November 27, 2025 • 19 mins
December is on the other side of this weekend and there have been many stories making us a little anxious this week, so today, due to regular demand in the DMs and on our email, we’re bringing you another edition of The Quicky Good News Week.
From the Aussie man with possibly the greenest of green flags, to a goodbye and “don’t come back” to a certain cancer, we’re going to take you through the great things that have happened across the globe in the last 7 days.
And in headlines today, the death toll from a blaze at a high-rise apartment complex in Hong Kong has risen to 83; State Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan has ruled that the murder of Sydney water polo coach Lilie James reflects a “devastating pattern” of violence against women; Australian shoppers and retailers are leaning heavily on technology this Black Friday, but scammers are too; Actor Sophie Turner has signed an open letter urging the U.K. House of Lords to reject the Terminally Ill Adults Bill, warning it could put people with eating disorders at risk.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to Amma Mia podcast. Hi, I'm Claire Murphy.
This is Mumma MIA's twice daily news podcast, The Quickie.
It's getting late in twenty twenty five December is actually
on the other side of this weekend, in case you
didn't know, and there have been many stories making.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Us a little anxious of late.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
So today, due to regular demand in the DMS and
on our email, we're bringing you another edition of Quickie's
Good Newsweek from the Aussie Man with possibly the greenest
of green flags to a goodbye and don't come back
to a certain cancer. We're going to take you through
the great things that have happened across the globe in
the last seven days. But before we get there, he's
Tarlie Blackman with the latest from the Quickie Newsroom for Friday,
(00:49):
November twenty eight.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Thanks Claire. Hong Kong police have arrested three senior figures
from Prestige Construction on suspicion of manslaughter after the city's
worst fire and nearly eighty years killed at least eighty
three people. Around three hundred residents are still listed as
missing after the bla is ripped through the Wangfook Court
high rise complex in Typo, which was under renovation. Firefighters
(01:12):
battled intense heat and choking smoke for more than a
day as they searched upper floors. Video showed crews using
flashlights to pick through charred hallways late yesterday. Police say
the construction bosses were grossly negligent and used unsafe materials
that allowed the fire to spread. Officers seized company documents
and computers in a raid. More than nine hundred residents
(01:35):
are sheltering in temporary centers, while the government has announced
a three hundred million dollar relief fund to support survivors.
State Coroner Teresa O'Sullivan has ruled that the murder of
Sidney Water polo coach Lily James reflects a devastating pattern
of violence against women, calling for urgent cultural and educational reform.
(01:55):
The inquest heard James ended a brief relationship with colleague
Paul Tyson days before he stalked her repeatedly and then
killed her inside Saint Andrew's Cathedral School in twenty twenty five.
Three Chilling footage showed James smiling as she spoke with
him moments before the ambush. Her parents said better understanding
of coercive control and respectful relationships is essential to preventing
(02:17):
similar tragedies. The findings come as Italy introduces some of
Europe's toughest laws on gender based violence. Its parliament has
approved legislation making femicide a specific crime punishable by life
in prison, alongside tougher penalties for stalking and revenge porn.
The law, prompted by a public outrage over high profile killings,
(02:38):
passed with bipartisan support and expanded funding for shelters and
anti violence services. Australian shoppers and retailers are leaning heavily
on technology this Black Friday, but scammers are two TP
Australia says more than a third of bargain hunters are
using chatbots, video assistants and AI buying guides to compare
(03:00):
products and make decisions. Retailers are also embracing tech to
offer instant reefing, U bunds, twenty four to seven support
and same day delivery, with forecasts tipping six point eight
billion dollars in spending. Scammers are casting a wide net
ain zed scams. Lead Mark Broom says losses almost doubled
to six hundred thousand in November, with criminals using fake websites,
(03:23):
social media ads, and phishing emails. He warns consumers to
look out for suspicious URLs, unrealistic discounts, and requests for
extra personal data. Financial institutions say detection tools are improving,
but urge shoppers to stay cautious. Experts also advise setting
a budget on questioning whether a deal is genuinely needed
(03:45):
or affordable. Actor Sophie Turner has signed an open letter
urging the UK House of Lords to reject the Terminally
Ill Adults Bill, wanting it could put people with eating
disorders at risk. The proposed law, already passed by the
House of Commons, would allow ternally ill adults to choose
medical aid in dying. The letter, drafted by the Eat
(04:05):
Brief Thrive Foundation, said the bill's definition of terminally ill
could be interpreted to include people whose eating disorders have
caused severe medical complications. It warns some patients who might
recover with proper care could instead be approved for assisted
death during moments of despair. Turner, who has openly spoken
about her own eating disorder, joined several public figures and
(04:29):
calling for stronger safeguards as debate continues.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Thanks Charlie next, We've got the good news lined up
for you. Okay, it is black Friday, so one make
clever choices with your bank account, but also no judgment
if you want to go and treat yourself. Joining me
on the Quakie today is a Laria Brophy. You might
have heard her name mentioned at the end of each
episode as our group executive producer. But because our colleague
(04:54):
Taylor Strano is off I don't know, swanning in a
hotel room somewhere, we are getting together to bring you
the good news.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Hello, Hello, welcome to the show.
