1 00:00:06,375 --> 00:00:12,695 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Muma Mia podcast. Good afternoon, I'm 2 00:00:12,735 --> 00:00:15,175 Speaker 1: Claire Murphy with your latest from the Quickie Newsroom. Wednesday, 3 00:00:15,215 --> 00:00:18,695 Speaker 1: February four. Opposition leader Susan Lee has left the door 4 00:00:18,735 --> 00:00:21,735 Speaker 1: open to softening her demands for a reunion with the Nationals, 5 00:00:21,775 --> 00:00:25,695 Speaker 1: saying the coalition can end its messy political divorce this week. 6 00:00:26,055 --> 00:00:28,775 Speaker 1: Despite a number of MPs from the former Allies expressing 7 00:00:28,815 --> 00:00:31,215 Speaker 1: hope they will get back together, the two parties have 8 00:00:31,255 --> 00:00:33,614 Speaker 1: been unable to agree on the terms of their reunion. 9 00:00:33,854 --> 00:00:36,455 Speaker 1: Miss Lee said she spoke with her Nationals counterpart David 10 00:00:36,495 --> 00:00:38,974 Speaker 1: little Pound on Monday night and was expecting to meet 11 00:00:38,974 --> 00:00:42,214 Speaker 1: again today, saying the Coalition can reform this week with 12 00:00:42,335 --> 00:00:45,095 Speaker 1: conditions that are supported by the overlying majority of my 13 00:00:45,175 --> 00:00:48,015 Speaker 1: party room. Miss Lee said the Nationals needed to agree 14 00:00:48,015 --> 00:00:51,734 Speaker 1: that shadow cabinet solidarity is mandatory, that the joint Opposition 15 00:00:51,815 --> 00:00:55,135 Speaker 1: party room has primacy over any individual party room, and 16 00:00:55,215 --> 00:00:57,415 Speaker 1: the three senators who crossed the floor two weeks ago 17 00:00:57,654 --> 00:01:01,975 Speaker 1: face ongoing consequences. Young Ossies are vaping in alarming numbers 18 00:01:02,015 --> 00:01:04,735 Speaker 1: despite being aware of the health risks. According to the 19 00:01:04,775 --> 00:01:07,775 Speaker 1: Burnett inst twenty twenty five, sex drugs and Rock and 20 00:01:07,855 --> 00:01:11,175 Speaker 1: Roll Survey, the habit has risen by ten percent amongst 21 00:01:11,215 --> 00:01:13,855 Speaker 1: fifteen to twenty nine year olds in the past year alone, 22 00:01:14,015 --> 00:01:16,575 Speaker 1: with one in three admitting to vaping. It found that 23 00:01:16,575 --> 00:01:19,415 Speaker 1: participants rateed the harmfulness of vaping at an average of 24 00:01:19,495 --> 00:01:22,575 Speaker 1: eighty nine out of one hundred, suggesting a strong awareness 25 00:01:22,575 --> 00:01:26,415 Speaker 1: of health risks despite the widespread use. Burnett Institute Head 26 00:01:26,415 --> 00:01:29,055 Speaker 1: of Young People's Health, Megan Limb says young people clearly 27 00:01:29,135 --> 00:01:32,495 Speaker 1: understand that vaping is harmful, but that knowledge alone isn't 28 00:01:32,575 --> 00:01:35,735 Speaker 1: enough to prevent use. The Victorian study, which captured the 29 00:01:35,775 --> 00:01:38,655 Speaker 1: insights of more than one thousand young people, also found 30 00:01:38,655 --> 00:01:42,295 Speaker 1: that alcohol consumption is still widespread, with ninety five percent 31 00:01:42,295 --> 00:01:44,695 Speaker 1: of young people reporting drinking it in the last year. 32 00:01:45,095 --> 00:01:47,695 Speaker 1: More than seventy percent had used drugs at some point 33 00:01:47,735 --> 00:01:50,535 Speaker 1: over the past twelve months, while forty five percent had 34 00:01:50,535 --> 00:01:53,455 Speaker 1: done so in the past month. The most common substance 35 00:01:53,495 --> 00:01:56,735 Speaker 1: included marijuana and MDMA, although the use of ketamine and 36 00:01:56,775 --> 00:02:00,575 Speaker 1: cocaine has steadily been increasing. The survey also found knowledge 37 00:02:00,615 --> 00:02:04,175 Speaker 1: gaps remained for young people on sexual health. Participants answered 38 00:02:04,215 --> 00:02:06,975 Speaker 1: only four out of the six sexual health questions correctly, 39 00:02:07,255 --> 00:02:10,455 Speaker 1: with just fifty percent where the chlamydia can cause infertility 40 00:02:10,495 --> 00:02:12,975 Speaker 1: in women, and fifty six percent knowing it can be 41 00:02:13,055 --> 00:02:16,975 