Midday Edition: 11 October 2024

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 11 October 2024, straight from the Newstalk ZB newsroom - bringing you everything you need to know in news, politics, business, entertainment and sport.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Friday, the eleventh of October. A lawyer
says the government's broad acceptance of the Royal Commission of
Inquiry of Abuse and Care findings is underwhelming. It found
about two hundred thousand people were abused in state and
faith based institutions between nineteen fifty and twenty nineteen. The

(00:26):
Prime Minister will make a formal apology to survivors next month.
Lead Coordination Minister Erica Stanford says the government broadly accepts
the findings and is working on responses. Lawyer for thousands
of survivors, Sonya Cooper, expected more after months of waiting.
Other than the public apology, there isn't really anything there,

(00:46):
and I think this must be deeply disappointing. In another
big leaddown to survivors, US President Joe Biden's warned people
or companies taking advantage of people's desperation after Hurricane Milton,
they'll be held accountable. There's widespread damage across the state,
with flooding still affecting some areas. NBC News is reporting

(01:07):
that twelve people have died. Governor Ron DeSantis says three
hundred and forty people and forty nine pets have been rescued.
CNN's Lee Waldman is in Sarasota, Florida.

Speaker 2 (01:19):
It did have water over the bridges and so looking
at Florida five to one one's website, those bridges are
still closed off right now, so it's hampering efforts to
get on too those barrier islands.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
An Auckland woman's been remanded in custody after appearing in
court charged with stabbing a christ Church taxi driver. Last night,
police arrested forty five year old Rangey Maria Sellers at
a hotel near the Memorial ab McDonald's, where the victim
had arrived with stab wounds about ten thirty pm. He
has critical injuries but is stable. The opposition is blaming

(01:54):
government tax cuts for a week of an expected economy.
Treasuries released documents showing the Crown's deficit has grown three
point four billion dollars annually to June to twelve point
nine billion. Spending is outpacing income despite revenue increasing by
fourteen billion. Labour's Barbara Edmonds says cuts to tax and

(02:15):
the public sector worsened the books didn't need to be
as bad as it does that those were the choices
that this.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
Government has made. Manual dififferts this is higher than the
more than twenty twenty of the height of COVID.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
The government's outlined expectations for the Electricity Authority in its
Government policy statement. Energy Minister Samean Brown says he's aiming
to deliver secure electricity at internationally competitive prices. Energy costs
have been rising and multiple large manufacturers say that's pushed
them into closing down. Thomas Rice has more Simeon. Brown

(02:48):
says they want the Electricity Authority to drive a more competitive,
fuel agnostic electricity sector that avoids excessive prices. He says
this confirms the government has a role in making sure
market settings are correct and enabling private investment to Sport
golfer Ryan Fox is in a tie for fourth after
an opening round six under pass sixty five at the

(03:10):
latest USPGA Tour of vent in Utah. He's three strokes
off the lead. The roof panels over the home of
Baseball's at Tampa Bay Rays have been ripped to shreds
by the force of Hurricane Milton, with debris littering the field.
NBA basketballer Stephen Adams is the latest to invest in
Auckland FC, eight days from the club's debut match in

(03:32):
Football's A League, and Tomaty Ellison has moved on from
the Crusaders staff to join the All Blacks in a
permanent assistant role. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update at five pm
from the newstalk zb newsroom.