Shadowing Practice: 9News Melbourne | Sunday June 14 | Full Episode - Learn English Speaking with Video
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To breaking news now, exclusive fresh polling tonight reveals One Nation leader,
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Pauline Hanson, has surged to become the nation's preferred Prime Minister for the first time, shattering decades of major party dominance.
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Federal politics reporter Connor McGovern has the latest numbers.
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This is a stunning U-turn for someone who was previously one of the most unpopular politicians in the country.
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resolved political monitor from our colleagues at the Sydney Morning Herald
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and The Age for the first time showing Pauline Hanson is now first choice for the top job.
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Her party One Nation also inching ahead of Labor on primary votes.
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The coalition recording its lowest ever result.
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Pauline Hanson now planning to leverage this surge in popularity using
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donations to the party to launch a television ad blitz during Wednesday night's State of Origin.
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Taken from the streets of Sydney and Melbourne and tonight being turned into an ad.
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Pauline's promising to air Fire the Liar commercials during primetime rugby league before flying that same message above our biggest cities.
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I think these campaigns come and they go, we've all run them.
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The ad attacking Anthony Albanese and she's now ahead of him as preferred Prime Minister.
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While One Nation's also ahead of Labor in the polls, it's the Coalition in most strife a distant third.
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They're actually not interested in fighting the coalition, they want to take over the coalition.
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If we're going to be serious about getting rid of this bad government, then we should be looking and working with everyone.
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All of this talk about preference deals and coalitions is way too premature and in fact not even relevant.
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Our job is to win back the votes we lost.
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Jon O'Dunnyham's parting warning as the coalition frontbencher quits politics for family reasons.
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The leadership change earlier this year was a point in time where I thought, I've had enough.
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The Liberal Party lose one of their best and brightest when he leaves the Parliament.
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While Labor won't welcome Pauline Hanson's ascension to preferred Prime Minister, tonight's really a double hit on Angus Taylor, not only losing a trusted pair of hands,
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but the One Nation leader usurps him as the effective opposition leader in Australian politics.
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Connor McGovern, Nine News.
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A driver has been killed at Calder Park after their car slammed into a pole during a grassroots racing event.
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Live now to Julia Passarelli.
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Julia, the tragedy was witnessed by shocked fans.
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It was, Pete.
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Dozens of spectators were here at Calder Park Raceway when the tragedy unfolded this morning.
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It was just after 10am when the driver veered off a track and crashed into a pole.
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Emergency surfaces rushed to help that competitor, but there was nothing they could do.
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The driver died at the scene.
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The crash happened during a grassroots motorsport event, so after all fans were told to leave and the venue was closed for the day,
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it is being investigated if the driver suffered a medical episode and WorkSafe has been notified of the crash.
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Pete?
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Julia Passarelli, thank you for that report from Calder Park.
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A pilot's been lucky to survive after his plane crash-landed at an airfield near Bacchus Marsh.
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The two-seater light aircraft ran off the runway and collided with a fence flipping onto its roof.
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A man in his 30s was the sole occupant of the plane.
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He was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital with serious upper body injuries.
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Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigators have been notified.
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CFA volunteers and farmers have rallied in Jacinta Allen's Bendigo electorate, demanding she scrap the controversial Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund.
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They claim the huge amount of money it's raising isn't being used to improve services.
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Justine Conway reports.
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On the back of trucks they claim are no longer up to standard, CFA crews rallied the troops.
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It's been almost a year since the state government rebranded the fire services levy, now dubbed the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund,
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each household on average is paying double.
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It's just gone up and up and up and up.
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And it's another impost on us and where's the money going to?
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Forecast figures show the fund is on track to collect $1.55 billion from taxpayers this financial year.
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This is about ensuring there is ongoing funding,
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increased funding for our emergency services with every single dollar from this fund going to support emergency services.
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CFA volunteers eligible for a rebate claim they're yet to see any meaningful investment on the front line.
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It's not going to us.
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I think somehow it's going back into government coffers somewhere.
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The tax is costing the Collins family, fifth generation crop and sheep farmers, close to $20,000 this year.
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It's significant.
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The cost of living is high and it's difficult for families everywhere, but for farmers in particular.
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While there was no sign of the Premier here in her electorate today, opposition leader Jess Wilson joined protesters vowing to scrap the tax under a Liberal government.
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This government has mismanaged the budget for a decade
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and now they are coming after the very people who go out and risk their lives.
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Protesters say they'll continue to rally between now and November.
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Justine Conway, Nine News.
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A young mum remains in a critical condition following the shark attack at Sydney's Coogee Beach.
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Annelies Bolt reports authorities are looking to rewrite the rulebook on safety measures amid calls for a controversial cull.
