Evening New Briefing - 13 November 2024

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey there, I'm Jared Pollard. About one hundred and sixty
five thousand cases of RSV have been reported Australia wide
so far this year. Locally we've seen two thousand, six
hundred and fifty cases in the ACT with the respiratory
virus the federal governments and now it's the vaccine for
the disease will be free for all pregnant women and

(00:22):
babies from next year.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
It really is a muster, I think for any newborn mothers,
particularly given the uptick in cases that we've seen for
the last twelve months in Australia, and also for those
newborns as we add it to the newborn schedule of vaccinations,
it should be just an important addition to what they're
already being vaccinated against.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
Chair of Royal Australian College of GPS, Toby Gardner. There,
a sixty five year old man has been charged after
police allegedly uncovered child abuse materials and on his devices.
ACT police say they executed a search warrant at the
man's time on Tuesday, examining the sixty five year old's
computer and phone. He was arrested and charged with possessing

(01:02):
child abuse material and will face court next month. Thousands
of Ossie tourists are in limbo in Bali with a
volcanic eruption, seeing dozens of flights canceled. The eruption sending
an ash cloud upwards of six keys into the air,
grounding flights in both directions and in sport. Former Blues
coach Phil Gould believes New South Wales need to change

(01:24):
their rules to allow current NRL coaches to lead their state.
The Blues boss Reckons Ivan Cleary, Craig Bellamy and Raiders
coach Ricky Stewart should be top of the wish list
to replace Michael McGuire. That's the latest for this Wednesday.
Check back tomorrow for our next camera cast.