Speaker 4 (05:04):
I'm so excit to be joining you and on a
Friday for good news, right, I know.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
This is the funnest thing we do is just to
celebrate the fact that humanity is not going down the toilet.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
There's lots of good stuff to look out for.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
So first of all, Alaria, if you will tell us
a little about Robert Irwin.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
Yeah, well, I've got some very good news about a
very good guy. This guy is green flags all round,
and can we just take a moment to wish him
congratulations a small round es Dancing with the Stars the
US Dancing with the Stars, obviously, ten years after Bindi
Wonnert what an icon. So he has also passed the
(05:44):
bird theory tests.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Okay, what is this?
Speaker 4 (05:46):
So that was that viral test. We were sort of
talking about it around the number me network, where essentially,
you with your partner or your significant other, your loved one,
you'll bring up a very mundane thing such as, oh,
I saw a bird this morning, and their response to
that can really show if you've got a healthy connect
or if there's something a little bit more sinister going
(06:08):
on with your relationship.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Okay, so what's a bad reaction?
Speaker 4 (06:11):
So a positive reaction is that someone would follow up
with a question such as, oh what type of bird
or oh what color? But a bad reaction is when
there's no follow up, when it's quite dismissive. They keep
scrolling yea, okay, they ignore, they don't even make eye contacts.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
So one of his co stars, Ezrasosa, he got a
little bit sneaky and got a video where Rob didn't
really know that he was being videoed at the time,
and was telling him about a story where he had
seen a bird to see what his reaction was. We've
got a little bit here. Take a listen, I saw
a bird today, what's Oh, it was.
Speaker 5 (06:54):
Like way really pretty, Like where was it? It was
like it was like a cute It was a cute,
a cute little short beat it did teake plate was
the wingspan? Like would you say like a cup of feet?
I would tell a little bit less than that. And
where did you see? Like outside my apartment in a tree?
(07:16):
What time of day it was in the morning and
we up and figure out what species it is in
the morning. Yeah, it.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Was there.
Speaker 5 (07:26):
I can't I don't remember the picture. I didn't think.
I just saw it. I thought it was really beautiful.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
I mean, of course Robert Owen asks what species.
Speaker 4 (07:35):
But he couldn't have asked more questions. Wingspan blink. So
this is why in the comment section it's been totally
flooded with comments. A people are saying, well, there's two
sides of this, Like you're asking a wildlife warrior a
question about it animal. Of course he's going to go
full turbo charge all the questions. But then I think,
which I think is so accurate, a lot of women
(07:55):
in the comments section is saying he is just green
flags all round. He is such a good guy, is
so engaged, and I think even if it wasn't an animal,
he would have asked that many questions.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
I agree.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
But also another green flag I noticed after his Dancing
with the Stars Win was he was talking to the
camera afterwards with his partner Whitney next to him, and
he was saying, my sister said it best, thank you
for changing my life, which is what she said when
she won ten years ago. But then he turned to
Whitney and he said, but another great thing is that
I've got another new older sibling in Whitney. Like I mean,
(08:30):
heartbreak for her if she was expecting more. But and
let's be honest, a lot of us have after seeing
Robert Irwin's performances, we are very confused by that.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
But it's okay.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
It's just nice that he is so famous and wouldn't
have had the easiest upbringing, given what's happened to his father.