Speaker 1: diagnosed with a urine test. Melinda French Gates has addressed 42 00:02:17,015 --> 00:02:19,455 Speaker 1: reports at her ex husband Bill Gates, tried to give 43 00:02:19,495 --> 00:02:23,055 Speaker 1: her medication for an STI without her knowledge. The revelation 44 00:02:23,175 --> 00:02:25,575 Speaker 1: came in the latest release of the Epstein files, which 45 00:02:25,615 --> 00:02:29,535 Speaker 1: found drafted messages in Epstein's email account alleging the Gates 46 00:02:29,535 --> 00:02:33,175 Speaker 1: had organized sexual encounters with women via Epstein and that 47 00:02:33,255 --> 00:02:36,454 Speaker 1: through them had contracted an STI. He then talked about 48 00:02:36,495 --> 00:02:39,335 Speaker 1: feeling betrayed by Gates and accuses him of acquiring the 49 00:02:39,415 --> 00:02:42,135 Speaker 1: STI medication, which he was going to secretly give to 50 00:02:42,175 --> 00:02:45,815 Speaker 1: his then wife. Melinda Frenchgates, speaking to NPR in the US, 51 00:02:45,855 --> 00:02:49,175 Speaker 1: says that her tech billionaire X husband has questions to answer. 52 00:02:49,535 --> 00:02:53,334 Speaker 2: For me, it's just sadness. Sadness for you know, I've 53 00:02:53,415 --> 00:02:55,935 Speaker 2: left had I left my marriage. I had to leave 54 00:02:55,935 --> 00:02:57,655 Speaker 2: my marriage. I wanted to leave my marriage, and so 55 00:02:57,695 --> 00:03:02,334 Speaker 2: it's just sad. That's the truth, right, And it's kind 56 00:03:02,335 --> 00:03:04,855 Speaker 2: of like h at least for me, I've been able 57 00:03:04,895 --> 00:03:07,255 Speaker 2: to move on life, and I hope there's some justice 58 00:03:07,415 --> 00:03:10,135 Speaker 2: for those now women right we see them standing up 59 00:03:10,135 --> 00:03:13,975 Speaker 2: in front of microphones in DC. What they went through 60 00:03:14,095 --> 00:03:15,855 Speaker 2: is just unimaginable. I think. 61 00:03:16,015 --> 00:03:18,615 Speaker 1: Still on the Epstein files and British police are investigating 62 00:03:18,615 --> 00:03:21,535 Speaker 1: allegations that a beautiful twenty six year old Russian woman 63 00:03:21,935 --> 00:03:24,175 Speaker 1: was sent to the UK for a sexual encounter with 64 00:03:24,255 --> 00:03:27,615 Speaker 1: Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. Lawyers representing the woman have urged the 65 00:03:27,695 --> 00:03:30,415 Speaker 1: King to contact them following allegations that their client was 66 00:03:30,455 --> 00:03:32,935 Speaker 1: sent to the UK for a sexual encounter with his brother, 67 00:03:33,335 --> 00:03:36,615 Speaker 1: Brad Edwards from the US firmer Edwards. Henderson previously told 68 00:03:36,615 --> 00:03:39,175 Speaker 1: the BBC that his client had spent the night with 69 00:03:39,215 --> 00:03:42,215 Speaker 1: mount Batton Windsor after being given a tour of Buckingham Palace. 70 00:03:42,575 --> 00:03:45,415 Speaker 1: Mount Baton Windsor features a number of times in the documents, 71 00:03:45,455 --> 00:03:48,295 Speaker 1: which were released by the US Department of Justice on Friday, 72 00:03:48,575 --> 00:03:52,055 Speaker 1: including images showing him crouching over an unidentified woman in 73 00:03:52,095 --> 00:03:55,015 Speaker 1: what appears to be Epstein's New York mansion. The former 74 00:03:55,055 --> 00:03:57,735 Speaker 1: prince and his ex wife Sarah Ferguson appear in email 75 00:03:57,775 --> 00:04:01,055 Speaker 1: exchanges with Epstein, with Mount Baton Windsor appearing to invite 76 00:04:01,095 --> 00:04:04,215 Speaker 1: him to Buckingham Palace and Ferguson saying I'm at your service, 77 00:04:04,455 --> 00:04:07,135 Speaker 1: just marry me. Asked about how he was coping with 78 00:04:07,175 --> 00:04:09,735 Speaker 1: the fallout from the files. Andrew's brother, Prince Edward, the 79 00:04:09,815 --> 00:04:12,335 Speaker 1: Duke of Edinburgh, said at the World Government's Summit in 80 00:04:12,415 --> 00:04:15,055 Speaker 1: Dubai that it's all really important to always remember the 81 00:04:15,175 --> 00:04:17,815 Speaker 1: victims and who are the victims in all of this. 82 00:04:18,735 --> 00:04:22,015 Speaker 1: US President Donald Trump has attracted furious pushback after calling 83 00:04:22,055 --> 00:04:25,895 Speaker 1: for Republicans to nationalize elections. In a podcast interview with 84 00:04:25,975 --> 00:04:29,815 Speaker 1: former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, Trump repeated his false 85 00:04:29,855 --> 00:04:32,455 Speaker 1: claims that the twenty twenty election was stolen from him 86 00:04:32,735 --> 00:04:36,175 Speaker 1: and said his party should take over and nationalize voting 87 00:04:36,215 --> 00:04:39,855 Speaker 1: in at least fifteen places, without detailing exactly what he meant. 