Headlines: Ley outlines Coalition's key economic principles

Today's headlines include:

• Sussan Ley has described debt as an “issue of intergenerational fairness” during her first major economic address as Opposition Leader.
• Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing Gaza City after Israel launched its ground offensive on Tuesday. 
• U.S. President Donald Trump has revealed he’s planning to meet with Anthony Albanese when the Prime Minister visits the U.S. next week. 
• And today’s good news: In an Australian first, Pet owners can now book tickets to bring their small dogs and cats on Virgin Australia flights.

Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Lucy Tassell
Producer: Elliot Lawry

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
From The Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tassel.
It's Wednesday, the seventeenth of September. Here's what's making headlines
this evening.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
Opposition leader Susan Lee has described debt as an issue
of intergenerational fairness and warned Australians have become too reliant
on welfare. Speaking at the Committee for Economic Development of
Australia in Melbourne, Lee outlined the principles that will guide
coalition policy into the next election, including a targeted approach
to government subsidies and benefit payments. The opposition leader said

(00:38):
the government quote should not be paying benefits to high
income households and that support should be a safety net,
not a hammock. Lee did not cite specific cuts or
policy proposals during her first major economic address as Opposition leader. However,
she claimed improvements can be made without attacking welfare or
health or school funding to ensure the next generation inherits opportunity,

(01:00):
not death.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing Gaza City after Israel launched
its ground offensive on Tuesday. The Israeli Defense Forces the IDF,
which says its targeting hamas issued evacuation warnings telling Palestinians
to go to a humanitarian zone in Almwasi in South Gaza.
The UN said Israel had not taken effective steps to

(01:24):
ensure the safety of those forced to move there, and
that it had not provided enough space or services for
those already there. UN officials have previously accused the IDF
of targeting displaced Palestinians tents in Almwasi quote killing entire families.
Israel's latest military action has been met with widespread condemnation

(01:44):
from international governments and families of hostages taken by Hamas.
The offensive began shortly after a UN Commission of Inquiry
announced it had found Israel was carrying out a genocide
of Palestinians in Gaza. Israel has called the finding fake.

Speaker 2 (02:02):
US President Donald Trump has revealed his planning to meet
with Anthony Albanzi when the Prime Minister visits the US
next week. Trump was criticizing an Australian journalist when he
hinted at a face to face talk with the PM.
ABC America's editor John Lyons was questioning Trump about his
business ventures and White House spending when the President accused

(02:23):
Lyons of hurting Australia very much. Right now. Your leader
is coming over to see me very soon, Trump said,
adding I'm going to tell him about you. You set
a very bad tone. The comment is the closest recent
indicator out of the US that a Trump Albanesi meeting
will go ahead. The Prime Minister is expected to meet
with his US counterpart in New York ahead of a

(02:43):
meeting of the UN General Assembly.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
And today's good news in an Australian first, pet owners
can now book tickets to bring their small dogs and
cats on Virgin Australia flights. The airline's Pets in Cabin
service officially on sale today ahead of the first services
departing on the sixteenth of October. Virgin said it's launching
the initiative across select flights between Melbourne, the Gold Coast

(03:09):
and the Sunshine Coast before expanding the service to all
eligible domestic flights in twenty twenty six. Virgin CEO Dave
Emerson said, quote, with almost seventy percent of households owning
a pet, we expect the service to be embraced by
pet lovers all around the country. A limit of four
pets per flight will be permitted and will cost passengers
and extra one hundred and forty nine dollars per animal.

Speaker 2 (03:32):
That's the latest from the Daily os newsroom. If you're
looking for something else to listen to, you can check
out today's deep dive, where we discuss the latest tensions
between Russia and NATO members.

Speaker 1 (03:42):
We'll be back with another deep dive tomorrow morning, but
until then, have a great evening.

Speaker 2 (03:49):
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