1
00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:08,280
Speaker 1: From the Daily Os. I'm Lucy Tassel, i'm Emma Gillespie.

2
00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:11,520
Speaker 1: It's Thursday, the nineteenth of February. His was making headlines

3
00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:12,119
Speaker 1: this evening.

4
00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,120
Speaker 2: The unemployment rate held steady at four point one percent

5
00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:20,800
Speaker 2: for January, with nearly eighteen thousand jobs created according to

6
00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,560
Speaker 2: the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Figures out today fell slightly

7
00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:28,560
Speaker 2: below expectations, with economists warning another interest rate rise is

8
00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,680
Speaker 2: likely in the coming months. According to the ABS, the

9
00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,360
Speaker 2: number of people in full time work increased by fifty

10
00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,240
Speaker 2: thousand last month, but that was partly offset by a

11
00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,360
Speaker 2: drop in the number of part time employees. Treasurer Jim

12
00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:44,040
Speaker 2: Chalmers described the job market as resilient during a challenging

13
00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,839
Speaker 2: economic period and said four point one percent unemployment is

14
00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:52,160
Speaker 2: very low by historical standards. Deputy Opposition Leader Jane Hume

15
00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,720
Speaker 2: said Australians a quote doing their bit but still falling behind.

16
00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,680
Speaker 2: It comes after separate ABS figures released yesterday showed wage

17
00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,160
Speaker 2: growth has fallen below the rate of inflation for the

18
00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,800
Speaker 2: first time since September twenty twenty three.

19
00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:12,160
Speaker 1: Complaints to Australia's Telecommunications on birdsmen have surged following multiple

20
00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,839
Speaker 1: recent triple zero autages across the Optus and Telstra networks.

21
00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,080
Speaker 1: A new report also showed a spike in concerns about

22
00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:23,200
Speaker 1: Internet autages and rising claims for compensation. The findings come

23
00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:26,480
Speaker 1: after an Optus outage impacted triple zero calls in four

24
00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:30,440
Speaker 1: states and territories for almost fourteen hours in September twenty

25
00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:34,840
Speaker 1: twenty five. In November, Telstra reported a hardware problem preventing

26
00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:39,320
Speaker 1: some older Samsung phones from connecting to emergency services. Telstra,

27
00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,760
Speaker 1: Australia's the biggest telco, announced a one point one billion

28
00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:46,000
Speaker 1: dollar half year net profit today, up nine point four

29
00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,000
Speaker 1: percent from the same time. In twenty twenty.

30
00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:55,320
Speaker 2: Four, e commerce giant eBay will buy secondhand clothing app

31
00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,320
Speaker 2: d pop for one point seven billion dollars. Etsy has

32
00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:01,840
Speaker 2: agreed to sell all the popular platform at a loss

33
00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,720
Speaker 2: after it purchased deep Hop for over two billion dollars

34
00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,760
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty one. A statement from eBay said the

35
00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:12,000
Speaker 2: acquisition is an opportunity to capture a younger demographic. According

36
00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,080
Speaker 2: to figures released in December, deepop's marketplace had more than

37
00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:19,400
Speaker 2: three million active sellers and seven million active buyers. Nearly

38
00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,680
Speaker 2: ninety percent of deep hoop buyers are aged under thirty

39
00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,400
Speaker 2: four years.

40
00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:29,840
Speaker 1: And today's good news. Playing Tetris could help reduce distressing

41
00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:33,840
Speaker 1: memories of trauma. Researchers have found. The University of Cambridge

42
00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,919
Speaker 1: partnered with Oxford University and other global institutions to study

43
00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,200
Speaker 1: health workers who had been exposed to trauma at work

44
00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,160
Speaker 1: during the pandemic. The results of a trial showed the

45
00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:47,760
Speaker 1: quote's simple digital intervention of playing tetris could dramatically lessen

46
00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:52,280
Speaker 1: the frequency of intrusive memories experienced by participants. Study co

47
00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,280
Speaker 1: author Charlotte Summers said, quote at a time when global

48
00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:59,440
Speaker 1: healthcare systems remain under intense pressure, the discovery is an

49
00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:00,800
Speaker 1: exciting step forward.

50
00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,000
Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily oz newsroom for today.

51
00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,240
Speaker 2: But if you're looking for something else, you can catch

52
00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,560
Speaker 2: up on this morning's deep dive. Should Australia let iss

53
00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:11,359
Speaker 2: fighters families return.

54
00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:14,440
Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive. Until then,

55
00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:20,600
Speaker 1: have a good one. My name is Lily Maddon and

56
00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:24,400
Speaker 1: I'm a proud Arunda Bungelung Calkotin woman from Gadighl Country.

57
00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,359
Speaker 1: The Daily oz acknowledges that this podcast is recorded on

58
00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:30,880
Speaker 1: the lands of the Gadighl people and pays respect to

59
00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,400
Speaker 1: all Aboriginal and torrestrate island and nations. We pay our

60
00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,600
Speaker 1: respects to the first peoples of these countries, both past

61
00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:38,160
Speaker 1: and present