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Speaker 2: I'm Lucy Tassel, I'm Sam Kaulowski.
Speaker 1: It's Thursday, the fourteenth of August. Here's what's making hawline
Speaker 1: to seek.
Speaker 2: Female participation in the workforce hit a record high in July.
Speaker 2: That's according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Speaker 2: The amount of women employed or looking for employment rose
Speaker 2: to sixty three point five percent in July. That's up
Speaker 2: from sixty three point two percent in June. The unemployment
Speaker 2: rate fell by zero point one percentage points to four
Speaker 2: point two percent in July. This figure measures the percentage
Speaker 2: of people who were looking for work but couldn't find any.
Speaker 2: The ABS said the growth was driven by full time employment,
Speaker 2: with forty thousand more women starting full time work in July.
Speaker 2: That's compared to twenty thousand men. The overall participation rate
Speaker 2: held steady at sixty seven percent. This figure measures the
Speaker 2: percentage of Australians who are either employed or actively seeking employment.
Speaker 1: The number of young people in detention across New South
Speaker 1: Wales has increased by thirty four percent since twenty twenty three.
Speaker 1: Official state government figures show there were two hundred and
Speaker 1: thirty four under eighteen year olds in custody as of
Speaker 1: June twenty twenty five, up from one hundred and seventy
Speaker 1: five in June twenty twenty three. The New South Wales
Speaker 1: Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research that's BOXAR said break
Speaker 1: and enters have surged amongst young offenders, up two hundred
Speaker 1: and twenty nine percent over the past two years. BOXAR
Speaker 1: highlighted what it called the quote ongoing overrepresentation of young
Speaker 1: First Nations people in custody, who make up eight percent
Speaker 1: of all young people in New South Wales but account
Speaker 1: for sixty percent of the youth detention cohort. Boxer Executive
Speaker 1: director Jackie Fitzgerald called the figures particularly concerning, noting an
Speaker 1: increased number of young people are currently being held on
Speaker 1: romand nearly three in four young people in custody have
Speaker 1: not been convicted and are awaiting their day in court.
Speaker 1: Fitzgerald said.
Speaker 2: Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and EU leaders have met for
Speaker 2: a virtual summit, and that's ahead of US President Donald
Speaker 2: Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. During
Speaker 2: the summit, leaders discuss the importance of a ceasefire that
Speaker 2: will deliver quote stability and security in the region. Zelenski
Speaker 2: said the leaders supported the efforts of US President Donald
Speaker 2: Trump to end the war, stop the killings, and achieve
Speaker 2: a just and lasting peace. If Putin fails to negotiate
Speaker 2: as seas fire with Trump. This week, European countries avowing
Speaker 2: to enforce more sanctions on Russia. Zelenski and his European
Speaker 2: Union allies also agreed that international borders must be upheld
Speaker 2: and Russia cannot take Ukrainian territory by force. In a
Speaker 2: joint statement, all EU leaders said they will quote continue
Speaker 2: to provide political, financial, economic, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support
Speaker 2: to US as it exercised its inherent right of self defense.
Speaker 1: And today's good news. Ozzie surfers have dominated this week's
Speaker 1: World Surf League Tahiti Pro event with victory in both
Speaker 1: the men's and women's competitions. World number one Molly Picklum
Speaker 1: and Jack Robinson each won their events to round out
Speaker 1: the World Surf League regular season. Both surfers will compete
Speaker 1: for a world title in Fiji later this month as
Speaker 1: part of a group of just five men and five women.
Speaker 1: Picklam said she feels like she quote owned her stripes
Speaker 1: in Tahiti as the Dream comes Alive ahead of Fiji.
Speaker 2: And that's the latest from the Daily Oz newsroom. If
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