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And welcome to two truths and a lie. Here are three headlines from the past week, but one is false. Your turn to guess:
The bus driver taking the Penrith Panthers back to Penrith after their Grand Final got lost on the way home.
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry was accidentally revealed four hours early because of a mistimed email press release.
An emotional support alligator has been denied entry to a baseball stadium in Philadelphia.
Answer is in the tidbit!
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The quote
“A lot of people think that if you go to court and tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, you will be believed, justice will be served, but that is not the way it works.” – Lindy Chamberlain, speaking to Women’s Weekly, about criminal justice reform. Chamberlain was wrongfully convicted of killing her daughter Azaria in 1982.
The stat
39%
The proportion of Australians aged 16-24 who’ve experienced mental ill-health for at least a year, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Today in history
2010: The Instagram app was launched by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. Facebook bought it in 2012 for $US1 billion.
I've got 30 seconds
Some headlines from this morning:
Australia’s new $1 coins featuring King Charles III will begin circulating before the end of the year. It follows an announcement by the Royal Australian Mint on Thursday. Other coins, as well as banknotes with the new Monarch, will be progressively rolled out next year, but older currency with the Queen’s image can still continue to be used.
September 2023 was the world’s hottest month on record, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. Average temperatures reached close to 16.5°C last month, half a degree above the previous warmest September temperature.
I've got 1 minute
The Voice will not have the power to make decisions about tax or any other area of policy.
The proposed change to the Constitution would state that the Voice is an advisory body for matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Parliament would remain the only body with the power to make laws on tax policy, and would not be required to act on the Voice’s advice.
The Voice would also not be responsible for distributing any funding itself (e.g. grants).
How would the Voice be resourced?
Like other advisory bodies that already exist, the Voice would receive operational funding from the Federal Government.
This funding would typically cover costs for staff and premises, and could include remuneration for the Voice’s members.
This funding would be controlled by Parliament.
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has unveiled plans to outlaw young people from ever buying cigarettes.
Under the proposal, the smoking age would be raised by one year, every year, until the ban applies to the entire population.
It would prevent anyone born after 1 January 2009 from ever legally purchasing tobacco products.
Current legislation states you must be over 18 to buy cigarettes in the UK.
The details:
The idea to gradually raise the tobacco sale age came from a 2022 review of the UK's smoking policies.
Other recommendations from the review included "radically rethinking" cigarette packaging, and increasing taxes to make tobacco products more expensive.
Sunak also announced a crackdown on youth vaping, with restrictions on vape flavours and packaging to be considered.
Why now?
Smoking is the UK's leading cause of preventable death, with 64,000 smoking-related deaths every year.
With four in five smokers starting before they turn 20, the UK Government wants to prevent young people from smoking to eliminate the possibility of addiction.
Sunak said he hopes smoking reforms will ease the strain on healthcare.
The legislation would come into effect in 2027, but needs to pass a 'free vote' in Parliament first — meaning politicians don’t have to vote with their party.
New Zealand:
A similar move has already been legislated in New Zealand and will come into effect in 2027.
Anyone born in, or after, 2009 will not be able to buy cigarettes in NZ. The number of retailers allowed to sell tobacco will also be reduced.
The Australian Government hasn't signalled any intention to introduce similar laws here.
Give me some good news
The Men’s Cricket World Cup is underway.
Defending champions England faced off against New Zealand in the opening match of the tournament, with Australia to play hosts India on Sunday night. Australia is the most successful nation at the World Cup, having won five tournaments in the past.
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A TDA tidbit
The bus driver taking the Penrith Panthers back to Penrith after their Grand Final got lost on the way home.
This is false.
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry was accidentally revealed four hours early because of a mistimed email press release.
This is true.
The announcement of the winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry was accidentally revealed four hours early this week by a mistimed email press release.
Organisers have no clue where they went wrong, with the Secretary-General saying: "This is very unfortunate, and we regret very much that this happened. Exactly what happened I can't tell, because we don't know ourselves."
An emotional support alligator has been denied entry to a baseball stadium in Philadelphia.
This is true. Obviously?
This week, a man was denied entry into a baseball game in Philadelphia because he was accompanied by an emotional support alligator.
The alligator, named Wally, did not comply with the stadium's policy on support animals - despite being on a leash.
He told CNN: “So we bought tickets and Wally has been into other baseball games, so we assumed that it was OK. We never asked or checked with it, but they only allow service animals, such as dogs and horses, into the stadium, not [emotional support] animals.”
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