Mariah Carey Beats Christmas Song Copyright In Court

A man has been arrested for allegedly smuggling to man behind the explosives caravan out of the country; The ACCC finds Aussie supermarkets have little incentive to be competitive on pricing; A parliamentary enquiry into conduct at NSW daycare centres will be held after unsettling ABC report; A US judge has halted Elon Musks DoGE from accessing any more of American's social security data; Mariah Carey has won a court case accusing her of copying a 1989 song also called 'All I Want For Christmas Is You'.

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Speaker 1 (00:10):
You're listening to a Muma Mia podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges
the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast
is recorded on. Hi. I'm Claire Murphy from Mummamea's twice
daily news podcast, The Quiki with your Evening Headlines. So
Friday March twenty one, a Queensland man has been charged
for allegedly helping smuggle one of the suspected master minds

(00:31):
behind the Dural explosive caravan hoax out of the country.
Police alleged that fifty seven year old Sean Ryan and
another man crewed a boat that picked up sayat irhan
Aka off the coast of Far North Queensland in twenty
twenty three, allegedly helping him flee Australia while he was
awaiting trial over drug importation chargers. The three men then
allegedly sailed from Thursday Island in the Torres Strait to

(00:53):
Pouquet in Thailand. Mister Akka is believed to be behind
the plot to divert police attention away from other criminal
activity by planting a caravan full of explosives and a
note referencing the Great Jewish Synagogue in the Outer Sydney
suburbs of dural using the rise in anti semitism over
the war in Gaza as a way to take up
police time and resources. Australia's largest supermarkets have little incentive

(01:17):
to be competitive on pricing due to their large market share,
according to the nation's competition watchdog, the A Triple C
released its final report into supermarkets today, finding the big
three supermarkets faced little competition and had increased average product
margins over the past five years, but stopped short of
outright accusing them of price gouging. Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers

(01:39):
says the government accepts all twenty recommendations from the report
in principle and were already taking substantial steps in most
areas already, but some would take long lead times and consultation,
meaning it might be a while before consumers notice the
difference at the checkout. Part of the government's response will
be two point nine million dollars included in the upcoming
budget to help suppliers learn how to better negotiate with

(02:01):
the big chain supermarkets and stand up to the power
they hold. The unsettling cases of conduct occurring inside Australian
daycare centers revealed by the ABC has led to a
parliamentary inquiry in New South Wales. The Four Corners report
exposed alleged child sexual abuse being ignored by regulators and
service providers who are prioritizing profit over children's care. Up

(02:24):
to four hundred and seventy thousand children are attending for
profit facilities that are failing to meet national standards. Almost
three and four centers are privately owned, contributing to soaring
fees and shortages in rural and lower income areas, despite
the government providing billions in subsidies. Green's MP Abigail Boyd
will chair the committee that will look into the failures

(02:44):
of the early childhood education and care sector. Miss Boyd
saying dropping your child off at an early learning center
in the morning is an enormous act of trust, but
it doesn't need to be a blind leap of faith.
She went on to say that families deserve transparency and
accountability and that's what a parliamentary investigation can help deliver.
A judge in the US has stopped Elon Musk's Department

(03:05):
of Government Efficiency from accessing any more data from the
Social Security Administration. The judge says the Department likely violated
privacy laws by allowing Musk's AIDS unbridled access to the
data of millions of Americans. Judge Hollander says rooting out
possible fraud, waste, and mismanagement in the SSA is in
the public interest, but that doesn't mean the government can

(03:27):
flout the laws to do so. The ruling is one
of the most substantial setbacks for Musk's new department to date,
coming just two days after a federal judge ruled Musk's
attempts to shut down the US Agency for International Development,
or USAID, was likely illegal because Musk is not a
Senate confirmed Cabinet official. Mariah Carey has won a lawsuit

(03:48):
that claims her iconic Christmas tune All I Want for
Christmas Is You, was illegally copied. The judge ruled that
the writers of the Vince Vance and the Valiant's nineteen
eighty nine song, also called All I Want for Christmas
Is You failed to show that their version was objectively
similar enough to Carries to support their copyright infringement case.
They claimed Carry's song copied the song's comparison between a

(04:11):
loved one and the trappings of seasonal luxury, as well
as other lyrical and musical elements. Take back to tensle Stom,
then come on Christmass Heavy. They were asking for at
least twenty million dollars in damages, but they'll now have
to pay part of Mariah Carey's lawyer's fees. Carry song

(04:33):
came out in nineteen ninety four and has hit the
top of the Billboard Hot one hundred chart every November
December since twenty nineteen, reportedly earning the singer and the
writers more than sixty million dollars since its first release.
That's your latest news headlines On Monday's episode of The Quikie.
We'll be looking into that, a Triple C report on
the supermarket giants and how that may end up impacting

(04:53):
your grocery bills. Just listen to The Quikie wherever you
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