WEBVTT - Explaining the latest cancer breakthrough

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<v Speaker 1>Already, and this is the Daily This is the Daily.

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<v Speaker 1>Ohs oh, now it makes sense.

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<v Speaker 2>Good morning, and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Saturday,

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<v Speaker 2>the twenty second of February.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm Zara, I'm Emma, and it's that time of the week, Zara,

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<v Speaker 3>where we pause reflect, talk about the joyful moments from

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<v Speaker 3>the news cycle that you might have missed this week.

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<v Speaker 4>Our favorite time of the week.

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<v Speaker 1>Our favorite time of the week.

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<v Speaker 5>And we're kicking things off today with a story I

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<v Speaker 5>didn't think we would be including in this podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, a story about cancer treatment.

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<v Speaker 4>I know.

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<v Speaker 2>I do want to say it's very rare and very

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<v Speaker 2>strange to be talking about cancer treatment in a good

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<v Speaker 2>news podcast, But I think that's what makes this story

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<v Speaker 2>so incredible. And what has happened is that this week

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<v Speaker 2>there were results from a clinical trial that were published,

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<v Speaker 2>and those results proved that the majority of melanoma patients

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<v Speaker 2>whose disease had spread to their brains could essentially be

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<v Speaker 2>cured with a new treatment plan.

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<v Speaker 1>This is huge breakthrough, right, huge.

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<v Speaker 2>Breakthrough, and what are the first breakthroughs we've had in

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<v Speaker 2>this field in so long? So just to delve into

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<v Speaker 2>what the findings were, the results found that in using

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<v Speaker 2>this combination immunotherapy, and this is something that Professor Georgina Long,

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<v Speaker 2>who was the former Australian of the Year. We chatted

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<v Speaker 2>to her on this podcast before. This is something she's

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<v Speaker 2>really pioneered, this new treatment plan. Essentially, it found that

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<v Speaker 2>with using this treatment there was an overall survival rate

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<v Speaker 2>of forty eight percent of patients, with that rate then

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<v Speaker 2>increasing to fifty one percent of patients when they were

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<v Speaker 2>given the immunotherapy treatment up front.

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<v Speaker 5>This is the treatment that some people might be familiar

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<v Speaker 5>with in the conversation around Professor Richard Scollier, a co

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<v Speaker 5>Australian of the Year exactly who pioneered with Georgina Loong

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<v Speaker 5>the melanoma treatment of this similar nature.

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<v Speaker 1>And then together or through sort of.

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<v Speaker 5>Georgina Lung's work, they trialed this combination immunotherapy on Richards

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<v Speaker 5>Golia's tumor exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think just to go to the heart of

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<v Speaker 2>why this story matters so much. You know, you hear

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<v Speaker 2>a good news story about a cancer treatment and sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>it can.

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<v Speaker 4>Be quite obscure.

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<v Speaker 2>But just to really ground why this is such a

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<v Speaker 2>big story. Australia has the highest melanoma rates in the world,

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<v Speaker 2>there's one person diagnosed with the disease every thirty minutes,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's one person dying every six hours. Then, to

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<v Speaker 2>delve deeper into this cohort, brain metastases are present in

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<v Speaker 2>between thirty and forty percent of patients at diagnosis with

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<v Speaker 2>stage four melanoma and those are the type of patients

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<v Speaker 2>that were involved in this clinical trial. And so in

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<v Speaker 2>the past, prior to this trial, these patients only survived

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<v Speaker 2>for around sixteen weeks.

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<v Speaker 5>That is so scary. But as you mentioned, rarely we

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<v Speaker 5>see breakthroughs.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, it's kind of a field and now there's

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<v Speaker 2>hope for the very first time. And to Georgina Long,

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<v Speaker 2>she said, we are now confident that these patients are cured,

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<v Speaker 2>a term not used lightly in cancer. I received a

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<v Speaker 2>media release about this new research and the title was

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<v Speaker 2>quite amazing. It said, from just sixteen weeks survival to

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<v Speaker 2>long term disease control, and I think, you know again,

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<v Speaker 2>that is just unbelievable. And Professor Georgina Long and her

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<v Speaker 2>team are just responsible for so much good in this

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<v Speaker 2>world and they deserve all the credit and all the

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<v Speaker 2>success that has come their way.

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<v Speaker 5>Exactly, and that combination therapy that you've spoken about there, Zara,

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<v Speaker 5>is the same type of approach that Georgina Long has

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<v Speaker 5>used to treat Richard Scollia. So he doesn't have a

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<v Speaker 5>brainchimmer connected to melanoma, but it's the success of that

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<v Speaker 5>type of therapy that has been applied to his own treatment. Okay, so, Zara,

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<v Speaker 5>we are next moving on to Mardi Grass celebrations. The

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<v Speaker 5>parade is upon us.

