Speaker 1: From the Daily os i'm Emma, i'm zara. It's Wednesday,
Speaker 1: the twenty sixth of February. Here's what's making headlines this season.
Speaker 2: Prices rose by two point five percent in the year
Speaker 2: to January. That's according to new figures from the Australian
Speaker 2: Bureau of Statistics. The figure is the same inflation rate
Speaker 2: reported for the year to December twenty twenty four. However,
Speaker 2: the annual trimmed mean, which is the rate of inflation
Speaker 2: once you remove extreme price changes on either side, increased
Speaker 2: from two point seven percent to two point eight percent.
Speaker 2: This is still in the target inflation range of two
Speaker 2: to three percent that was set by the IRBA. These
Speaker 2: inflation figures are measured on a monthly basis, which means
Speaker 2: it is a more up to date account of rising
Speaker 2: prices than the quarterly figure, which reflects broader trends.
Speaker 1: A review into the handling of sexual assault cases in
Speaker 1: New South Wales has made no findings of misconduct or
Speaker 1: features within the justice system. The state's top prosecutor ordered
Speaker 1: the audit last year after some judges publicly claimed cases
Speaker 1: were not being adequately scrutinized before going to trial. The
Speaker 1: Sexual Assault Review examined three hundred and twenty seven cases
Speaker 1: listed for trial in New South Wales last year. A
Speaker 1: final report handed down today shows around five percent of
Speaker 1: cases were dropped before trial. The report noted that this
Speaker 1: was consistent with average figures from twenty eighteen to twenty
Speaker 1: twenty three. It said the discontinued matters involved particularly legally
Speaker 1: and factually complex issues. The review found a quote consistently
Speaker 1: high standard of legal analysis concerning the question of whether
Speaker 1: to proceed with sexual offense prosecutions.
Speaker 2: Apple shareholders have rejected a proposal to end the Tech
Speaker 2: Giants Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Program. A push led by
Speaker 2: US President Donald Trump for employers to scrap DEI has
Speaker 2: seen Meta, Amazon, and Google rollback there DEI efforts. In
Speaker 2: recent weeks, conservative think tank the National Center for Public
Speaker 2: Policy Research urged Apple to do the same. It argued
Speaker 2: that DEI poses quote litigation, reputational and financial risks to
Speaker 2: companies and their shareholders. However, ninety seven percent of ballots
Speaker 2: voted against the proposal after an Apple shareholder meeting on Tuesday.
Speaker 2: Apple's board of directors also opposed the proposal, saying the
Speaker 2: company does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training, or promoting
Speaker 2: on any basis protected by law.
Speaker 1: And today's good news. Surgeons in the US have successfully
Speaker 1: implanted the world's smallest pacemaker in a newborn. A team
Speaker 1: of NYU pediatric cardiologists led the seventy five minute breakthrough
Speaker 1: procedure on baby Mikey Oliveri, who was born prematurely in
Speaker 1: December with a rare heart condition. There have been very
Speaker 1: few treatment options for babies like Mikey until now, as
Speaker 1: the number of newborns with heart complications is so low.
Speaker 1: Hospital staff said. Mikey is now thriving at home two
Speaker 1: months after receiving his new specially modified pacemaker. The American
Speaker 1: Heart Association said the device addresses a vital unmet need
Speaker 1: for these small patients.
Speaker 2: That's all we've got from the Dahiel's newsroom today. If
Speaker 2: you are looking for something else, though, to listen to
Speaker 2: make sure you catch up on today's deep dive on
Speaker 2: the trial over Cassius Turvey's death. We'll be back again
Speaker 2: tomorrow morning with another deep dive, but until then, have
Speaker 2: a great evening. My name is Lily Maddon and I'm
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