1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: Good morning, Happy International Women's Day, and welcome to the 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: Daily OS. 3 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 2: It's Monday, the eighth of March. 4 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: My name is Zara Seidler, and helping me make sense 5 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: of today's news is Sam Koslowski. 6 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 3: Making news today, an update from Canberra. 7 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: GPS react to the vaccination. 8 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 3: Rollout, some good news about the Pope, and a. 9 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 2: Chat about the new workplace culture Review. 10 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: Here's today's daily digest. 11 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 3: Defense Minister Linda Reynolds has extended her leave until April two. 12 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:31,319 Speaker 3: The senator is facing pressure over her handling of an 13 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 3: allegation a Liberal staffer was raped in her office and 14 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 3: began a period of leave originally on February twenty four. 15 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 3: This means her and Christian Porter will now miss the 16 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 3: next sitting period of Federal Parliament. 17 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: The Australian GP Alliance has said its practitioners are facing 18 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: quite a deal of stress, financial and otherwise because of 19 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: what is expected by them from the Federal government in 20 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: the rollout of the COVID nineteen vaccination. The Alliance believes 21 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: the government's proposed payment of fifty five dollars per patient 22 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: for both dose is inadequate to cover the thirty minute 23 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: period during which the patient must be observed after the vaccination. 24 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 3: And the trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Shavin over 25 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 3: the death of George Floyd starts today. Shavin faces charges 26 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 3: for second degree murder and manslaughter over Floyd's death in 27 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 3: May twenty twenty, which ignited a global protest movement calling 28 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 3: for police reform. 29 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: And to the good news, Pope Francis has met Iraq's 30 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 1: top Shechite cleric to discuss steps the two religious leaders 31 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: can take towards peaceful coexistence. It is the first ever 32 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: papal visit to Iraq, and Sam has actually just informed 33 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: me it is actually the Pope's first visit post COVID 34 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: and it was to Iraq, which is pretty significant. 35 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 3: As we said at the top, it's International Women's Day 36 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 3: today and the theme for this year is women in 37 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 3: Leadership achieving an equal future in a COVID nineteen world. Zara, 38 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 3: what does International Women's Day mean to you? 39 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: Well, I think that it bears far more significant this 40 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: year than in many years before, just based on how 41 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: many stories, allegations, reviews, all of it that we've heard 42 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: in the past couple of months surrounding women in politics 43 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,239 Speaker 1: and also just women in workplaces. 44 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 2: More generally. 45 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: So. We actually found out over the weekend about one 46 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: of the reviews that the Prime Minister commissioned after the 47 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: Britney Higgins allegation, and we found out that Kate Jenkins, 48 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: who's the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, will be leading that review. 49 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: That's a really good sign for a lot of women. 50 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,359 Speaker 1: She's known to be really strong in this space. She's 51 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,799 Speaker 1: apolitical and it means that it's going to be led 52 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 1: at arm's length from the government, which is what many 53 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: women were calling for. 54 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 3: We've covered a number of stories in the last two 55 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 3: weeks concerning women in Parliament House. Does the review relate 56 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 3: to one particular story. 57 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: Yes, so this one relates primarily to the Britney Higgins story. 58 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: So this has nothing to do with the allegations against 59 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: the Attorney General Christian Porter. This relates to the allegations 60 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: made by Britney Higgins, the former Liberal staffer who claimed 61 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: that she was raped in the office of Minister Linda Reynolds, 62 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: who we said is taking extended leave at the moment. 63 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: And Simon Birmingham, the Finance Minister, announced this review and 64 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: announced that Kate Jenkins would be leaving it after four 65 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 1: women claimed that they had allegedly been. 66 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 2: Raped by the same Liberal staffer. 67 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:28,519 Speaker 1: And so this review is going to look into the 68 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: mechanisms and the legislative instruments that are available to women 69 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: who are staffers in Parliament House and how they can 70 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: start to report these allegations of sexual assault, because it 71 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: is understood in the wake of Britney Higgins's claims, that 72 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: there is not enough being done to support women in 73 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: these environments, and. 74 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 3: So when Kate Jenkins delivers her findings, is the Prime 75 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 3: Minister bounds to act on them. 76 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: So firstly, Kate Jenkins is expected to hand down a 77 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: final report in November of this year, but she's also 78 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: said that she's going to give some preliminary findings in 79 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: July of this year. And to answer your earlier question, Sam, 80 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 1: while the Prime Minister is by no means bound by 81 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: legislation or law to adopt the findings of the review, 82 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: his government is the one that commissioned this, so it 83 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: is more than likely that they will take on board 84 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: those recommendations and hopefully this is the start of some 85 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: real cultural and legislative change in Parliament House. And Britney 86 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: Higgins in particular has already called for some specific things. 87 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: She asked for the Mops Act, which is the act 88 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 1: that regulates the behavior of staffers in Parliament House. She's 89 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: asked for that to change as one of the ways 90 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: that parliamentary staffers can be protected moving forward. So in 91 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: this International Women's Day, while it is brilliant to celebrate 92 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: the many, many wonderful women around us, it's also a 93 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 1: day to reflect on how much further we have to 94 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 1: go to reach that equal status that we so desperately need. 95 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 2: And it's significan to note that there are at this. 96 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,159 Speaker 1: Point in time many inquiries and investigations being led in 97 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 1: our nation's capital to understand how we can better protect 98 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: women who work there. So let's hope by this time 99 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 1: next year we have some substantial legislative and cultural changes 100 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 1: in place in Parliament House. 101 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 3: That's all we have time for today, But in the meantime, 102 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 3: follow the day's news on Instagram at the Dallyi os. 103 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 3: It's where over ninety thousand Australians get their news throughout 104 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 3: the day, and we would love you to become part 105 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 3: of the community.