1 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: From The Daily Os. 2 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:08,719 Speaker 2: I'm Sam Kazlowski, I'm Lucy Tassel. 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: It's Thursday, the twenty sixth of June. Here's what's making 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: headlines this evening. 5 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 2: Jailed whistleblower David McBride has lodged an appeal application to 6 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 2: Australia's highest court seeking to overturn charges for leaking secret 7 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 2: defense documents. The former military lawyer was convicted for sharing 8 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 2: classified files with journalists which claimed the Defense Force was 9 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 2: illegally investigating soldiers who hadn't done anything wrong. McBride maintains 10 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:38,519 Speaker 2: it was his duty to report the conduct because it 11 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 2: was in the public interest, but he was sentenced to 12 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 2: five years and eight months in prison last year after 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 2: a previous appeal was dismissed in the Act Supreme Court. 14 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 2: His legal team has now made a submission to the 15 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 2: High Court seeking to challenge the conviction. The application argues 16 00:00:55,360 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 2: military duty cannot require blind quote obedience to orders, waiting 17 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 2: legal principles dating back to the post World War II 18 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 2: trials of Nazi leaders. It's not clear when the High 19 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 2: Court will decide if it will hear the case. 20 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 1: A former student of Western Sydney University has been charged 21 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: over a series of cyber attacks between twenty twenty one 22 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: and twenty twenty five. The twenty seven year old woman 23 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: is facing twenty charges, including offenses related to accessing restricted data, 24 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: using deception for financial gain, and threatening to sell student 25 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: information on the dark web. New Southwales police alleged she 26 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: initially hacked WSU to get discounted parking, before progressing over 27 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: time to more serious breaches. This included changing academic results 28 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: and fraud offenses after she had left the university. Detective 29 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: Acting Superintendent Jason Smith said police believe the cyber breaches 30 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: were motivated by the woman's quote unresolved grievances with the UNI. 31 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: Smith said the attacks caused significant disruptions and impacted hundreds 32 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: of staff and students. The woman has been refused bail 33 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: and is due in court this week. 34 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 2: The death penalty will be abolished in Vietnam for several crimes, 35 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 2: including embezzlement, spying, and attempting to overthrow the government. The 36 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 2: change comes into effect next week and means a real 37 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 2: estate tycoon convicted over a twelve billion dollar bank fraud 38 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 2: case will have her life spared. Trong Mai Lan was 39 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 2: found guilty of corruption for stealing billions of dollars from 40 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 2: one of Vietnam's biggest banks and sentenced to death last year. 41 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 2: A reform passed unanimously by the Vietnamese Parliament means Trong 42 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 2: and others convicted of fraud, espionage and conspiracy will now 43 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 2: spend life behind bars. The death penalty will still be 44 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 2: used for murder and terrorism offenses in the country. 45 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 1: And today's good news. Scientists have used ancient DNA to 46 00:02:56,080 --> 00:03:00,080 Speaker 1: create a realistic facial reconstruction of a woman who live 47 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:04,079 Speaker 1: in Europe ten and a half thousand years ago. Researchers 48 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: with Belgium's Against University believe the woman was part of 49 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: a nomadic hunter gatherer group in the country's Mayuz Valley. 50 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 1: Her well preserved remains were discovered in nineteen eighty eight, 51 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 1: and advancements in DNA technology mean scientists now have a 52 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: clear picture of what she might have looked like. Archeologists 53 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: and artists work together on a digital reconstruction, determining the 54 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 1: woman had dark hair, blue eyes, and lighter skin than 55 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: many other Mesolithic Europeans. They're people who lived in Europe 56 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: in the Middle Stone Age. 57 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily Oz newsroom. If you're 58 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 2: looking for something else to listen to, you can check 59 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 2: out today's deep dive on the good news stories you 60 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 2: might have missed this week. We'll be back tomorrow with 61 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 2: another deep dive, but until then, enjoy your evening. My 62 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 2: name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda Bunjelung 63 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 2: Kalkotin woman from Gadigal Country. The Daily oz acknowledges that 64 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 2: this podcast is recorded on the lands of the Gadigal 65 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 2: people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torrestrate island 66 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 2: and nations. We pay our respects to the first peoples 67 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 2: of these countries, both past and present.