October 15, 2024 • 8 mins
The federal government is launching a major crackdown on dodgy business practices from subscription traps to hidden fees in a bid to provide cost of living relief; Sydney's Coogee beach is closed to the public and there's a clean-up underway after mysterious black orbs appeared on the sand; Early voting has begun in the US battleground state of Georgia.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Good morning. The federal government is launching a major crackdown
on dodgy business practices, from subscription traps to hidden fees,
in a bid to provide cost of living relief. Life
to our political reporter Isabel mullenon camera, is he labor
wants these practices banned under consumer law?
Speaker 2 (00:22):
It does and good morning. But this is just a
concept at the moment. So the federal government will be
looking for feedback from stakeholders on a range of new
reforms they are considering. They'll be looking at all the traps,
all the tricks that companies employ to make you pay
more and stay caught in subscriptions for longer than you
might want to be. That's for things like gym membership's,
(00:43):
concert tickets, hotel bookings. The federal government saying these practices
result in additional costs that consumers get tricked into paying.
So today's announcement comes after the government announced a twenty
million dollar cash boost for the ahriable C, the consumer watchdog,
to crack down on excessive FPOSS sur charges.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
These sort of charges and these sort of irritations are
the sting in the tail of every single transaction that
we're making. Whether it's buying a coffee or getting your
car cleaned or all those other things that people do.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
There was a step in the right direction that the
RBA were in fact already doing.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
So.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
It's an announcement for a plan to build a plan
that won't actually kick in until twenty twenty six. People
need relief this Christmas, not Christmas in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
The government is suggesting big fines for companies that don't comply,
but this will be a really tricky one to enforce.
The Treasurer of Jim Charmers will hold a press conference
outlining the government's plan within an hour.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
And Isabel Mullin and Canbra thanks Izzy. Violence has broken
out after an eight car pile up in western Sydney.
It's understood there was an argument following the crash on
the M four motorway at South Wentworthville this morning. Paramedics
treated one person who was in taking them to hospital
under police guard. Five others have since been arrested, but
(02:05):
no charges have been laid. Two car thieves are expected
to be charged after allegedly leaving police on a dramatic
chase through Melbourne's northeast. The police chopper tracked the pair
across multiple suburbs. Tigan Dolling has the story.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
This car chase in Melbourne spanned from the west to
the northern suburbs overnight. It started at around eleven o'clock
when Victoria police officers actually spotted a suspicious car driving
really slowly down a street in front of residential homes
in Melbourne's West Melton South. They then tried to pull
it over, but it took off. The air wing was
(02:43):
called in and they tracked it all along the Ring
Road through key Law and out here too Preston, in
Melbourne's North it was again spotted that another quiet street
and it was there police were able to finally pull
that car over and inside there was a man and
a woman. Now they were arrested brought back to the
Preston Police station where they are currently being questioned by
(03:04):
detectives as to exactly what they were doing some forty
kilometers away in Melton South just before midnight. Police have
also found that that car they were in, the Holden Astra,
was actually stolen from here in Preston.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
A little earlier in the night, Citi's Cujie Beaches closed
to the public and there's a cleanup underway after mysterious
black orbs appeared on the sand. Authorities are trying to
determine exactly what they are and if they're dangerous. Bill
Hogan reports.
Speaker 5 (03:36):
Well, major cleanup operation is underway here at the iconic
Cujie Beach following a bizarre discovery hundreds of little jet
black balls scattered right across the shoreline, leaving many confused
and concerned. Lifeguards raised the alarm when they washed up
late yesterday afternoon. The spherical shaped debris is about the
size of a golf ball. Rammick City Council has contractors
(03:59):
helping the Environment Protection Agency clean up the beach, removing
the unknown matter of the sand and sending it for testing.
Locals have been turned away from their morning walk along
the beach until they get to the bottom of it.
Speaker 6 (04:11):
As a precaution, we've closed the beach and we're recommending
to the public not to touch or pick up any
of these balls if they do see them.
Speaker 5 (04:18):
At this stage, it's suspected to be tar bulls, which
are formed when oil is mixed with debris. Investigators suspect
the oil may have come from a spill or seepage
out at sea. Cruz on jet Ski spotted a number
of the bulls caught up on wedding cake rock, so
it's likely they'll continue to wash up. For that reason,
the beach is likely to remain closed until council is
told it's safe to reopen.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Ellie. Voting has begun in the US battleground state of Georgia.
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris continuing their campaign blitz with
three weeks to go until election day. Here's a US correspondent,
Mighty Hogan.
Speaker 7 (04:54):
More than two hundred and fifty thousand people have now
had their say in the battleground state of draw on
day one of early voting. It's a record turnout for
the state that will be crucial in deciding who becomes
the next US president.
Speaker 5 (05:09):
I think this is.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
An existential election.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
It's going to have implications for my children and.
Speaker 6 (05:14):
My three grandsons and more to come.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
I think this is promptly the most important.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Voting season of our lifetime.
