Headlines: Inflation increases to 3.8%

Today's headlines include:

• The annual inflation rate increased to 3.8% in October, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). 
• A Sydney woman who was pepper-sprayed by police during a mental health check will receive $24,000 in compensation. 
• A New Zealand woman has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering her children.
• And today’s good news: Australian Robert Irwin has been crowned this year’s Dancing with the Stars U.S. winner.

Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Billi FitzSimons
Producer: Orla Maher

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
From the Daily Os.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
I'm beliefit Simons, I'm Emma Gillespie. It's Wednesday, the twenty
sixth of November. Here's what's making headlines this evening.

Speaker 3 (00:14):
The annual inflation rate increased to three point eight percent
in October, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The
figure is up from three point six percent for the
twelve months to September. The ABS attributed the change to
price increases across categories including rent, food, electricity, and domestic travel.
Trimmed mean remains outside the Reserve banks two to three
percent target range at three point three percent, up from

(00:37):
three point two percent in the twelve months to September.
This is often seen as a more accurate figure to
understand longer term changes, as it excludes volatile price shifts
such as petrol. The Central Bank will meet for its
final rate decision on the ninth of December. Economists are
not forecasting a rate cut.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
A Sydney woman who was pepper sprayed by police during
a mental health check will receive twenty four thousand dollars
in compensation. Bodycam footage from the twenty twenty one incident
shows officers forced their way into the woman's home and
tasered her dog. The woman fled the scene and was
located in her neighbour's backyard a short time later, where
she was pepper sprayed, restrained and hospitalized. She launched legal

(01:19):
action suing New South Wales police for false imprisonment, trespassing
and battery. Today a judge found New South Wales police
officers used unnecessary force during the incident. Police have been
ordered to pay her twenty four thousand dollars for what
the court called the confrontational actions of its police.

Speaker 3 (01:38):
A New Zealand woman has been sentenced to life in
prison for murdering her children. Hakyung Lee killed her son
and daughter in twenty eighteen, hid their bodies, then changed
her name and left the country. The remains of eight
year old Una Joe and six year old Menu were
discovered in suitcases in an Auckland storage unit in twenty
twenty two. Lee represented herself in court, was assisted by

(02:00):
two stand by lawyers who argued she was mentally unwell
following the death of the children's father in twenty seventeen.
The jury took around three hours to return a guilty
verdict last month, and during sentencing in New Zealand's High
Court today. Judge Jeffrey Vennon acknowledged Lee's mental health played
a significant role, but he described her actions as calculated.

(02:20):
The forty five year old will serve at least seventeen
years behind bars, at which point she will be eligible
for parole.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
And today's good news, and what good news this is
Australian Robert Irwin has been crowned this year's Dancing with
the Stars US winner. The twenty one year old Conservationists
claimed the season thirty four title, ten years after his
sister Bindi also won the American version of the show.
Bindi shared a photo of the siblings holding their trophies together,

(02:51):
saying two mirror balls now call Australia Zoo home. After
the victory, Robert thanked the show for changing his life.
The finale received a record breaking seventy two million votes,
more than double the previous record.

Speaker 3 (03:06):
So good Is there anything the Irwins can't do? We
love a bit of Robert news and that is the
latest from the Daily OS newsroom for today. But if
you're looking for something else to listen to, you can
check out this morning's Deep Dive, where we explain why
Pauline Hanson wore a burker in Parliament this week. Again.

Speaker 2 (03:24):
We'll be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive, but
until then, have a good night.

Speaker 1 (03:33):
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