1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: Bunjelung Calcottin woman from Gadighl Country. The Daily oz acknowledges 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torres 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,119 Speaker 1: Straight Island and nations. We pay our respects to the 6 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: first peoples of these countries, both past and present. 7 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 2: Good morning and welcome to the Daily os It's Tuesday, 8 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 2: the twelfth of September. I'm Sam, I'm Zara. Over the weekend, 9 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 2: a six point eight magnitude earthquake struck Morocco. It was 10 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 2: the country's strongest quake in over a century. 11 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: Rescue teams in Morocco are desperately trying to reach remote 12 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: villages close to the epicenter of the earthquake in the 13 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: isolated High Atlas Mountain Range. 14 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,200 Speaker 2: I'm talking in a really quiet voice because they're listening 15 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 2: out to see if there are any signs of life. 16 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 2: But really hope is fading extremely quickly. 17 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 3: A growing national death doll has now climbed above two thousands. 18 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 3: The destruction is not concentrated in a single area. It 19 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 3: is spread through villages like this, and the roads to 20 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 3: get here are winding, narrow and treacherous. In some places 21 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 3: they are blocked, but the rescue continues. 22 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 2: Nonetheless, we've been warned that the deathtop, which is already 23 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 2: in the thousands, could increase significantly. Many are still missing 24 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 2: and feared trapped beneath the rubble, and a huge and 25 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:28,199 Speaker 2: complex rescue effort is underway in a race to find 26 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:32,199 Speaker 2: survivors for first rs. Some big movement on the federal 27 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 2: government's housing bill. 28 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 4: That's right. The Greens have announced support for the federal 29 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 4: government's Housing bill after Labour pledged a further one billion 30 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 4: dollars in short term social housing funding. So we spoke 31 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 4: a number of times on this podcast about the fact 32 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 4: that the Greens were refusing to support the bill, but 33 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 4: yesterday we have a big press conference and that has 34 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 4: now changed. The bill is now expected to pass and 35 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 4: we'll create a ten billion dollar investment fund for social 36 00:01:58,760 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 4: and affordable housing. 37 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 2: Almost five thousand vapes have been seized in South Australia. 38 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 2: Health authorities confiscated the vapes from one hundred and eighty businesses, 39 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 2: some of which were found hidden in pizza boxes. Over 40 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 2: ninety percent of the vapes contains nicotine, making them illegal 41 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 2: for sale. 42 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 4: Novak Djokovic has won the US Open, which now means 43 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 4: he has won twenty four Grand Slam titles, making him 44 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 4: equal with Australian Margaret Court. The thirty six year old 45 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 4: player took three hours and sixteen minutes to defeat Russian 46 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 4: Danil Medvedev in three sets. Djokovic is now the first 47 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 4: men's tennis champ to win three of the four Grand 48 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 4: Slams in a single season in three separate years, after 49 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 4: winning the Australian Open and French Open. 50 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 2: And today's good news, Australian Josh Giddy has been named 51 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 2: as one of the best young basketball players in the 52 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 2: whole world. The twenty year old has been named the 53 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 2: first ever wander Rising Star of the Basketball World Cup. 54 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,639 Speaker 2: An that's a title given to the tournament's most promising 55 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 2: young player. When he's not representing Australia wearing the Boomers, 56 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: Josey Giddy plays for the NBA's Oklahoma City thunder So 57 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 2: Late on Friday night local time and earthquakes struck Morocco 58 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 2: and the worst of it was felt in parts of 59 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 2: the Atlas Mountains, which is about seventy kilometers from the 60 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 2: city of Marrakesh. As it stands, more than two thousand 61 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 2: people have died. Entire villages have been destroyed, and major 62 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 2: historical sites have been damaged. Now, the force of this 63 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 2: quake was so significant that tremors were felt as far 64 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 2: away as Portugal. Now emergency workers are struggling to deliver 65 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 2: aid to cut off remote villages, and there's a race 66 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 2: against the clock to rescue as many people as possible 67 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 2: that are still trapped beneath the rubble. 68 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 4: We got an alert on Saturday morning local time and 69 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 4: it said that, you know, this earthquake had happened. And 70 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 4: then what felt like minutes later, we were getting news 71 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 4: alerts saying that, you know, hundreds of people had died, 72 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 4: and then hours later it was that thousands of people 73 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 4: had died. And I mean, I think that so often 74 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 4: these numbers are beyond comprehension, and so I'm really eager 75 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 4: to understand how an earthquake like this can be so destructive, 76 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 4: how it can lead to such a high loss of 77 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 4: human life. 78 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, it's the biggest earthquake to Morocco in one 79 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 2: hundred and twenty years. And I think in terms of 80 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 2: trying to answer that question of why it was so destructive. 81 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 2: There is something to be learned from how shallow the 82 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 2: earthquake was. It was ten to twenty kilometers beneath the surface. 83 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 4: So the deeper it is, the less destructive. In theory, 84 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 4: an earthquake should. 85 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 2: Be exactly the closer it is to our surface level 86 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:35,720 Speaker 2: of the Earth, the more that we're going to feel 87 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 2: it. It also means that the more buildings collapse and therefore 88 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 2: the more casualties. But on top of all of that, 89 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 2: you have to remember as well that the homes in 90 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 2: the mountains are mostly built with mud bricks and that 91 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 2: makes them particularly susceptible to destruction. 92 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 4: So is Morocco on a fault line because I think 93 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 4: you mentioned before that this was the worst earthquake in 94 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 4: over a century in Morocco, so presumably they've had earthquakes. 