1 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: Good morning, and welcome to the Daily Os. It's Wednesday, 2 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: the tenth of March. My name is Zara Seidler, and 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: helping me make sense of today's news is Sam Koslowski. 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: Making news today Victorian Premier Dan Andrews in intensive. 5 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 2: Care, vaccine misinformation. 6 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: Some good news about a truth telling commission. 7 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 2: And a discussion about femicide in Mexico. He is Today's 8 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 2: Daily Digest. 9 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: Victorian Premier Dan Andrews will remain in intensive care for 10 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: a couple of days following a nasty fall at home. 11 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: The Premier released a statement yesterday that he had broken 12 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: several ribs and sustained vertebrae damage after falling down wet stairs. 13 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 1: James Molina will be the acting Victorian Premier during this time. 14 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 2: And now the federal politics, where Prime Minister Scott Morrison 15 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 2: has said there's no return date set for Attorney General 16 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 2: Christian Porter to come back to Parliament. Porter began mental 17 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 2: health leave last week following allegations of rape made against him. 18 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 2: Both Christian Porter and Defense Minister In Reynolds will miss 19 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 2: the next parliamentary sitting period. 20 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: The White House has announced they're monitoring online vaccination disinformation efforts. 21 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: Believe to be tied to Russia's intelligence services. Four publications 22 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,479 Speaker 1: linked to Russia have been accused of questioning vaccine efficacy, 23 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: amplifying side effect risks, and criticizing US vaccine policy. 24 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 2: And we're going back to Victoria for today's good news. 25 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 2: The Victorian government has announced the introduction of a new 26 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 2: truth Telling Commission to investigate historical and present day injustices 27 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 2: against Indigenous Victorians. Victorian Senator Lydia Thorpe said, this is 28 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 2: one way we can bring people together and heal. There's 29 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 2: a palpable buzz around the Dahlias offices this morning. The 30 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 2: coffee is brewing, the sun is shining, and the Dalio's 31 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 2: newsletter has arrived. It's the first day. We are super 32 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 2: proud of this product and we're really excited to hear 33 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 2: what you guys think about it. There's a link in 34 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 2: our bio to subscribe. Tell us what you think. 35 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: Today's deep dive from a conversation that I was having 36 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: on International Women's Day with a friend in Mexico, and 37 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: I was pointing out some aspects of the day that 38 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: I believe to be trivial. And my friend, who is 39 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: currently and lives in Mexico was speaking to the immense 40 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: power of the day holds in that country given the 41 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: intense violence that we are seeing against women. So recent 42 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 1: reports have put femicide up one hundred and forty five 43 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: percent since twenty fifteen. So it's really significant and something 44 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 1: we need to talk about. 45 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 2: I haven't really come across the term femicide a lot. 46 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 2: What exactly is it? 47 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 1: So the who defined femicide as the intentional murder of 48 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: women because they are women. It's a pretty stark definition 49 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: that leaves little to the imagination. And it's been a 50 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 1: growing issue in Mexico for some years. According to the 51 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen National Survey on Urban Public Security, seventy seven 52 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:56,359 Speaker 1: percent of women feel unsafe in Mexico, and last year 53 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: Mexican government data showed at least nine hundred and thirty 54 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: nine cases of femicide. And obviously we know that this 55 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: is just the captured data and that in reality it's 56 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: probably a lot higher. 57 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 2: Another way to look at the statistics is that there 58 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 2: were twenty six thousand emergency calls reporting domestic violence in 59 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 2: Mexico in March of last year. 60 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, and people have referred to it as an epidemic 61 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: within an epidemic, in that there is an epidemic of 62 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: violence sweeping across Mexico, and that femicide sits within this 63 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: greater issue, and there's been quite a bit of criticism 64 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:30,959 Speaker 1: leveled at the government for what is perceived to be 65 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: a lack of action in this area. Mexico's president has 66 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: been criticized immensely for refusing to condemn a candidate for 67 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: governor from his party who's. 68 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 2: Been accused of rape. 69 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: His lackluster response to serious grievances from the public has 70 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: also left many Mexican women frustrated, and there are women 71 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: all over the country calling for serious policy steps, including 72 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: funding for a special prosecutor's office for the investigation and 73 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: prosecution of these crimes, and also more generally, just promoting 74 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: early into mentioned domestic violence programs. 75 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 2: Zara, I'm keen to break down the image that we 76 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 2: put on Instagram yesterday afternoon of fencing erected to protect 77 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 2: Mexico's National Palace on International Women's Day. What's this about? So? 78 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: The president said that the barrier was erected to avoid 79 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: confrontation with riot police on International Women's Day when there 80 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 1: was a protest planned, and to prevent injuries during the march, 81 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: but critics said the decision to erect the three meter 82 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: barriers was symptomatic of the president's apathy towards the crisis 83 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: of violence afflicting women, so in a show of defiance, 84 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 1: the activists painted the barriers over the weekend with the 85 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: names of hundreds and hundreds of women that had been 86 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: killed in femicides across Mexico, and that is the image 87 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 1: that we posted yesterday. If you want to understand more 88 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: about the situation in Mexico, please feel free to dm 89 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 1: us and we will send you some excellent reading resources. 90 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 2: That's all we have time for today, but if you 91 00:04:57,800 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 2: want to catch up on news throughout the day, follow 92 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 2: us on Instagram at the dhlios. It's where over ninety 93 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 2: thousand Australians get their news every day and we would 94 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 2: love you to become part of the community.