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Speaker 1 (00:04):
No the news talks head the newsroom, this is newsfacs
and this update. Presidential nominees Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
are on a campaign blitz just days out from the
US election. Both have been eyeing up the battleground states,
especially the biggest Pennsylvania. The Trump council already spreading concern
over ballot counting, hinteing he could contest the results if
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he loses. Herald Deputy political editor Thomas Coglin is in
the US and says it's hard to see either winning
without Pennsylvania.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
There is a mess of ground wall going on in
the state to make sure that everyone who can vote
does vote.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
A survey of rural GP shows it's becoming less likely
for people to access the healthcare promise to them. The
Rural Health Network survey reveals healthcare outside urban areas as
in a critical state. Jordan Dunn explains.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
The results show thirty nine percent of practices aren't open
to new enrollments, while a quarter offer no hands on
after hours care. Chair of the network, doctor Fiona Bolden,
says the postcode lotteries for healthcare is getting worse for
rural communities. She says they need immediate and targeted attention.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Calls for urgency around removing fuel from the Manawanui shipwreck
as the Pacific cyclone season looms. The sunken naval vessel
ran aground off the coast of Samoa last month, sparking
concern over damage to the reef. The Defense Forces due
to start removing fuel later this month. The Green Party
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says Fisheries Minister Shane Jones needs to stand up and
protect ocean ecosystems before they're destroyed. A New Zealand bottom
trawler has triggered a ban on fishing and Lord Howe
Rise after hauling up thirty seven kilograms of coral. Green
spokesperson Tiano Tuioo says the Minister spends two months time
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in the pockets of fishing companies.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
That's problem and I think it's about time that he
climbed out and so for wide a picture of what's happening,
because we have obligations with the Pacific.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
And that's news. I'm donno Marie lever to Sport, Darryl
Mitchell and Will Young have made gutsy half centuries and
energy sapping conditions. On the opening day of the Third
Cricket Test against India in Mumbai. The pair helped New
Zealand to two hundred and thirty five before India slump
to eighty six for four, losing three wickets and two
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overs just before stumps, trailing by one hundred and forty
nine runs. The Wellington Phoenix have been punished for a
lackluster spell in the first half of their A League
season opener, beaten four two by Western United in Melbourne.
Despite dominating most of the statistical categories over the ninety minutes,
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Liam Lawson has been eleventh fastest in the first and
only practice. I had a Formulas Brazilian Grand Prix, one
spot ahead of Racing Bulls teammatee Yuki Sonoda and MotoGP
organizers have canceled the Valencia Grand Prix due to catastrophic
floods in Spain and will now be hosting the season
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ending event at a different venue and that Sport. For
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