Speaker 1: From The Daily Os. I'm Lucy Tassel, I'm Billy FitzSimons.
Speaker 1: It's Thursday, the twenty fifth of September. Here's what's making
Speaker 1: headlines this evening.
Speaker 2: The E Safety Commissioner will consider extending the government's upcoming
Speaker 2: social media ban for under sixteens to include more platforms.
Speaker 2: Commissioner Julie Inmngrand has ridden to several apps and sites,
Speaker 2: including Reddit, Pinterest, Roadblocks, Twitch and WhatsApp. Communications Minister Anika
Speaker 2: Wells told The Daily Os the process is aimed at
Speaker 2: protecting children from online harm.
Speaker 3: The Safety Commissioner has asked platforms to go through a
Speaker 3: self assessment tool to see whether they qualify as a
Speaker 3: social media platform. The fact that Commissionerman Grant has written
Speaker 3: too many platforms to ask them to go through this process.
Speaker 3: It's just about thoroughness and due diligence, and many of
Speaker 3: those platforms will self assess as not qualifying for the
Speaker 3: social media laws, and the E Safety Commissioner may or
Speaker 3: may not agree with the assessment, but that's all due
Speaker 3: diligence that will keep on foot over the next few
Speaker 3: weeks as we move towards ten December.
Speaker 1: Former Liberal candidate Giselle Capterian has withdrawn a High Court
Speaker 1: challenge contesting the federal election result in Bradfield. The Sydney
Speaker 1: seat was one of the last to be called following
Speaker 1: the May election. A recount put independent Nicolette Buller twenty
Speaker 1: six votes ahead of Capterian, who launched a legal challenge
Speaker 1: in July. The Tech executive said at the time that
Speaker 1: she wanted to ensure Bradfield voters quote intentions had been
Speaker 1: accurately reflected in the count. However, after a final review
Speaker 1: of the ballot papers, Captarian said she is now quote
Speaker 1: satisfied that overall the correct outcome has been declared. In
Speaker 1: a concession posted to Instagram, Capterian wrote, we have taken
Speaker 1: the decision to no longer press the petition for a
Speaker 1: final review in court. I wish Miss Buller all the
Speaker 1: best and I thank the people of Bradfield. She said.
Speaker 2: At least eighteen people have died as a super typhoon
Speaker 2: continues to wreak havoc across East Asia. Typhoon Regassa has
Speaker 2: brought severe conditions, including flooding and strong winds to parts
Speaker 2: of the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China this week.
Speaker 2: Wind gas of over two hundred and eighty kilometers per
Speaker 2: hour were recorded during Regas's peak on Monday, making it
Speaker 2: the most powerful storm in the world this year. According
Speaker 2: to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Hawaii. More than
Speaker 2: a million residents in southern China's Guangdong Province has been
Speaker 2: forced to evacuate as Regassa moves west towards Vietnam. Hundreds
Speaker 2: of people have been injured, while at least forty six
Speaker 2: are missing.
Speaker 1: And today's good news, a breakthrough treatment for early Alzheimer's
Speaker 1: has been approved for use in Australia. The drug, called Leakembi,
Speaker 1: works by targeting a type of protein fragment linked to
Speaker 1: Alzheimer's disease, which forms in between nerve cells in the brain.
Speaker 1: Lackmbie has now been approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration
Speaker 1: or TGA for eligible patients diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment
Speaker 1: due to Alzheimer's disease and early Alzheimer's. The disease is
Speaker 1: a progressive and irreversible neurodegenerative brain condition. Chair of the
Speaker 1: Support Organization Professionals with Alzheimer's Global Kathy Roth welcome to
Speaker 1: the TGA's decision, saying the disease has a quote profound
Speaker 1: impact on patients, families and careers. Roth called new treatment
Speaker 1: options crucial to give Australians living with Alzheimer's quote new
Speaker 1: opportunities to manage the progression of the disease.
Speaker 2: That's the latest from the dallyio's newsroom. If you're looking
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Speaker 2: today's deep dive on the second Space Race and the
Speaker 2: plan to return to the Moon for the first time
Speaker 2: in over fifty years.
Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive. Until then,
Speaker 1: have a great evening.
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