An audit into Australia's aviation sector is announced amid low levels of female pilots, The South Australian Premier announces a $1.85 million support package for winemakers, Tim Tszyu ready to fulfill his boxing destiny.
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- An audit into Australia's aviation sector is announced amid low levels of female pilots.
- The South Australian Premier announces a $1.85 million support package for winemakers.
- Tim Tszyu ready to fulfill his boxing destiny.
The deputy opposition leader has announced she will audit Australia's aviation sector in an effort to boost the number of women becoming pilots and tackle the industry's gender pay gap.
Sussan Ley says she will push for national pilot parity with the number of women pilots in Australia currently below one in 10.
Workplace Gender Equality Agency data also recently exposed a median gender pay gap of up to 55 per cent in the aviation sector, something airlines have attributed to a lack of women pilots.
South Australian winemakers are being urged to re-engage with China after the country lifted tariffs on Australian wine that inflicted pain on the local industry.
The tariffs, introduced in 2020, were abolished when the Commerce Ministry in Beijing revealed they were no longer necessary following a review in October.
Premier Peter Malinauskas has announced a $1.85 million support package to help South Australian winemakers return exports to their pre-tariff peaks.
A new study has found climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe and last longer, with Australia and North America recording the biggest increases in magnitude.
The study from Friday's Science Advances suggests since 1979, global heat waves are moving 20 per cent more slowly, meaning more people stay hot longer, and they are happening 67 per cent more often.
It says the highest temperatures in the heat waves are warmer than 40 years ago and the area under a heat dome is larger.
Ciara Hain reports.
"The authors say studies have shown heat waves worsening before, but this one is more comprehensive and concentrates heavily on not just temperature and area, but how long the high heat lasts and how it travels across continents. From 1979 to 1983, global heat waves would last eight days on average, but by 2016 to 2020 that was up to 12 days, the study said. The team conducted computer simulations showing this change was due to heat-trapping emissions that come from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas."
Disability advocates, Labor premiers and the Greens have raised alarm about the level of secrecy surrounding the design of Labor’s landmark NDIS legislation.
They've raised concerns with changes which are posed to ban certain items being funded by the scheme.
Under the reforms, participants will be given a set budget and no longer being able to obtain automatic top-ups after they’ve spent their original plan.
But Greens disability spokesman Jordon Steele-John, who is a member of the disabled community, has branded the reforms as outrageous.
While People with Disability President Marayke Jonkers told Channel Seven there's a common misconception around the money being provided to those with disability through the scheme.
"One of the things I'd say to that is every dollar that's spent through the NDIS is actually returning $2 and 27 cents back into the economy. So there seems to be a really strong line getting run by the government at the moment about people with disabilities wasting money, but it's not actually for those who don't live with a disability. The NIS isn't money that goes into our pockets. You have to provide a receipt for the thing you bought, and that receipt has to meet some strict criteria that it's disability related."
Actor Louis Gossett Junior has died aged 87.
He was the first African-American man to win the best supporting actor Oscar in 1983 for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman.
He also collected an Emmy in 1978 for his role in the TV mini-series, Roots.
Movie Analyst Shane A Bassett told Sky News so many Australians grew up watching his movies.
"This one was close to my heart because I grew up watching him in a lot of different movies. He won best supporting actor, the first African-American to do so for his role in An Officer and a Gentleman. He was well loved, so many great roles."
No cause of death has been given by his family.
And in sport,
Tim Tszyu says he's ready to fulfill his destiny as the Australian boxer looks to emulate his legendary father Kostya as a unified world champion.
Already the owner of the WBO super welterweight belt, Tszyu will look to add the WBC strap when he enters the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday against American Sebastian Fundora.
He and Kostya can join Leon and Corey Spinks as only the second father-and-son duo to become unified world boxing champions.
Tszyu gives away 23cm in height to the American - the biggest height discrepancy in a world title fight outside of the heavyweight division - which forced a total overhaul of his preparation.
