Speaker 1: From the Daily Os. I'm billy, I'm emma. It's Wednesday,
Speaker 1: the twelfth of March. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
Speaker 2: Prime Minister Anthony Alberzi has called US President Donald Trump's
Speaker 2: decision to impose tariffs on Australian steel and aluminium exports
Speaker 2: entirely unjustified. Trump announced a twenty five percent tariff on
Speaker 2: imported goods to the US last month. However, the President
Speaker 2: later said he was considering an exemption request from Australia
Speaker 2: after a phone call with Albanzi. Now the White House
Speaker 2: has confirmed it won't be making any exceptions with tariffs
Speaker 2: on imported steel and aluminium now in effect. Albanzi said
Speaker 2: the federal government would continue to put forward a very
Speaker 2: strong case for an exemption, saying, quote, we will continue
Speaker 2: to point out that the United States interests are not
Speaker 2: served by today's decision. The PM has ruled out reciprocal
Speaker 2: tariffs against the US.
Speaker 1: In response, the Victorian government will introduce what is called
Speaker 1: the toughest bail laws in Australia. Its plan includes a
Speaker 1: new bail test aimed at making it harder for high
Speaker 1: risk and repeat offenders to be granted bail The state
Speaker 1: government has promised new consequences for people who commit further
Speaker 1: offenses while on bail, or who do not meet their
Speaker 1: bail conditions, for example breaching their curfew. The reforms will
Speaker 1: also include a ban on machetes to reduce knife crime.
Speaker 1: The Victorian government said reoffending remains a serious problem among
Speaker 1: young men and teens, with sixty four percent of burglaries
Speaker 1: perpetrated by under twenty year olds. It said these laws
Speaker 1: squarely target the risks of these younger serious offenders. Legislation
Speaker 1: is expected to be introduced next Tuesday.
Speaker 2: Voters in Portugal are facing their third election in just
Speaker 2: over three years, after the collapse of the country's center
Speaker 2: right government. It comes after a no confidence motion in
Speaker 2: Portuguese Parliament where all opposition parties voted against the government.
Speaker 2: Prime Minister Luis Montenegro's Conservative coalition formed a minority government
Speaker 2: after an election in March twenty twenty four. Montenegro has
Speaker 2: been at the center of recent controversies surrounding his business dealings.
Speaker 2: The vote of no confidence will trigger another election, which
Speaker 2: is likely to be held in May.
Speaker 1: And today's good news new research has found a boulder
Speaker 1: at a regional school in central Queensland has one of
Speaker 1: the highest concentrations of dinosaur foot prints ever documented in Australia.
Speaker 1: The rock has sixty six fossilized footprints believed to be
Speaker 1: from two hundred million years ago. Doctor Anthony Romilio from
Speaker 1: the University of Queensland said it's an unprecedented snapshot of
Speaker 1: dinosaur abundance, movement and behavior from a time where no
Speaker 1: fossilized dinosaur bones have been found in Australia. He added,
Speaker 1: it's incredible thing that a piece of history this rich
Speaker 1: was resting in a school yard all this time.
Speaker 2: What an amazing story, Billy, thank you for finding that
Speaker 2: one for.
Speaker 1: Me in an Australian school yard. Imagine the kids just
Speaker 1: coming across that rock and thinking, huh, there's some dinosaur.
Speaker 1: A bit of a different science class for that day.
Speaker 2: This looks like a priceless fossil. That is the lads
Speaker 2: from the Daily Os newsroom for today. But if you're
Speaker 2: looking for something else to listen to, check out today's
Speaker 2: deep dive, a very special one where Sam and Zara,
Speaker 2: of course, the co founders of The Daily Ods, look
Speaker 2: back on eight years since the company was founded. Happy Birthday, TDA.
Speaker 1: Happy birthday to the Daily Ods. We'll be back tomorrow
Speaker 1: morning with another deep dive. Until then, have a great evening.
Speaker 1: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda
Speaker 1: Bungelung Calcuttin woman from Gadighl Country. The Daily oz acknowledges
Speaker 1: that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the
Speaker 1: Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and torrest
Speaker 1: Rate island and nations. We pay our respects to the
Speaker 1: first peoples of these countries, both past and present.