But he has just maintained to be such a nice,
down to worth human that's just engaged with everyone who
he meets. But my last job, he would often come
into host and he'd walk through the producers area and
(09:01):
he'd be like, kid a, get to everyone, so you
heard like a million good as, which we found so funny.
It was a kid, Ah, how are you going? How
are you going? And it stopped to chat to everyone
behind the scenes. Rob is the same as what's on
front of a camera. Now, I think that's really valuable
and really special.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
All right, moving along, great news this week in the
area of cervical cancer. So there is a new report
that shows that Australia is actually on track to become
the first country in the world to eliminate cervical cancer
by twenty thirty five.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
That is just huge, massive, so unbelieva.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
The report came from the Center for Research Excellence in
Cervical Cancer Control and they've confirmed the rates of cervical
cancer amongst Aussie women continues to fall.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
So just some data.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Twenty twenty one, the national cervical cancer rate decreased to
six point three per one hundred thousand. Now it was
six point six just a year before, so already some
really significant declines. This is the first time we're seeing
consecutive decreases in cervical cancer rates since records began back
in nineteen eighty two.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Of course, a lot of this is a atributed.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
To our national screening program, which is amazing, and so
we did see this data will actually blow your socks off.
There were no let me repeat that, no cervical cancer
cases diagnosed in women under the age of twenty five
in twenty twenty one zero.
Speaker 4 (10:23):
When we have good news like this, sometimes people feel
like they can take their foot off the pedal.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
That's what we've seen with things like other STIs that
have been making a comeback, like gonnerhea and syphilis. It's because,
like in the eighties and early nineties, HIV was so
prevalent that everyone was wearing a condom, right, But now
that HIV is such a livable disease that it's not
as scary.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
As it used to be.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
So if cervical cancer rates are dropping, there are decreases
in people who are going to go and get screen
because they're like not so worried about it.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
That's exactly right, and that's obviously what this data has
shown that we are seeing a slight decline in the
screening over the past couple of years. And to that,
I say, which is going back to what you were
prompting before, Claire, is I have to get an annual screening.
And that's I have shown in previous tests to have
high risk HPV that that's been detected many years ago.
(11:12):
I had the lets procedure, which I believe that you
had as well, because I had the quite high prects
or cells that needed to be taken out.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
So they laser those suckers off your cervix exactly.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
I guess to anyone out there that puts the's tests
off due to being busy, it being an inconvenience. It's
feeling uncomfortable from someone that's had to have them every
year and has really found it extraordinarily uncomfortable because you know,
sometimes I can be a bit of an up type person.
You still just have to go. It's the least you
could do for yourself. Yes, we're so fortunate to have
(11:45):
access to this sort of Ye, we do like medical
care if you will. That's how I try and think
of it. It's like, get over yourself, a Laria. We're
so lucky to have this. The more that you stress
about it, the more uptight and the more hard it's
going to be. But then also try and find a
GP that can help with that and help maybe tailor
it a little bit.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
Australia, we are so so close to wiping out cervical cancer.
Let's not take our foot off the accelerator. Let's actually
smash this and be cervical cancer free.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
What a great future for us.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
And Claire, sorry I didn't get to we didn't get
to speak about your experience.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Very similar.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
This had an one of those perhaps smears come back
with some questionable results, then a secondary biopsy, a cone
biopsy where they win in and they take a little
snip out of your cervix to see if there are
some pre cancer cells, and there was, so I went
in to get them lasered off, and then I had
to have six monthly perhaps mears after that, which was
(12:39):
a test of my patients. But you know, we did
it because we don't want that to reoccur. And then
it went back to yearly and now I'm on five
yearly and so obviously that was from an HPV infection,
which is the most common cause of cervical cancer.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
And I love.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
This moment where I went back to my gynecologist after
the procedure and he you know, looked at everything and
he said, Darling, your.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Cervix looks fabulous. You should show it off at part.
Speaker 4 (13:03):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Moving along, let's talk about.
Speaker 4 (13:06):
Burger guy Alaria. Let me take you to a Canadian province.
There's a couple, Darcy and Laura Clark. They own a
burger joint called Bentley's Burgers, and on one day they
received forty dollars in the mail and an apology letter.
