Headlines: King Charles strips Prince Andrew's royal titles

Today's headlines include:

• King Charles III has officially stripped Prince Andrew of his royal titles and asked him to leave his royal residence. 
• Convicted sex offender and former NSW MP Gareth Ward has been sentenced to five years and nine months in prison. 
• ANZ has flagged its profit for the last financial year will be $1.1 billion lower than expected due to restructuring costs and penalties.
• And today’s good news: A newly discovered Dr Seuss manuscript will be published in next year.

Hosts: Sam Koslowski and Lucy Tassell
Producer: Emma Gillespie

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
From The Daily Oas I'm Sam Kauzloski, I'm Lucy Tarsel.
It's Friday, the thirty first of October. Here's what's making
headlines this evening.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
King Charles has officially stripped Prince Andrew of his royal
titles and asked him to leave his residence. Buckingham Palace
revealed in a statement this morning that Prince Andrew's quote, styles,
titles and honors will be removed and he will now
be known as Andrew Mountbatton, Windsor. It comes after Andrew
announced on the seventeenth of October that he would stop

(00:35):
using his royal titles. This came as reports emerged that
Andrew had allegedly tried to find incriminating information about his
alleged victim, Virginia Giuffrey in twenty eleven, which is now
being investigated by London Metropolitan Police. The Palace's statement said
Andrew was served formal notice to quote surrender his lease

(00:55):
on the Royal Lodge in Windsor that has quote provided
him with legal protection. In their statement, the Palace acknowledged
Andrew's denials of all accusations against him. The King and
Queen Consort Camilla expressed that their quote sympathies have been
and will remain with the victims and survivors of any
and all forms of abuse. In a statement after the announcement,

(01:18):
Jeffrey's family said she was quote an ordinary American girl
who brought down a British prince.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
Convicted sex offender and former New South Wales MP Gareth
Ward has been sentenced to five years and nine months
in prison in July. Ward, who represented the New South
Wales electorate of Kayama for fourteen years, was found guilty
of three counts of indecent assault and one count of
sexual intercourse without consent. These incidents occurred between twenty thirteen

(01:47):
and twenty fifteen against two men aged eighteen and twenty
four at the time. MPs are not automatically dismissed if
criminal charges are laid against them. In August, the Supreme
Court rule that New South Wales parliamentarians could hold a
motion for a vote to expel Ward, but he resigned
two hours before this took place. Ward had been in

(02:09):
prison while awaiting his sentence, which carries a non parole
period of three years and nine months. His lawyers indicated
he does intend to appeal the conviction.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
A and Z has flagged its profit for the last
financial year will be one point one billion dollars lower
than expected due to restructuring costs and penalties announce today.
The bank's profits will be impacted by factors including its
decision to make three thousand, five hundred staff redundant, which
cost about six hundred million dollars. Other costs include a

(02:41):
settlement with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission or ASSEK
in September, which cost A and Z two hundred and
seventy one million dollars in penalties and charges for incorrectly
reporting data to the Treasury. The bank also announced the
wind down of its cash rewards program last month at
a cost of set tventy eight million dollars. The bank

(03:02):
will announce the full results of the last financial year
on the tenth of November.

Speaker 1 (03:09):
And I've got your Friday good news for you. A
newly discovered doctor Seuss manuscript will be published in June
next year, titled Seeing the Fifty United States. It was
discovered earlier this year in the University of California, San
Diego Guysel Library Archives. The library is named in honor
of Audrey and Theodore SEUs Geisel, better known as Doctor Seuss.

(03:31):
Random House Children's Books announced the discovery, which includes an original,
never before seen manuscripts and cover sketch illustrated Tom Brannan
will bring the pages to life with the iconic cat
in the Hat and two little cat helpers guiding readers
to learn the fifty US states in signature doctor Seuss style.
Deputy publisher Judith Hort said, the findings are something we

(03:53):
dream of. They are set for release in time for
the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of
the US Declaration of Independence on the fourth of July
twenty twenty six, which Hot calls a notable cultural and
printing moment.

Speaker 2 (04:08):
That's the latest from the Daily ODS newsroom. If you're
looking for something else to listen to on this spooky
Halloween Friday, you can check out today's deep dive on
the scariest thing anyone at TDA can imagine. Failed rebrand,
This time brought to you by the Bureau of Meteorology.

Speaker 1 (04:22):
And Lucy, I'm just going to interrupt you there. We've
just heard the Bureau of Meteorology will revert to its
previous rain radar color scheme, so that podcast is an
interesting listen.

Speaker 2 (04:31):
Yeah, perfect, and now you have all the context you
need to dive right in.

Speaker 1 (04:34):
Have a fantastic weekend. Everyone will speak to you on Monday.

Speaker 2 (04:40):
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