Urgent Action Needed As Childhood Vaccination Rates Drop

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has touched down in London ahead of progressive leaders meeting; Experts warn urgent action is required as child vaccination rates drop; Lawyers for reality TV star Matt Wright are set to lodge appeals over a jury's finding that he tried to pervert the course of justice after a fatal helicopter crash; A vote will be help to decide if Israeli broadcaster Kan will be expelled from next  year’s Eurovision song contest. 

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Speaker 1 (00:10):
You're listening Tea a Muma Mea podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges
the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast
is recorded on. Hey, I'm Taylor Strano from Mummamea's twice
daily news podcast, The Quikie with Your Headlines. For Friday,
September twenty six, Anthony Albanesi has touchdown in London for

(00:32):
the next leg of his three country visit. The PM
will receive a rock star reception at the Global Progress
Action Summit, a gathering of some of the world's top
progressive leaders and policy experts. After his historic election win
in May. Former UK Labor Prime Minister Tony Blair will
meet with mister Albanezi ahead of the summit. Gaza will

(00:53):
likely be a topic of discussion, with mister Blair reportedly
top of a list ahead a temporary authority that would
oversee Gaza as it transitions to Palestinian rule. Mister Albanesi
announced Australia's recognition of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations
General Assembly earlier this week, where he delivered a wide
ranging debut speech before the Global Institution, renewing Australia's push

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for a place on the UN Security Council. After months
of speculation and pressure from US officials to raise defense spending,
mister Albanezi will get an opportunity to have a face
to face with US President Donald Trump on October twenty,
where he'll press the importance of the Orchist Defense Pact.
Parents need practical strategies such as easier access to appointments

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and bulk billing to help reverse a concerning decline in
childhood vaccination rates. That's according to new research from the
National Vaccination Insights Project. It also found out of pocket costs,
limited appointment availability, and eroading trust caused by misinformation contributed
to that trend. Vaccination rates for five year olds peaked

(02:02):
at ninety five percent in twenty twenty, but since the
COVID nineteen pandemic, coverage has declined to ninety two point
seven percent in twenty twenty four. Co author Marie Stephens
from the National Center for Immunization says most parents supported
vaccination and vaccinated their children fully and on time. The research,

(02:23):
published on Friday in the Australian and New Zealand Journal
of Public Health emphasized the need for urgent, coordinated action
across policy, program, healthcare provider, and community settings. The concern
in declining vaccination rates comes as President Donald Trump this
week called the US childhood vaccine schedule a disgrace, backed

(02:43):
by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior,
who has rallied against vaccinations for decades. Meantime, Trump has
announced the US will impose a one hundred percent tariff
on imports of branded or patentent pharmaceutical products from October one,
with an exception for companies with plans to build manufacturing
plants in the US. Lawyers for reality TV star Matt

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Wright are said to lodge appeals over very jury's findings
that he tried to pervert the course of justice after
a fatal helicopter crash. The Outback wranglistar lost his best
mate and co star Chris Willow Wilson in the February
twenty twenty two crash that left pilot Sebastian Robinson a paraplegic.
Wright was accused of lying to crash investigators about the

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amount of fuel in the machine, of trying to get
mister Robinson to falsify flying hours, and of asking a
friend to torch the helicopter's maintenance release. In August, a
Supreme Court jury in Darwin found Right guilty of the
first two counts, but could not reach an agreement on
the third. Regarding the torch claim. Wright has been granted

(03:50):
bail ahead of the sentencing hearing on December twelve. Prosecutors
have indicated they'll seek a term of imprisonment for Right,
and a vote will help to decide if his rarely
broadcaster Khan, will be expelled from next year's Eurovision song contest.
The European Broadcasting Union confirmed the online vote will take
place in November, after several nations threatened a boycott. Eb

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President Delphine en rod Kunci says there was an unprecedented
diversity of views on Israel's participation in Eurovision. In a
letter sent to participating broadcasters. Several European broadcasters, including those
from Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and Iceland, have all threatened to
boycott the next installment of Eurovision if Israel was allowed

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to take part. In recent years, Russia was barred from
Eurovision following its full scale invasion of Ukraine in twenty
twenty two. Twenty twenty six will mark the seventieth anniversary
of Eurovision. It's due to be held in the Austrian
capital Vienna in May. That's your evening news headlines. On
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