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<v Speaker 2>It is It's been a year, I know, but yes,

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<v Speaker 2>the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade will light

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<v Speaker 2>up Sydney's Oxford Street next week. This year, the slogan

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<v Speaker 2>of Marti Gras is free to Be, and the Mardi

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<v Speaker 2>Gras organization said that the theme is an important celebration

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<v Speaker 2>of the strides made towards LGBTQIA plus equality, while also

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<v Speaker 2>acting as a global reminder that our fight is far

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<v Speaker 2>from over. The CEO of the group said that our

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<v Speaker 2>theme is about making a statement to embrace and rejoice

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<v Speaker 2>in our unique individuality as well as our collective identity.

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<v Speaker 5>Zara, we always see, of course, the Marti Gras celebrations

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<v Speaker 5>culminate in this parade, but it's an annual kind of

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<v Speaker 5>festival of advocacy and events and celebrations more broadly, over

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<v Speaker 5>a period of a few weeks.

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<v Speaker 4>I have a very important event to talk to you about.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh well, thank you, that's what I was getting to.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So next Friday there's going to be what's called

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest Vogue Ball.

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<v Speaker 4>In the Southern Hemisphere. Yeah, you know what a Vogue

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<v Speaker 4>ball is.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the cissy Ball, right.

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<v Speaker 4>Talk to me about it.

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<v Speaker 1>This event.

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<v Speaker 5>I highly recommend you keep your eye out for footage

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<v Speaker 5>of this from social media if you can't attend yourself.

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<v Speaker 5>It is such a celebration of brilliance, of queer joy. Basically,

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<v Speaker 5>if I had to describe it in a couple of sentences,

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<v Speaker 5>just think about like the most impressive poses, strutting, dancing.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's where vogue comes from, Right, you're voguing, posing

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<v Speaker 2>like you're in a magazine.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah. It's like a battle of excellence on the catwalk.

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<v Speaker 5>And we see just like costumes, personalities, drag queens, performers,

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<v Speaker 5>all kinds of amazing people from within the community who

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<v Speaker 5>come across the country to battle it out.

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<v Speaker 1>And honestly, the hype in the room is electric.

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<v Speaker 4>Well there you go.

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<v Speaker 2>So the Vardi Gras Festival will wrap up on Saturday,

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<v Speaker 2>the first of March with that parade that we know

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<v Speaker 2>so well. The ABC is predicting that more than twelve

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<v Speaker 2>thousand people will march and dance down Oxford Street, so

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<v Speaker 2>make sure not to miss that next Saturday. Now, em

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<v Speaker 2>I want to throw the mic to you to explain

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<v Speaker 2>a story that you told me about earlier this week

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<v Speaker 2>that I thought was just an incredible scientific discovery.

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<v Speaker 4>Talk me through the pods in the airport in Texas.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, okay, well I have a good round three words there.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the turbine pods.

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<v Speaker 5>You didn't think we would be talking about today, But

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<v Speaker 5>there is this airport in Texas. It's in Dallas, the

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<v Speaker 5>Dallas love Field Airport, and they started this trial in

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<v Speaker 5>twenty twenty three where they developed these turbine pods.

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<v Speaker 1>They kind of look like pinwheels, you know, those little.

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<v Speaker 5>Toys that you might have had as a kid, kind

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<v Speaker 5>of tiny wind turbines.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess.

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<v Speaker 5>They trialed this at the airport's control tower with a

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<v Speaker 5>prototype which captured energy from the takeoff and landings of planes.

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<v Speaker 1>Razy, so there is so.

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<v Speaker 5>Much wind generated during takeoff and landing at airports. And

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<v Speaker 5>the team that developed these had the clever idea that

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<v Speaker 5>you know, all of that wind could be harnessed and

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<v Speaker 5>converted into electricity. So there was a successful trial where

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<v Speaker 5>they used that power for charging stations inside the airport

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<v Speaker 5>for people to charge you know, phones.

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<v Speaker 1>Laptops, devices.

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<v Speaker 5>Over ten thousand devices were charged in the year of

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<v Speaker 5>that trial, and now they are installing permanently dozens of

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<v Speaker 5>these pods across the airport to develop six charging stations

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<v Speaker 5>inside the airport where passengers can charge the devices, and

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<v Speaker 5>the hopes are that they will create more and more

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<v Speaker 5>of those stations, harness more and more energy, and that

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<v Speaker 5>renewable energy will be used.

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<v Speaker 1>Across other sources.

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<v Speaker 5>I think it's a really clever innovation and you know,

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<v Speaker 5>hopefully inspires other airports to maybe do the same.