88 00:04:40,215 --> 00:04:43,735 Speaker 1: Under the US Constitution, state governments oversee elections, not the 89 00:04:43,775 --> 00:04:48,415 Speaker 1: federal government. Democratic officials and voting rights advocates said Trump's comments, 90 00:04:48,495 --> 00:04:51,335 Speaker 1: just days after the FBI searched the election office in 91 00:04:51,375 --> 00:04:55,415 Speaker 1: Fulton County, Georgia for twenty twenty ballots, shows he plans 92 00:04:55,455 --> 00:04:58,455 Speaker 1: to try to undermine or perhaps even manipulate the results 93 00:04:58,495 --> 00:05:02,455 Speaker 1: of this year's midterm elections. The president's party has historically 94 00:05:02,495 --> 00:05:06,055 Speaker 1: lost seats in midterm elections, and Democrats need to only 95 00:05:06,135 --> 00:05:09,495 Speaker 1: three Republican held districts in November to gain control of 96 00:05:09,535 --> 00:05:12,935 Speaker 1: the US House of Representatives. Several Trump allies in states 97 00:05:12,935 --> 00:05:15,695 Speaker 1: with close races told Reuters that they believed Trump might 98 00:05:15,775 --> 00:05:19,135 Speaker 1: threaten to withhold federal election related funding to states that 99 00:05:19,215 --> 00:05:22,695 Speaker 1: resist new voting measures, such as idea requirements or limits 100 00:05:22,695 --> 00:05:25,735 Speaker 1: on mail ballots. The government provides hundreds of millions of 101 00:05:25,735 --> 00:05:28,415 Speaker 1: dollars in federal assistance to states each year to help 102 00:05:28,415 --> 00:05:32,935 Speaker 1: administer elections, including for voting equipment, cybersecurity upgrades, and election 103 00:05:33,015 --> 00:05:36,695 Speaker 1: worker training. Nancy Guthrie, the eighty four year old mother 104 00:05:36,815 --> 00:05:40,695 Speaker 1: of USA Today Show host Susannah Guthrie, remains missing after 105 00:05:40,775 --> 00:05:43,655 Speaker 1: last being seen at her Arizona home on January thirty one. 106 00:05:44,095 --> 00:05:46,775 Speaker 1: Nancy was reported missing by her family over the weekend, 107 00:05:46,855 --> 00:05:49,135 Speaker 1: with authority saying it looks as though she was taken 108 00:05:49,175 --> 00:05:52,255 Speaker 1: against her will, with signs of forced entry to her home. 109 00:05:52,695 --> 00:05:54,935 Speaker 1: Sources are reporting that there was blood found at the 110 00:05:54,935 --> 00:05:57,295 Speaker 1: scene and that the door's ring camera had been removed, 111 00:05:57,495 --> 00:06:00,615 Speaker 1: but this is yet to be verified by police. Investigators 112 00:06:00,615 --> 00:06:04,575 Speaker 1: saying biological DNA evidence had been found without specifying what 113 00:06:04,695 --> 00:06:08,455 Speaker 1: exactly that evidence is. Nancy's TV host daughter Susanna, has 114 00:06:08,495 --> 00:06:11,055 Speaker 1: not returned to her job since her mother was reported missing, 115 00:06:11,295 --> 00:06:13,895 Speaker 1: but she's taken to social media asking for her followers 116 00:06:13,895 --> 00:06:16,214 Speaker 1: to pray for the safe return of her mum. That's 117 00:06:16,255 --> 00:06:19,015 Speaker 1: your latest news headlines. For more from the Quikie, like Tomorrow, 118 00:06:19,015 --> 00:06:21,495 Speaker 1: where we find out why AID agencies like Doctors Without 119 00:06:21,535 --> 00:06:24,335 Speaker 1: Borders are being locked out of helping the situation in Gaza, 120 00:06:24,495 --> 00:06:34,775 Speaker 1: Listen to the Quickie wherever you get your podcasts. 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