So it came from this man in the US in Alabama.
(13:26):
He was the one that had sent the money and
the letter. And it was all because he essentially mistakenly
ordered a burger at their store, thinking it was a
burger joint not in Alabama, in Alabama, and it's because
it had the same name.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Okay, he sent them on a bit of a merry
journey ordering and they're never going to.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
Pick it up precisely. So I think it was about
one thousand miles away the difference, and I look that up.
That's about one thousand, six hundred kilometers.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
So probably not great for.
Speaker 4 (14:00):
Delivery, not at all. So how it all transpired is
this Alabama man called up the Clarks, hey, can I
get cheeseburger and fries? And he obviously had a Southern accent.
And here was Darcy Clark going, oh, that's a bit weird.
But he's like, oh, but we have a lot of
tourists in the cities. But yet flash forward a couple
of hours, albarvedger man has not turned up. They made
(14:23):
his food, but he obviously didn't turn up. They thought, oh,
we'll just give it. They literally gave it to another
customer for free, as you do. The Alabama man was
so mortified by it all he decided to write a
letter an apology saying, I'm so sorry I was unable
to collect your burger, and here's forty dollars that I
hope that's actually going to help you recoup the costs
(14:46):
of this burger that I never got to eat. I mean,
that is lovely. That takes a special type of person.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
To write a letter and go to all that effort
to send money in the snail mail like we just
I mean, someone could ring up and be like, I'll
Venmo you the forty bucks because I just got it
a bit wrong. But like writing a letter and sending
actual cash in snail mail takes a lot of effort,
and well done on him for just being nice exactly.
Speaker 4 (15:10):
I mean, look at you with your American terms, Venmo
love that watching too much Net for you. I learned
about venmoova in New York City. But yeah, I was
kind of thinking he could have just called, but he
obviously really wanted to make a meal out of it
and really make them finny special. So there, georgeous. The clerks,
being the epic people they are, they then sent him
(15:31):
a gift package. I believe some fry seasoning.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
Some speaker can make his own at home. No, bless,
there are good people out there.
Speaker 4 (15:40):
I think the next step of this story, We've got
to get a reunion. We've got to get the Alabama man.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
We need to fly Alabama man to Canada to sit
down and have a Bentley's burger. That would just be
a nice little icing on the cake.
Speaker 4 (15:51):
Greed.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
All right, I want to finish today with a story
back home here in Australia. So Luke Mollard is thirteen.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
He's on the bus home from school. All of a
sudden he sees a massive amount of flames coming out
of a building. Here's an explosion, and he jumps off
the bus runs over to the fire, where the majority
of us who care about our own wellbeing and safety
would have run in the opposite direction. But thank goodness
he did, because in amongst the smoke and the flames
(16:22):
is ninety two year old Roma Wilson, who was just
watching TV when she heard that explosion. She's like, oh,
something's happening out the front of my house. She's gone
to the front realized that it's very hot on that
side of the house and there's smoke coming from the garage.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
I should probably get out of here. She tries to
get out, but she's.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
Confronted by a wall of smoke and flames as she's
trying to leave the building. So she's stuck and she's
crying out for help, but no one can hear her
because there are roaring fire, flames and explosions. And luckily
for her, young Luke has jumped off the bus and
has run towards the flames, and he's spotted her, helped
guide her out, taken her to a neighbor, and then
(17:00):
sat with her until emergency services arrived.
Speaker 4 (17:04):
Thirteen year old old. Wow, that's innate when you're like
that as a thirteen year old, like he obviously has
cracking parents.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Yeah, but there's also some built there's something there.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
And then doesn't he want to be a first respondent?
Speaker 1 (17:16):
Well, he did speak to media after this and he said, yeah,
he does kind of see maybe a career in the
emergency services or first responders in his future. I mean,
why wouldn't you if that is his first instinct is
to run towards and help rather than run away and
conserve your own safety.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
Like he's already got it.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
Oh whatever that is that makes emergency services personnel who
they are, they've all got something a little bit special.
He's already got it.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
Sign him up.
Speaker 4 (17:39):
Yeah, I agreed, he's a hero.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
If you're Luke Mullard's parents, they're in the Hunter Valley
round of applause.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Good job, you've raised.
