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Speaker 1: From the Daily Os. I'm zara, i'm emma. It's Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: the fifth of March. Here's what's making headlines this evening.

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Speaker 2: Evacuation centers are opening in New South Wales and Queensland

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Speaker 2: as authorities finalized preparations ahead of cyclone Alfred making landfall.

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Speaker 2: The category two system is expected to cross the coast

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Speaker 2: south of Brisbane late on Thursday or early Friday. Residents

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Speaker 2: across southeast Queensland and the New South Wales Northern Rivers

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Speaker 2: region are being told to brace for dangerous winds, heavy rainfall,

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Speaker 2: flash flooding and storm surges. The New South Wales SES

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Speaker 2: has urged flood pro Northern Rivers communities to consider relocating,

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Speaker 2: while police have been daw knocking to warn residents in

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Speaker 2: at risk areas of Brisbane. Hundreds of school closures have

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Speaker 2: been announced in both states. Domestic and international services out

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Speaker 2: of the Gold Coast have been canceled, with the airport

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Speaker 2: there closing this afternoon.

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Speaker 1: A second nurse has been charged over an antisemitic video

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Speaker 1: broadcast from Bankstown Hospital in Sydney last month. The video

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Speaker 1: allegedly shows the two nurses making threats against Israeli patients.

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Speaker 1: A twenty seven year old man has been charged with

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Speaker 1: using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend. He's

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Speaker 1: also been charged over drug possession. It comes after a

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Speaker 1: twenty six year old woman was charged over the same

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Speaker 1: incident last month. She's also facing additional charges relating to

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Speaker 1: threatening violence. The nurses have been stood down for their

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Speaker 1: roles with New South Wales Health. Both have been granted

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Speaker 1: bail and are expected to face court later this month.

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Speaker 2: Lone wolf attackers perpetrated the majority of terror incidents in

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Speaker 2: Western democracies last year, according to new data. The twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty four Global Terrorism Index out today describes lone wolf

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Speaker 2: attacks as terrorism perpetrated by individuals acting on their own initiative,

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Speaker 2: compared to attacks by organized terror cells. The Institute for

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Speaker 2: Economics and Peace report shows terror incidents were recorded in

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Speaker 2: sixty six countries last year, up from fifty eight in

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty three. However, deaths from terrorism fell to seven

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Speaker 2: thousand to five hundred and fifty five in twenty twenty four,

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Speaker 2: down thirteen percent from the previous year. The data also

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Speaker 2: shows there's been an increase in the number of attacks

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Speaker 2: by under eighteen year.

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Speaker 1: Olds and Today's Good News. A team of researchers at

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Speaker 1: Louisiana State University have developed a sustainable alternative to plastic

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Speaker 1: Marti Gras beads. The beads are a popular New Orleans

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Speaker 1: Mardi Gras tradition, but it's estimated that several tons of

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Speaker 1: the colorful strands end up in landfill every year. Now,

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Speaker 1: local scientists have developed an eco friendly recycling solution to

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Speaker 1: this problem. The Plant Me beads are made up of

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Speaker 1: several biodegradable outer shells, with plant and flower seeds stored

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Speaker 1: within each bead. As discarded chains break down in soil,

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Speaker 1: flowers will grow in their place. As someone who has

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Speaker 1: been in New Orleans Mardi Gras, I can attest to

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Speaker 1: how many of these beads you will find on the street.

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Speaker 2: Well, sounds like there will be thousands of flowers blooming

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Speaker 2: in your time. That is the latest from the Daily

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Speaker 2: OS newsroom. But if you're looking for something else to

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Speaker 2: listen to, check out today's Deep Dive, where we explain

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Speaker 2: the latest gender pay up data from thousands of Australian

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Speaker 2: employers and talk through what the gender pag up actually means.

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Speaker 1: We'll be back again tomorrow morning with another deep dive.

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Speaker 1: But until then, have a great evening. My name is

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Speaker 1: Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda Bungelung Calcotin woman

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Speaker 1: from Gadigol Country. The Daily oz acknowledges that this podcast

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Speaker 1: is recorded on the lands of the Gadighl people and

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Speaker 1: pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait island and nations.

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Speaker 1: We pay our respects to the first peoples of these countries,

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Speaker 1: both past and present.