Snapchat Alerts Users Under 16 & BoM Website Cost Backlash

Snapchat will begin notifying users believed to be under the age of 16 ahead of the December 10 social media ban; Far-north WA residents are bracing as Cyclone Fina begins to impact the Northeast Kimberley Coast; The Bureau of Meteorology is under pressure after revealing $96.5 million cost of new website; The Australian man who jumped on the red carpet and grabbed Ariana Grande at the Asian premiere of 'Wicked: For Good' has been deported and banned from Singapore. 

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Speaker 1 (00:06):
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Speaker 2 (00:13):
Hi, I'm Malaria Brophy from Momma MEAs twice daily news podcasts.
A Quickie with your headlines for Monday, November twenty four.
As Australia's world first under sixteen social media band looms
this week, Snapchat will begin notifying users believe to be
under sixteen ahead of the December ten cutoff. From today,

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users at the platform, deems under sixteen are set to
receive notifications in app, via email or SMS. According to
the parent company Snap Inc. Around four hundred and forty
thousand Aussie accounts are believed to belong to thirteen to
fifteen year olds. From December ten, the minimum age required
to have an account on social media platforms TikTok, Instagram,

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Facebook threads, Snapchat, x YouTube, Reddit, Kick and Twitch will
be sixteen. Far North Wa residents are brace for very
strong winds and heavy rainfall as Cyclone Feena begins to
impact the northeast Kimberley Coast. The category four tropical cyclone
is expected to cross the coast this afternoon, with the

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most destructive core forecast between King George Rivermouth and Berkeley Rivermouth.
FENA is forecast to drop to a category three this evening. Meanwhile,
the cleanup is underway in Darwin after Fena tore through
the top end over the weekend, ripping apart power lines,
roofs from homes and causing a partially collapsed roof at

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the Darwin Hospital. No one in Darwin was injured and
in the middle of this severe weather event, BOMB is
under pressure after revealing its new website cost twenty times
its initial cited cost. In an open letter, the Bureau's
Chief executive, Stuart Minchin, revealed the new website cost as
staggering ninety six point five million dollars, far higher than

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the four million dollar price tag previously stated by bombsite
went live last month to a deluge of criticism from users,
complaining vital and key details were harder to find. The
cost has copped criticism from Environment Minister Murray Wat telling
ABC News Breakfast he's not happy.

Speaker 1 (02:20):
Look, I'm not happy about this, James. And you will
recall that when the issues first surfaced with the changes
to the BOMB website recently, I called in the acting
CEO of the BOMB for an explanation and I made
clear that it wasn't meeting the public's expectations, and we've
now learned that the cost increase has been higher than
what was originally known.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
And an Australian man who jumped on the red carpet
and grabbed Ariana Grande at the Asian premiere of Wicked
for Good has been deported and banned from Singapore, The
Immigration and Checkpoints Authority told local media Johnson when has
been barred from re entering Singapore. The twenty six year
old was sentenced to nine days in prison for being

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a public nuisance after pushing past photographers and rushing at
the singer and actress at the premiere on November thirteen.
The incident prompted public backlash in Singapore, with people accusing
the Aussie influencer of retraumatizing Ariana after the Manchester concert attack.
Ariana previously revealed she suffered post traumatic stress disorder after

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a suicide bomb attack killed twenty two people and injured
hundreds at her Manchester concert back in twenty seventeen. Ariana's
yet to comment on the incident. That's your evening news headlines.
On Tuesday's episode of The Quickie, Claire will chat with
one of the leads behind the world first under sixteen
social media ban, SA Premier Peter Malinalchis, who started the

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bill rolling back in twenty twenty four. We'll find out
everything parents need to know about the ban and how
best to prep the kids and the household. Listen to
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