WEBVTT - What happened in Morocco?

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<v Speaker 1>My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda

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<v Speaker 1>Bunjelung Calcottin woman from Gadighl Country. The Daily oz acknowledges

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<v Speaker 1>Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torres

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<v Speaker 1>Straight Island and nations. We pay our respects to the

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<v Speaker 1>first peoples of these countries, both past and present.

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<v Speaker 2>Good morning and welcome to the Daily os It's Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 2>the twelfth of September. I'm Sam, I'm Zara. Over the weekend,

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<v Speaker 2>a six point eight magnitude earthquake struck Morocco. It was

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<v Speaker 2>the country's strongest quake in over a century.

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<v Speaker 1>Rescue teams in Morocco are desperately trying to reach remote

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<v Speaker 1>villages close to the epicenter of the earthquake in the

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<v Speaker 1>isolated High Atlas Mountain Range.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm talking in a really quiet voice because they're listening

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<v Speaker 2>out to see if there are any signs of life.

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<v Speaker 2>But really hope is fading extremely quickly.

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<v Speaker 3>A growing national death doll has now climbed above two thousands.

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<v Speaker 3>The destruction is not concentrated in a single area. It

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<v Speaker 3>is spread through villages like this, and the roads to

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<v Speaker 3>get here are winding, narrow and treacherous. In some places

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<v Speaker 3>they are blocked, but the rescue continues.

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<v Speaker 2>Nonetheless, we've been warned that the deathtop, which is already

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<v Speaker 2>in the thousands, could increase significantly. Many are still missing

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<v Speaker 2>and feared trapped beneath the rubble, and a huge and

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<v Speaker 2>complex rescue effort is underway in a race to find

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<v Speaker 2>survivors for first rs. Some big movement on the federal

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<v Speaker 2>government's housing bill.

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<v Speaker 4>That's right. The Greens have announced support for the federal

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<v Speaker 4>government's Housing bill after Labour pledged a further one billion

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<v Speaker 4>dollars in short term social housing funding. So we spoke

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<v Speaker 4>a number of times on this podcast about the fact

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<v Speaker 4>that the Greens were refusing to support the bill, but

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<v Speaker 4>yesterday we have a big press conference and that has

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<v Speaker 4>now changed. The bill is now expected to pass and

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<v Speaker 4>we'll create a ten billion dollar investment fund for social

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<v Speaker 4>and affordable housing.

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<v Speaker 2>Almost five thousand vapes have been seized in South Australia.

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<v Speaker 2>Health authorities confiscated the vapes from one hundred and eighty businesses,

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<v Speaker 2>some of which were found hidden in pizza boxes. Over

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<v Speaker 2>ninety percent of the vapes contains nicotine, making them illegal

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<v Speaker 2>for sale.

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<v Speaker 4>Novak Djokovic has won the US Open, which now means

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<v Speaker 4>he has won twenty four Grand Slam titles, making him

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<v Speaker 4>equal with Australian Margaret Court. The thirty six year old

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<v Speaker 4>player took three hours and sixteen minutes to defeat Russian

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<v Speaker 4>Danil Medvedev in three sets. Djokovic is now the first

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<v Speaker 4>men's tennis champ to win three of the four Grand

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<v Speaker 4>Slams in a single season in three separate years, after

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<v Speaker 4>winning the Australian Open and French Open.

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<v Speaker 2>And today's good news, Australian Josh Giddy has been named

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<v Speaker 2>as one of the best young basketball players in the

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<v Speaker 2>whole world. The twenty year old has been named the

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<v Speaker 2>first ever wander Rising Star of the Basketball World Cup.

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<v Speaker 2>An that's a title given to the tournament's most promising

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<v Speaker 2>young player. When he's not representing Australia wearing the Boomers,

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<v Speaker 2>Josey Giddy plays for the NBA's Oklahoma City thunder So

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<v Speaker 2>Late on Friday night local time and earthquakes struck Morocco

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<v Speaker 2>and the worst of it was felt in parts of

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<v Speaker 2>the Atlas Mountains, which is about seventy kilometers from the

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<v Speaker 2>city of Marrakesh. As it stands, more than two thousand

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<v Speaker 2>people have died. Entire villages have been destroyed, and major

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<v Speaker 2>historical sites have been damaged. Now, the force of this

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<v Speaker 2>quake was so significant that tremors were felt as far

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<v Speaker 2>away as Portugal. Now emergency workers are struggling to deliver

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<v Speaker 2>aid to cut off remote villages, and there's a race

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<v Speaker 2>against the clock to rescue as many people as possible

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<v Speaker 2>that are still trapped beneath the rubble.

