Headlines: Robodebt victims to get additional compensation

Today's headlines include:

• Robodebt victims will receive additional compensation after the Government agreed to settle the largest class action appeal in Australian history.
• Australia will provide $1 million in humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan, after a magnitude six earthquake struck the country’s east on Monday.
• At least 15 people have died and 18 others have been injured after a street cable car came off its rails and crashed in the Portuguese city of Lisbon.
• And today’s good news: Some of the country’s best scientific minds have had their achievements honoured by the Australian Museum.

Hosts; Lucy Tassell and Sam Koslowski
Producer: Elliot Lawry

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
From the Zelias. I'm Sam Kazlowski, I'm Lucy Tassel. It's Thursday,
the fourth of September. Here's what's making headlines this evening.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
Robodebt victims will receive additional compensation after the government agreed
to settle the largest class action appeal in Australian history.
Robodet was a debt collection system used by the government
from twenty fifteen to twenty nineteen. It resulted in over
one point seven billion in unlawful debt notices. A previous
one point eight billion compensation package was distributed to victims

(00:37):
between twenty twenty and twenty twenty two. However, this settlement
was appealed after the Robodet Royal Commission uncovered conduct breaches
by senior public servants last year. The federal government has
now agreed to provide an additional four hundred and seventy
five million dollars in compensation to settle the Robodet class
action appeal. Attorney General Michelle Rowland described the scheme as

(00:59):
a quote, crew rude and cruel mechanism, neither fair nor legal.
Settling this claim is the just and fair thing to do,
Roland add it the new settlement is pending federal court approval.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
Australia will provide one million dollars in humanitarian assistance for
Afghanistan after a magnitude six earthquake struck the country's east
on Monday. At least fourteen hundred people have died, while
thousands more were injured in the quake, which destroyed entire villages.
Rescue operations are facing major ongoing challenges, with landslides and
after shocks blocking access to remote mountainous areas. Australia's Foreign

(01:36):
Minister Pennywong said the earthquake has exacerbated the dire humanitarian
crisis in Afghanistan, with almost half the population already in
desperate need. Support from the federal government will be directed
through the UN's Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund to ensure aid reaches
those in need and not as Wang said. The Taliban regime,
the EU, UK, India and Iran have also pledged assistance.

Speaker 2 (02:02):
At least fifteen people have died and eighteen others have
been injured after a street cable car came off its
rails and crashed in the Portuguese city of Lisbon. The
historic Gloria Funicula derailed during peak hour on Wednesday evening
local time, crashing into the side of a building. Emergency
services said five people are in a serious condition and

(02:22):
a child is among those injured. According to the Lisbon
Firefighters Regiment, the accident was caused by a cable that
came loose. The one hundred and forty year old funicula
connects downtown Lisbon with the biro Alto neighborhood and can
carry more than forty people. The Mayor of Lisbon called
the incident a tragic moment for the city.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
And in some good news for your Thursday, some of
the country's best scientific minds have had their achievements honoured
by the Australian Museum. Breakthroughs in forensic science, genomic sequencing
and using octopus DNA to unlock Antarctica's climate secrets were
ama the nineteen Eureka Prize winners announced this week. Organizers
with the Australian Museum said this year marks the first

(03:06):
time the event has reached parody between male and female awardees.
Museum director Kim McKay said the Eureka Prize celebrates the talents,
creativity and collaboration that drives discovery and delivers solutions for
our world.

Speaker 2 (03:20):
That's the latest from the Daily Oas newsroom. If you're
looking for something else to listen to, you can check
out today's Deep Dive for an explainer on the recent
deadly anti government protests in Indonesia.

Speaker 1 (03:30):
We'll be back tomorrow morning with another they dive. Until then,
have a wonderful evening. My name is Lily Maddon and
I'm a proud Arunda Bunjelung Kalgotin woman from Gadighl country.
The Daily oz acknowledges that this podcast is recorded on
the lands of the Gadighl people and pays respect to
all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island and nations.

Speaker 2 (03:52):
We pay our respects to the first peoples of these countries,
both past and present.