand and five film 70 00:04:23,614 --> 00:04:28,174 Speaker 1: Brokeback Mountain, which earned widespread acclaim and multiple Academy Awards. 71 00:04:28,654 --> 00:04:31,534 Speaker 1: That's Your Latest News headlines on tomorrow's episode of The 72 00:04:31,614 --> 00:04:35,454 Speaker 1: Quickie as Sean Diddy Combs faces a federal trial in 73 00:04:35,534 --> 00:04:39,374 Speaker 1: New York. His son is now dealing with confronting allegations 74 00:04:39,454 --> 00:04:42,254 Speaker 1: of his own. Listen to The Quickie wherever you get 75 00:04:42,294 --> 00:04:43,134 Speaker 1: your podcasts.