Midday Edition: 15 July 2024

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 15 July 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 Monday, the fifteenth of July. Donald Trump
is still going to Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention.
He was hit on his ear by a bullet at
a rally yesterday in an assassination attempt. Firefighter Corey Competour
died and two others were injured. The FBI says twenty

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year old Pennsylvania man Thomas Matthew Crooks was the shooter
who also died. The Secret Service hasn't changed its convention
security plans. Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson says public safety is
taken very seriously. This is an NSSEC, a National Special
Security Event. It is the highest designation that you can

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give for a security event of its size and magnitude
in the United States. Meanwhile, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has
talked to the wife and two daughters of Corey Competour.
He died when bullets rang out diving in front of
his family. Corey loved his community, and most especially, Corey

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loved his family. Corey was an avid supporter of the
former president, King Charles and Queen Kimiller. Have left New
Zealand off the list for their South Pacific tour. The
Royals are visiting Australia and Samoa this October, the King's
first overseas trip since his cancer diagnosis. They'll attend the
Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Samoa and stop off

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in the Act and New South Wales. The ABC's Juliet
Redon says Buckingham Palace has made it clear why New
Zealand and Fiji aren't part of the tour. This is
to prioritize the King's health. His doctors have advised that
an extended tour is not a good idea. Housing advocates
say more could be done for social housing tenants before

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evicting them. Housing Minister Chris Bishop is applauding kyunga auDA's
actions since his directive to better manage antisocial tenants. Monte
Cecilia Housing Trust to Chief Executive Vicky Sykes says many
things can lead to a tenant being considered unruly. She
wants housing providers to offer targeted help. They can accept

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wrap around support or the other consequence of eviction, and
at least it would provide another step in the process
before eviction The government's announced a new phone case management
service for young job seekers. Social Development Minister Louise Upston
says it began this month with fifteen hundred people and
will expand to about four thousand. She says it's targeted

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at work ready eighteen to twenty four year olds, focusing
first on Auckland, Wellington and Bay of Plenty. She says
those missing an appointment without good reason may face sanctions.
The housing slump is continuing. Latest figures from the Real
Estate Institute show the total number of homes sold in
the past year is down twenty five point six percent

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on the previous year. The national median house prey is
down one point three percent. Real Estate Institute Chief Executive
Jen Baird says it's normal to see a slow down
over winter, but this slowdown is worse than in previous years.
To Sport, Spain our sale GP season four champions clinching
the winner take All finale in San Francisco, with Australia

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second and New Zealand third, and Spain have beaten England
two to one in the Euro twenty twenty four football
Final in Berlin, becoming the first nation to lift the
trophy four times. It means the Three Lions will go
at least six decades without a major trophy. Novak Djokovic's
dream of a record breaking twenty fifth Grand Slam tennis
singles triumph has again been thwarted by Carlos Alkarrath, who's

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defended his Wimbledon crown. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest
news fix. We'll be back with the next update at
five pm from the news Talk zb newsroom.