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Speaker 1: You're listening to a mummamea podcast. Hi, I'm Jemma Donna,

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Speaker 1: who from Ummamea's twice daily news podcast, The Quickie with

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Speaker 1: your Headlines. For Tuesday, January thirteen, the federal government has

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Speaker 1: unveiled a major crackdown on hate groups, alongside the announcement

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Speaker 1: of a national day of mourning for the victims of

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Speaker 1: the Bondai terror attack. Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi confirmed that

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Speaker 1: January twenty two will be a day of unity and remembrance.

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Speaker 1: Flags will be flown at half mast to honor the

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Speaker 1: fifteen people killed in the December four Hunnker celebration. Under

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Speaker 1: the proposed laws, supporting or recruiting for prescribed hate groups

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Speaker 1: could lead to fifteen years in prison, while public incitement

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Speaker 1: of racial hatred will carry a five year sentence. The

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Speaker 1: legislation also introduces strict new gun controls, including a national

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Speaker 1: buyback scheme and tighter inport restrictions on certain firearms and ammunition.

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Speaker 1: While the laws aim to tackle youth radicalization and religious extremism,

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Speaker 1: some coalition members are concerned that exemptions for religious texts

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Speaker 1: might create loophole's for radical preachers. Meanwhile, the government clarified

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Speaker 1: that the race provisions cover Jewish Australians as an ethno

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Speaker 1: religious group. Though some Muslim advocacy groups have raised concerns

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Speaker 1: about the emission of specific religious protections, Mister Albanzi has

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Speaker 1: refused to split the bill, arguing that the laws must

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Speaker 1: address both the hateful ideologies and the weapons used to

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Speaker 1: carry out such attacks. Kevin Rudd is finishing up his

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Speaker 1: stint as Australia's ambassador to the US a year early,

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Speaker 1: with the government confirming he'll step down at the end

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Speaker 1: of March. Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi announced the move on Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: praising Rudd for his hard work and his ability to

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Speaker 1: build solid relationships with both Democrats and Republicans. While there

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Speaker 1: was some buzz about his parst us clashes with Donald Trump,

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Speaker 1: the government denied any major rift, insisting the relationship with

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Speaker 1: Trump administration remained professional. Foreign Minister Penny Wong also weighed in,

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Speaker 1: thanking Rudd for his help with the ORCT Pact and

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Speaker 1: some key trade deals. Rudd called the role and honor,

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Speaker 1: but said he isn't moving back home just yet. Instead,

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Speaker 1: he's staying in the US to run the Asia Society

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Speaker 1: think tank where he'll focus on the complicated relationship between

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Speaker 1: Washington and Beijing. The government hasn't picked a successor yet,

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Speaker 1: but they've promised to announce the new ambassador soon. An

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Speaker 1: Australian teenager from Regionals, New South Wales is facing serious

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Speaker 1: charges after allegedly making hoax emergency calls to schools and

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Speaker 1: businesses in the United States. Following a tip off from

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Speaker 1: the FBI, the Australian Federal Police arrested the boy in

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Speaker 1: December accused him of being part of a global swatting

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Speaker 1: network that triggers large scale police responses to fake threats.

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Speaker 1: During the arrest, officers seized electronic devices and a prohibited

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Speaker 1: firearm as part of a specialized investigation launched late last year.

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Speaker 1: Authorities claim the teen belongs to a decentralized online group

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Speaker 1: where members use their tech skills to gain notoriety through hacking, doxing,

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Speaker 1: and making dangerous false reports. AFP Acting Assistant Commissioner Graham

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Speaker 1: Marshall warned that being hidden behind a keyboard is an

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Speaker 1: illusion and that these actions can cause real world harm.

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Speaker 1: The teenager has been hit with twelve telecommunications charges and

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Speaker 1: a weapons charge, which could lead to a maximum sentence

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Speaker 1: of fourteen years in prison. He is scheduled to appear

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Speaker 1: in a new South Wales children's court on Tuesday, as

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Speaker 1: the joint investigation between Australian and US officials continues. Alissa

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Speaker 1: Healy is officially calling time on her legendary career, announcing

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Speaker 1: she will retire from international cost cricket at the end

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Speaker 1: of the summer. The thirty five year old captain, who

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Speaker 1: has been a cornerstone of the Australian team fifteen years,

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Speaker 1: says she wants to leave the team in the best

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Speaker 1: possible position for the future. In a characteristically selfless move,

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Speaker 1: Healy has decided to skip the upcoming T twenty series

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Speaker 1: against India to give the squad more time to transition

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Speaker 1: under a new leader before the T twenty World Cup

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Speaker 1: later this year. She will however, lead the side one

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Speaker 1: last time in the ODI and Test matches against India,

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Speaker 1: with her final game set to be at the Test

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Speaker 1: at the Whacker in March. Heally leaves as the most

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Speaker 1: successful female wicket keeper in history, with two hundred and

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Speaker 1: sixty nine dismissals and over seven thousand international runs to

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Speaker 1: her name. Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg held her as

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Speaker 1: an all time great whose impact on the game has

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Speaker 1: been immeasurable, both on and off the field. That's your

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Speaker 1: evening news headlines on Wednesday's episode of The Quickie. The

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Speaker 1: Golden Globes this week proved our obsession with heated rivalry

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Speaker 1: isn't cooling off. But why has this book turned Telly

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Speaker 1: series got everyone and their mum so hot and breaking

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Speaker 1: a sweat. Listen to The Quickie wherever you get your podcasts.

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