1 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: Good morning and welcome to the Daily os. It's Monday, 2 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: the fifteenth of March. My name is Sam Kezlowski, and 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: helping me make sense of today's news is Zara Sidler. 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 2: Making news today a new COVID case in New South Wales, 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 2: the WA election, some good news about Canada, and. 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: A discussion about the murder of Sarah Everard. Here's today's 7 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 1: Daily Digest. 8 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 2: The fifty five days streak of no COVID in the 9 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 2: community in New South Wales has come to an end 10 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 2: after a worker in two hotel quarantine facilities in Sydney 11 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 2: tested positive yesterday. The forty seven year old security worker 12 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 2: had received the first dose of the Pfizer COVID nineteen vaccine, 13 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 2: but according to the New South Wales Chief Health Officer 14 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 2: Kerry Chant, the person was yet to develop immunity. 15 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: So on Friday's episode of the podcast, we discuss the 16 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: WA election and we have the results for you now. 17 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: WA Labor won the state election unsurprisingly by a considerable man, 18 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: returning Premier Mark McGowan to power. The Liberal Party is 19 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,960 Speaker 1: predicted to lose its opposition status after winning less seats 20 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 1: than the National Party. Opposition leader Zach Kirkup has also 21 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 1: lost his seat in Parliament. 22 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:16,639 Speaker 2: The federal government is reportedly working on establishing a travel 23 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 2: bubble with Singapore by July this year. Its understood the 24 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 2: bubble would allow overseas Australian travelers to quarantine in Singapore, 25 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 2: expanding Australia's capacity to accept more returning residents. Under the proposal, 26 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 2: Australians would also be allowed to travel to Singapore without 27 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:34,320 Speaker 2: approval if they had been vaccinated. 28 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 1: And today's good news, the Canadian government has announced a 29 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 1: two point seventy five billion dollar investment into zero emission 30 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: buses and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Canada has set a 31 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: goal of net zero emissions by twenty fifty and is 32 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: rolling out a fifteen billion dollar plan to pursue alternative 33 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: energy technologies. 34 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 2: So the big story today is one that I saw 35 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 2: personally flooding my social media over the weekend, and that 36 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 2: was the murder of Sarah Everard. And as is going 37 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 2: viral on social media, she was murdered as she was 38 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 2: walking home at night. Sam tell us what we need 39 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 2: to know about this story. 40 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: So before I start, this story contains details of murder 41 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: and sexual assault. So if that's really difficult for you, 42 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: to hear this could be a good episode to skip. 43 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: On the third of March, Sarah Everard left the house 44 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: of a friend and began to walk home. She spoke 45 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: to her boyfriend on the phone for about fifteen minutes 46 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: and agreed to meet him the next day. However, when 47 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: Everard didn't meet her boyfriend the next day, a missing 48 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,399 Speaker 1: person's alert was issued. On the ninth of March, Kent 49 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 1: Police arrested a forty eight year old male Metropolitan Police 50 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 1: officer at his home on suspicion of kidnapping. They later 51 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: found Everard's body at a park nearby, and as such, 52 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 1: the officer was charged with Everard's kidnapping and murder on 53 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: the twelfth of March. He appeared in court on the 54 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 1: thirteenth and sixteenth and as a waiting trial for murder. 55 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: The response in the UK has two key themes. One 56 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: is a disgust at the fact that the police officer, 57 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: a serving police officer, is at the center of these inquiries, 58 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 1: and two that all women should feel safe while walking 59 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: home at night. So the concerning detail that's come to 60 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 1: light about the police officer who's been charged with the 61 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 1: murder of Sarah Everard was that he was actually suspected 62 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: of indecent assault three days before Everard's appearance in late February. 63 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: It's raised a question amongst the UK media of how 64 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: good are the police at monitoring their own people in 65 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: terms of criminal offenses, and Scotland Yard and the Metropolitan 66 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: Police are under the microscope at the moment for the 67 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: internal processes that are at play here. 68 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 2: The second point, which has been amplified across social media 69 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,839 Speaker 2: is that of course Sarah should have been safe while 70 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 2: walking home alone that night, and we've seen this play 71 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 2: out across the world as women document their own experiences 72 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 2: of having to protect themselves when doing something as mundane 73 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 2: as walking home alone at night. Over the weekends, there 74 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 2: was a visual commemorating life of Sarah in the UK 75 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 2: and four women were actually arrested at that visual for 76 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 2: breaching COVID nineteen protocols. 77 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: So the discussion at the moment is about the truly 78 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: shocking scenes from the visual. London Mayor Sadik Khan tweeted 79 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: yesterday that the scenes from Clap and Common are unacceptable 80 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 1: and that an inquiry into the police conduct at the 81 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 1: visual is now underway. 82 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 2: But of course this horrific story is not unique to 83 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 2: the UK and occurs worldwide, which is aiming to shine 84 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 2: light on sexism and dangerous workplaces for women. Of course, 85 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 2: if you are planning on attending this march, please be 86 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 2: safe and abide by COVID nineteen rules. 87 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: That's all we have time for today. We'll speak to 88 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 1: you tomorrow. 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