Speaker 1: From The Daily Os. I'm Lucy Tassel, I'm Billy fitz Simons.
Speaker 1: It's Thursday, the fifteenth of May. Here's what's making headlines
Speaker 1: this evening.
Speaker 2: The Greens have unanimously elected a new leader, Larissa Waters,
Speaker 2: after former leader Adam Bandt lost his seat at the
Speaker 2: federal election. Waters has been a Senator for Queensland since
Speaker 2: twenty ten, with a brief break in twenty seventeen after
Speaker 2: she was found to hold dual citizenship with Canada. She's
Speaker 2: also known for being the first MP to breastfeed in Parliament,
Speaker 2: standing to speak to the Senate while doing so. The
Speaker 2: Deputy Greens leader will be Senator Marine Ferruci, who was
Speaker 2: contested for the role by Senator Derinda Cox. Speaking to
Speaker 2: media after her election, Senator Waters said she was thrilled
Speaker 2: to take on the role and that she would seek
Speaker 2: to take strong action on the climate crisis and to
Speaker 2: deliver politics with heart.
Speaker 1: The Israeli Defense Forces have launched a new bombardment of Jaza,
Speaker 1: which the Hamas run Health Ministry says killed at least
Speaker 1: eighty people, a quarter of whom were children. The United
Speaker 1: Nations said the IDF bombed a hospital in the city
Speaker 1: of khn Unis twice in twenty four hours, where a
Speaker 1: team from the World Health Organization were working. The IDF
Speaker 1: has accused Hamas of using hospitals and schools as human shields,
Speaker 1: and Israeli media has reported the force is trying to
Speaker 1: confirm if the current leader of Hamas was killed in
Speaker 1: the strike on the khn Unis hospital. Meanwhile, UN Emergency
Speaker 1: Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher has told the Security Council Israel
Speaker 1: is quote deliberately and unashamedly imposing inhumane conditions on Palestinians
Speaker 1: in Gaza, and that every person in Gaza is experiencing famine.
Speaker 2: Australia's unemployment rate is at four point one percent, remaining
Speaker 2: steady since the beginning of the year. According to the ABS,
Speaker 2: the unemployment rate measures a percentage of people who are
Speaker 2: looking looking for work but couldn't find any. The number
Speaker 2: of employed people remains high, with more than fourteen point
Speaker 2: six million people in work across April. Of that group,
Speaker 2: more than ten million are in full time work. In
Speaker 2: April twenty twenty five, more than eighty nine thousand Australians
Speaker 2: found jobs, while the number of Australians looking for work
Speaker 2: increased by six thy three hundred. Australia's unemployment rate has
Speaker 2: hovered around this level since December twenty twenty three, following
Speaker 2: a peak during the height of the pandemic.
Speaker 1: And today's good news, the US Centers for Disease Control
Speaker 1: and Prevention aka the CDC have announced that deaths by
Speaker 1: drug overdoses were down almost thirty percent in twenty twenty
Speaker 1: four compared to the previous year. The rate of deaths
Speaker 1: declined across every category of drugs, including opioids. It was
Speaker 1: also the lowest number of recorded drug overdose deaths since
Speaker 1: the early months of the pandemic. In a statement, the
Speaker 1: CDC called the results remarkable and said they show quote
Speaker 1: public health intervents are making a difference and having a
Speaker 1: meaningful impact. It also said the drop in depths could
Speaker 1: be interpreted as eighty one lives being saved every day
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four compared to twenty twenty three.
Speaker 2: That's the latest from the dally Oos newsroom.
Speaker 1: If you're looking for something else, you can listen to
Speaker 1: today's deep dive on the abortion bill that has sparked
Speaker 1: debate in New South Wales.
Speaker 2: We'll be back again tomorrow morning. With another deep dive,
Speaker 2: but until then, have a great evening.
Speaker 1: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda
Speaker 1: bunjelung Caalcutin woman from Gadighl country. The Daily oz acknowledges
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Speaker 1: Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torres
Speaker 1: Strait Island and nations. We pay our respects to the
Speaker 1: first peoples of these countries, both past and present.