Speaker 5 (05:21):
I think it was imperative in every single person to
help save demands.
Speaker 7 (05:26):
Both candidates have been campaigning aggressively across battleground states as
they raced towards the finish line. Vice President. Kamala Harris
appeared on a radio show recorded in Detroit, Michigan, as
she attempts to convince young black voters to pick her
Democrats are concerned about recent polls that show young black
men are abandoning her party.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
We have brought down black unemployment, I said this earlier
to the one of the lowest levels in history.
Speaker 7 (05:52):
Donald Trump was on the campaign trail in Chicago discussing
his plans for the economy.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is taraff.
Speaker 7 (06:01):
Donald Trump later arrived in Georgia to record a town
hall event with a female audience for Fox News. Kamala
Harris will also be making an appearance on the Conservative
network tomorrow that regularly supports Trump. It's her first interview
with the Conservative network and could also offer her the
opportunity to reach undecided voters who tune in to Fox News.
(06:23):
There's now just twenty one days to go until the election.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
A desire to help homeless people has seen Ned Brockman
complete an epic sixteen hundred kilometer run at Sennior Olympic
Park this morning. Jodi Lee was there as he crossed
the finish line. Exhausted but related well.
Speaker 6 (06:41):
It was hard not to get emotional watching Ned Brockman
crossing that finish line. The twenty five year old ran
through the night, completing a marathon twenty six our final
session to achieve this iconic feat.
Speaker 5 (06:56):
Oh I'm going, I've been matter.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
I've been matter.
Speaker 6 (07:00):
Brockman punched the air and then the banner itself, falling
into the arms of his mum, Kylie, who was with
him every step of the sixteen hundred kilometer journey.
Speaker 4 (07:10):
I didn't think it'd be this hard, and I don't
think he thought it'd be this hard either.
Speaker 6 (07:13):
The sparky from the central west of New South Wales
set out to run sixteen hundred kilometers in ten days
and beat the world record. Now ten days came and went,
but he finished the distance and is now the second
fastest Australian to do it and the tenth fastest person
in the world. Brockman was flying until about five days
in when he was struck by a range of quite
(07:35):
serious issues. His feet so swollen he went up three
shoe sizes, but his team says he never once considered
giving up.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
He says always says he's going to keep going.
Speaker 5 (07:47):
And he will, and.
Speaker 4 (07:49):
He did well.
Speaker 6 (07:49):
Ned Brockman has so far raised more than two and
a half million dollars and donations are still rolling in.
Every dollar raised goes to We Are Mobilized, a charity
fighting to end homelessness in Australia. People can still donate
or Beniette. They can sign up to Ned's uncomfortable challenge
and set their own audacious ten day goal.
Good morning. The federal government is launching a major crackdown
on dodgy business practices, from subscription traps to hidden fees,
in a bid to provide cost of living relief. Life
to our political reporter Isabel mullenon camera, is he labor
wants these practices banned under consumer law?
Speaker 2 (00:22):
It does and good morning. But this is just a
concept at the moment. So the federal government will be
looking for feedback from stakeholders on a range of new
reforms they are considering. They'll be looking at all the traps,
all the tricks that companies employ to make you pay
more and stay caught in subscriptions for longer than you
might want to be. That's for things like gym membership's,
(00:43):
concert tickets, hotel bookings. The federal government saying these practices
result in additional costs that consumers get tricked into paying.
So today's announcement comes after the government announced a twenty
million dollar cash boost for the ahriable C, the consumer watchdog,
to crack down on excessive FPOSS sur charges.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
These sort of charges and these sort of irritations are
the sting in the tail of every single transaction that
we're making. Whether it's buying a coffee or getting your
car cleaned or all those other things that people do.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
There was a step in the right direction that the
RBA were in fact already doing.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
So.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
It's an announcement for a plan to build a plan
that won't actually kick in until twenty twenty six. People
need relief this Christmas, not Christmas in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
The government is suggesting big fines for companies that don't comply,
but this will be a really tricky one to enforce.
The Treasurer of Jim Charmers will hold a press conference
outlining the government's plan within an hour.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
And Isabel Mullin and Canbra thanks Izzy. Violence has broken
out after an eight car pile up in western Sydney.
It's understood there was an argument following the crash on
the M four motorway at South Wentworthville this morning. Paramedics
treated one person who was in taking them to hospital
under police guard. Five others have since been arrested, but
(02:05):
no charges have been laid. Two car thieves are expected
to be charged after allegedly leaving police on a dramatic
chase through Melbourne's northeast. The police chopper tracked the pair
across multiple suburbs. Tigan Dolling has the story.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
This car chase in Melbourne spanned from the west to
the northern suburbs overnight. It started at around eleven o'clock
when Victoria police officers actually spotted a suspicious car driving
really slowly down a street in front of residential homes
in Melbourne's West Melton South. They then tried to pull
it over, but it took off. The air wing was
(02:43):
called in and they tracked it all along the Ring
Road through key Law and out here too Preston, in
Melbourne's North it was again spotted that another quiet street
and it was there police were able to finally pull
that car over and inside there was a man and
a woman. Now they were arrested brought back to the
Preston Police station where they are currently being questioned by
(03:04):
detectives as to exactly what they were doing some forty
kilometers away in Melton South just before midnight. Police have
also found that that car they were in, the Holden Astra,
was actually stolen from here in Preston.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
A little earlier in the night, Citi's Cujie Beaches closed
to the public and there's a cleanup underway after mysterious
black orbs appeared on the sand. Authorities are trying to
determine exactly what they are and if they're dangerous. Bill
Hogan reports.