Speaker 4 (17:46):
A gorgeous and in a sea of news of youth crime,
it is incredible to see an outstanding young man like that.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Thank you so much for spending some time doing some
good news with us today, Lari. It's lovely to welcome
you to the show.
Speaker 4 (18:00):
Thank you so much. It's good news in itself, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Let's do this again some time, shall we.
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You're listening to Amma Mia podcast. Hi, I'm Claire Murphy.
This is Mumma MIA's twice daily news podcast, The Quickie.
It's getting late in twenty twenty five December is actually
on the other side of this weekend, in case you
didn't know, and there have been many stories making.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Us a little anxious of late.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
So today, due to regular demand in the DMS and
on our email, we're bringing you another edition of Quickie's
Good Newsweek from the Aussie Man with possibly the greenest
of green flags to a goodbye and don't come back
to a certain cancer. We're going to take you through
the great things that have happened across the globe in
the last seven days. But before we get there, he's
Tarlie Blackman with the latest from the Quickie Newsroom for Friday,
(00:49):
November twenty eight.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Thanks Claire. Hong Kong police have arrested three senior figures
from Prestige Construction on suspicion of manslaughter after the city's
worst fire and nearly eighty years killed at least eighty
three people. Around three hundred residents are still listed as
missing after the bla is ripped through the Wangfook Court
high rise complex in Typo, which was under renovation. Firefighters
(01:12):
battled intense heat and choking smoke for more than a
day as they searched upper floors. Video showed crews using
flashlights to pick through charred hallways late yesterday. Police say
the construction bosses were grossly negligent and used unsafe materials
that allowed the fire to spread. Officers seized company documents
and computers in a raid. More than nine hundred residents
(01:35):
are sheltering in temporary centers, while the government has announced
a three hundred million dollar relief fund to support survivors.
State Coroner Teresa O'Sullivan has ruled that the murder of
Sidney Water polo coach Lily James reflects a devastating pattern
of violence against women, calling for urgent cultural and educational reform.
(01:55):
The inquest heard James ended a brief relationship with colleague
Paul Tyson days before he stalked her repeatedly and then
killed her inside Saint Andrew's Cathedral School in twenty twenty five.
Three Chilling footage showed James smiling as she spoke with
him moments before the ambush. Her parents said better understanding
of coercive control and respectful relationships is essential to preventing
(02:17):
similar tragedies. The findings come as Italy introduces some of
Europe's toughest laws on gender based violence. Its parliament has
approved legislation making femicide a specific crime punishable by life
in prison, alongside tougher penalties for stalking and revenge porn.
The law, prompted by a public outrage over high profile killings,
(02:38):
passed with bipartisan support and expanded funding for shelters and
anti violence services. Australian shoppers and retailers are leaning heavily
on technology this Black Friday, but scammers are two TP
Australia says more than a third of bargain hunters are
using chatbots, video assistants and AI buying guides to compare
(03:00):
products and make decisions. Retailers are also embracing tech to
offer instant reefing, U bunds, twenty four to seven support
and same day delivery, with forecasts tipping six point eight
billion dollars in spending. Scammers are casting a wide net
ain zed scams. Lead Mark Broom says losses almost doubled
to six hundred thousand in November, with criminals using fake websites,
(03:23):
social media ads, and phishing emails. He warns consumers to
look out for suspicious URLs, unrealistic discounts, and requests for
extra personal data. Financial institutions say detection tools are improving,
but urge shoppers to stay cautious. Experts also advise setting
a budget on questioning whether a deal is genuinely needed
(03:45):
or affordable. Actor Sophie Turner has signed an open letter
urging the UK House of Lords to reject the Terminally
Ill Adults Bill, wanting it could put people with eating
disorders at risk. The proposed law, already passed by the
House of Commons, would allow ternally ill adults to choose
medical aid in dying. The letter, drafted by the Eat
(04:05):
Brief Thrive Foundation, said the bill's definition of terminally ill
could be interpreted to include people whose eating disorders have
caused severe medical complications. It warns some patients who might
recover with proper care could instead be approved for assisted
death during moments of despair. Turner, who has openly spoken
about her own eating disorder, joined several public figures and
(04:29):
calling for stronger safeguards as debate continues.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Thanks Charlie next, We've got the good news lined up
for you. Okay, it is black Friday, so one make
clever choices with your bank account, but also no judgment
if you want to go and treat yourself. Joining me
on the Quakie today is a Laria Brophy. You might
have heard her name mentioned at the end of each
episode as our group executive producer. But because our colleague
(04:54):
Taylor Strano is off I don't know, swanning in a
hotel room somewhere, we are getting together to bring you
the good news.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Hello, Hello, welcome to the show.
