1 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: From the Daily OS. I'm Emma Gillespie. It's Thursday, the 2 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: twenty sixth of February. We're about to tell you what's 3 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:14,159 Speaker 1: making headlines this evening, But first a quick disclaimer to 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: let you know we're in the middle of moving offices. 5 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: It's very exciting, but we are without our usual studio 6 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: setup temporarily, so if the audio of this one sounds 7 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,920 Speaker 1: a little bit off, that's why. Okay, let's get into it. 8 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: Mobile phones around the country will blast out a ten 9 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 1: second siren in late July as part of a national 10 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: test of a new emergency warning system. The federal government 11 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: announced today that the one hundred and thirty two million 12 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: dollar OS Alert system will come into effect in October. 13 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: It aims to provide more targeted emergency warnings for bushfires, floods, 14 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: and other natural disasters, and will allow alerts to be 15 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: sent to almost any device with a simcard. The system 16 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 1: will be tested on Monday, the twenty seventh of July 17 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: at two pm Australian Eastern Standard time, with an alert 18 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: to be sent to all compatible mobile phones in the country. 19 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: Two men have appeared in court for the first time 20 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: since they were charged over the alleged kidnapping and killing 21 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: of eighty five year old grandfather Chris Bagsarian. Police alleged 22 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: the two men, aged twenty nine and twenty four, along 23 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:22,119 Speaker 1: with an unknown third offender, abducted Bagsarian in a case 24 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: of mistaken identity from his Northwest Sydney home on the 25 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: thirteenth of February. Court documents revealed that police believe the 26 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: alleged defenders transported the eighty five year old to a 27 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: semi rural makeshift stronghold in Dural on the city's outskirts. 28 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: Police believe the grandfather was murdered at some point before 29 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: nine pm on the fourteenth of February. Police are now 30 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 1: searching for this third alleged offender, with the belief more 31 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: people were likely involved in the incident. A former president 32 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: of Harvard University in the US, Larry Summers, has announced 33 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: he'll resign from teaching at the prestigious school due to 34 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 35 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,279 Speaker 1: Somers has been criticized since the latest Epstein file release 36 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 1: earlier this year, which detailed an ongoing personal correspondence between 37 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: himself and Epstein. Summers also resigned in November from the 38 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: board of Open AI, the developer of chat GPT at 39 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: the time. Somers said he was quote deeply ashamed of 40 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: his actions and that he'd stepped back from public commitments 41 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: to quote repair relationships with the people closest to him. 42 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: There is no evidence Somers was involved in illegal activity. 43 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: And today's good news, a mother daughter duo have discovered 44 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: the largest coral colony in the world on the Great 45 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 1: Barrier Reef. Sophie Kolkowski Pope and her mum Jan Pope 46 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 1: were diving for citizens of the Reef's Great Reef Census 47 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: when they came across the one hundred and eleven meter 48 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: long colony. Sophie said she knew right from the minute 49 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: she dropped in that it was something special. The exact 50 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: location of the colony has not been revealed yet to 51 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: avoid unintended impacts, but it is being managed by the 52 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 1: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. That's the latest from 53 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: the Daily Oz newsroom. But if you are looking for 54 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: something else, you can catch up on this morning's deep dive, 55 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: all about what to expect from the Royal Commission on 56 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:19,799 Speaker 1: Anti Semitism and Social Cohesion. We'll be back tomorrow morning 57 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: with another deep dive, but until then, have a good one. 58 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda 59 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: Bunjelung Calkatin woman from Gadighl country. The Daily oz acknowledges 60 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the 61 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and torrest 62 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: Rate island and nations. We pay our respects to the 63 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: first peoples of these countries, both past and present.