WEBVTT - Headlines: Robodebt victims to get additional compensation

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<v Speaker 1>From the Zelias. I'm Sam Kazlowski, I'm Lucy Tassel. It's Thursday,

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<v Speaker 1>the fourth of September. Here's what's making headlines this evening.

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<v Speaker 2>Robodebt victims will receive additional compensation after the government agreed

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<v Speaker 2>to settle the largest class action appeal in Australian history.

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<v Speaker 2>Robodet was a debt collection system used by the government

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<v Speaker 2>from twenty fifteen to twenty nineteen. It resulted in over

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<v Speaker 2>one point seven billion in unlawful debt notices. A previous

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<v Speaker 2>one point eight billion compensation package was distributed to victims

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<v Speaker 2>between twenty twenty and twenty twenty two. However, this settlement

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<v Speaker 2>was appealed after the Robodet Royal Commission uncovered conduct breaches

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<v Speaker 2>by senior public servants last year. The federal government has

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<v Speaker 2>now agreed to provide an additional four hundred and seventy

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<v Speaker 2>five million dollars in compensation to settle the Robodet class

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<v Speaker 2>action appeal. Attorney General Michelle Rowland described the scheme as

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<v Speaker 2>a quote, crew rude and cruel mechanism, neither fair nor legal.

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<v Speaker 2>Settling this claim is the just and fair thing to do,

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<v Speaker 2>Roland add it the new settlement is pending federal court approval.

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<v Speaker 1>Australia will provide one million dollars in humanitarian assistance for

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<v Speaker 1>Afghanistan after a magnitude six earthquake struck the country's east

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<v Speaker 1>on Monday. At least fourteen hundred people have died, while

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<v Speaker 1>thousands more were injured in the quake, which destroyed entire villages.

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<v Speaker 1>Rescue operations are facing major ongoing challenges, with landslides and

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<v Speaker 1>after shocks blocking access to remote mountainous areas. Australia's Foreign

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<v Speaker 1>Minister Pennywong said the earthquake has exacerbated the dire humanitarian

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<v Speaker 1>crisis in Afghanistan, with almost half the population already in

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<v Speaker 1>desperate need. Support from the federal government will be directed

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<v Speaker 1>through the UN's Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund to ensure aid reaches

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<v Speaker 1>those in need and not as Wang said. The Taliban regime,

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<v Speaker 1>the EU, UK, India and Iran have also pledged assistance.

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<v Speaker 2>At least fifteen people have died and eighteen others have

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<v Speaker 2>been injured after a street cable car came off its

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<v Speaker 2>rails and crashed in the Portuguese city of Lisbon. The

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<v Speaker 2>historic Gloria Funicula derailed during peak hour on Wednesday evening

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<v Speaker 2>local time, crashing into the side of a building. Emergency

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<v Speaker 2>services said five people are in a serious condition and

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<v Speaker 2>a child is among those injured. According to the Lisbon

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<v Speaker 2>Firefighters Regiment, the accident was caused by a cable that

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<v Speaker 2>came loose. The one hundred and forty year old funicula

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<v Speaker 2>connects downtown Lisbon with the biro Alto neighborhood and can

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<v Speaker 2>carry more than forty people. The Mayor of Lisbon called

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<v Speaker 2>the incident a tragic moment for the city.

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<v Speaker 1>And in some good news for your Thursday, some of

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<v Speaker 1>the country's best scientific minds have had their achievements honoured

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<v Speaker 1>by the Australian Museum. Breakthroughs in forensic science, genomic sequencing

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<v Speaker 1>and using octopus DNA to unlock Antarctica's climate secrets were

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<v Speaker 1>ama the nineteen Eureka Prize winners announced this week. Organizers

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<v Speaker 1>with the Australian Museum said this year marks the first

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<v Speaker 1>time the event has reached parody between male and female awardees.

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<v Speaker 1>Museum director Kim McKay said the Eureka Prize celebrates the talents,

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<v Speaker 1>creativity and collaboration that drives discovery and delivers solutions for

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<v Speaker 1>our world.

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