Morning Edition: 11 December 2024

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 11 December 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning, I'm never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning news books for Wednesday, eleventh of December. In this update,
the Finance Minister's adamant safety, resilience in cost have all
been sought through in the new Ferry Deal. News Dog
ZB understands and announcements due today. Cabinet cut plans for
two new rail enabled mega theories and new port side

(00:25):
infrastructure last year after multiple cost increases. Finance Minister Nicola
Willis says they're focused on value for money when governments
allow major infrastructure projects to blow out and cost to
the people who ultimately wear that not only the users
of those services. The text has as a hut. The
Racing Minister is offering assurances safety measures for horse racing

(00:45):
are appropriate. Winston Peters yesterday announced the greyhound racing industry
will be shut down over twenty months. The transition period
aims to allow time for nearly three thousand dogs to
be re homed. A bill to ban killing retired greyhounds
passed with false Board of the House under urgency yesterday
that Minister Winston Peters is firm there are no plans

(01:05):
to do the same for the ponies. AVOC and the
horse racing industry, both of the trots and the gulps.
We have a fund to improve amenities to make racing safer.
The governments unveiled its second emissions reduction plan, setting out
how to meet the net zero by twenty fifty gold
as early as twenty forty four. Key policies include enabling
more renewable energy projects, a network of ten thousand EVY

(01:27):
charging points by twenty thirty, and introducing agricultural emissions pricing
by twenty thirty. It will also explore private sector partnerships
to plant trees on low conservation crownded owned land, improve
organic waste management, and introduce a regulated products stewardship scheme
for harmful gases and refrigerants from next year. Scientists and

(01:48):
researchers working for the government have been given advice on
retirement and potentially moving to Australia. The Environmental Science and
Research Agency is disestablishing sixty four roles, to of which
are vacant, and creating twenty four jobs. ASARI Hall has
this exclusive report.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
Interim Chief Executive Dr Ashley Bloomfield says it follows a
drop in COVID nineteen related funding. A final Decisions document
shows staff can access coaching modules on reviewing CBS interviews
and optimizing a LinkedIn profile. There's advice on moving to Australia,
working part time, pursuing a long held hobby, or launching

(02:26):
a consulting firm.

Speaker 1 (02:28):
Life in Syria's capital Damascus is slowly starting to return
to a new normal. It's the second full day of
control by the rebels after former president Bashah Alissad fled
the country for Russia. Civil servants have been told to
come back to work and some shops have reopened. The
BBC's as traffic is starting to return to the streets,
but a curfew is still in place. Mohammed Albasher, the

(02:51):
former governor of a small rebel held area, has been
named Siria's new interim Prime Minister. In sport, aggravated rank
chargers against two French Test rugby players have been dismissed
by a court in Argentina. Twenty one year olds Ugo
Urdu and Oscar Jegu were rested days after making their
international debut and Mendoza in July. They were accused of

(03:14):
raping a woman in a hotel room, but said the
sex was consensual. The Perth Wildcats have tabled the biggest
offer in Australian Basketball League history in order to keep
American star Bryce Cotton beyond this season. WNBA basketballer Caitlin
Clark has been named Time Magazine's Athlete of the Year.
I'm never ready, Manu. That your latest news fix and

(03:36):
we'll be back with the next update of midday from
the news Dog ZBE newsroom.