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Speaker 1: Already and this is the Daily This is the Daily

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Speaker 1: ohs oh now it makes sense. Good morning and welcome

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Speaker 1: to the Daily OS. It is Wednesday, the fifteenth of May.

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Speaker 2: I'm billy, I'm Zara.

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Speaker 1: The federal government released its annual budget yesterday. The government,

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Speaker 1: led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi, had two big decisions

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Speaker 1: get that money from. There were several announcements on both

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Speaker 1: of those things, and in today's podcast we are going

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Speaker 1: to focus on what it announced for young people specifically,

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Speaker 1: we'll tell you what you need to know in today's episode,

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Speaker 1: But before we get there, what else is making headlines today?

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Speaker 2: Zara. Australian Defense Force whistleblower David McBride has been sentenced

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Speaker 2: to nearly six years in prison. McBride pleaded guilty to

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Speaker 2: unlawfully sharing classified Defense Force materials with the ABC, which

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Speaker 2: included allegations of war crimes committed by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan.

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Speaker 2: McBride has always maintained his actions were in the public interest.

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Speaker 1: The South Australian government has announced plans to increase penalties

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Speaker 1: for owners of dogs responsible for vicious attacks. Owners of

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Speaker 1: dogs that cause serious injury or death will face a

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Speaker 1: maximum fine of twenty five thousand dollars, up from two thousand,

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Speaker 1: five hundred dollars currently. That penalty will rise to fifty

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Speaker 1: of a dangerous Dog order. The Essay government is asking

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Speaker 1: for public consultation on this proposal before the ninth of June.

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Speaker 2: New Caledonia has imposed a curfew and closed its international

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Speaker 2: airport following violent riots this week. Thirty six initial arrests

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Speaker 2: were made after protesters set fire to shops, pharmacies and

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Speaker 2: who strongly opposed new proposed changes to voting eligibility in

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Speaker 2: New Caledonia. The High Commissioner called on the population to

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Speaker 2: coming hours.

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Speaker 1: And today's good news, the CO Australian of the Year,

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Speaker 1: Professor Richard Scollier has announced that he remains cancer free,

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Speaker 1: almost a year after undergoing a world first treatment. Scolia

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Speaker 1: Australian of the Year professor Georgina long Scolia shared to

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Speaker 1: social media. I found out yesterday that there is still

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Speaker 1: no sign of recurrence. I could not be happier.

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Speaker 2: The best news ever for a Wednesday morning. Okay, so, Billy,

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Speaker 2: this is the third year I believe of us doing

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Speaker 2: the federal budget together. Always gets more fun somehow. But

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Speaker 2: if people perhaps aren't playing along at home and haven't

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Speaker 2: dedicated a full Tuesday night of their lives every May,

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Speaker 2: can you just explain for one minute what exactly is

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Speaker 1: So to put it really simply, this is the most

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Speaker 1: important economic document that the government delivers every single year,

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Speaker 1: and it's exactly what it sounds like. Just like you know,

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Speaker 1: households have their own personal budgets, think of this as

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and so, like I said in the intro, it

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Speaker 1: it's also the first back to back surplus that a

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Speaker 2: Surplus is one of those words that we hear a

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Speaker 1: I think it can sound complicated, but it's not. It's

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Speaker 2: So what Jim Chalmers got up and actually announced in

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Speaker 2: So that won't be means tested.

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Speaker 1: That's everyone, that is absolutely everyone, no matter what your

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Speaker 2: And how much is that expected to cost the government?

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Speaker 1: So that will cost the Australian government one point nine

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think we should focus on mental health because

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Speaker 2: So I think a lot of Australians will be relieved

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Speaker 1: So the government also announced that it will invest fifty

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Speaker 2: to increase this year. Were there any new announcements in

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Speaker 1: And that program also in include support and planning services.

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Speaker 2: This idea of governments announcing what's going to be in

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Speaker 2: there any new information that was highlighted in last night's budget.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And if you want to know more about the

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Speaker 1: hex's announcements, we will put a link to the episode

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Speaker 1: were a few other announcements, so I thought one that

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Speaker 1: stuck out to me. The government announced a new target

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Speaker 1: for eighty percent of Australia's working population to hold a

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Speaker 1: tertiary qualification by twenty fifty. Now that's about a twenty

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Speaker 1: three point eight billion dollars over the next ten years

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Speaker 1: to achieve a lot of money, Yes, a lot of money.

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Speaker 1: So how they plan to achieve that is through measures

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Speaker 2: that in the episode earlier this month. Tell me about that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so this was the announcement that some students who

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Speaker 1: are doing mandatory practical placements, which as we know, are

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Speaker 1: We now know also how much that will cost, and

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Speaker 2: So we've dedicated until now in the podcast to what

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Speaker 2: the money and that is all right, and good, but

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Speaker 2: always good to get the opposition's response. We can expect

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Speaker 2: we'll get a formal response on Thursday from the opposition

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Speaker 2: leader Peter Dudden, But what do we hear in the meantime.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so how budget always works is that on the

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Speaker 1: Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor spoke to ABC's seven thirty last night.

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Speaker 1: Here's a little bit of what he said.

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Speaker 3: If you planned to spend a lot of money, it's inflationary.

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Speaker 3: We've got a sixteen percent increase in spending over two

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Speaker 1: So some pretty strong words there from Angus Taylor. But

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