Speaker 1: From the Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tassel.
Speaker 1: It's Wednesday, the twenty second of October. Here's what's making
Speaker 1: headlines this evening.
Speaker 2: Queensland nurses and midwives will receive annual pay increases after
Speaker 2: the union voted to approve a new agreement with the
Speaker 2: state government. Under the deal, staff will get a two
Speaker 2: point five to three percent pay rise at least once
Speaker 2: a year until twenty twenty seven. The first increase will
Speaker 2: come into effect in quote a few weeks and be
Speaker 2: backdated to April twenty twenty five. The Queensland Nurses and
Speaker 2: Midwives Union or QNMU, said it comes after lengthy negotiations
Speaker 2: with the state government and industrial action by q and
Speaker 2: MU members, including strikes. Union secretary Sarah Beeman said the
Speaker 2: state's nurses and midwives should be quote very proud of
Speaker 2: the agreement. Queensland Health Minister Timnicles said he was pleased
Speaker 2: that both sides had quote worked construct on the agreement,
Speaker 2: which must now be signed off by the state's Industrial
Speaker 2: Relations Commission.
Speaker 1: The Prime Minister's plane has made an emergency landing on
Speaker 1: its way back to Australia after a mid air medical
Speaker 1: incident involving a crew member. The plane took off from Washington,
Speaker 1: DC on Tuesday evening local time following Anthony Albanesi's two
Speaker 1: day White House visit. The Royal Australian Air Force craft
Speaker 1: made an unscheduled stop near Saint Louis, about a two
Speaker 1: hour flight from the US Capitol, when an object fell
Speaker 1: from an overhead locker and hit a military representative on
Speaker 1: the head. They were taken to hospital with a possible concussion.
Speaker 1: The plane, which is also carrying several ministers, public servants
Speaker 1: and journalists, resumed its journey to Hawaii after a three
Speaker 1: hour wait. It will refuel in Honolulu before continuing onto Australia.
Speaker 2: Negotiations to end Russia's war in Ukraine are in doubt,
Speaker 2: with a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US
Speaker 2: President Donald Trump postponed in definitely. After a two hour
Speaker 2: phone call between the leaders last week, Trump announced Putin
Speaker 2: had agreed to meet him for a summit in Budapest
Speaker 2: later this month. However, the meeting has been delayed following
Speaker 2: a call between Secretary of State Margot Rubio and Russian
Speaker 2: Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Trump has since told reporters quote,
Speaker 2: I don't want to have a wasted meeting at a
Speaker 2: wasted time, so I will see what happens. A Kremlin
Speaker 2: spokesperson claimed the summit was not confirmed and said quote,
Speaker 2: you can't postpone what was not scheduled. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President
Speaker 2: Voladimir Zelenski is expected to meet with European Union leaders
Speaker 2: over the coming days to discuss further efforts to end
Speaker 2: the war.
Speaker 1: And today's good news, researchers have put forward a solution
Speaker 1: to end the algal bloom in South Australia and prevent
Speaker 1: future marine disasters. Conservation scientists with the Nature Conservancy say
Speaker 1: the humble oyster could hold the key to addressing the
Speaker 1: toxic bloom and protecting our oceans for generations to come.
Speaker 1: Oyster reefs are natural filtration systems which act as the
Speaker 1: kidneys of the sea. According to TNC Australia's Director of Oceans,
Speaker 1: doctor MICHAELA. De Misa, a joint essay and federal funding deal,
Speaker 1: we'll see around ten million dollars allocated to shellfish reef
Speaker 1: restoration using recycled oyster shells to quote create a natural
Speaker 1: habitat for new oysters. And Marine Life. Demisa called it
Speaker 1: an encouraging first step, but said more investment is required
Speaker 1: to future proof coastlines nationally. Through large scale habitat restoration,
Speaker 1: she said, we can fix the current crisis.
Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily OOS newsroom. If you're
Speaker 2: looking for something else to listen to, you can check
Speaker 2: out today's deep dive on what happened during Prime Minister
Speaker 2: Albanese's long awaited meeting with Donald Trump.
Speaker 1: We will be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive,
Speaker 1: but until then, have a great night.
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