1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Already and this is this is the Daily This is 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: the Daily OS. 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 2: Oh, now it makes sense. 4 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 3: Good morning, and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Saturday, 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:18,320 Speaker 3: the first of February. 6 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 2: I'm Zara, I'm Sam Pinch in the Punch for the 7 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:23,639 Speaker 2: first day of the month, and welcome to today's episode 8 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 2: of the Good News. Zara, I'm so excited to get 9 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 2: into some good news stories with you today. We're going 10 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 2: to start with an organization over in the US that's 11 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 2: doing some pretty amazing work. 12 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 3: Yes, So this week I read about a Portland based 13 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 3: nonprofit that's launched an initiative with a dual purpose. Two purposes, 14 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 3: one combat homelessness and two deal with trash collection issues. 15 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 3: And the way that this organization, called ground Score, has 16 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 3: decided to fix these two concurrent issues is by employing 17 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 3: unhoused or formally unhoused workers for trash collection in city streets. Now, 18 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 3: workers earn between twenty and thirty US dollars an hour, 19 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 3: so that's between thirty two and forty seven dollars per 20 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,119 Speaker 3: hour through funding that's actually been supplied by the local 21 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 3: government and by advocacy groups in the city. There are 22 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 3: fifty five workers employed under the scheme ninety five percent 23 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,959 Speaker 3: of whom were recruited when they were unhoused, and this 24 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:22,039 Speaker 3: number I think is absolutely incredible. Over seventy percent of 25 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 3: them have transitioned into becoming housed since they started working 26 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 3: with the group. 27 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 2: Well, it's some amazing work being done there. And it 28 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 2: kind of leads into research I've read over the years 29 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 2: that talk about how important structure and employment is for 30 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 2: people in that sort of life situation, how it can 31 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 2: provide not only security and the ability to then prove 32 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 2: that you're worth a home loan or prove that you 33 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 2: worth a rental agreement, but also a sense of community 34 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 2: and meaning and all of those other things that come 35 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 2: along with the actual employment. 36 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 3: Exactly, And that side of the story is so important. 37 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 3: But then you also think about the environmental impact doublewheming 38 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 3: in twenty twenty four, thirty one seven hundred and forty 39 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 3: seven people participated, and those people collected nine point five 40 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 3: million bottles and cans that were processed for recycling. 41 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 2: Why don't we stick with this theme at the moment 42 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 2: and talk about recycling in the planet and now go 43 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 2: to northern Europe. 44 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 3: Excellent segue, I must say, But yes, today we are 45 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 3: also talking about Norway, who has surged ahead with the 46 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 3: electrifying of its vehicles. Now in Norway, EV sales electric 47 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 3: vehicle sales have surged from less than one percent of 48 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 3: total auto sales back in twenty ten to eighty eight 49 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 3: point nine percent in twenty twenty four. 50 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 2: Just sit on that, So that's nine out of ten cars. 51 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 3: It gets better. The latest data that was released this 52 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 3: week suggests that ninety six percent of new cars sold 53 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 3: in the first few weeks of twenty twenty five were evs. 54 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 2: So you're in this situation there where if you're out 55 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 2: of traffic light the vast majority of cars, we're. 56 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 3: Looking around and you're seeing a c of evs. 57 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 2: Wow. 58 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 3: And the reason that Norway is so far ahead of 59 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 3: the pack when it comes to EV's is kind of 60 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 3: a range of different policy solutions here that are really 61 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 3: designed to port the uptake of ev So there are 62 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 3: things like tax exemptions, discounts on road and parking tolls, 63 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 3: access to bus lanes, and also just providing improved infrastructure 64 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,799 Speaker 3: for these EV charging stations. Now, I want to put 65 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 3: that just into context to explain why it's such an 66 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 3: amazing success story. So in twenty twenty four, EV's accounted 67 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 3: for eight point one percent of total US sales, and 68 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 3: in Australia in the same year they accounted for nine 69 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 3: point seven percent of all car sales. So we are 70 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 3: still quite a bit behind our Scandinavian buddies, but clearly 71 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 3: there is this movement towards more electric vehicles being part 72 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 3: of the mix. 73 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 2: It's incredible to see a country really take this challenge 74 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 2: on head on and be you know, rolling out as 75 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 2: many incentives as they can, both financial and non financial. 76 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 2: I mean, take the one like bus lanes, that's a 77 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 2: time saving mechanism to make sure that the population is transitioning. Nazara. 78 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 2: We haven't mentioned an animal once in this podcast just yet, 79 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 2: and for a Saturday good news podcast, that is weird. 80 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 3: I know, mandatory to talk about animals on this podcast. 