Police Arrest Man They Believe Is Behind Melbourne's Synagogue Blaze

Man arrested over Melbourne Synagogue fire; 'Moral momentum' to recognise Palestine after UK move; 'Show about nothing': PM taunted over US tariffs; One-in-10 students need extra school support: NAPLAN; Officer who tasered great-gran spared jail again; Diddy seeks release on $US50m bond ahead of sentencing

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:10):
You're listening to a Mummamea 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 Quickie with Your Headlines. For Tuesday, July thirty,
a man has been arrested for his alleged role in
last year's arson attack on the Adas Israel Synagogue of Melbourne.

(00:33):
Police say the Worriby man will be interviewed in relation
to offenses of arsen conduct in dangering life and theft
of a motor vehicle. Authorities will allege the man as
one of three individuals who broke into the synagogue in
the city southeast and set the fire. Prime Minister Anthony
Albnezi is being urged to help build moral momentum to
recognize a Palestinian state and end starvation in Gaza. The

(00:55):
UK government released a statement overnight announcing it was prepared
to join France in recognizing Palestinian statehood in September. Federal
Labour MP at Hugh six said Australia could increase that
momentum to help civilians caught up in Israel's war against
Hamas in the Gaza. The PM has in recent days
stepped up his criticism of Israel for denying food to Gazans,

(01:15):
leading to what aid agencies say is a humanitarian crisis.
Alberizi said Israel's denials of starvation in Gaza was beyond comprehension,
but he wouldn't commit to recognizing Palestine while it remained
under the de facto leadership of Hamas, which is listed
as a terrorist organization by Australia. Meanwhile, in the US,
Major Taylor Green has become the first Republican lawmaker to

(01:37):
describe the events in Gaza as genocide. It's a controversial
move as Republicans generally have rallied around Israel since October
twenty twenty three, when Hamas attacked the country, killing twelve
hundred people and taking two hundred and fifty one hostages.
Israel has strongly rejected claims that the country is perpetuating genocide,
despite the death toll in Gaza now exceeding sixty thousand.

(01:59):
Anthony Albinizi has been accused of being a Seinfeld Prime Minister.
As the opposition ramps up its rhetoric over the US
tariff's issue. The Prime Minister has been compared to the
famous ninety Show About Nothing, amid dwindling hopes Australia can
secure a total tariff exemption. US President Donald Trump's deals
with other nations have laid bare the limits of trade negotiations,
with no countries receiving a better deal than Australia's ten

(02:22):
percent baseline tariff. But Opposition Foreign Affairs spokeswoman MICHAELEEA. Cash
says the government's approach has been a failure so far,
given mister Alviniasi was yet to secure a face to
face meeting with Trump. Senator Cash says the PM is
becoming the Seinfeld Prime Minister because he's now a show
about nothing. Cash was referencing the Seinfeld episode The Pitch,
when characters Jerry and George pitch an idea for a

(02:43):
show about nothing, recreating how Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David
came up with the show's concept in the first place.
One in ten Australian students need more help to meet
basic education standards. Despite encouraging signs that kids are getting
better at maths, two thirds of students performed strongly or
exceeded expectations on napland testing, but geographic location, parent education levels,

(03:05):
and family background continue to be a major factor impacting results.
Almost one in three Indigenous students fell below minimum standards
and needed extra support, compared to less than one in
ten non Indigenous students. There was also a regional divide,
with just one in five students in very remote areas
considered strong or exceeding expectations, far below seventy percent of

(03:26):
students in major cities. Girls again outperformed boys in literacy,
but boys did better in numeracy, with the gaps emerging
in early secondary and late primary school. A former police
officer who fatally tasered a ninety five year old aged
care resident while on duty will remain free after a
failed legal bid to jail him. Then Senior Constable Christian

(03:46):
White fired his taser at Claire Noland after being called
to her New South Wales nursing home on May seventeen,
twenty twenty three. During the brief encounter, White drew his
stun gun and pointed it at Nolan for a minute
before discharging the weapon at her chest. The forty eight
kiloh great grandmother, who had symptoms of dementia fell and
hit her head. She died in hospital a week later

(04:06):
after a fatal brain bleed. White was given a two
year good behavior bond in March after a jury found
him guilty of manslaughter in the New Southwelles Supreme Court,
despite calls from prosecutors for jail time. On Wednesday, three
judges from the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
upheld the imposed sentence, dismissing the prosecution's legal challenge. Sean
Diddy Coombe's lawyers have urged a judge who oversaw his

(04:28):
sex crimes trial to release him from jail on a
multimillion dollar bond ahead of his October three sentencing. After
the hip hop Mogo was found not guilty of the
most serious charges he was facing. In a court filing
regarding the u S. Fifty million dollar bond, Combs's defense
lawyer said conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn
were dangerous and said defendants convicted in the past of

(04:49):
prostitution related charges that were similar to Combs were usually
released before their sentencing. After a six week trial, the
fifty five year old was found not guilty on July
two of three counts of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy
which carried potential life sentences. He was convicted onto lesser
charges of transportation to engage in prostitution. That's the latest

(05:10):
news headlines on tomorrow's episode of The Quikie. The Australian
government has just included YouTube in as social media band
for kids, to come into effect later this year. Listen
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