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The Quicky news update for Friday, September 20th 2024

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I'm Isabella Ross from Mumma MEA's daily news podcast, The Quickie.

Speaker 1 (00:26):
Here's what's time in the news today.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Friday, September twentieth, Australia was on the verge of supporting
an international call for Israel to withdraw from occupied Palestinian territories.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
But pulled the pin after the push went too far.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
We abstained from a non binding United Nations vote demanding
Israel end its presence in the Palestinian territory within twelve months.
Australia wanted to support a warded down resolution that more
closely reflected the ruling of a top international court, but
common ground couldn't be found. Foreign Minster Penny won't confirmed
today the Palestinian drafted resolution did pass.

Speaker 1 (00:59):
However, the vote reflects growing.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
Discontent within the international community at the sustained war in Gaza.
Multiple women have accused Egyptian billionaire and Harold's owner maham
At al Fayed of rape and sexual assault prior to
his death in twenty twenty three.

Speaker 1 (01:14):
At the age of ninety four.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
Al Fayed had been accused of sexually assaulting and groping
multiple women. A twenty fifteen police investigation did not lead
to any charges. More than twenty women have now spoken
to the BBC as part of a special investigation, coming
forward with allegations of sexual assault and physical violence at
properties in London and Paris. Al Fayed was often adjacent

(01:36):
to the British royal family. His son Doty was killed
in a car crash alongside his girlfriend Diana, Princess of
Wales in nineteen ninety seven. Harrod's has since released a
statement saying they are utterly appalled by the allegations of abuse.
Household electricity bills could spike if nuclear power was introduced
into Australia's electricity mix.

Speaker 1 (01:55):
The coalition's plan to build seven small.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
Nuclear reactors across five states could cause electricity prices to
rise by.

Speaker 1 (02:01):
Hundreds of dollars. As research from the.

Speaker 2 (02:03):
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, typical household electricity
bills could increase by six hundred and sixty five dollars
a year on average, while a family of four could
face a nine hundred and seventy two dollars increase.

Speaker 1 (02:16):
The report was unable to examine.

Speaker 2 (02:18):
The type of power proposed by the coalition because no
nuclear plants had been successfully completed in a democratic country. Lastly,
Oprah Winfrey has brought back the rights to a documentary
about her life. The seventy year old television icon has
reacquired the rights to her own life story from Apple TV,
three years after an Oscar winning filmmaker was attached to
hell on the project alongside a very famous producer. In

(02:41):
a statement to Page six, oprah spokesperson said she has
since decided to put the doco on hold and shelvet,
also expressing her gratitude to the filmmakers for their time
and energy put into the project.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
Although reports say creative.

Speaker 2 (02:53):
Differences are behind it being halted, other reports say it
simply wasn't the right time to do a documentary. That's
your evening news headlines. Monday's episode details why the conversation
around online safety has never been more urgent Off the
back of the government's proposed aid restrictions to social media
and Instagram's teen accounts introduced by Meta, The question still looms,

(03:15):
whose responsibility is it to keep kids safe online? We
explore the complexities of social media rules and where the
current measures are enough to protect young users. Check out
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