Speaker 1: From the Daily os.
Speaker 2: I'm Emma, I'm sam.
Speaker 1: It's Friday, the thirty first of January. Here's what's making
Speaker 1: headlines this evening.
Speaker 2: The Australian Electoral Commission is calling for a healthy degree
Speaker 2: of skepticism from voters ahead of this year's federal election.
Speaker 2: The independent body is responsible for managing the national electoral system.
Speaker 2: It warned the use of AI in elections is a
Speaker 2: rapidly evolving environment. In response, the AAC has launched several
Speaker 2: new resources and guides aimed at boosting digital literacy and
Speaker 2: helping voters identify false or misleading information about the election process,
Speaker 2: including AI generated content. A disinformation register on electoral processes
Speaker 2: is also now live, after the tool was first launched
Speaker 2: during the twenty twenty two federal election. An election is
Speaker 2: due by May seventeenth.
Speaker 1: US authorities have recovered two black box flight recorders from
Speaker 1: the site of yesterday's deadly craft near Washington, DC. A
Speaker 1: black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet plummeted
Speaker 1: into a river after colliding mid air on approach to
Speaker 1: Reagan Airport. There were sixty four people on the plane
Speaker 1: and three soldiers on board the helicopter. No survivors are expected.
Speaker 1: Investigators will now analyze the plane's cockpit, voice recorder and
Speaker 1: flight data recorder to understand the moments leading up to
Speaker 1: the incident. Crews have been diving the icy waters of
Speaker 1: the Potomac River as efforts continue to recover all sixty
Speaker 1: seven bodies. Several figure skaters and their families, as well
Speaker 1: as two Chinese nationals, are believed to be among the dead.
Speaker 2: The federal government has released new data showing vaping rates
Speaker 2: are falling among young Australians. Speaking in Adelaide today, Health
Speaker 2: Minister Mark Butler cited research by the South Australian Health
Speaker 2: and Medical Research Institute which found vaping rates amongst fifteen
Speaker 2: to twenty nine year olds dropped by around a third
Speaker 2: between twenty twenty three and twenty twenty four. Vaping rates
Speaker 2: are thirty to fifty nine year olds fell by nearly
Speaker 2: fifty percent during that time. The percentage of young people
Speaker 2: who have never smoked has risen to ninety four percent
Speaker 2: according to the Department of Health. Butler said the results
Speaker 2: show Australia is a world leader when it comes to
Speaker 2: vaping reforms. He said the government will continue to investigate
Speaker 2: and penalize those who are not complying with vaping laws.
Speaker 1: And today's Good News, Surgeons in Germany have successfully used
Speaker 1: lab grown muscle patches to treat heart failure. Scientists were
Speaker 1: able to grow the patches from stem cells, which were
Speaker 1: then used in an operation on a forty six year
Speaker 1: old woman who had suffered a heart attack. The patches
Speaker 1: implanted four hundred million cells, which formed blood vessels to
Speaker 1: stabilize and strengthen her heart muscle. Researchers with the University
Speaker 1: Medical Center getting in hope the treatment will be used
Speaker 1: to prolong the lives of people with advanced heart failure
Speaker 1: who are awaiting a heart transplant.
Speaker 2: And that's all we've got for you today from the
Speaker 2: DHLIOS newsroom. If you're looking for something else to listen
Speaker 2: to on your way home, make sure you catch up
Speaker 2: on today's deep dive on what we know about the
Speaker 2: foiled anti Semitic attack in Sydney.
Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow with the Good News Podcast. Until then,
Speaker 1: have a great night.
Speaker 2: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda
Speaker 2: Bungelung Calcuttin woman from Gadighl Country. The Daily Oz acknowledges
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Speaker 2: first peoples of these countries, both past and present.