Extra police resources brought in to deal with violence on Melbourne's streets has blown out to $30M
Women charged with the murder of her two sons
Alarming number of Australians lack first aid skills
Welcome to the update. I'm an old perk. Melbourne's CBD is returning to normal after days of violent protests outside the city's convention center. More charges were laid on the final day of the Landforces Defense Conference, with Victorian taxpayers set to foot the thirty million dollar bill for extra police resources. Defense Minister Richard Miles condemning the violence by protesters. We really do.
Need to have a very clear respect for those who wear our nation's uniform and for the companies which supply the equipment which enabled those people to do their job.
A mother whose two children were found dead in their Blue Mountains home has now been charged with their murder. The forty two year old had been in hospital under police guard after the bodies of the boys, aged nine and eleven, were found by their father. The driver of the wedding bus that crashed, killing ten people is appealing his sentence. Lawyers for Brett Button filing an intention to appeal after the fifty nine year old was sentenced to thirty two years behind bars with the twenty four year non parole period. A new reporter has found nearly half of all Australians lack first aid skills. The study found eighty percent of people agree CPR is important, but found half felt it intimidating. Trainer parkinsint Clair says first aid training can save lives.
Sir stage skills. They enable individuals to provide prompt and effective care in emergency situations, which can be crucial for stabilizing a person's condition and preventing the situation from worsening until professional medical help arrive.
And The two NASA astronauts stuck in space say they're not worried about their extended state, which Wilmore and Sunny Williams remained stranded at the International Space Station until February after the Boeing Starline of spacecraft they were on was deemed unsafe to return to Earth with passengers. William says they're remaining positive. The uppart is we're here with our friends.
We've got to ride home, and you know, we're looking forward to the next couple months and doing a lot of stuff for the International Space Station.
Sport and entertainment are next to sport in the AFL. We'll investigate a postgame incident involving Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinckley after Port's three points semi final win over the Hawks. Hinckley was seen spitefully taunting Jack Ginevan after the match before Hawks captain James Cecily stepped in the port coach ad missing. His emotions got the better of him after a social media post by Ginevan during the week.
What was done during the week was done and I responded to it in an emotional state, which shouldn't be the case from now. Will you try and speak to Jack and James after what happened? No, I don't think so. I don't think at the moment's the right time for me to have that conversation with anyone.
And Nathan Cleary has silenced any doubt over his injured shoulders starring for the Panthers in there thirty to ten qualifying final win over the Roosters to entertainment. And Justin Timberlake has reached a play deal in his drink driving criminal case. He's pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of driving while impaired after he was arrested back in June in the Hamptons. Outside course, the forty three year old urged others to learn from his mistake.
I try to hold myself to a very high standard for myself, and this was not that this was not that I found myself in a position where I could have made a different decision. But I've had some time to reflect on that.
And that's the latest from the Nova Podcast team. We'll see you again soon for another episode of the Update