Defence Recruits 04/06/24

Foreign citizens including New Zealanders and permanent residents from the UK, US, Canada and Pacific island nations will be able to join the Australian Defence Force in a move to tackle the nation’s military recruitment crisis. 

 
QLD Treasurer Cameron Dick has left the door open for tax changes on business and industry in next week’s state budget, but reiterated a “promise” that everyday Queenslanders will not suffer. 
 

Supermum Jess Stenson says her two young children helped her deal with the drama surrounding an appeal over her marathon selection for the Paris Olympics. 
 

Dramatic footage of Sydney hitman Hamad Assad being killed has been obtained by DTTV, nearly eight years after the man known as “The Executioner” was himself executed. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
This is the latest from your news fee. It's Tuesday,
the fourth of June. Foreign citizens, including at New Zealanders
and permanent residents from the UK, US and Canada and
Pacific Islands nations, will be able to join the Australian
Defense Force. In a move to tackle the nation's military
recruitment crisis. The Albanese government will expand eligibility criteria to

(00:29):
enable more people to join the ADF, including permanent residents
who have been in Australia for twelve months or who
pass relevant security checks and entry standards. Queensland Treasurer Cameron
Dick has left the door open for tax changes on
business and industry in next week's state budget, but reiterate
a promise that everyday Queenslanders will not suffer. Mister Dick

(00:53):
twice refused to rule out tax changes on businesses and
industry when he delivers his fifth state budget on June eleven.
When asked why he would rule out new or higher
taxes on Queenslanders but not business or industry, Mister Dick
said revenue measures would be introduced in eight days. Will
be back after this. Supermaan Jess Stenson says her two

(01:16):
young children helped her deal with drama surrounding an appeal
over her marathon selection for the Paris Olympics. The athletics
community has been divided about the makeup of the women's
marathon team after South Australian Stenson was awarded the third
spot ahead of four time Olympian Lisa Weightman. Six women
have gone under the Olympic qualifying time, with Weightman the

(01:40):
third fastest behind Australian record holder Shane Diver and former
steeplechaser Genevieve Gregson. And dramatic footage of Sidney hitman Hammad
Assad being killed has been obtained by DTTV nearly eight
years after the man known as the executor was himself
a secuted. Assad was murdered during the city's gangland war

(02:04):
of twenty sixteen seventeen between the Ahmad and Elmer crime families.
In one video never seen publicly before, two gunmen meters
away when they opened fire on Assad at his Georgia's
Hall home on the morning of October twenty fifth, twenty sixteen.
We'll have an update to your newsfeed tomorrow