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Speaker 1: From the Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tassel.

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Speaker 1: It's Tuesday, the third of February. Here's what's making headlines

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Speaker 1: this evening.

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Speaker 2: The Reserve Bank has lifted the cash rate from three

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Speaker 2: point six to three point eighty five percent. The change

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Speaker 2: comes after higher than expected inflation data. Figures released last

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Speaker 2: week showed prices increased by three point eight percent between

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Speaker 2: December twenty twenty four and December twenty twenty five. While

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Speaker 2: inflation has fallen substantially since its peak in twenty twenty two,

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Speaker 2: The RBA said it expects inflation to remain above its

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Speaker 2: two to three percent target range for some time. The

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Speaker 2: RBA is the first major central bank to return to

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Speaker 2: interest rate rises following the post COVID inflation spike.

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Speaker 1: The Federal government has announced further sanctions on Iran in

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Speaker 1: response to what it called the regime's horrific use of

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Speaker 1: violence against its own people. Human rights organizations estimate tens

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Speaker 1: of thousands of Iranians have been killed in recent protests.

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Speaker 1: Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said internet and telecommunications blackouts

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Speaker 1: across Iran were in attempt by the regime to quote

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Speaker 1: conceal the scale of its brutality. Wong confirmed new financial

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Speaker 1: sanctions will target an additional twenty individuals and three entities

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Speaker 1: who are quote complicit in oppressing the Iranian people, violently

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Speaker 1: suppressing domestic protests, and threatening both lives inside and outside Iran.

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Speaker 2: Former US President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State

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Speaker 2: Hillary Clinton will testify in an investigation into the late

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Speaker 2: sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Clintons originally offered to cooperate

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Speaker 2: with the panel virtually, but refused to appear before Congress

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Speaker 2: in person. The prominent Democrats have now agreed to come

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Speaker 2: forward to face questions about their relationship with Epstein. The

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Speaker 2: pivot came ahead of planned vote in the Republican led

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Speaker 2: House of Representatives to hold them in contempt, which could

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Speaker 2: lead to criminal charges. A spokesperson for the Clinton's criticized

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Speaker 2: Republican lawmakers, saying the pair have already quote told you

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Speaker 2: under oath what they know, but you don't care, and

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Speaker 2: that they quote look forward to setting a precedent that

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Speaker 2: applies to everyone.

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Speaker 1: And today's good news. For the first time, two mothers

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Speaker 1: are included among the top ten women's tennis players in

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Speaker 1: the world. Switzerland's Belinda Benchitch returned to the World Tennis

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Speaker 1: Association's top ten in mid January after stepping away from

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Speaker 1: the court to give birth in September twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 1: This week, the number nine seed was joined by Elena

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Speaker 1: s Fidlina. The Ukrainians ranking increased to number ten thanks

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Speaker 1: to her semi final run at the Australian Open. Spidalina

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Speaker 1: called it a dream to return to the WTA top

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Speaker 1: ten and said quote doing it as a mother means

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Speaker 1: so much to me. I'm proud of my fight and

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Speaker 1: resilience and I cann't thank the fans enough for their

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Speaker 1: incredible support.

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Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily Oas news room. If

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Speaker 2: you're looking for something else, you can catch up on

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Speaker 2: this morning steep dive, where we take you through the

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Speaker 2: world first social media court case starting in the US

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Speaker 2: this week.

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Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive, but

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Speaker 1: until then, have a good one.

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

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Speaker 2: Bungelung Calkatin 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 pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torres

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Speaker 2: Strait Island and nations. We pay our respects to the

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