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Speaker 2: Coming after Defense Force troops deployed to the Middle East,
Speaker 2: a warning to change passwords, and an AFL great forced
Speaker 2: into retirement. I'm Katie Fuller with this afternoon's nine News podcast.
Speaker 2: Australia has deployed defense aircraft and personnel to the Middle
Speaker 2: East as a contingency in case they're needed to help
Speaker 2: evacuate citizens, but the federal government says they're not there
Speaker 2: for combat. The Australian embassy in Iran has been closed
Speaker 2: and diplomats have been told to leave the country as
Speaker 2: military tensions escalate. Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the government
Speaker 2: will do what it can to help citizens.
Speaker 3: Our deployment is obviously to assist Australians, not for combat purposes.
Speaker 1: It's too as part of contingency arrangements being put in place.
Speaker 2: President Donald Chump says he will decide within two weeks
Speaker 2: what course of action the United States may take against Iran.
Speaker 2: Sixteen billion logging details have been leaked online in what's
Speaker 2: being described as the largest amount of stolen data ever discovered.
Speaker 2: The security breach was investigated by cyber News and is
Speaker 2: believed to be a result of years of cyber criminal activity.
Speaker 2: Experts say it's a blueprint for mass exploitation. Tech expert
Speaker 2: Trevor Long has told two GB's Clinton Maynard it poses
Speaker 2: an immediate threat if passwords aren't changed.
Speaker 4: Let's say they obtained your details from Shop A that
Speaker 4: was hacked from ten years ago, and there's your username
Speaker 4: of password. They'll now take that use of a password
Speaker 4: and try and log into Shop B or Bank A
Speaker 4: and start trying to access your online identity in other places.
Speaker 2: Australia has moved a step closer towards introducing social media
Speaker 2: age restrictions after the federal government received a key report
Speaker 2: on the issue. The Age Asurance Technology Trial has found
Speaker 2: the under sixteen band can be achieved. It shows there
Speaker 2: are a number of suitable systems, but no one size
Speaker 2: fits all solution. Clinical psychologist doctor Danielle Einstein says the
Speaker 2: ban will make a big difference to children's mental health.
Speaker 5: A lot of seventeen eighteen year olds look back and
Speaker 5: say I don't want my younger brother or sister on
Speaker 5: social media. So you know, young people themselves feel that
Speaker 5: this is a healthy step forward, and I just would
Speaker 5: like the whole community to understand that we can safely
Speaker 5: do this.
Speaker 2: A building veteran belizer fire which toured through his twenty
Speaker 2: million dollar Melbourne mansion was deliberately lit. Nine reporter Kiara Parker.
Speaker 6: Jerry Hoggard, who found a Building Groups, Extension Factory and
Speaker 6: Spurway Homes, had been carrying out a three year renovation
Speaker 6: on the Saint George's Road property to build his dream
Speaker 6: retirement home. He's told The Herald Sun the two rope
Speaker 6: property was highly detailed because he wanted to make it
Speaker 6: his last build and leave a legacy. Mister Hoggart, who
Speaker 6: bought the property for about seven million dollars in twenty
Speaker 6: twenty one, says he's devastated. After more than forty years
Speaker 6: in the industry, he'd never built a house for himself.
Speaker 6: He believes if it had been an electrical fire, flames
Speaker 6: wouldn't have spread through the house like that. Police are
Speaker 6: treating the blaze, which broke out at around twelve thirty
Speaker 6: this morning, as suspicious. Anyone with information is urged to
Speaker 6: contact crime Stoppers in Melbourne. Kiara Parker nine News.
Speaker 2: Former New South Wales MP Daryl McGuire has been found
Speaker 2: guilty of misleading the Corruption watchdog after earlier confusion stemming
Speaker 2: from the flooding damage to the Downing Center. Court a
Speaker 2: magistrate handed down her verdict in the matter relating to
Speaker 2: his evidence as a witness at Eykak In twenty eighteen,
Speaker 2: A health alert has been issued after a passenger infectious
Speaker 2: with measles passed through Sydney Airport. They were traveling from
Speaker 2: Ho Ti Min City on board Vietnam Airlines flight VN
Speaker 2: seven seven to three, arriving on Monday morning. New South
Speaker 2: Wales Health's doctor Mitchell Smith says the latest case is
Speaker 2: contributing to an alarming trend.
Speaker 3: We've had twenty three cases of measles in New South
Speaker 3: Wales already this year, and that's an unusually high number.
Speaker 3: The most important thing is knowing whether you've been in
Speaker 3: contact with somebody who has measles.
Speaker 2: A major crackdown is on the way to tackle east
Speaker 2: scooter accidents across Queensland. More than six thousand patients who've
Speaker 2: been taken to emergency departments with injuries since twenty eighteen.
Speaker 2: The RACQ is calling on the state's government to take
Speaker 2: immediate action and drinking alcohol, smoking, living alone and being
Speaker 2: prone to clutter can increase the risk of being killed
Speaker 2: in a house fire. New South Wales firefighters have launched
Speaker 2: their annual b Fire Safe Winter campaign in the wake
Speaker 2: of three deaths this week alone. Not having a working
Speaker 2: smoke alarm is also a major risk. In finance, one
Speaker 2: Aussie dollar is buying sixty four US Sense.
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Speaker 2: West Coast AFL Premiership winner Jeremy McGovern has announced his
Speaker 2: retirement due to repeated concussions. The thirty three year old
Speaker 2: played one hundred and ninety seven games for the Eagles,
Speaker 2: but was forced to front the panel after copying a
Speaker 2: serious head knock against the Demon's back in round eight.
Speaker 2: He says he's sad to be forced into retirement after
Speaker 2: accepting a recommendation from the AFL's Concussion Board.
Speaker 7: Yea, I've had a fair few ways to think about it,
Speaker 7: but oh look, it's not the way I want to
Speaker 7: go out. I respect the decision and it's the right decision.
Speaker 7: As much as you hate to admit it. As a player,
Speaker 7: you want to keep playing forever. Yeah, for me and
Speaker 7: my long term health. It's definitely the right decision and
Speaker 7: call and I'm on at Piace with it. It's okay
Speaker 7: because I respect the game.
Speaker 2: Coach Ricky Stewart says his son is more than ready
Speaker 2: to make his NRL debut. Winger Jed Stewart will replace
Speaker 2: the injured Sevillio Tamale in tonight's clash with the Tigers,
Speaker 2: and Josh Inglis will make his return to the crease
Speaker 2: in Australia's first Test against the West Indies next week.
Speaker 2: He'll stand in for an injured Steve Smith, while Sam
Speaker 2: Constance replaces the underperforming Manus Labba Shane. I'm Katie Fuller
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