Speaker 1: From the Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Sam Becauseloski.
Speaker 1: It's Thursday, the twenty second of January. Here's what's making
Speaker 1: headlines this evening.
Speaker 2: The coalition has split up for the second time in
Speaker 2: a year, with National's leader David Little Proud saying their
Speaker 2: partnership is untenable. On Thursday, the Nationals claimed Opposition leader
Speaker 2: Susan Lee quote mismanaged a disagreement over hate speech laws
Speaker 2: which passed on Tuesday, leading to several resignations from Lee's
Speaker 2: front bench. On Thursday, Little Proud declared his party quote
Speaker 2: cannot be part of a shadow ministry under Susan Lee.
Speaker 2: In a statement, Lee said the focus should be on
Speaker 2: Jewish Australians as Australia mourns the victims of the Bondai
Speaker 2: terrorist attack. She said, this is a national day of
Speaker 2: mourning and my responsibility as leader of the Opposition and
Speaker 2: leader of the Liberal Party is two Australians in mourning.
Speaker 1: Several people, including children, are feared dead in a landslide
Speaker 1: at a New Zealand holiday park after unprecedented rainfall. Land
Speaker 1: gave way above a beachside holiday park south of Auckland
Speaker 1: at around nine point thirty on Thursday morning local time,
Speaker 1: crushing camper vans and a shower and toilet block. A
Speaker 1: rescue operation is underway, with officials confirming several people are
Speaker 1: unaccounted for. The exact figure has not been shared, though
Speaker 1: police say the death toll is still in the single figures.
Speaker 1: The landslip followed Tarrunger's heaviest single day of rainfall on record,
Speaker 1: with two hundred and seventy mills falling in twenty four hours.
Speaker 2: Gallaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein,
Speaker 2: will appear before a US congressional committee next month. Maxwell,
Speaker 2: who was serving a twenty year federal prison sentence for
Speaker 2: sex trafficking, is scheduled to appear virtually before the House
Speaker 2: Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the ninth of February. However,
Speaker 2: Maxwell's lawyers have told the committee she plans to invoke
Speaker 2: her Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination. The Oversight Committee
Speaker 2: is examining Epstein's network and the government's handling of records
Speaker 2: tied to the case.
Speaker 1: And today's good news Formula one is a step closer
Speaker 1: to having a female driver on the grid, with Mercedes
Speaker 1: announcing Dorian Pan will join its twenty twenty sixteen as
Speaker 1: a development driver. The promotion comes after the twenty two
Speaker 1: year old French driver one the F one Academy All
Speaker 1: Female Racing Championship in twenty twenty five. As development driver,
Speaker 1: Pan will join Mercedes roster of drivers working across simulated
Speaker 1: development and activities both at the factory and trackside, including
Speaker 1: attending several Grand Prix. Pan is the only female F
Speaker 1: one development driver signed this year and joins a list
Speaker 1: of only a few appointed to the role in the
Speaker 1: sport's history. Managing Director of F one Academy Susie Wolf
Speaker 1: was the last woman to take part in a Formula
Speaker 1: one race weekend back in twenty fourteen.
Speaker 2: That is all we've got for you from the Daily
Speaker 2: OZ newsroom. If you're looking for something else to listen
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Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow with another deep dive, and until then,
Speaker 1: have a good one.
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