Speaker 5 (03:36):
Well, major cleanup operation is underway here at the iconic
Cujie Beach following a bizarre discovery hundreds of little jet
black balls scattered right across the shoreline, leaving many confused
and concerned. Lifeguards raised the alarm when they washed up
late yesterday afternoon. The spherical shaped debris is about the
size of a golf ball. Rammick City Council has contractors
(03:59):
helping the Environment Protection Agency clean up the beach, removing
the unknown matter of the sand and sending it for testing.
Locals have been turned away from their morning walk along
the beach until they get to the bottom of it.
Speaker 6 (04:11):
As a precaution, we've closed the beach and we're recommending
to the public not to touch or pick up any
of these balls if they do see them.
Speaker 5 (04:18):
At this stage, it's suspected to be tar bulls, which
are formed when oil is mixed with debris. Investigators suspect
the oil may have come from a spill or seepage
out at sea. Cruz on jet Ski spotted a number
of the bulls caught up on wedding cake rock, so
it's likely they'll continue to wash up. For that reason,
the beach is likely to remain closed until council is
told it's safe to reopen.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Ellie. Voting has begun in the US battleground state of Georgia.
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris continuing their campaign blitz with
three weeks to go until election day. Here's a US correspondent,
Mighty Hogan.
Speaker 7 (04:54):
More than two hundred and fifty thousand people have now
had their say in the battleground state of draw on
day one of early voting. It's a record turnout for
the state that will be crucial in deciding who becomes
the next US president.
Speaker 5 (05:09):
I think this is.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
An existential election.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
It's going to have implications for my children and.
Speaker 6 (05:14):
My three grandsons and more to come.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
I think this is promptly the most important.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Voting season of our lifetime.
Speaker 5 (05:21):
I think it was imperative in every single person to
help save demands.
Speaker 7 (05:26):
Both candidates have been campaigning aggressively across battleground states as
they raced towards the finish line. Vice President. Kamala Harris
appeared on a radio show recorded in Detroit, Michigan, as
she attempts to convince young black voters to pick her
Democrats are concerned about recent polls that show young black
men are abandoning her party.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
We have brought down black unemployment, I said this earlier
to the one of the lowest levels in history.
Speaker 7 (05:52):
Donald Trump was on the campaign trail in Chicago discussing
his plans for the economy.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is taraff.
Speaker 7 (06:01):
Donald Trump later arrived in Georgia to record a town
hall event with a female audience for Fox News. Kamala
Harris will also be making an appearance on the Conservative
network tomorrow that regularly supports Trump. It's her first interview
with the Conservative network and could also offer her the
opportunity to reach undecided voters who tune in to Fox News.
(06:23):
There's now just twenty one days to go until the election.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
A desire to help homeless people has seen Ned Brockman
complete an epic sixteen hundred kilometer run at Sennior Olympic
Park this morning. Jodi Lee was there as he crossed
the finish line. Exhausted but related well.
Speaker 6 (06:41):
It was hard not to get emotional watching Ned Brockman
crossing that finish line. The twenty five year old ran
through the night, completing a marathon twenty six our final
session to achieve this iconic feat.
Speaker 5 (06:56):
Oh I'm going, I've been matter.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
I've been matter.
Speaker 6 (07:00):
Brockman punched the air and then the banner itself, falling
into the arms of his mum, Kylie, who was with
him every step of the sixteen hundred kilometer journey.
Speaker 4 (07:10):
I didn't think it'd be this hard, and I don't
think he thought it'd be this hard either.
Speaker 6 (07:13):
The sparky from the central west of New South Wales
set out to run sixteen hundred kilometers in ten days
and beat the world record. Now ten days came and went,
but he finished the distance and is now the second
fastest Australian to do it and the tenth fastest person
in the world. Brockman was flying until about five days
in when he was struck by a range of quite
(07:35):
serious issues. His feet so swollen he went up three
shoe sizes, but his team says he never once considered
giving up.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
He says always says he's going to keep going.
Speaker 5 (07:47):
And he will, and.
Speaker 4 (07:49):
He did well.
Speaker 6 (07:49):
Ned Brockman has so far raised more than two and
a half million dollars and donations are still rolling in.
Every dollar raised goes to We Are Mobilized, a charity
fighting to end homelessness in Australia. People can still donate
or Beniette. They can sign up to Ned's uncomfortable challenge
and set their own audacious ten day goal.
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