Speaker 1: From the Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tassel.
Speaker 1: It's Friday, the twenty eighth of March. Here's what's making
Speaker 1: headlines this evening.
Speaker 2: Labour and the Coalition have entered campaign mode after the
Speaker 2: Prime Minister called an election for the third of May
Speaker 2: this morning. The announcement marks the start of a five
Speaker 2: week election campaign. Prime Minister Anthony Alberzi has promised to
Speaker 2: extend energy bill discounts, cut student debt by twenty percent
Speaker 2: and boost bulk billing incentives if re elected. Opposition leader
Speaker 2: Peter Dutton has promised cheaper petrol and power and more
Speaker 2: spending on defense. Meanwhile, Green's leader Adam Bandt has declared
Speaker 2: quote a minority government is coming. A record number of
Speaker 2: Australians are expected to have their say on the third
Speaker 2: of May, with nearly ninety eight percent of eligible voters
Speaker 2: enrolled to vote.
Speaker 1: Sharknets will be removed from fifty one New South Wales
Speaker 1: Beach on Monday, one month ahead of schedule, in response
Speaker 1: to increased turtle migration. The nets, which are managed by
Speaker 1: the state government's Department of Primary Industries DPI, are installed
Speaker 1: in September and typically removed on the thirtieth of April. However,
Speaker 1: the date has been brought forward for the first time
Speaker 1: since nineteen eighty nine. It comes after the DPI found
Speaker 1: less than six percent of species caught in the nets
Speaker 1: over the twenty twenty four to twenty five season were
Speaker 1: target white and tiger sharks. The annual report showed two
Speaker 1: and three animals caught in the meshing, including rays, turtles,
Speaker 1: dolphins and whales, did not survive. Dpi's sharts mark programs
Speaker 1: that increased its net inspections from every third day to
Speaker 1: every second day in February and March. It's also trialed
Speaker 1: lights on nets to quote deter turtles and prevent their entanglement.
Speaker 2: In recent weeks, King Charles the third has been released
Speaker 2: from hospital after he experienced temporary side effects from his
Speaker 2: ongoing cancer treatment. According to a statement from Buckingham Palace,
Speaker 2: the King quote required a short period of observation in
Speaker 2: hospital before he was discharged. As a precaution, all his
Speaker 2: scheduled engagements of the day were canceled. Palace officials announced
Speaker 2: the King had been diagnosed with an as yet unspecified
Speaker 2: form of cancer in February last year. The seventy six
Speaker 2: year old visited Australia for the first time as king
Speaker 2: in October.
Speaker 1: And today's good news, Australian basketballer Josh Giddy has made
Speaker 1: global headlines after leading the Chicago Bulls to victory over
Speaker 1: the La Lakers with a stunning half court shot on
Speaker 1: the full time Buzzer. The video is over on the
Speaker 1: TDA Instagram feed. I highly recommend you go and check
Speaker 1: it out. It's the Aussie's first season with the Bulls,
Speaker 1: but he's already become one of its standout players, averaging
Speaker 1: fourteen point one points per game. The twenty two year
Speaker 1: old grew up in Melbourne and was drafted to the
Speaker 1: NBA in twenty twenty one.
Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Dally Yo's newsroom. You're looking
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Speaker 1: We will be back tomorrow morning with the good news
Speaker 1: wrap up of the week, but until then, have a
Speaker 1: good one.
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