Speaker 1: From the Daily os.
Speaker 2: I'm Zara, I'm Sam.
Speaker 1: It's Tuesday, the third of December. Here's what's making headlines
Speaker 1: this evening.
Speaker 2: Australia's Communications watchdog or AKMA, has been tasked with developing
Speaker 2: a register of legitimate business's phone numbers to cut down
Speaker 2: on scam texts. Communications Minister Michelle Rowland says the Federal
Speaker 2: Government has asked AKMA to set up the register so
Speaker 2: that scammers can't mimic real businesses text messages to customers.
Speaker 2: Before sending text to customers, companies are going to have
Speaker 2: to register the number they use to send messages. Any
Speaker 2: messages sent on behalf of that company would have to
Speaker 2: be verified by telco's like Telstra and Optus against this register,
Speaker 2: and if they don't match it, they're going to be
Speaker 2: blocked or have an attached warning.
Speaker 1: Victorian Premier Jacindra Allen has responded to the Business Council
Speaker 1: of Australia ranking the state the worst in the country
Speaker 1: for businesses. Instead, she said more and more businesses are
Speaker 1: choosing Victoria as a place to invest in record numbers.
Speaker 1: This morning, the Peak body released its annual report that
Speaker 1: compares Australia's states and territories based on the ease and
Speaker 1: cost of running a business. It said South Australia has
Speaker 1: the best regulatory and tax settings for doing business in Australia,
Speaker 1: while comparatively, Victoria's rate of taxes on land and how
Speaker 1: much businesses have to pay in workers comp means the
Speaker 1: state has the most to do in improving its business environment.
Speaker 1: At a press conference this morning, Premier Allen said the
Speaker 1: report was incomplete and that Victoria's businesses have accessed to
Speaker 1: a strong skilled workforce and low energy prices.
Speaker 2: Hesbula and Israel have accused each other of breaking a
Speaker 2: ceasefire less than a week after it was signed. However,
Speaker 2: White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said the
Speaker 2: ceasefire is largely holding. He said the strikes are to
Speaker 2: be expected after over a year of war and maintains
Speaker 2: there is a mechanism in place to try and stop
Speaker 2: the attacks and these authorities report Israel's strikes have killed
Speaker 2: at least nine people. Under the agreement, both Israel and
Speaker 2: Hesbela are required to gradually retreat from their current positions
Speaker 2: in southern Lebanon, allowing the Lebanese Army to secure the area, and.
Speaker 1: Today's good news. Researchers at the University of Iowa have
Speaker 1: found that a set of drugs used to treat heart
Speaker 1: disease may slow the onset of Huntington's disease, which is
Speaker 1: a genetic condition. Symptoms of Huntington's disease includes lack of
Speaker 1: control over one's body and changes inability to think. It
Speaker 1: most frequently begins when people are in their thirties and
Speaker 1: has no cure. In a long term study published in
Speaker 1: the academic journal Jarma Neurology, researchers found that taking beta
Speaker 1: blockers was associated with the diseases symptoms developing later in
Speaker 1: life and worsening at a slower rate when they did appear.
Speaker 2: And that's all we've got for you from the Daily
Speaker 2: Oo's newsroom for this evening, but we're going to be
Speaker 2: back against tomorrow morning. I'm going to bring you a
Speaker 2: chat with an AFP commander about the record hall of
Speaker 2: cocaine they intercept it off the coast of Queensland and
Speaker 2: how that will change the organized crime and drug landscape
Speaker 2: in Australia. Until then, have a great evening. My name
Speaker 2: is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda Bunjelung Calcuttin
Speaker 2: woman from Gadighl country. The Daily oz acknowledges that this
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Speaker 2: and pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Rate island
Speaker 2: and nations. We pay our respects to the first peoples
Speaker 2: of these countries, both past and present.