Speaker 1: From the Daily os. I'm Emma, I'm Lucy. It's Thursday,
Speaker 1: the twelfth of December. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
Speaker 2: The government's student debt reforms are being rolled out from
Speaker 2: today after its HEX indexation changes past Parliament last month.
Speaker 2: The legislation means indexation cannot exceed the lower rate of
Speaker 2: either inflation or wage growth figures. It comes after hex's
Speaker 2: debts increased by seven point one percent in twenty twenty
Speaker 2: three in line with inflation. This increase will be adjusted
Speaker 2: to three point two percent the wage index. The reform,
Speaker 2: which the opposition supported, meant the government essentially owed people
Speaker 2: a three point nine percent refund on the HEX indexation
Speaker 2: they were charged in twenty twenty three. Those who've paid
Speaker 2: off their HEX since then will have the difference credited
Speaker 2: to them. Australians can check their student debt by logging
Speaker 2: onto their ATO account through my gov.
Speaker 1: Australia's unemployment rate for fell to three point nine percent
Speaker 1: in November, down zero point two percent to the lowest
Speaker 1: level since March. That's according to the latest figures from
Speaker 1: the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The unemployment rate reflects the
Speaker 1: percentage of people who were looking for work but couldn't
Speaker 1: find any. This three point nine percent figure is seasonally adjusted,
Speaker 1: meaning the ABS has removed the effects of calendar specific
Speaker 1: patterns from the data, like fruit picking in summer or
Speaker 1: Christmas casuals in retail in December.
Speaker 2: The director of the United States FBI, Christopher Ray, has
Speaker 2: announced his intention to step down before Donald Trump takes
Speaker 2: office in early twenty twenty five. Ray announced this decision
Speaker 2: during an all employee address in which he stated, I've
Speaker 2: decided the right thing for the bureau is for me
Speaker 2: to serve until the end of the current administration in
Speaker 2: January and then step down. He added, this is the
Speaker 2: best way to avoid dragging the bureau deeper into the
Speaker 2: fray while reinforcing the values in principles that are so
Speaker 2: important to how we do our work. This comes after
Speaker 2: President elect Donald Trump announced his intention to replace Ray
Speaker 2: upon being sworn into the White House in January twenty
Speaker 2: twenty five, more than two years shy of raised ten
Speaker 2: year term.
Speaker 1: And Today's good News, archaeologists have unearthed artifacts and ceremonial
Speaker 1: items dating back to ancient Egypt and thought to be
Speaker 1: tied to Cleopatra, the Egyptian Dominican Archaeological mission discovered several
Speaker 1: items beneath the temple in the ancient city of Alexandria,
Speaker 1: including a small, white marble statuette of a woman. The
Speaker 1: dig's lead researcher believes the bust is a depiction of
Speaker 1: Queen Cleopatra. Other experts have weighed in suggesting the statue
Speaker 1: could be another royal woman or princess. Other significant discoveries
Speaker 1: include hundreds of coins bearing the image of Cleopatra, pottery vessels,
Speaker 1: oil lamps, and bronze statues dating back to around thirty BCE.
Speaker 1: Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said the discoveries would
Speaker 1: be pivotal in expanding our under standing of ancient Egypt's
Speaker 1: final dynasty in the late Ptolemaic period.
Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily Oz newsroom. If you're
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Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow morning. Until then, have a great evening.
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