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<v Speaker 4>We got an alert on Saturday morning local time and

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<v Speaker 4>it said that, you know, this earthquake had happened. And

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<v Speaker 4>then what felt like minutes later, we were getting news

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<v Speaker 4>alerts saying that, you know, hundreds of people had died,

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<v Speaker 4>and then hours later it was that thousands of people

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<v Speaker 4>had died. And I mean, I think that so often

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<v Speaker 4>these numbers are beyond comprehension, and so I'm really eager

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<v Speaker 4>to understand how an earthquake like this can be so destructive,

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<v Speaker 4>how it can lead to such a high loss of

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<v Speaker 4>human life.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, it's the biggest earthquake to Morocco in one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and twenty years. And I think in terms of

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<v Speaker 2>trying to answer that question of why it was so destructive.

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<v Speaker 2>There is something to be learned from how shallow the

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<v Speaker 2>earthquake was. It was ten to twenty kilometers beneath the surface.

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<v Speaker 4>So the deeper it is, the less destructive. In theory,

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<v Speaker 4>an earthquake should.

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<v Speaker 2>Be exactly the closer it is to our surface level

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<v Speaker 2>of the Earth, the more that we're going to feel

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<v Speaker 2>it. It also means that the more buildings collapse and therefore

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<v Speaker 2>the more casualties. But on top of all of that,

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<v Speaker 2>you have to remember as well that the homes in

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<v Speaker 2>the mountains are mostly built with mud bricks and that

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<v Speaker 2>makes them particularly susceptible to destruction.

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<v Speaker 4>So is Morocco on a fault line because I think

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<v Speaker 4>you mentioned before that this was the worst earthquake in

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<v Speaker 4>over a century in Morocco, so presumably they've had earthquakes.

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<v Speaker 2>Before they have. But the Atlas Mountains were actually formed

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<v Speaker 2>as a direct result of Europe and Africa colliding. That's

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<v Speaker 2>why there's a mountainous range, So they'd sit specifically on

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<v Speaker 2>the border of two plates, and that is what makes

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<v Speaker 2>the area an earthquake zone. That being said, though earthquakes

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<v Speaker 2>of this magnitude are rare, in Morocco, and the center

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<v Speaker 2>of the quake, which is high in those mountain ranges,

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<v Speaker 2>was actually a long way from the tectonic plate boundary.

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<v Speaker 2>Two thousand and four was the last time that Morocco

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<v Speaker 2>experienced a quake anywhere near this level. And then a

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<v Speaker 2>six point four magnitude earthquake claimed more than six hundred lives.

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<v Speaker 4>So you said that the epicenter was in the mountains,

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<v Speaker 4>and the hardest hit areas are rural villages. I imagine

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<v Speaker 4>that that would greatly impact the ability for a rescue

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<v Speaker 4>operation to take place.

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<v Speaker 2>It's proving to be a huge challenge in the recovery

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<v Speaker 2>efforts just where the site is, so emergency workers are

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<v Speaker 2>really struggling to deliver aid to cut off communities. So

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<v Speaker 2>it's not even then about trying to get people out

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<v Speaker 2>of the rubble. It's also about trying to support people

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<v Speaker 2>who are just trying to survive, and that includes things

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<v Speaker 2>like delivering food and water, and their job became even

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<v Speaker 2>harder when there was an after shock. So there was

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<v Speaker 2>a four point five magnitude earthquake that rattled the exact

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<v Speaker 2>same region, and what that is all meant is that

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<v Speaker 2>many residents are now sleeping outside their homes because the

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<v Speaker 2>fear there is that the after shocks will lead to

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<v Speaker 2>further disruction. Whilst there are buildings still standing, a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of those buildings now are very unstable.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that's an important thing to think about when

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<v Speaker 4>we're talking about a natural disaster of this degree, is

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<v Speaker 4>that there's the imminent aftermath, the tremendous loss of life,

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<v Speaker 4>the huge impact on infrastructure. But really it's also as

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<v Speaker 4>much about the weeks and the months after as it

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<v Speaker 4>is about the days after, because.

