1 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: From The Daily Os. 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 2: I'm Billy fit Simons, I'm Emma Gillespie. 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: It's Monday the ninth or February. Here's what's making headlines 4 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: this evening. 5 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 2: Speculation is growing that the Liberal Party will hold a 6 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 2: leadership challenge this week, which could see Opposition leader Susan 7 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 2: Lee lose her job. It comes after a recent opinion 8 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 2: poll by The Australian which shows the party's popularity has 9 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 2: continued to plummet to historic lows. More than sixty percent 10 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 2: of people surveyed said they are dissatisfied with Lee's performance, 11 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 2: making her the most unpopular major party leader in at 12 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:42,520 Speaker 2: least two decades. According to the poll. The opposition's defense 13 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 2: spokesperson Angus Taylor is considered the most likely candidate to 14 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 2: replace Lee. On Monday, she insisted she'd remain as leader, 15 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 2: telling Nines Today quote, I've been elected by my party room. 16 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 2: I'm up for the job and we know that we 17 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 2: have to hold this government to account. 18 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: The Australian man who killed fifty one people at two 19 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 1: mosques in New Zealand's deadliest mass shooting in twenty nineteen 20 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: has sought to have his guilty please discarded Brenton Tarrant 21 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 1: told the Court of Appeal in Wellington on Monday that 22 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: he wasn't in a rational frame of mind when he 23 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: admitted to the crimes. If his bid is successful, his 24 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:25,320 Speaker 1: case will return to court for a trial. He's also 25 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: seeking to appeal his sentence of life without the chance 26 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: of parole, which had never been imposed in New Zealand before. 27 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,679 Speaker 1: Australian sprint sensation Gout. Gout has opted not to compete 28 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: at this year's Commonwealth Games, which start in late July 29 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: in Glasgow, Scotland. The eighteen year old will instead focus 30 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: on the World Under twenty Championships in August. Gout is 31 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: hoping to emulate Usain Bolt, who launched his career with 32 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: gold in the. 33 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 2: Two hundred meters at the Under twenty World Champs in 34 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 2: two thousand and two. Australian team Chef de mission Petria 35 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 2: Thomas said she understood Gout's decision, noting he's building towards 36 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 2: the Brisbane at twenty thirty two Olympics. 37 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: Keeping within sport. Today's good news Australian man Michael Dixon 38 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: has become the second ever Australian to play in and 39 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: win a Super Bowl Sydney Boughn. Dixon helped the Seattle 40 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: Seahawks defeat the New England Patriots on Sunday. Dixon is 41 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: widely considered the best punter in the league and is 42 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: the Seahawks' longest serving player. After the win, Dixon told reporters, 43 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: I love my family, my friend's Australia. I can't wait 44 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: to get home and eat some chips and some chicken salt. 45 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: I'm craving that and a pame that would be nice. 46 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 2: What a legend. And it's the second consecutive year, Billy, 47 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 2: that an Assie has played in a Super Bowl winning side. 48 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 2: We had Jordan Maylada last year achieving the feet with 49 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 2: the Philadelphia ego. 50 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: It's just going to be every consecutive year after this one. 51 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what I'm hearing. 52 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: One day it will be uri Yeah, obviously the. 53 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 2: Most likely story. That's it from the Daily Oo's newsroom 54 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 2: for today, But if you are looking for something else 55 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 2: to listen to, you can catch up on this morning's 56 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 2: deep dive about the rape case embroiling the Norwegian royal family. 57 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive, but 58 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: until then, we hope you have a lovely afternoon. My 59 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda, Bungelung 60 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: Calkatin woman from Gadighl country. The Daily oz acknowledges that 61 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: this podcast is recorded on the lands of the Gadighl 62 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 1: people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait 63 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: Island and nations. We pay our respects to the first 64 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: peoples of these countries, both past and present.