1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: From The Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tassel. 2 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:10,959 Speaker 1: It's Tuesday, the twenty fourth of March. Here's what's making 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 1: headlines this evening. 4 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:17,600 Speaker 2: Australia and the European Union have agreed to a new 5 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 2: free trade deal aimed at reducing tariffs and expanding exports. 6 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 2: Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi and European Commission President Ursula Vondalyon 7 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 2: signed the agreement in Canberra today after almost a decade 8 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 2: of negotiations. As part of the deal, Australia has agreed 9 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 2: to scrap a five percent import tariff on EU goods. 10 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:42,840 Speaker 2: It means European food, wine, cars and clothes will become 11 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 2: cheaper for Australian consumers. In return, the EU will remove 12 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 2: import tariffs on a range of Australian goods, including critical minerals. 13 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 2: Both sides have also agreed to increased military cooperation, including 14 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 2: on cybersecurity and counter terrorism. Uz and Vonderlyon called the 15 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,839 Speaker 2: deal a quote win win for people and businesses. 16 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: Under sixteen year olds in Queensland will be banned from 17 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: riding e scooters and e bikes, while riders over sixteen 18 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: must hold at least a learner's license. The state government 19 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: has announced legislation set to be introduced this week will 20 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 1: penalize parents, retailers and operators found to be facilitating unlawful 21 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: e bike use. Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg said the reforms 22 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: are about protecting community safety following a spike in related hospitalizations. 23 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: The new law will also grant police more powers to 24 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: randomly breath test riders and seize and destroy illegal bikes 25 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: and scooters. Queensland's Liberal National government has a majority in 26 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: the one house of state Parliament, meaning the legislation is 27 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: expected to pass. 28 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 2: At least sixty six people have died and dozens are 29 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 2: injured after a Colombian military plane in the country's southern 30 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 2: Amazon region. The air Force carrier was transporting troops when 31 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 2: it went down near Columbia's border with Peru shortly after 32 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 2: takeoff on Monday local time. The country's Defense Minister, Pedro 33 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 2: Sanchez said a fire at the crash site caused quote 34 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 2: some of the ammunition carried by the troops on board 35 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 2: to detonate. Sanchez confirmed the plane was in quote airworthy 36 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 2: condition and the crew was properly qualified. Authority said there's 37 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 2: no indication the plane was attacked, calling the incident a 38 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 2: tragic accident. 39 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: And today's good news. A decades long archaeological dig in 40 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 1: Egypt has uncovered to do lists and receipts dating back 41 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: three thousand years. The University of Tibingen in Germany and 42 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 1: the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities have been working 43 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: together to recover artifacts from the ancient city of Athribus 44 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: since two thousand and five. In the last eight years alone, 45 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 1: they found more than forty two thousand items and fragments. 46 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: Most recently, the team has discovered tax receipts, lists and 47 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:07,359 Speaker 1: inscriptions from as far back as the third century BCE. 48 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,519 Speaker 1: The site's director, Professor Christian Lets, said, the findings show 49 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: us an astonishing variety of everyday situations, giving us quote, 50 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: a direct insight into the lives of the people who 51 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: lived there in ancient Egyptian times. 52 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 2: It's like, have you ever seen the receipt or the 53 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 2: complaint letter for the copper merchant from ancient Mesopotamia? I 54 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 2: wonder if they'll find anything like that. 55 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: I missed that one sly. 56 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 2: It's great. It's a several thousand year old receipt complaining 57 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 2: about the quality of copper. Well, it's by a merchant 58 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 2: named a Nica. We don't change, We don't change. Actually, 59 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 2: that is the latest from The Daily OL's newsroom. If 60 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 2: you're looking for something else, you can catch up on 61 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 2: this morning's deep dive on the rise of One Nation. 62 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive, but 63 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: until then, have a good one. 64 00:03:57,920 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 2: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud at 65 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 2: an Unda Bunjelung Kalkadin woman from Gadighl Country. The Daily 66 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 2: oz acknowledges that this podcast is recorded on the lands 67 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 2: of the Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal 68 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 2: and torrest Rate island and nations. We pay our respects 69 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,799 Speaker 2: to the first peoples of these countries, both past and present.