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<v Speaker 2>Things like electricity grids and sewage systems and infrastructure.

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<v Speaker 4>And we saw in Turky earlier this year that the

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<v Speaker 4>story only kept unfolding. Can we expect to see survivors

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<v Speaker 4>still pulled from the rubble in the coming days or

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<v Speaker 4>have Moroccan authorities based said they've done everything they can.

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<v Speaker 2>No, we're still very much in that race against the

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<v Speaker 2>clock kind of acute stage of this disaster. So rescue

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<v Speaker 2>teams are trying their best to get to those areas

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<v Speaker 2>to still rescue people buried, but they're having to contend

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<v Speaker 2>with rocks blocking the roads in the mountains, and as

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<v Speaker 2>a result, we've actually seen locals themselves digging through the rubble,

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<v Speaker 2>however they can. They're using shovels, they're using their hands,

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<v Speaker 2>just trying to find anyone who could still be alive.

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<v Speaker 4>I know that there was also some damage to historical

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<v Speaker 4>sites in Marrakesh.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, particularly the Old Quarter in Marrakesh. So the Old

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<v Speaker 2>Quarter dates back to the eleventh century and it suffered

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<v Speaker 2>extensive damage. There are photos that have emerged of the

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<v Speaker 2>Old Quarter, which itself is the NESCo Heritage Site, that

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<v Speaker 2>show significant damage and destroyed buildings. And then if we

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<v Speaker 2>move higher up the mountains, there's a twelfth century mosque

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<v Speaker 2>that's been destroyed as well.

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<v Speaker 4>I read in an article that the World's Health Organization

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<v Speaker 4>said that more than three hundred thousand people had been

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<v Speaker 4>affected by the disaster. I presume then that a disaster

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<v Speaker 4>of this scale has prompted international response.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, so, Morocco is accepted aid from the UK, Spain, Qatar,

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<v Speaker 2>and the US, And what that aid actually looks like

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<v Speaker 2>is hundreds of search and rescue experts as well as

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<v Speaker 2>medical personnel, humanitarian assistants and even some sniffer dogs. There

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<v Speaker 2>are many other countries who have pledged support par are

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<v Speaker 2>yet to deliver it, and that list includes France, Israel,

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<v Speaker 2>Algeria and even Turkia who are still recovering themselves from

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<v Speaker 2>the earthquake that struck the country in February. And then

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<v Speaker 2>if we look to international organizations, the UN and the

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<v Speaker 2>World Bank have both offered support.

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<v Speaker 4>And then what about Australia. I think that when you

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<v Speaker 4>feel so geographically far and so helpless watching or reading

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<v Speaker 4>or listening to news about Morocco, what's our government saying?

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<v Speaker 2>So? Foreign Minister Penny Wong posted on social media over

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<v Speaker 2>the weekends. She said there had been a devastating loss

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<v Speaker 2>of life and destruction of property. The Department of Foreign

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<v Speaker 2>Affairs said it wasn't aware yet if any Ozzie had

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<v Speaker 2>been injured in the quake, and the Australian government has

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<v Speaker 2>not yet made an official announcement on what assistance it

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<v Speaker 2>might offer.

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<v Speaker 4>Between the death toll and the thousands and thousands of

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<v Speaker 4>displaced locals who are now without a home, this is

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<v Speaker 4>one of those stories that you just can't help but

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<v Speaker 4>feel so saddened by. There is no silver lining to this.

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<v Speaker 4>It is news that we need to know, but it

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<v Speaker 4>doesn't make it any less horrific to read about or

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<v Speaker 4>to listen to. But There will be a lot more

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<v Speaker 4>information in the coming days as the search continues, and

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<v Speaker 4>will continue to bring you that news as it comes.

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<v Speaker 4>Thanks for joining us today on the Daily Odds. If

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