Midday Edition: 24 July 2024

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 24 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 vix for Wednesday, the twenty fourth of July. Survivors
of abuse in state and faith based care are seeking compensation.
The six year Royal Commission of Inquiry into historical allegations
of abuse against children, young people and vulnerable adults is
releasing its lengthy findings this afternoon. Processes are in place

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for victims to receive recompense. Reporter Michael Morra told the
Front Page podcast he's spoken with lawyer Sonya Cooper, who's
had thousands of clients in state care.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
She said the average time it takes to have some
form of compensation or payouts about six years.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
In Vicago, Mayor Nobby Clark has been found guilty of
breaching his council's code of conduct a second time after
a television interview with Guy Williams. Shannon Johnstone has more.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
The interview aired in March on satirical show New Zealand Today.
During it, the mere use the N word and a
homophobic slur. Last month, he was found to have breached
the code at the United Fire Brigades Association prize giving
when he described volunteer firefighters as second class citizens and
denigrated the MC. An independent investigation has found Clark failed

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to meet an appropriate standard of leadership for council and
for the people of Invercargol.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
The Council will discuss the matter at an extraordinary meeting
on Friday. The use of Class A drugs are on
the rise across New Zealand. The latest quarterly wastewater testing
shows nationwide meth use has increased by thirty percent compared
to last year's results. Cocaine use rates have risen fifty percent.
More than seventeen kilos of methamphetamine and three kilos of

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cocaine are used weekly on average. Drug Detection Agency Chief
Executive Glenn Dobson told Mike Hosking cocaine has become much
more popular here and in Australia.

Speaker 3 (01:57):
Drugs wig kumality, but they change in fashion, they change
in tastes, and the supply will get pushed on demand,
and that the use will increase.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
In the US, Vermont Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders says he
wants his party's candidate for the presidency to stand up
for working class people. Vice President Kamala Harris already has
enough delegate support to put her in the race for
the White House, and Sanders says he's sure that he'll
had his voice. He told CNN he just wants to

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be sure that Harris's agenda meets the needs of everyday
family wife.

Speaker 3 (02:30):
Expectancy for working class people is ten years shorter than
it is for the rich, and working class people want
a government that represents them in not corporate America.

Speaker 1 (02:41):
A jet Star flight was delayed almost an hour this
morning when a toy gun was discovered in a passenger's
carry on. Airport's security called back the flight as it
left the gate for the runway to rescreen the bag.
One passenger says staff escorted a fellow traveler off the plane.
He says. Forty five minutes later, the pilot announced a
firearm and ammunition had been found and Quantus ruled the

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passenger could not fly. Jetstar has since confirmed it was
a toy to sport. The New Zealand Olympic Committee has
lodged a complaint to the IOC Integrity Unit after the
defending champion Canadian team were court flying a drone over
a football ferns training session earlier this week. NRL League

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boss Andrew Abdo has revealed the men's season could be
shortened by multiple rounds as part of an expanded twenty
team competition in the next decade, and Formula One will
retain the existing points system rather than rewarding more finishes
beyond the top ten after the Sports Commission decided against
a proposal for change. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest

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news fix. We'll be back with the next update at
five pm from the Newstalk zb newsroom.