November 5, 2024 • 3 mins
The Morning Edition of News Fix for 06 November 2024, straight from the Newstalk ZB newsroom - bringing you everything you need to know in news, politics, business, entertainment and sport.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning. I'm never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning news for Explore, Wednesday, sixth of November. In this update,
authorities are on high alert across the US as millions
of Americans cast their vote in today's election. The race
between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris is expected to come
down as several key battleground states, particularly Pennsylvania, eighty two
(00:26):
million people, almost a third of eligible voters, have cast
an early ballot. If he send, correspondent Nick Harper told
Ryan Bridge, the nation is on high alert, with Trump
and his supporters already making claims of voter fraud.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
The hope is that things will run smoothly, but there
is a real potential, but it could take several days
for all of this to come out in the wash
and for us to actually find out who is the
eventual woman of the election.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Auckland University's Chanelle Dooley says the Federal Election Committee is
tasked with ensuring the integrity of the electoral process, but
she says it's unclear what they'll be able to do.
Trump and his supporters do take issue with the results.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
I do see the possibility given how polarized the population
is and how much uncertainty there is around the selections
that he does challenge the result.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
We'll have election coverage throughout the day here on News
Talk ZB. We'll get a clearer picture this morning of
how hard the job markets becoming for job seekers stance.
In Z's releasing unemployment data for the September quarter at
ten forty five, Business reporter Michael Suggle has been crunching
the numbers.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Conomists expect the unemployment rate to rise from four point
six percent to about five that's not historically high, but
much higher than it's been in recent years. In Zed
figures suggest construction and factory jobs are the hardest hit,
with several recent high profile closures. Sectors like arts and recreation,
health care, technology, and real estate also affected.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
The government celebrating the performance of regulatory body Medsafe. Newly
released figures show Medsafe released new medicines eleven weeks faster
in the year to June than in the previous year.
Claudier O'Neill has more.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
Medsafe's also evaluated generic medicines on average forty five working
days faster. Associate Health Minister David Seymour says it's positive
to see improvement, but the approvals process still requires further streamlining.
He's committing to a new verification pathway, which requires approval
of medicines within thirty days of them being approved by
(02:18):
at least two regulatory bodies Overseas.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
A new push for more concerts at our major stadiums
Mount Roskoll National MP Carlos Chung's lodged a members built
to amend the Resource Management Act. It would guarantee stadiums
with capacity of at least twenty five thousand people can
host at least fifteen concerts a year. Jung says it
would more than double Eden Park's current resource consent for
six concerts.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
We can except more people to major city in currents
like you know Eden in Auckland or sky Steedum in Willington.
Misslock that a shually tip economic benefits.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
And in sport, New Zealand trainer Sheila Lackson is celebrating
a second Melbourne Cup victory Knight's Choice, twenty three years
after her first with Etherel. Former Kangaroos halfback Greg Alexander
is pushing for the prioritization of international league on the calendar.
Novak Djokovic has pulled out at the season ending atp
tennis finals and Turin due to injury. Finally, Stage three
(03:14):
winner Tom Sexton is relishing the challenge of having international
riders on Cycling's tour of Southland. As a peloton prepares
to pedals up the remarkables today, I'm never ready mar who.
With that your latest news fix. We'll be back with
the next update at midday from the newstalk ZB newsroom.
Good morning. I'm never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning news for Explore, Wednesday, sixth of November. In this update,
authorities are on high alert across the US as millions
of Americans cast their vote in today's election. The race
between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris is expected to come
down as several key battleground states, particularly Pennsylvania, eighty two
(00:26):
million people, almost a third of eligible voters, have cast
an early ballot. If he send, correspondent Nick Harper told
Ryan Bridge, the nation is on high alert, with Trump
and his supporters already making claims of voter fraud.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
The hope is that things will run smoothly, but there
is a real potential, but it could take several days
for all of this to come out in the wash
and for us to actually find out who is the
eventual woman of the election.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Auckland University's Chanelle Dooley says the Federal Election Committee is
tasked with ensuring the integrity of the electoral process, but
she says it's unclear what they'll be able to do.
Trump and his supporters do take issue with the results.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
I do see the possibility given how polarized the population
is and how much uncertainty there is around the selections
that he does challenge the result.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
We'll have election coverage throughout the day here on News
Talk ZB. We'll get a clearer picture this morning of
how hard the job markets becoming for job seekers stance.
In Z's releasing unemployment data for the September quarter at
ten forty five, Business reporter Michael Suggle has been crunching
the numbers.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Conomists expect the unemployment rate to rise from four point
six percent to about five that's not historically high, but
much higher than it's been in recent years. In Zed
figures suggest construction and factory jobs are the hardest hit,
with several recent high profile closures. Sectors like arts and recreation,
health care, technology, and real estate also affected.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
The government celebrating the performance of regulatory body Medsafe. Newly
released figures show Medsafe released new medicines eleven weeks faster
in the year to June than in the previous year.
Claudier O'Neill has more.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
Medsafe's also evaluated generic medicines on average forty five working
days faster. Associate Health Minister David Seymour says it's positive
to see improvement, but the approvals process still requires further streamlining.
He's committing to a new verification pathway, which requires approval
of medicines within thirty days of them being approved by
(02:18):
at least two regulatory bodies Overseas.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
A new push for more concerts at our major stadiums
Mount Roskoll National MP Carlos Chung's lodged a members built
to amend the Resource Management Act. It would guarantee stadiums
with capacity of at least twenty five thousand people can
host at least fifteen concerts a year. Jung says it
would more than double Eden Park's current resource consent for
six concerts.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
We can except more people to major city in currents
like you know Eden in Auckland or sky Steedum in Willington.
Misslock that a shually tip economic benefits.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
And in sport, New Zealand trainer Sheila Lackson is celebrating
a second Melbourne Cup victory Knight's Choice, twenty three years
after her first with Etherel. Former Kangaroos halfback Greg Alexander
is pushing for the prioritization of international league on the calendar.
Novak Djokovic has pulled out at the season ending atp
tennis finals and Turin due to injury. Finally, Stage three
(03:14):
winner Tom Sexton is relishing the challenge of having international
riders on Cycling's tour of Southland. As a peloton prepares
to pedals up the remarkables today, I'm never ready mar who.
With that your latest news fix. We'll be back with
the next update at midday from the newstalk ZB newsroom.
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