Speaker 4 (05:04):
I'm so excit to be joining you and on a
Friday for good news, right, I know.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
This is the funnest thing we do is just to
celebrate the fact that humanity is not going down the toilet.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
There's lots of good stuff to look out for.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
So first of all, Alaria, if you will tell us
a little about Robert Irwin.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
Yeah, well, I've got some very good news about a
very good guy. This guy is green flags all round,
and can we just take a moment to wish him
congratulations a small round es Dancing with the Stars the
US Dancing with the Stars, obviously, ten years after Bindi
Wonnert what an icon. So he has also passed the
(05:44):
bird theory tests.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Okay, what is this?
Speaker 4 (05:46):
So that was that viral test. We were sort of
talking about it around the number me network, where essentially,
you with your partner or your significant other, your loved one,
you'll bring up a very mundane thing such as, oh,
I saw a bird this morning, and their response to
that can really show if you've got a healthy connect
or if there's something a little bit more sinister going
(06:08):
on with your relationship.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Okay, so what's a bad reaction?
Speaker 4 (06:11):
So a positive reaction is that someone would follow up
with a question such as, oh what type of bird
or oh what color? But a bad reaction is when
there's no follow up, when it's quite dismissive. They keep
scrolling yea, okay, they ignore, they don't even make eye contacts.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
So one of his co stars, Ezrasosa, he got a
little bit sneaky and got a video where Rob didn't
really know that he was being videoed at the time,
and was telling him about a story where he had
seen a bird to see what his reaction was. We've
got a little bit here. Take a listen, I saw
a bird today, what's Oh, it was.
Speaker 5 (06:54):
Like way really pretty, Like where was it? It was
like it was like a cute It was a cute,
a cute little short beat it did teake plate was
the wingspan? Like would you say like a cup of feet?
I would tell a little bit less than that. And
where did you see? Like outside my apartment in a tree?
(07:16):
What time of day it was in the morning and
we up and figure out what species it is in
the morning. Yeah, it.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Was there.
Speaker 5 (07:26):
I can't I don't remember the picture. I didn't think.
I just saw it. I thought it was really beautiful.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
I mean, of course Robert Owen asks what species.
Speaker 4 (07:35):
But he couldn't have asked more questions. Wingspan blink. So
this is why in the comment section it's been totally
flooded with comments. A people are saying, well, there's two
sides of this, Like you're asking a wildlife warrior a
question about it animal. Of course he's going to go
full turbo charge all the questions. But then I think,
which I think is so accurate, a lot of women
(07:55):
in the comments section is saying he is just green
flags all round. He is such a good guy, is
so engaged, and I think even if it wasn't an animal,
he would have asked that many questions.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
I agree.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
But also another green flag I noticed after his Dancing
with the Stars Win was he was talking to the
camera afterwards with his partner Whitney next to him, and
he was saying, my sister said it best, thank you
for changing my life, which is what she said when
she won ten years ago. But then he turned to
Whitney and he said, but another great thing is that
I've got another new older sibling in Whitney. Like I mean,
(08:30):
heartbreak for her if she was expecting more. But and
let's be honest, a lot of us have after seeing
Robert Irwin's performances, we are very confused by that.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
But it's okay.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
It's just nice that he is so famous and wouldn't
have had the easiest upbringing, given what's happened to his father.
But he has just maintained to be such a nice,
down to worth human that's just engaged with everyone who
he meets. But my last job, he would often come
into host and he'd walk through the producers area and
(09:01):
he'd be like, kid a, get to everyone, so you
heard like a million good as, which we found so funny.