95 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 2: Before they have. But the Atlas Mountains were actually formed 96 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 2: as a direct result of Europe and Africa colliding. That's 97 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 2: why there's a mountainous range, So they'd sit specifically on 98 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 2: the border of two plates, and that is what makes 99 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 2: the area an earthquake zone. That being said, though earthquakes 100 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 2: of this magnitude are rare, in Morocco, and the center 101 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 2: of the quake, which is high in those mountain ranges, 102 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 2: was actually a long way from the tectonic plate boundary. 103 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 2: Two thousand and four was the last time that Morocco 104 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 2: experienced a quake anywhere near this level. And then a 105 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 2: six point four magnitude earthquake claimed more than six hundred lives. 106 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 4: So you said that the epicenter was in the mountains, 107 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 4: and the hardest hit areas are rural villages. I imagine 108 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 4: that that would greatly impact the ability for a rescue 109 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 4: operation to take place. 110 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 2: It's proving to be a huge challenge in the recovery 111 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 2: efforts just where the site is, so emergency workers are 112 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 2: really struggling to deliver aid to cut off communities. So 113 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 2: it's not even then about trying to get people out 114 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 2: of the rubble. It's also about trying to support people 115 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 2: who are just trying to survive, and that includes things 116 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 2: like delivering food and water, and their job became even 117 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 2: harder when there was an after shock. So there was 118 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 2: a four point five magnitude earthquake that rattled the exact 119 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 2: same region, and what that is all meant is that 120 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 2: many residents are now sleeping outside their homes because the 121 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 2: fear there is that the after shocks will lead to 122 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 2: further disruction. Whilst there are buildings still standing, a lot 123 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 2: of those buildings now are very unstable. 124 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,040 Speaker 4: I think that's an important thing to think about when 125 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 4: we're talking about a natural disaster of this degree, is 126 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 4: that there's the imminent aftermath, the tremendous loss of life, 127 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 4: the huge impact on infrastructure. But really it's also as 128 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 4: much about the weeks and the months after as it 129 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:43,479 Speaker 4: is about the days after, because. 130 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 2: Things like electricity grids and sewage systems and infrastructure. 131 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 4: And we saw in Turky earlier this year that the 132 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 4: story only kept unfolding. Can we expect to see survivors 133 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 4: still pulled from the rubble in the coming days or 134 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 4: have Moroccan authorities based said they've done everything they can. 135 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 2: No, we're still very much in that race against the 136 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 2: clock kind of acute stage of this disaster. So rescue 137 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 2: teams are trying their best to get to those areas 138 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 2: to still rescue people buried, but they're having to contend 139 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 2: with rocks blocking the roads in the mountains, and as 140 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 2: a result, we've actually seen locals themselves digging through the rubble, 141 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 2: however they can. They're using shovels, they're using their hands, 142 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 2: just trying to find anyone who could still be alive. 143 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 4: I know that there was also some damage to historical 144 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 4: sites in Marrakesh. 145 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 2: Right, particularly the Old Quarter in Marrakesh. So the Old 146 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 2: Quarter dates back to the eleventh century and it suffered 147 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 2: extensive damage. There are photos that have emerged of the 148 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 2: Old Quarter, which itself is the NESCo Heritage Site, that 149 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 2: show significant damage and destroyed buildings. And then if we 150 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 2: move higher up the mountains, there's a twelfth century mosque 151 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 2: that's been destroyed as well. 152 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 4: I read in an article that the World's Health Organization 153 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 4: said that more than three hundred thousand people had been 154 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 4: affected by the disaster. I presume then that a disaster 155 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 4: of this scale has prompted international response. 156 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 2: Right, so, Morocco is accepted aid from the UK, Spain, Qatar, 157 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 2: and the US, And what that aid actually looks like 158 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 2: is hundreds of search and rescue experts as well as 159 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 2: medical personnel, humanitarian assistants and even some sniffer dogs. There 160 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 2: are many other countries who have pledged support par are 161 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 2: yet to deliver it, and that list includes France, Israel, 162 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 2: Algeria and even Turkia who are still recovering themselves from 163 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 2: the earthquake that struck the country in February. And then 164 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 2: if we look to international organizations, the UN and the 165 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,319 Speaker 2: World Bank have both offered support. 166 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 4: And then what about Australia. I think that when you 167 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 4: feel so geographically far and so helpless watching or reading 168 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 4: or listening to news about Morocco, what's our government saying? 169 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 2: So? Foreign Minister Penny Wong posted on social media over 170 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 2: the weekends. She said there had been a devastating loss 171 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 2: of life and destruction of property. The Department of Foreign 172 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 2: Affairs said it wasn't aware yet if any Ozzie had 173 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:02,839 Speaker 2: been injured in the quake, and the Australian government has 174 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 2: not yet made an official announcement on what assistance it 175 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 2: might offer. 176 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 4: Between the death toll and the thousands and thousands of 177 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 4: displaced locals who are now without a home, this is 178 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 4: one of those stories that you just can't help but 179 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 4: feel so saddened by. There is no silver lining to this. 180 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 4: It is news that we need to know, but it 181 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 4: doesn't make it any less horrific to read about or 182 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 4: to listen to. But There will be a lot more 183 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 4: information in the coming days as the search continues, and 184 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 4: will continue to bring you that news as it comes. 185 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 4: Thanks for joining us today on the Daily Odds. If 186 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 4: there is a topic that you would like us to 187 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 4: unpack or explain, you can head to Spotify where there 188 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 4: is a question box and you can write exactly what 189 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 4: it is that you want simplified. 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