Evening News Briefing - 5 November 2024

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Darcy Franklin. A big
upset at this year's Melbourne Cup with Outside a Knight's
Choice storming home to win a photo finish. Jockey Robbie
Dolan has told nine he did his research and backed
his horse.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
I watched every Melbournelle for the last four years, dear,
and I and I just got my best chances.

Speaker 1 (00:20):
If I get him to stay.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
A trip and and awfully you can write home and
quick enough, then good sexualist that he can do on
a good track. And he just proved everybody wrong.

Speaker 1 (00:29):
In other news, no surprises from the Reserve Bank today.
As expected, the RBA has kept the cash rate on
hold at four point thirty five percent.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
And what this means is that rights had have gone
up since last Melbourne Cup day. So it's been a
year now since last rites last went up.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
That's Treasurer Jim Chalmer's there. Most economists aren't forecasting at
cart till February next year. Caught today for two men
after allegedly choking their partners in two unrelated family violence
incidents overnight. Act Police saying a twenty nine year old
Harrison man allegedly assaulted his wife, kicked her and choked
her before she managed to free herself and call police.

(01:07):
While in a separate incident later in Gordon, it's alleged
the forty one year old man pushed his partner into
a cupboard before choking her after they got into an argument.
Overseas were just hours away from the US election, with
both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump giving their final pitches
to voters, Trump even suggesting his opponent should go in

(01:28):
the ring with boxing legend Mike Tyson. Mike, she went
through a lot, but he could fight.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
Let me tell you.

Speaker 1 (01:32):
Okay, good fight, But can you imagine Mike Oh, he says,
Put Mike in the ring with Karmala and that Albeit,
work has started to determine the best route to build
a high speed train line between Sydney and Newcastle. The
proposal is the first stage as part of planning for
a future high speed rail network to connect to Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra,
Melbourne and regional communities along the East Coast. The coalition

(01:56):
wants to impose stronger penalties for supermarkets and hardware stores,
taking advantage of producers and consumers. It's introduced the food
and Grocery Code of Conduct Bill to the Federal government
to restore fairness to the system. National's leader David little
prowd says it's time to take some real action.

Speaker 3 (02:15):
This is something that we've said from the very start
as Nationals, we believe in to bring equity and fairness
and transparency from the farm gate to your plate for
Australian's confidence that they're being treated fairly by the big
two supermarkets.

Speaker 1 (02:28):
And if you've noticed orange juice prices soaring lately, you're
not alone. A global shortage due to citrus disease and
rising manufacturing costs like power and labor are to blame,
along with a couple of years of floods and bad
weather for farmers. And that's the latest from the Camberan
newsroom this Tuesday. Check back again tomorrow morning for our
next update.