1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,294 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Muma Mia podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges 2 00:00:15,334 --> 00:00:18,174 Speaker 1: the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast 3 00:00:18,214 --> 00:00:20,774 Speaker 1: is recorded on. Hi. 4 00:00:20,854 --> 00:00:24,654 Speaker 2: I'm Isabella Ross from Mamma MEA's daily news podcasts. There, quickie, 5 00:00:24,734 --> 00:00:27,454 Speaker 2: here's what's happening in the news today. Friday, August ninth, 6 00:00:28,054 --> 00:00:30,414 Speaker 2: With eighteen gold medals in the bag and only days 7 00:00:30,414 --> 00:00:33,374 Speaker 2: of the competition left, the Paris Games has already emerged 8 00:00:33,414 --> 00:00:37,054 Speaker 2: as Australia's most successful Olympics campaign to date. It was 9 00:00:37,094 --> 00:00:40,174 Speaker 2: Paul Volter Nina Kennedy who wrote herself into history in 10 00:00:40,254 --> 00:00:42,974 Speaker 2: more ways than one when she delivered the record breaking 11 00:00:43,054 --> 00:00:47,334 Speaker 2: eighteenth gold medal. Previously, Australia's best gold medal count at 12 00:00:47,374 --> 00:00:50,654 Speaker 2: any single editions of the Olympics was seventeen one at 13 00:00:50,654 --> 00:00:53,654 Speaker 2: Athens two thousand and four and Tokyo twenty twenty In 14 00:00:53,774 --> 00:00:56,934 Speaker 2: terms of total medals one. However, the two thousand Sydney Olympics, 15 00:00:56,974 --> 00:01:01,294 Speaker 2: which yielded fifty eight medals overall, still ranks top. A 16 00:01:01,334 --> 00:01:04,534 Speaker 2: new federal inquiry has determined that defense troops should only 17 00:01:04,614 --> 00:01:07,334 Speaker 2: be used as a last resort during natural disasters, and 18 00:01:07,374 --> 00:01:10,454 Speaker 2: their roles should be scaled back. A Senate committee called 19 00:01:10,494 --> 00:01:13,534 Speaker 2: for pressures to be relieved from defense forces after bushfires 20 00:01:13,614 --> 00:01:16,454 Speaker 2: or floods. The committee was set up in November twenty 21 00:01:16,494 --> 00:01:20,014 Speaker 2: twenty two following widespread floods across the East Coast of Australia, 22 00:01:20,094 --> 00:01:24,614 Speaker 2: which highlighted the rising number of disasters impacting communities. Volunteer 23 00:01:24,694 --> 00:01:27,974 Speaker 2: organizations should be boosted to deal with the aftermath of disasters, 24 00:01:28,014 --> 00:01:31,734 Speaker 2: the inquiry determined. They also suggested local governments should receive 25 00:01:31,814 --> 00:01:35,494 Speaker 2: a greater amount of recovery funding. As a result, most 26 00:01:35,574 --> 00:01:38,734 Speaker 2: Aussie public school teachers don't see a future in the profession, 27 00:01:38,854 --> 00:01:41,294 Speaker 2: with seven to ten revealing they don't think they'll stay 28 00:01:41,334 --> 00:01:44,294 Speaker 2: in the job until retirement. A new survey of eight 29 00:01:44,334 --> 00:01:47,494 Speaker 2: thousand public school teachers showed that excessive workloads are the 30 00:01:47,574 --> 00:01:50,734 Speaker 2: top concern on educator's minds, with teachers working in an 31 00:01:50,774 --> 00:01:54,574 Speaker 2: average of twelve point four hours of unpaid overtime per week. 32 00:01:55,014 --> 00:01:58,454 Speaker 2: Many also noted a concern with student behavior, including violence. 