It was a kid, Ah, how are you going? How
are you going? And it stopped to chat to everyone
behind the scenes. Rob is the same as what's on
front of a camera. Now, I think that's really valuable
and really special.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
All right, moving along, great news this week in the
area of cervical cancer. So there is a new report
that shows that Australia is actually on track to become
the first country in the world to eliminate cervical cancer
by twenty thirty five.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
That is just huge, massive, so unbelieva.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
The report came from the Center for Research Excellence in
Cervical Cancer Control and they've confirmed the rates of cervical
cancer amongst Aussie women continues to fall.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
So just some data.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Twenty twenty one, the national cervical cancer rate decreased to
six point three per one hundred thousand. Now it was
six point six just a year before, so already some
really significant declines. This is the first time we're seeing
consecutive decreases in cervical cancer rates since records began back
in nineteen eighty two.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Of course, a lot of this is a atributed.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
To our national screening program, which is amazing, and so
we did see this data will actually blow your socks off.
There were no let me repeat that, no cervical cancer
cases diagnosed in women under the age of twenty five
in twenty twenty one zero.
Speaker 4 (10:23):
When we have good news like this, sometimes people feel
like they can take their foot off the pedal.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
That's what we've seen with things like other STIs that
have been making a comeback, like gonnerhea and syphilis. It's because,
like in the eighties and early nineties, HIV was so
prevalent that everyone was wearing a condom, right, But now
that HIV is such a livable disease that it's not
as scary.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
As it used to be.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
So if cervical cancer rates are dropping, there are decreases
in people who are going to go and get screen
because they're like not so worried about it.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
That's exactly right, and that's obviously what this data has
shown that we are seeing a slight decline in the
screening over the past couple of years. And to that,
I say, which is going back to what you were
prompting before, Claire, is I have to get an annual screening.
And that's I have shown in previous tests to have
high risk HPV that that's been detected many years ago.
(11:12):
I had the lets procedure, which I believe that you
had as well, because I had the quite high prects
or cells that needed to be taken out.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
So they laser those suckers off your cervix exactly.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
I guess to anyone out there that puts the's tests
off due to being busy, it being an inconvenience. It's
feeling uncomfortable from someone that's had to have them every
year and has really found it extraordinarily uncomfortable because you know,
sometimes I can be a bit of an up type person.
You still just have to go. It's the least you
could do for yourself. Yes, we're so fortunate to have
(11:45):
access to this sort of Ye, we do like medical
care if you will. That's how I try and think
of it. It's like, get over yourself, a Laria. We're
so lucky to have this. The more that you stress
about it, the more uptight and the more hard it's
going to be. But then also try and find a
GP that can help with that and help maybe tailor
it a little bit.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
Australia, we are so so close to wiping out cervical cancer.
Let's not take our foot off the accelerator. Let's actually
smash this and be cervical cancer free.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
What a great future for us.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
And Claire, sorry I didn't get to we didn't get
to speak about your experience.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Very similar.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
This had an one of those perhaps smears come back
with some questionable results, then a secondary biopsy, a cone
biopsy where they win in and they take a little
snip out of your cervix to see if there are
some pre cancer cells, and there was, so I went
in to get them lasered off, and then I had
to have six monthly perhaps mears after that, which was
(12:39):
a test of my patients. But you know, we did
it because we don't want that to reoccur. And then
it went back to yearly and now I'm on five
yearly and so obviously that was from an HPV infection,
which is the most common cause of cervical cancer.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
And I love.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
This moment where I went back to my gynecologist after
the procedure and he you know, looked at everything and
he said, Darling, your.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Cervix looks fabulous. You should show it off at part.
Speaker 4 (13:03):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Moving along, let's talk about.
Speaker 4 (13:06):
Burger guy Alaria. Let me take you to a Canadian province.
There's a couple, Darcy and Laura Clark. They own a
burger joint called Bentley's Burgers, and on one day they
received forty dollars in the mail and an apology letter.
So it came from this man in the US in Alabama.
(13:26):
He was the one that had sent the money and
the letter. And it was all because he essentially mistakenly
ordered a burger at their store, thinking it was a
burger joint not in Alabama, in Alabama, and it's because
it had the same name.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Okay, he sent them on a bit of a merry
journey ordering and they're never going to.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
Pick it up precisely. So I think it was about
one thousand miles away the difference, and I look that up.