81 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 3: And today we're talking about tigers and that's because India's 82 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 3: wild tiger population has doubled over the past decade. That 83 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 3: is according to new research published this week. So in 84 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 3: twenty ten, India was home to an estimated seventeen hundred tigers, 85 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 3: and by twenty twenty two, which is the latest data 86 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:26,919 Speaker 3: that this research is looking at, that number had increased 87 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 3: to three thousand, six hundred and eighty two. India is 88 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 3: home to about seventy five percent of the world's tigers, 89 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 3: and their conservation efforts have been bolstered through things like 90 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 3: anti poaching laws, habitat conservation programs that are reducing human 91 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 3: wildlife conflict. But what I found really interesting in this 92 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 3: report is not just the conservation element of being able 93 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 3: to grow the wild tiger population, but also the fact 94 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 3: that the scientists have found that some communities are also 95 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 3: now economically benefiting from this rise in the tiger population 96 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 3: through ea CO tourism. So there's this direct economic impact 97 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 3: to the growing tiger population as well. Now, the study 98 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 3: did say that India's success offers very important lessons for 99 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 3: tiger range countries that conservation efforts can, as I said, 100 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 3: benefit both biodiversity and also the communities that live nearby. 101 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 2: I'm just related that we got an animal story into 102 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 2: this bulletin Zara, Thank you smuch for that. The only 103 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 2: thing that would make it better, I. 104 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:26,359 Speaker 3: Know, a sports story and red yourmind. Well here you go, 105 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:30,559 Speaker 3: delivering the goods. Christina Matthews has become the sixty fifth 106 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 3: person to be inducted into the Cricket Australia Hall of 107 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 3: Fame this week, so among her many achievements, Matthews is 108 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 3: Australia's most capped women's Test cricketer and a nineteen eighty 109 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 3: eight World Cup winner. Now, Matthews developed an ambition to 110 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 3: play for the Australian women's cricket team at a young age, 111 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 3: and she debuted for the side back in nineteen eighty 112 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 3: four as a wicket keeper. She spent eleven years in 113 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 3: the Aussie team and finished with fifty eight dismissals from 114 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 3: twenty tests. Following her playing career, Matthews then worked as 115 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 3: a cricket administrator and she's gone on to serve as 116 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 3: the chief executive of the Western Australian Cricket Association. She 117 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 3: said of the recognition, I'm really proud. I put my 118 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 3: heart and soul into it. Everything I did during the 119 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 3: time was to allow me to play for Australia, so yes, 120 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 3: it's such an honor. 121 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 2: It's been amazing to see how incredibly well supported the 122 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,280 Speaker 2: women's Ashes series has been at the moment. The five 123 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 2: game series a bit of one day games, one Test 124 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 2: and a couple of twenty twenties, drawing some really amazing crowds, 125 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 2: both in person and on TV. So clearly the early 126 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 2: work that Matthews did in that sport is really starting 127 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 2: with their dividends now in the kind of greatest scheme 128 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 2: of women's cricket. 129 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 3: One hundred percent. 130 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 2: And now Zara, this last story that we're going to 131 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 2: cover today was sent into us, which we love from 132 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 2: our readership. 133 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 3: Yes, we love a good community, good news story. So 134 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 3: this week where you received an email highlighting an innovative 135 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 3: collaboration that is supporting a new cancer trial for kids 136 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 3: and teenagers with brain cancer. So this trial is going 137 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 3: to specific look at targeted treatments for high grade gliomers. 138 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 3: It's called the Target Trial and it's being run by 139 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 3: the Australian and New Zealand Children's Hematology Group. It uses 140 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 3: precision therapy to basically tailor treatment to a patient's specific 141 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 3: tumor genetics. And the way that it's come about is 142 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 3: that six not for profit organizations have all come together 143 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 3: and raised funds to annually then fund on an ongoing 144 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 3: basis for the next seven years this trial. And I 145 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 3: just think that is such an excellent example of community 146 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 3: coming together to help find a cure for something that 147 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 3: affects so many people, and especially to look at treatments 148 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 3: for young people in our community. No better story. 149 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 2: And the other thing I love about this story is 150 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 2: the really incredible use of science and technology. I mean 151 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 2: there's going to be so many amazing ways that people 152 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 2: are going to benefit from scientific innovations in this space. 153 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 2: Incredible work there. Thank you for sharing that, Zara, And 154 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 2: always if people have good news stories, we really want 155 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 2: to hear them. You can always reach out to us 156 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 2: either on our Instagram or through our website. We would 157 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 2: love to bring you some more community good news stories 158 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 2: for the rest of the year. 159 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 3: That's all we've got time for today, but we will 160 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 3: be back on Monday morning with an exclusive interview with 161 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 3: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony ALBANIZI make sure you check your 162 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 3: feeds on Monday morning for that full interview, but until then, 163 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 3: have a brilliant weekend. 164 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda 165 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:32,719 Speaker 1: Bungelung Kalgotin woman from Gadighl Country. 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