33 00:01:58,894 --> 00:02:01,654 Speaker 2: The Australian Education Union says not enough has been done 34 00:02:01,734 --> 00:02:04,414 Speaker 2: to address the growing staff shortages, such as rolling out 35 00:02:04,414 --> 00:02:08,894 Speaker 2: retention payments. Lastly, Cape Blanchette has claimed that no one 36 00:02:08,934 --> 00:02:11,934 Speaker 2: got paid anything for Lord of the Rings. The Australian 37 00:02:11,974 --> 00:02:15,134 Speaker 2: actress starred in the big screen adaptations of Tolkien's epic 38 00:02:15,214 --> 00:02:17,734 Speaker 2: novel series, but when it was suggested that the movies 39 00:02:17,774 --> 00:02:20,694 Speaker 2: were her biggest paycheck to date, she insisted that couldn't 40 00:02:20,734 --> 00:02:22,814 Speaker 2: be further from the truth. She was then asked if 41 00:02:22,814 --> 00:02:25,534 Speaker 2: she received a percentage of box office profits upon the 42 00:02:25,574 --> 00:02:28,414 Speaker 2: film's release, and Blanche had insisted that was not the 43 00:02:28,414 --> 00:02:31,294 Speaker 2: case either. She said her only motivation to do the 44 00:02:31,334 --> 00:02:33,414 Speaker 2: film was to work with director Peter Jackson. 45 00:02:34,014 --> 00:02:36,854 Speaker 1: Now let's talk Olympics. 46 00:02:37,574 --> 00:02:40,854 Speaker 2: The polsign Paris thanks to move by Mama Mia, the 47 00:02:40,934 --> 00:02:45,574 Speaker 2: exercise app you'll actually enjoy. It's a big night for athletics, 48 00:02:45,574 --> 00:02:48,054 Speaker 2: with the women's long jump at six, the women's javelin 49 00:02:48,134 --> 00:02:50,654 Speaker 2: throw at seven twenty in the men's eight hundred meter 50 00:02:50,734 --> 00:02:53,494 Speaker 2: finals at seven thirty, with Ossie's competing in. 51 00:02:53,454 --> 00:02:54,734 Speaker 1: All of those categories. 52 00:02:55,054 --> 00:02:57,814 Speaker 2: From six fifty, there's the women's kayak double five hundred 53 00:02:57,854 --> 00:03:01,254 Speaker 2: meter semifinals with Ella Beer and Ali Bull competing. It's 54 00:03:01,294 --> 00:03:04,254 Speaker 2: followed by the men's kayak double five hundred meter semifinals 55 00:03:04,294 --> 00:03:06,934 Speaker 2: at seven ten, which also has two Ossies in the race. 56 00:03:07,454 --> 00:03:10,254 Speaker 2: On the cycling track, we have the men's sprints at 57 00:03:10,254 --> 00:03:13,534 Speaker 2: ten forty with Australia's fastest men in the velodrome Matthew 58 00:03:13,574 --> 00:03:16,534 Speaker 2: Richardson one right away from a shot at Olympic gold medal. 59 00:03:17,014 --> 00:03:18,854 Speaker 2: If you wish to stay up late, you don't want 60 00:03:18,854 --> 00:03:21,334 Speaker 2: to miss the women's basketball where the Ossie Opals meet 61 00:03:21,334 --> 00:03:24,454 Speaker 2: Team USA in the semifinals at one thirty. And if 62 00:03:24,494 --> 00:03:26,934 Speaker 2: you feel good about waking up early tomorrow morning, at 63 00:03:26,974 --> 00:03:30,014 Speaker 2: five am, there's a women's beach volleyball bronze medal match. 64 00:03:30,254 --> 00:03:34,054 Speaker 2: Ozzie's Mariafeya, Tacho del Sola and Telequa Clancy are up 65 00:03:34,054 --> 00:03:34,974 Speaker 2: against Switzerland. 66 00:03:35,294 --> 00:03:36,814 Speaker 1: That's your evening news headlines. 67 00:03:37,174 --> 00:03:40,534 Speaker 2: On Monday's episode, we're diving deep into the tradwif phenomenon 68 00:03:40,854 --> 00:03:43,174 Speaker 2: is everywhere online at the moment, but we examine the 69 00:03:43,214 --> 00:03:45,054 Speaker 2: sinister roots behind the current trend. 70 00:03:45,574 --> 00:03:48,094 Speaker 1: Check out the Quickie wherever you get your podcasts.