Morning News Briefing - 30 Jan 2023

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
With your latest news. I'm Cocohalla Kana. A year after
being deported from Australia, Novak Djokovic has returned to win
his tenth Australian Open title, the Serbian superstar, downing Stefano
sitsipass and straight sets overnight, claiming his twenty second of
major win with a sixty three seven six seven six triumph.
The Joker had battle to hamstring injury in the opening

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rounds of the tournament. It was just the.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Matter of survival of every single match and just trying
to take it to the next round. A good thing
about the Grand Slam here is that you have a
day between the matches, so it allowed me to have
more time.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
The Treasurer has promised to focus on helping the vulnerable
in the outcoming May budget as the cost of living saws.
Jim Chalmers wanting to create easier pathways to work and study.
Environment Minister Tanya Plivasak has told seven the party hopes
to redefine the economy.

Speaker 3 (00:52):
He's talking about an economy that works for people, not
the other way around. And you can see that the
practical steps we've already takedy can higher minimum wage, high
wages for age care workers, cheaper medicines, cheaper childcare, free
tape places overseas.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
Now, New Zealand's new Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins, is blaming
climate change for the deadly floods that hit Auckland over
the weekend. Four people died and dozens of homes were
destroyed by the city's wettest day on record. Mourerain is
expected in that area this week. With schools starting back today,
we're being reminded that school zone speed limits are back
and forth. The forty kilometer per hour speed limits will

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be enforced between eight am and four pm each weekday
from now up until Thursday, the sixth of April, when
school branks for the Easter school holidays. Finds of up
to twenty one hundred and thirty six dollars apply if caught,
alongside the loss of demera points. Meanwhile, local families are
encouraged to set up routines for kids to help with
anxiety and nerves ahead of going back to school. Associate

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Professor Deboro Pino Passanach from the UC Education Faculty says
there's ways to help kids feel more prepared go to the.

Speaker 4 (02:01):
School grounds, even if the school is not open over
the weekend, you know, going through the things that they need,
through their back packs, through their lunchboxes, doing a bit
of a visual schedule at home, and.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
Want to tell an ex to bug off. Well you're
in luck. Just in time for Valentine's Day, the San
Antonio Zoo is offering people the chance to name a
conchroach after an X, which they will then feed to
an animal. The charity event sees people pay up to
two hundred dollars to send their not so special someone
a message. And that's the latest in news. We'll have
another update for you right here around lunchtime.