Morning Edition: 18 November 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning, I'm never reatymnu and this is your morning.
Newspeks for Tuesday, eighteenth of November. In this update, a
quick turnaround for the newly announced changes to vehicle imports
to be law by week's end. The Clean Vehicle Standard
gave importers credits for meeting carbon targets and charged them
if they missed, but the Transport Ministers confirmed they'll slash charges,

(00:28):
launch a review and make credits eligible until twenty twenty nine.
Chris Bishop says the urgently protecting consumers following market changes,
and he says they will launch an amendment paper with
these changes to the Land Transport Clean Vehicle Amendment Bill,
which is going through the House this week. The government
says it's moving to clarify employment law for contractors. Four

(00:49):
drivers have won their battle against Uber to be treated
as employees rather than contractors. The Supreme Court has rejected
Uber's bid for the Court to overturn a twenty twenty
four Court of Appeal ruling. Finance Minister Nikola Willis says
the government won't be making any legislative changes in hindsight,
but is changing the law for the future. She says,

(01:10):
in general, the government is very reluctant to retrospectively legislate
on these matters and their focus is on arrangements going forward.
The Public Sector Union says further reducing the role of
police and mental health will put patients at risk. New
guidance is being introduced this week to determine if police
are needed when health workers request non emergency assistants or

(01:31):
when people go missing from health facilities. Police say the
new threshold will help free up officers to do the
work only they can be doing, but Public Service Association
National Secretary Flurfit Simons says mental health workers deserve to
have police support when they judge they need it. She
says the health system is not ready for police to
withdraw from mental health support and this change will be

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dangerous for workers and patients alike. The UK Government has
just confirmed major changes to the country immigration system. The
changes are aimed at making the UK less attractive for
illegal immigrants and make it easier to deport them. The
UK Government says the changes are the most sweeping reforms
to tackle illegal migration in modern times. Prime Minister Sir

(02:15):
Kirstarmer says the world has changed to become more volatile
and insecure. Mystery remains over the circumstances that led to
a fatal blaze in one o Vertu Sanson on Saturday
that claimed the lives of three young children and a man. Police,
responding to reports this is a suspected triple murder suicide
say they have not decided whether this is homicide. A

(02:38):
Give a Little Page is named the children as Goldie,
August and Hugo, aged one to five and seven. Police
have confirmed the man, understood to be their father, died
at the scene but wasn't burned in the blaze. Post
mortems will be carried out this week and in sport,
Rugby's By Annual Nations Championship has been confirmed to start
in twenty twenty six the All Blacks Men campaign. We'll

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see them play France, Italy and Ireland at home in July,
followed by Scotland, Wales and England away. Pat Cummins is
firming to play in the second Ashes Cricket Test after
a session of almost an hour bowling at full speed
in Perth. He's recovering from a backstress injury. Top ranked
female tennis players Elena Fittalina and Emma Navarro are returning

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to the aegisb Classic, but Naomi Osaka has pulled out.
I'm never ready, Manu, that your latest news feks. We'll
be back with the next update at midday from the
newstalk Zebe Newsroup.