1 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: From the Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tassel. 2 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: It's Monday, the twenty eighth of April. Here's what's making 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 1: headlines this evening. 4 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 2: An inquest into the Bondai Junction Westfield stabbing attack has 5 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 2: begun in the New South Wales Coroner's Court. Five weeks 6 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 2: of hearings will explore the circumstances surrounding the April twenty 7 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 2: twenty four incident. Six people were killed by forty year 8 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 2: old Joel Couci, who was fatally shot by police at 9 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:35,160 Speaker 2: the scene. Today, the court heard Cauci, who was diagnosed 10 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 2: with schizophrenia as a teenager, was quote effectively unmedicated for 11 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 2: nearly five years. Council assisting the coroner, Peggy Dwyer SC 12 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 2: said quote no health practitioner held responsibility for his ongoing care. 13 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 2: Dwyer also said searches of Cauchi's phone indicate he was 14 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 2: quote preoccupied with weapons, with violence, and with mass killing. 15 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 2: New South Wales Coroner Teresa O'Sullivan told the victims families 16 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 2: there were simply no words to properly convey the magnitude 17 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 2: of their loss. The inquest is expected to continue until 18 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 2: the end of next month. 19 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: Australian officials have worked with police in the Philippines to 20 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 1: rescue two children linked to a Queensland child exploitation investigation. 21 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,199 Speaker 1: A thirty one year old man is accused of twenty 22 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: eight offenses, including drug and child abuse charges. He was 23 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: arrested in December when police seized his devices on suspicion 24 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: of child exploitation material. Investigators said further searches revealed material 25 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: featuring quote a number of unidentified child victims. Police have 26 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:44,119 Speaker 1: since located two child victims in southeast Queensland, while local 27 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: and federal police worked with the Philippine National Police to 28 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: rescue an additional two child victims from quote abusive environments overseas. 29 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: The accused is facing multiple charges, including grooming and indecent 30 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: treatment offenses, drug supply, using the Internet to procure children 31 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: under sixteen, and distributing child exploitation material. He's due in 32 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: court on Thursday. 33 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 2: US President Donald Trump has publicly urged Russian President Vladimir 34 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 2: Putin to sign a peace deal with Ukraine. A day 35 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 2: after he met with Vladimir Zelenski. The Ukrainian president attended 36 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 2: a private conversation with the US leader inside Saint Peter's 37 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 2: Basilica ahead of Pope Francis's funeral over the weekend. White 38 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 2: House officials called it a quote very productive discussion. Trump 39 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 2: has since told reporters the US and Ukraine have worked 40 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 2: out the confines of a deal and want Putin to 41 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 2: sign it. He called on Putin to quote stop shooting, 42 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 2: sit down, and sign the proposed peace steal if allows 43 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 2: months of tense negotiations between the three nations after Trump 44 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 2: promised to end to the conflict as part of his 45 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 2: twenty twenty four election campaign. 46 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: And today's good news, thousands of flowers will be planted 47 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: at a US landfill site to create a pollinator haven 48 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: for bees, butterflies, and insects. New York's Staten Island was 49 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: home to one of the world's largest landfill sites before 50 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 1: it was shut down and converted to parkland in twenty 51 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: twenty one. At its peak in the nineteen eighties, Freshkills 52 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: Park received millions of kilos of waste every day. Now, 53 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: a community organization is leading an initiative to plant fifty 54 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: thousand native violets at the site. President of the Freshkills 55 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: Park Alliance, Mark Murphy said planting these violets is incredibly 56 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: important to the ecosystem within Freshkills and also the region, 57 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: he said. He hopes the mission will turn what was 58 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: once a terrible thing for Staten Island into an incredible 59 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 1: place of beauty, acceptance and reclamation. 60 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 2: That's the latest from the dally Oos newsroom. If you're 61 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 2: looking for something else, you can listen to today's deep 62 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 2: dive on Australia's major parties. Will we break down everything 63 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 2: you need to know about labor and the Coalition. 64 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: We will be back tomorrow morning with another a Lie 65 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: election deep dive as we count down to polling day 66 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: on Saturday. But until then, have a great evening. 67 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 2: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda 68 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 2: Bungelung Calcotin woman from Gadighl Country. The Daily oz acknowledges 69 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 2: that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the 70 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 2: Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and torrest 71 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 2: Rate island and nations. We pay our respects to the 72 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 2: first peoples of these countries, both past and present.