Quicky News Headlines: Friday April 18th 2024

Holiday makers hit the road for double long weekend, Dutton 'running out of time' as vote nears all-time low, Researchers find strongest evidence yet of alien life beyond earth, Fyre Festival 2 postponed, Ben Affleck praises ex Jennifer Lopez.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:10):
You're listening to Amma Mea podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges the
traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast is
recorded on Hi. I'm Grace Ruvervey from Mumma MEA's twice
daily news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines for Friday,
April eighteen, Regional Australia is set to benefit from back

(00:30):
to back Easter and ans AC day long weekends and
towns are seeing strong bookings across accommodation cafes and restaurants
for those staying close at to home. In Australia's biggest city,
Sydney's Fish Market expects over fifty thousand shoppers on Good
Friday with six hundred and fifty tons of seafood sold.
With warm weather forecast, beach goers are expected to stay

(00:52):
safe while Victoria hosts surfing competition the Rip Girl pro
Bells Beach. Meanwhile, tropical Cyclone Errol is bringing wind and
rain to Wa and flooding continues in parts of Queensland,
South Australia and New South Wales. With so many people
out on the roads this long weekend, police urging caution
for drivers to be vigilant. The Coalition is heading for

(01:14):
its worst federal elections since the Liberal Parties founding in
nineteen forty four, with its primary vote dropping to thirty
three percent in the latest Yuko of poll. With the
election just two weeks away, Experts say Peter Dutton needs
a miracle to recover as early voting begins soon. Labour
leads the two party preferred vote fifty three to forty
seven percent, its strongest showing in eighteen months, and Anthony

(01:38):
Albanezi remains the preferred prime minister over Peter Dutton at
forty eight to thirty eight percent. Dutton is particularly struggling
with mail and outer suburban voters, key demographics for the
coalition's path to victory. The poll of fifteen hundred voters
was conducted from April eleven to April fifteen, as both
parties pause campaigning for the easter break. British researchers have

(02:00):
found the strongest evidence yet of alien life While studying
an exoplanet one hundred and twenty four light years away
using the James Webb Space Telescope. They detected chemicals dms
and dmds, typically produced on Earth by marine microbes. Researchers
have said the discovery could mean the planet is teeming

(02:20):
with life, bringing us closer to confirming when not alone.
The exoplanet, already known to host water, vapor, and carbon
based molecules, is in the habitable zone, which may have
a hydrogen rich atmosphere and ocean covered surface. Researchers aim
to confirm whether the detected gases could be produced without life,

(02:41):
with hopes of a breakthrough within a year or two.
The controversial Fire Festival is once again postponed. Originally planned
from May thirty to June two in Mexico, ticket holders
were told via email the event is delayed and they
will be refunded with new dates to come. Tickets for
Fire Festival two, marketed with the slogan fire Festival two

(03:03):
is Real, started at approximately twenty two hundred dollars Australian.
The original twenty seven teen Bahama's based Fire Festival became
infamous after attendees who paid between two thousand dollars and
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars were met with disaster
tenths instead of luxury villas and minimal food or security.
The fiasco led to the Fire documentary and co founder

(03:26):
Billy McFarland's criminal conviction. He pled guilty to defrauding investors
over forty two million dollars and served four years in prison.
McFarlan announced the reboot earlier this year, claiming a thoughtfully
planned comeback with amazing plans despite public skepticism. Ben Affleck
has praised his ex wife Jennifer Lopez for her ongoing

(03:49):
bond with his children, despite their twenty twenty four split
after two years of marriage. At the Accountant To premiere
in La Affleck, who shares three children with Jennifer Ghana,
said Lopez is spectacular with his kids and called her
a tremendous person whom he's grateful to. He also expressed
love for Lopez's seventeen year old twins Mat and Emmy.

(04:10):
Affleck said having all their kids at the premiere made
the night extra special and called their relationships the joy
of his life. He added that he avoids online negativity
about his personal life, saying there's no scandal around the breakup.
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