1 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: From The Daily Oz. I'm billy, I'm emma. It's Monday, 2 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 1: the seventeenth of February. He's what's making headlines this evening. 3 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 2: The twenty twenty six census will include a new topic 4 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 2: on sexual orientation and gender and changes to ten existing topics, 5 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 2: The Australian Bureau of Statistics has confirmed. It comes after 6 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 2: the government announced gender and sexuality questions would be included 7 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 2: in the next survey following backlash over its handling of 8 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 2: the issue last year. According to the findings of a 9 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 2: census topic review handed down today, the twenty twenty six 10 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 2: census will ask for sex recorded at birth. Non gender 11 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 2: terms will also be added to the household and Family 12 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:51,840 Speaker 2: Relationship section to be more inclusive, and a new topic 13 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 2: on sexual orientation and gender will apply to over sixteen 14 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 2: year olds. The new topic will include two questions. The 15 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 2: exact wording of the questions will be published by the 16 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 2: end of the year. 17 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 1: National high school completion rates have improved for the first 18 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: time since twenty seventeen. According to new government data, the 19 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: percentage of students staying at school from year seven until 20 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: year twelve rose to around eighty per cent in twenty 21 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: twenty four. Up from seventy nine per cent in twenty 22 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 1: twenty three. For First nation students, this figure increased from 23 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: fifty five point nine per cent to fifty six point 24 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,199 Speaker 1: seven percent. Meanwhile, the number of full time teaching staff 25 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 1: rose by around three percent last year. A staffing boost 26 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: has led to improved student to teacher ratios, which fell 27 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: to an average of twelve point nine students to one teacher. 28 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 2: European leaders will meet for crisis talks over fears Ukraine 29 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 2: has been shut out of US Russia peace talks in 30 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 2: Saudi Arabia nearly three years since Russia invaded Ukraine. American 31 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 2: and Russian officials are expected to attend negotiations to end 32 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 2: the conflict the US this week. However, the White House 33 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 2: has not confirmed any Ukrainian officials have been invited. It's 34 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 2: prompted French President Emmanuel Macron to call an urgent meeting 35 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 2: of EU leaders on Monday in Paris. In an op 36 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 2: ed for British newspaper The Telegraph, British PM Kiir Starmer 37 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,639 Speaker 2: confirmed he would be attending and urged the US and 38 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,959 Speaker 2: Europe to work together to deter Russian aggression. Starmer said 39 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 2: he's prepared to send British troops to Ukraine. I do 40 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 2: not say this lightly, he wrote, but any role in 41 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 2: helping to guarantee Ukraine's security is helping to guarantee the 42 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 2: security of our continent. 43 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: And today's good news. The first AFL Indigenous All Stars 44 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: game in a decade has drawn record crowds. Nearly thirty 45 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 1: eight thousand fans showed up to watch the All Stars 46 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:51,959 Speaker 1: forty three point victory over Fremantle at Perth Stadium on Saturday. 47 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: Around ten thousand spectators attended the last AFL Indigenous All 48 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: Stars round in twenty fifteen. This year's pregame schedule included 49 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: a Guard of honor made up of past players, partners, 50 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: Indigenous AFL W players and non playing All Stars squad members, 51 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 1: and an All Stars war cry led by Saint Kilda 52 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: star Bradley Hill. North Melbourne co captain Jay Simpkin was 53 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: awarded Player of the Match. 54 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily OS newsroom. If you're 55 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 2: looking for something else to listen to, make sure you 56 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 2: catch up on today's deep Dive, where Billy and Zara 57 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 2: explain Elon Musk's role in the White House. 58 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,639 Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive. Until then, 59 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: have a great evening. My name is Lily Maddon and 60 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: I'm a proud Arunda Bunjelung Calcottin woman from Gadigol Country. 61 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: The Daily oz acknowledges that this podcast is recorded on 62 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: the lands of the Gadighl people and pays respect to 63 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: all Aboriginal and Torres Strait island and nations. We pay 64 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: our respects to the first peoples of these countries, both 65 00:03:58,960 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: past and present.