1 00:00:10,574 --> 00:00:15,294 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Mumma Mea podcast. Mamma Mea acknowledges 2 00:00:15,334 --> 00:00:18,134 Speaker 1: the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast 3 00:00:18,214 --> 00:00:23,654 Speaker 1: is recorded on. Hi. I'm Alex Nicholson from Mumma MEA's 4 00:00:23,654 --> 00:00:27,294 Speaker 1: twice daily news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines for Thursday, 5 00:00:27,414 --> 00:00:31,934 Speaker 1: January thirty, A caravan laden with explosives and notes containing 6 00:00:31,974 --> 00:00:34,854 Speaker 1: the addresses of Jewish people and institutions has been linked 7 00:00:34,894 --> 00:00:38,254 Speaker 1: to a man already in custody after investigations into a 8 00:00:38,254 --> 00:00:41,574 Speaker 1: spate of anti Semitic attacks. The van was found abandoned 9 00:00:41,574 --> 00:00:44,694 Speaker 1: on a semi rural road in Sydney's northwest Outskirts and 10 00:00:44,774 --> 00:00:48,494 Speaker 1: reported to authorities, sparking a massive multi agency probe that 11 00:00:48,574 --> 00:00:53,974 Speaker 1: includes counter terrorism investigators. On Thursday, police revealed the owner 12 00:00:54,014 --> 00:00:57,174 Speaker 1: of the caravan was already in custody on unrelated charges 13 00:00:57,254 --> 00:00:59,654 Speaker 1: laid by a strike force set up to find those 14 00:00:59,694 --> 00:01:04,454 Speaker 1: responsible for escalating anti Semitic incidents in Sydney. No detonator 15 00:01:04,494 --> 00:01:07,134 Speaker 1: was found in the van alongside the explosives, but New 16 00:01:07,174 --> 00:01:09,974 Speaker 1: South Wales premiere Chris Mins describes the far and as 17 00:01:10,214 --> 00:01:14,654 Speaker 1: a potential terrorist event. Prime Minister Anthony Albanzi says it 18 00:01:14,694 --> 00:01:17,414 Speaker 1: was a move clearly designed to harm people, but it's 19 00:01:17,454 --> 00:01:20,854 Speaker 1: also designed to create fear in the community. He stated 20 00:01:20,854 --> 00:01:23,334 Speaker 1: that the government is doing everything it can in the matter, 21 00:01:23,534 --> 00:01:26,134 Speaker 1: and says the fact people are being detained, arrested, and 22 00:01:26,214 --> 00:01:29,934 Speaker 1: charged indicates this. Meta has agreed to settle a lawsuit 23 00:01:30,014 --> 00:01:33,094 Speaker 1: filed by US President Donald Trump after it suspended his 24 00:01:33,134 --> 00:01:36,054 Speaker 1: accounts following the attack on the Capitol on January sixth, 25 00:01:36,134 --> 00:01:39,054 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. The company has agreed to pay Trump 26 00:01:39,174 --> 00:01:42,534 Speaker 1: forty million Australian dollars. It is just the latest instance 27 00:01:42,574 --> 00:01:45,974 Speaker 1: of a large corporation settling litigation with the president, who 28 00:01:45,974 --> 00:01:49,614 Speaker 1: has threatened retribution on his critics and rivals. The move 29 00:01:49,694 --> 00:01:53,054 Speaker 1: comes as Meta and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg join other 30 00:01:53,134 --> 00:01:56,414 Speaker 1: large technology companies in trying to ingratiate themselves with the 31 00:01:56,454 --> 00:02:00,374 Speaker 1: new Trump administration. Meta also made a one point six 32 00:02:00,454 --> 00:02:04,694 Speaker 1: million Australian dollar donation to Trump's inaugural committee, and Zuckerberg 33 00:02:04,774 --> 00:02:08,334 Speaker 1: was among several billionaires granted prime seating during Trump's swearing 34 00:02:08,334 --> 00:02:11,814 Speaker 1: in last week in the Capitol rotunda. Meanwhile, President Trump 35 00:02:11,854 --> 00:02:14,654 Speaker 1: will order the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security 36 00:02:14,694 --> 00:02:17,654 Speaker 1: to prepare a migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay for as 37 00:02:17,694 --> 00:02:20,774 Speaker 1: many as thirty thousand immigrants. The US Naval base in 38 00:02:20,814 --> 00:02:24,574 Speaker 1: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, already houses a migrant facility, which is 39 00:02:24,614 --> 00:02:28,334 Speaker 1: separate from the high security US prison for foreign terrorism suspects. 40 00:02:28,934 --> 00:02:32,134 Speaker 1: It's been used on occasion for decades, including to howse 41 00:02:32,134 --> 00:02:34,854 Speaker 1: Haitians and Cubans picked up at sea, but a move 42 00:02:34,934 --> 00:02:37,214 Speaker 1: to house tens of thousands of migrants at the base 43 00:02:37,254 --> 00:02:40,374 Speaker 1: would again widen the Pentagon's role in Trump's crackdown on 44 00:02:40,414 --> 00:02:44,014 Speaker 1: illegal immigration. Trump says the facility would be used to 45 00:02:44,094 --> 00:02:47,974 Speaker 1: detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people. 46 00:02:48,614 --> 00:02:51,574 Speaker 1: The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment, 47 00:02:51,734 --> 00:02:54,014 Speaker 1: and it is unclear how the facility would be funded. 48 00:02:54,694 --> 00:02:58,454 Speaker 1: And Australian influencer and entrepreneur Sophie Kaisha has welcomed her 49 00:02:58,454 --> 00:03:01,854 Speaker 1: third child, a little girl, Esme Sophie Shaw, was born 50 00:03:01,894 --> 00:03:04,254 Speaker 1: on January twenty eight, with the new mum sharing the 51 00:03:04,254 --> 00:03:08,094 Speaker 1: exciting news with her Instagram followers. In her announcement, Kaisha 52 00:03:08,174 --> 00:03:11,014 Speaker 1: said her two older children, Bobby and Florence, watched as 53 00:03:11,094 --> 00:03:15,094 Speaker 1: May's birth, something she said was a dream experience and 54 00:03:15,134 --> 00:03:18,134 Speaker 1: that's your latest news headlines. On tomorrow's episode of The Quickie, 55 00:03:18,134 --> 00:03:20,174 Speaker 1: middle aged women are having their moment in the sun. 56 00:03:20,254 --> 00:03:23,654 Speaker 1: This award season. Host of the mid podcast Holly Wainwright 57 00:03:23,774 --> 00:03:27,214 Speaker 1: joins us to unpack the gen X Hollywood Revolution. Listen 58 00:03:27,254 --> 00:03:31,134 Speaker 1: to The Quickie wherever you get your podcasts.