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No sunrise swimmers at Coogee.
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And all day, the water clear, calm and empty.
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But for a lone jet ski on guard.
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Locals taking it all in from the shore, including surf lifesaver Ben Heenan,
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on the beach but off duty yesterday when the 35-year-old woman was attacked by a suspected great white.
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I heard a yell and started to see some red in the water and some splashing.
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You just kind of instinctively knew what had happened.
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Paddling back in towards danger.
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But obviously the shark was still out there, but I was on a board.
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This lady was still in the water.
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We just wanted to get her out of the water as quickly as possible.
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Helping bring her in with bites to her arm and leg.
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Waiting on the beach was Dr Ian Ferguson, an emergency physician.
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I grabbed the shark bite kit from the wall and just made my way down to the water's edge.
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We just focused on stopping the bleeding at that point in time and giving her oxygen.
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The local mother, now critical but stable at St Vincent's Hospital, she'd been swimming 20 to 30 metres offshore.
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It wasn't murky water, it was crystal clear.
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She was swimming between the flags, you know, doing everything right.
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It's scary, right?
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Fear compounded by a summer of shark attacks.
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There's some renewed calls for shark culling.
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Where do you sit on that?
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Yeah, I think we have to.
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There are too many shark attacks.
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We need to put humans ahead of sharks.
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Shark culls don't work because white sharks in particular are pelagic and travel the whole ocean.
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So a shark that we see today could be from New Zealand and the shark tomorrow we see could be from Queensland.
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The State Minister isn't ruling out a shark cull.
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Nothing is off the table, but I'm particularly interested in further advice on how we can expand the use of technology.
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Until now, Coogee has been a blind spot for drone surveillance.
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Surf lifesavers not allowed to fly so close to Sydney Airport.
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Bondi and Bronte also without regular aerial patrols.
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It's not really on the radar all the time.
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Today, Koogee granted a temporary exemption from the Aviation Authority to get eyes in the sky.
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We'll work with them to make sure that that's permanent.
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Just this morning, drones clearing the water at Bilgola on the northern beaches when seven sharks were spotted by surf lifesavers.
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The shark responsible for yesterday's attack was untagged and able to swim into the beach undetected.
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DPI says it's tagged around 60 great whites since January but says the numbers of sharks off our coast hasn't increased.
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The colder it gets, the more white sharks do want to come into the area.
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We can never be protected 100% at every beach every day all the time.
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Annalise Bolt, Nine News.
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Commuters across Melbourne's entire rail network will now be able to tap and go.
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With the final lines, Mernda, Hurstbridge, Lillydale, Belgrave, Alamain and Glen Waverley now switched over.
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It comes as new data reveals 80% of passengers now tap on with phones or smartwatches rather than their Mikey.
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Almost 200,000 ticketless train trips have been taken so far.
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It's a win for the history books, the New York Knicks breaking a 53-year drought to win the 2026 NBA championship,
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defeating the San Antonio Spurs 94-90.
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Tens of thousands of fans shutting down parts of the city and flooding the streets to celebrate.
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Shelley Doyle reports.
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More than a New York state of mind, this celebration was from the Big Apple soul.
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New York!
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New York!
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New York!
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In Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens.
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A party more than half a century in the making.
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Most of these Knicks fans have been waiting their whole lives for this moment.
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Their team crowd NBA champions.
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Scenes descending into chaos as crowds climbed fire escapes, trucks and streetlights.
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Police quickly arresting troublemakers.
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But not before some damage was done.
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School buses targeted.
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One even set alight.
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The Spurs took an early lead on their home turf in San Antonio, but as has been the case in most of the games this series,
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the Knicks clawed their way back.
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It's over!
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It's over!
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Nick fans, this is not a dream!
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Your long, long wait has ended!
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Go ahead and cry!
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A fourth quarter comeback carried on the shoulders of its shortest player, Jalen Brunson, who scored 45 points, named finals MVP.
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I got no words.
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There was only one thing left to do.
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Congratulations, you're the 2026 NBA champion.
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Tonight, a team and a city that won't sleep.
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Shelley Doyle, Nine News.
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A nine-year-old Australian girl has been shot and killed by police in Pakistan in a shocking case of mistaken identity.
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Her brother is recovering in hospital as an investigation into the incident gets underway.
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Amber Wilkinson has more.
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Trying to flee from danger inside this white Toyota, a family of four.
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The car littered with bullet holes, a nine-year-old Perth schoolgirl killed in the crossfire.
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We are in a state of shock and disbelief.
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It's an extremely tragic event that has happened to this innocent girl and the family.
