Fertility Giant CEO Steps Down Following Second Embryo Mix Up

Defence Minister Richard Marles has warned Australia cannot "chop and change" submarine deals; A southwest Sydney man is facing human trafficking charges, accused of deceptively stranding his family in Pakistan; The head of fertility giant Monash IVF has resigned after the company was hit by a second embryo mix-up blunder; And there are reports of tension between pop superstar Katy Perry and her fiancé, actor Orlando Bloom.

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Speaker 1 (00:10):
You're listening to a Mummamea podcast. Mummameer acknowledges the traditional
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on Hi. I'm Jimmy Donna, who from Mamea's twice daily
news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines. For Thursday June twelfth,
Defense Minister Richard Miles has warned Australia cannot chop and

(00:33):
change submarine deals as the US reviews the Orcas Security Pact.
Under the agreement, Australia will acquire three Virginia class submarines
from the US in the early twenty thirties before a
new fleet of boats is built for delivery from the
twenty forties, for a cost of three hundred and sixty
eight billion dollars. The three nation partnership between the US,

(00:55):
Australia and the UK was signed in twenty twenty one
under former Liberal Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Biden administration.
The Pentagon is examining the three hundred and sixty eight
billion dollar agreement to see if it aligns with Donald
Trump's and America First policy. While mister Miles says he
is confident the deal will proceed, he admitted there is

(01:15):
no backup plan if the US pulls out. He stressed
that abandoning the current path guarantees Australia will never have
the submarine capability it needs. The review has prompted critics,
including former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, to question why Australia
isn't conducting its own inquiry into the massive deal. A
Southwest Sydney man is facing human trafficking charges, accused of

(01:39):
deceptively stranding his family in Pakistan. Police alleged the forty
five year old troubled with his wife and one year
old child last August before ditching them at the airport,
canceling the woman's visa and keeping the child's passport. He
then returned to Australia alone, leaving them behind. The wife
was able to get back to Australia in February and

(02:01):
reported the matter to authorities, who then helped the one
year old child return. The man was arrested yesterday and
face court today, with the trafficking charges carrying a potential
twelve year jail's sentence. The head of fertility Giant Monache
IVF has resigned after the company was hit by a
second embryo mix up blunder. CEO Michael Knapp stepped down

(02:26):
today in a move the board says its supports. The
resignation follows the recent revelation that staff at its Melbourne
clinic transferred the wrong embryo to a woman, giving her
one of her own instead of her partners. This is
the second major blunder this year, after a Brisbane clinic
transferred another patient's embryo to a woman in a separate incident,

(02:47):
which it blamed on human error. The Victorian Health Regulator
is investigating the latest mistake and the company's chief financial
officer will step in as acting CEO. There are reports
of tension between popstar Katy Perry and her fiance, actor
Orlando Bloom. Sources claim the negative criticism and n and

(03:09):
fan reception to Perry's latest album one four three has
put significant stress on their relationship. Adding to the pressure,
the singer also recently faced public backlash for her commercial
trip to Space and inside a told People magazine that
the professional frustrations have caused some tension between the pair.
Perry and Bloom, who have a young daughter together, have

(03:31):
been engaged since twenty nineteen. That's your evening news headlines.
On tomorrow's episode of The Quickie, we take a close
look at the Orchest deal potentially coming undone under President
Trump and what that might mean for our relationship with
the US. Listen to The Quickie wherever you get your podcasts.