9 Aug 2023

Australia: Voice delay dismissed, Mid East name change, deadly mushroom lunch

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 9 August 2023
Anthony Albanese, death cap mushroom, Matildas

Photo: RNZ, AFP

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Susie to talk about the determination of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to push ahead with the referendum on the Indigenous Voice, despite polling showing a drop in support for it.

The Labor Government has changed how it refers to Palestinian areas, reinstating the term "Occupied Palestinian Territories" and vowing to strengthen its objections to "illegal" Israeli settlements.

A Victoria woman who cooked up a deadly mushroom dinner and killed three of her guests says she didn't do it on purpose, as police investigate. And there's joy in Australia, with the Matildas through to the quarter finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Annika Smethurst is political editor at The Age