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The family travelling for an Islamic pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, visiting Pakistan to celebrate with relatives when they were robbed at gunpoint.
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Police firing at the car, mistaking them for thieves, killing nine-year-old Hania Ahmed,
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seriously injuring her brother and father, her mother unharmed.
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Our thoughts and concerns are with the family and the Pakistani community that live in Western Australia.
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Hania and her brother, are both students at Perth Islamic College in Kewdale.
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She was an excellent, happy, bubbly, friendly student in our college.
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Support is being provided to staff
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and students here at Hania's school as they too try to come to terms with this tragic loss.
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A special assembly was also held on Friday in memory of the year four student.
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The friends and the people who she played with at the college and interacted with,
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they are all extremely sad and disheartened.
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An investigation into the fatal shooting now underway and it's understood an officer has been stood down.
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Amber Wilkinson, Nine News.
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New performance figures show Fire Rescue Victoria has missed its main response time targets since it replaced the MFB in 2020.
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Response times have been in the spotlight after a recent fatal Werribee house fire where a three-year-old boy died.
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The government today defending FRV's performance.
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We have the fastest response times.
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We have more than doubled our investment in emergency services here in Victoria and we thank every single member.
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The figures also show FRB is performing worst in outer suburban areas while its budget has increased by a third.
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Melbourne trauma doctors are teaming up with youth workers in a new program to combat Melbourne's youth violence epidemic.
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The hospital-based early intervention scheme is an Australian first, with injured young patients mentored while they're recovering.
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More from Neary Thai.
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After the warring gang violence spills on Melbourne's streets, it's these trauma wards where the lives of teenagers are saved.
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Since Internet 2 came in 20 years ago, there's been a lot of social media influence on people and we've become immune to violence.
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Doctors at the Alfred Hospital and the Royal Children say they've seen an increase in young men turning up with horrific injuries.
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A few of them don't even survive.
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So they're so badly injured, they have lengthy hospital stays.
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It's prompted our leading trauma specialists to look at what initiatives are working in other countries.
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Now they've launched a new program that will support injured youths.
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When violence has escalated to a point that we need to do things in a different way.
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Jacob Cole admits he's made mistakes in the past but is now using his lived experience to help others.
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I was in the same position and I was able to make it out
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so it gives them hope and it's like if he can do it I can do it.
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The 23 year old youth worker will be tasked with helping injured teens get back on their feet
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and find their purpose away from a life of crime.
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I think it's a great time because in in the hospital where they're they're vulnerable and they get a a reality check.
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The $2.6 million pilot is expected to start in August and
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if it all goes well let's hope the program will be rolled out at other hospitals across Melbourne.
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Exactly what we want to see rolled out for decades to come for many lives, families and communities to be restored.
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Neary Thai, 9 News.
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The bomb squad has been called in to explode old sticks
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of dynamite found in the shed of a deceased estate property in Northcote.
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Police cordoned off the area close to busy St George's Road.
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They then detonated the explosives after relocating them to nearby open parkland.
About This Lesson
In this lesson, learners will practice their English listening and speaking skills using a segment from the 9News Melbourne broadcast. This video focuses on various political events and news in Australia, providing a rich context for understanding current affairs while improving vocabulary and fluency. By engaging with this content, you will develop your ability to follow fast-paced conversations and express your thoughts on complex topics, crucial for IELTS speaking practice.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Preferred Prime Minister: The leading candidate desired for the role of Prime Minister by the public.
- Political Monitor: A tool used to track and report public opinion on political figures and parties.
- Grassroots Racing Event: A local, community-based motorsport event.
- Crash-landed: A sudden and unexpected landing that can cause damage to the aircraft.
- Emergency Services: Organizations responsible for public safety and responding to emergencies.
- Volunteer Fund: A financial pool designed to support volunteers in emergency services.
- Impost: An additional burden or cost imposed on individuals.
Practice Tips
To effectively use the shadowing technique with this video, focus on the following tips:
- Start by watching the segment without attempting to repeat the phrases. Familiarize yourself with the context and main ideas.
- After reviewing, play the video again and practice "shadow speech." Try to echo the phrases immediately after the speaker, mimicking the tone and pace as closely as possible.
- As you shadow, pay attention to the intonation and stress patterns of the speakers. This will help you sound more natural when you speak.
- Consider using a transcription tool to follow along with the written text as you practice. This enhances listening comprehension and helps with vocabulary retention.
- Finally, record yourself while shadowing and playback to evaluate your pronunciation and fluency. This self-assessment is important for building confidence in your speaking skills.
By integrating these techniques, you can greatly enhance your ability to learn English with YouTube. This method not only builds vocabulary but also improves your ability to discuss current events in an informed and articulate manner.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.