Speaker 1: From the Zelias. I'm Sam Kazlowski, I'm Lucy Tassel. It's Thursday,
Speaker 1: the fourth of September. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
Speaker 2: Robodebt victims will receive additional compensation after the government agreed
Speaker 2: to settle the largest class action appeal in Australian history.
Speaker 2: Robodet was a debt collection system used by the government
Speaker 2: from twenty fifteen to twenty nineteen. It resulted in over
Speaker 2: one point seven billion in unlawful debt notices. A previous
Speaker 2: one point eight billion compensation package was distributed to victims
Speaker 2: between twenty twenty and twenty twenty two. However, this settlement
Speaker 2: was appealed after the Robodet Royal Commission uncovered conduct breaches
Speaker 2: by senior public servants last year. The federal government has
Speaker 2: now agreed to provide an additional four hundred and seventy
Speaker 2: five million dollars in compensation to settle the Robodet class
Speaker 2: action appeal. Attorney General Michelle Rowland described the scheme as
Speaker 2: a quote, crew rude and cruel mechanism, neither fair nor legal.
Speaker 2: Settling this claim is the just and fair thing to do,
Speaker 2: Roland add it the new settlement is pending federal court approval.
Speaker 1: Australia will provide one million dollars in humanitarian assistance for
Speaker 1: Afghanistan after a magnitude six earthquake struck the country's east
Speaker 1: on Monday. At least fourteen hundred people have died, while
Speaker 1: thousands more were injured in the quake, which destroyed entire villages.
Speaker 1: Rescue operations are facing major ongoing challenges, with landslides and
Speaker 1: after shocks blocking access to remote mountainous areas. Australia's Foreign
Speaker 1: Minister Pennywong said the earthquake has exacerbated the dire humanitarian
Speaker 1: crisis in Afghanistan, with almost half the population already in
Speaker 1: desperate need. Support from the federal government will be directed
Speaker 1: through the UN's Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund to ensure aid reaches
Speaker 1: those in need and not as Wang said. The Taliban regime,
Speaker 1: the EU, UK, India and Iran have also pledged assistance.
Speaker 2: At least fifteen people have died and eighteen others have
Speaker 2: been injured after a street cable car came off its
Speaker 2: rails and crashed in the Portuguese city of Lisbon. The
Speaker 2: historic Gloria Funicula derailed during peak hour on Wednesday evening
Speaker 2: local time, crashing into the side of a building. Emergency
Speaker 2: services said five people are in a serious condition and
Speaker 2: a child is among those injured. According to the Lisbon
Speaker 2: Firefighters Regiment, the accident was caused by a cable that
Speaker 2: came loose. The one hundred and forty year old funicula
Speaker 2: connects downtown Lisbon with the biro Alto neighborhood and can
Speaker 2: carry more than forty people. The Mayor of Lisbon called
Speaker 2: the incident a tragic moment for the city.
Speaker 1: And in some good news for your Thursday, some of
Speaker 1: the country's best scientific minds have had their achievements honoured
Speaker 1: by the Australian Museum. Breakthroughs in forensic science, genomic sequencing
Speaker 1: and using octopus DNA to unlock Antarctica's climate secrets were
Speaker 1: ama the nineteen Eureka Prize winners announced this week. Organizers
Speaker 1: with the Australian Museum said this year marks the first
Speaker 1: time the event has reached parody between male and female awardees.
Speaker 1: Museum director Kim McKay said the Eureka Prize celebrates the talents,
Speaker 1: creativity and collaboration that drives discovery and delivers solutions for
Speaker 1: our world.
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Speaker 2: deadly anti government protests in Indonesia.
Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow morning with another they dive. Until then,
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