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Speaker 1: From The Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Sam Keselowski.

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Speaker 1: It's Friday, the fifteenth of August. Here's what's making headlines

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Speaker 1: this evening.

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Speaker 2: The top legal officers in Australia have agreed to share

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Speaker 2: information about whether a person has lost their Working with

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Speaker 2: Children's check in response to safety concerns in the childcare sector.

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Speaker 2: Under the current rules, if a worker loses their Working

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Speaker 2: with Children Check qualification, it's not picked up across state

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Speaker 2: and territory borders. In a joint statement, the attorney's general

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Speaker 2: from each state and territory said they've agreed to overhaul

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Speaker 2: Working with Children's Check processes by the end of the year.

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Speaker 2: The change will alert all jurisdictions if a person has

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Speaker 2: had their Children's check revoked or declined. Federal Attorney General

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Speaker 2: Michelle Rowlands described it as a band in one band

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Speaker 2: in all system. The childcare sector has faced increased scrutiny

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Speaker 2: after dozens of charges were laid against a twenty six

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Speaker 2: year old Victorian childcare worker last month. It prompted the

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Speaker 2: state government to advise more than two thousand children to

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Speaker 2: undergo testing for infectious diseases as a precautionary measure.

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Speaker 1: Australia's drug use has hit record highs, according to new

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Speaker 1: wastewater analysis by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. For its

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Speaker 1: latest report, the Commission collected sewage samples in August and

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Speaker 1: October last year. It found Australians consumed twenty two point

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Speaker 1: two tons of methylamphetamine, cocaine MDMA and heroine, the highest

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Speaker 1: amount recorded since the study began in twenty sixteen. ACIIC

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Speaker 1: noted a sixty nine percent increase in cocaine consumption nationally,

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Speaker 1: while MDMA consumption increased by forty nine percent. Cannabis remains

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Speaker 1: the most consumed illicit drug in Australia. ACIC noted the

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Speaker 1: report estimates Australians spent eleven point five billion dollars on

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Speaker 1: illicit drugs in twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 2: US President Donald Trump is preparing to meet with his

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Speaker 2: Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin for the first time since he

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Speaker 2: was re elected. The leaders will come face to face

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Speaker 2: in the US state of Alaska for discussions on ending

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Speaker 2: the war in Ukraine. Talks are scheduled for Friday local time,

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Speaker 2: that's five point thirty am Saturday morning here in Australia.

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Speaker 2: Trump said he will know at the end of that meeting,

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Speaker 2: probably in the first two minutes, if a peace plan

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Speaker 2: is possible. During a press conference, Trump said there could

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Speaker 2: be land swapping between Russia and Ukraine. Ukraine was not

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Speaker 2: invited to the meeting and has repeatedly ruled out giving

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Speaker 2: up its territory to Russia.

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Speaker 1: And today's good news, a gardener in the US has

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Speaker 1: grown the world's tallest sunflower. The flower is currently standing

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Speaker 1: at over ten meters high, officially surpassing nine point one

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Speaker 1: seven meters, which is the Guinness World Record for the

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Speaker 1: tallest sunflower that was set in Germany in twenty fourteen.

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Speaker 1: The sunflower, nicknamed Clover, was grown by Alex Babych. Babych

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Speaker 1: is well known amongst the local gardening community for growing

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Speaker 1: giant flowers with his two young children in northeastern Indiana.

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Speaker 1: Sharing the news to Facebook about Clover's heights, Babache said quote,

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Speaker 1: I am a first generation immigrant from Ukraine, where the

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Speaker 1: sunflower is the national flower. Words cannot explain how I

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Speaker 1: feel right now. Emotions are running very high.

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Speaker 2: And that brings to an end another huge week of news.

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Speaker 2: Here from the Daily os newsroom. If you're looking for

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Speaker 2: something else to listen to on your way home this evening,

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Speaker 2: have a listen to today's deep Dive. We cover off the

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Speaker 2: new ban in Tasmania on Greyhound racing.

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Speaker 1: We'll be back on Monday with another deep dive, but

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Speaker 1: until then, have an absolutely amazing weekend.

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Speaker 2: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda

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Speaker 2: Bunjelung Kalkotin woman from Gadighl Country. The Daily oz acknowledges

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Speaker 2: that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the

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Speaker 2: Gadighl people and respect to all Aboriginal and torrest Rate

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Speaker 2: island and nations. We pay our respects to the first

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Speaker 2: peoples of these countries, both past and present,