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<v Speaker 4>So so smart.

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<v Speaker 5>Speaking of scientific breakthroughs, a very clever team of researchers

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<v Speaker 5>in Victoria have discovered the oldest known fossil.

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<v Speaker 1>Of a mega raptorid.

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<v Speaker 5>Of course, of course, a mega raptorid we know is

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<v Speaker 5>a kind of carnivorous dinosaur. So that has been discovered

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<v Speaker 5>in Victoria alongside the first evidence of another kind.

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<v Speaker 1>Of dinosaur in Australia.

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<v Speaker 5>It's amazing to me that after all these yeah we find,

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<v Speaker 5>we're still finding discoveries from the Cretaceous period.

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<v Speaker 4>So if you are struggling.

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<v Speaker 5>To imagine what a mega raptor might look like, they

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<v Speaker 5>are a type of raptor. If you've seen Jurassic World,

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<v Speaker 5>the raptors that Chris Pratt's character trains.

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<v Speaker 2>Just like a very stereotype I'm looking at it now,

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<v Speaker 2>very stereotypical looking dinosaur.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, in the kind of t rex vibe, like the

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<v Speaker 5>tiny arms, very scary, long powerful legs, long tail. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 5>these fossils were discovered on the coast of Victoria by

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<v Speaker 5>the Museum's Victoria Research Institute and monash Uni PhD student

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<v Speaker 5>Jake Kotevski. Now it's believed they were formed up to

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<v Speaker 5>one hundred and twenty one million years ago. That's nearly

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<v Speaker 5>sixty million years before the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.

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<v Speaker 1>But race copproaches. The other fossil discovered.

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<v Speaker 5>This new one that I mentioned is called a carcer rodontosaur.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't take my word on pronunciation.

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<v Speaker 2>But the best part of podcast is that no one

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<v Speaker 2>can fact check us in real time like you have

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<v Speaker 2>to let us know in the comments if we've pronounced.

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<v Speaker 1>Just talk about me behind my bag like the normal person.

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<v Speaker 5>But this dinosaur is essentially a great white shark with legs,

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<v Speaker 5>absolutely terrifying. But it's the first time something of this

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<v Speaker 5>nature has been discovered and so exciting for that to

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<v Speaker 5>be happening on Australian shores. The fossils of a really

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<v Speaker 5>important insight into Victoria's ancient ecosystem, into the age of

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<v Speaker 5>the dinosaurs globally, and the research team have called this

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<v Speaker 5>discovery groundbreaking.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, m I do want to finish on some homegrown

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<v Speaker 2>talent and that is because the Matilda's star that we

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<v Speaker 2>all know and love, Mary Fowler, has become the first

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<v Speaker 2>player in the Women's Super League history to record at

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<v Speaker 2>least two goal involvements. Don't know what that means, yep,

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<v Speaker 2>Neither it means scoring or assisting in the scoring of

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<v Speaker 2>a goal. So helping to set it up in some

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<v Speaker 2>way yep. Mary Fowler did that four games in a

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<v Speaker 2>row at least twice.

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<v Speaker 4>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>She set up two goals in her side's four nil

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<v Speaker 2>win against Liverpool earlier this week and she dies for

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<v Speaker 2>Man City, she does, and that allowed for her to

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<v Speaker 2>set the record, with her coach crediting her as a

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<v Speaker 2>vital element in Man City's prospects this season. And I

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<v Speaker 2>just think that to see the continued success of Australian

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<v Speaker 2>sportswomen and especially overseas where it's such a competitive league,

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<v Speaker 2>there is so much talent and yet we'd have our

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<v Speaker 2>very own coming through the middle and absolutely killing it.

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<v Speaker 5>There are so many amazing Matilda's players that play in

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<v Speaker 5>that English woman's Premier League and if you want more

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<v Speaker 5>Matilda's excitement, they are in the US at the moment

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<v Speaker 5>playing in the She Believes Cup, and it's so exciting

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<v Speaker 5>just to see that momentum from the twenty twenty three

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<v Speaker 5>World Cups still paying off with how interested Australians are

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<v Speaker 5>in their success in getting around them internationally.

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<v Speaker 2>But given this is a Good News podcast, we won't

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<v Speaker 2>talk about the results against Japan.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes exact, we'll just leave that one. You can find

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<v Speaker 4>that yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>It not the podcast for it's the time, not the place.

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<v Speaker 4>That wraps up another week of the Good News Podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you so much for joining us, and we will

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<v Speaker 2>be back on Monday morning as normal with the day's

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<v Speaker 2>deep dive. But until then, have a wonderful weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>My name is Lily Madden and I'm a proud Arunda

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