That's about one thousand, six hundred kilometers.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
So probably not great for.
Speaker 4 (14:00):
Delivery, not at all. So how it all transpired is
this Alabama man called up the Clarks, hey, can I
get cheeseburger and fries? And he obviously had a Southern accent.
And here was Darcy Clark going, oh, that's a bit weird.
But he's like, oh, but we have a lot of
tourists in the cities. But yet flash forward a couple
of hours, albarvedger man has not turned up. They made
(14:23):
his food, but he obviously didn't turn up. They thought, oh,
we'll just give it. They literally gave it to another
customer for free, as you do. The Alabama man was
so mortified by it all he decided to write a
letter an apology saying, I'm so sorry I was unable
to collect your burger, and here's forty dollars that I
hope that's actually going to help you recoup the costs
(14:46):
of this burger that I never got to eat. I mean,
that is lovely. That takes a special type of person.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
To write a letter and go to all that effort
to send money in the snail mail like we just
I mean, someone could ring up and be like, I'll
Venmo you the forty bucks because I just got it
a bit wrong. But like writing a letter and sending
actual cash in snail mail takes a lot of effort,
and well done on him for just being nice exactly.
Speaker 4 (15:10):
I mean, look at you with your American terms, Venmo
love that watching too much Net for you. I learned
about venmoova in New York City. But yeah, I was
kind of thinking he could have just called, but he
obviously really wanted to make a meal out of it
and really make them finny special. So there, georgeous. The clerks,
being the epic people they are, they then sent him
(15:31):
a gift package. I believe some fry seasoning.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
Some speaker can make his own at home. No, bless,
there are good people out there.
Speaker 4 (15:40):
I think the next step of this story, We've got
to get a reunion. We've got to get the Alabama man.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
We need to fly Alabama man to Canada to sit
down and have a Bentley's burger. That would just be
a nice little icing on the cake.
Speaker 4 (15:51):
Greed.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
All right, I want to finish today with a story
back home here in Australia. So Luke Mollard is thirteen.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
He's on the bus home from school. All of a
sudden he sees a massive amount of flames coming out
of a building. Here's an explosion, and he jumps off
the bus runs over to the fire, where the majority
of us who care about our own wellbeing and safety
would have run in the opposite direction. But thank goodness
he did, because in amongst the smoke and the flames
(16:22):
is ninety two year old Roma Wilson, who was just
watching TV when she heard that explosion. She's like, oh,
something's happening out the front of my house. She's gone
to the front realized that it's very hot on that
side of the house and there's smoke coming from the garage.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
I should probably get out of here. She tries to
get out, but she's.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
Confronted by a wall of smoke and flames as she's
trying to leave the building. So she's stuck and she's
crying out for help, but no one can hear her
because there are roaring fire, flames and explosions. And luckily
for her, young Luke has jumped off the bus and
has run towards the flames, and he's spotted her, helped
guide her out, taken her to a neighbor, and then
(17:00):
sat with her until emergency services arrived.
Speaker 4 (17:04):
Thirteen year old old. Wow, that's innate when you're like
that as a thirteen year old, like he obviously has
cracking parents.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Yeah, but there's also some built there's something there.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
And then doesn't he want to be a first respondent?
Speaker 1 (17:16):
Well, he did speak to media after this and he said, yeah,
he does kind of see maybe a career in the
emergency services or first responders in his future. I mean,
why wouldn't you if that is his first instinct is
to run towards and help rather than run away and
conserve your own safety.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
Like he's already got it.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
Oh whatever that is that makes emergency services personnel who
they are, they've all got something a little bit special.
He's already got it.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
Sign him up.
Speaker 4 (17:39):
Yeah, I agreed, he's a hero.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
If you're Luke Mullard's parents, they're in the Hunter Valley
round of applause.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Good job, you've raised.
Speaker 4 (17:46):
A gorgeous and in a sea of news of youth crime,
it is incredible to see an outstanding young man like that.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Thank you so much for spending some time doing some
good news with us today, Lari. It's lovely to welcome
you to the show.
Speaker 4 (18:00):
Thank you so much. It's good news in itself, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Let's do this again some time, shall we.
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