1 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: Good morning and welcome to the Daily os. It's Wednesday, 2 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: the seventeenth of March. My name is Sam Kazlowski, and 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: helping me make sense of today's news is Zara Sideline. 4 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:18,159 Speaker 1: Making news today a Victorian leadership challenge, Crown Casinos donations, 5 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: some good news about a shorter working week, and. 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 2: A breakdown of the news you've been hearing about Astrazenica. 7 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 2: Here is today's daily digest. 8 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: Victorian Liberal leader Michael O'Brien has survived the leadership challenge 9 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:35,160 Speaker 1: from fellow Liberal Brad Batton. O'Brien won the spill twenty 10 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: two to nine, meaning he remains the opposition leader in 11 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 1: Victorian Parliament. It is possible O'Brien could be opened to 12 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: a second challenge in the coming months. The next Victorian 13 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: election is in November next year. 14 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 2: Crown Resorts, which is the company that runs Crown Casinos, 15 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 2: has announced to the Australian stock Market that they will 16 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 2: stop making political donations. And this comes after a new 17 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 2: South Wales gaming and liquor report identified really significant money 18 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,960 Speaker 2: laundering concerns. There's also an ongoing investigation into the Melbourne 19 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 2: Crown Casino. The company has been one of the biggest 20 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 2: political donors in Australia over the last decade. 21 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: The Vatican has announced that priests cannot bless same sex unions, 22 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: with a formal statement arguing quote God does not and 23 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,199 Speaker 1: cannot bless sin. The Vatican's Orthodoxy Office said the ruling 24 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: was not intended to be a form of unjust discrimination, 25 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: but rather a reminder of the truth of the liturgical. 26 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 2: Right and to the good news. Spain has reportedly set 27 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 2: to trial a four day working week. The parlor program 28 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 2: is still being negotiated, but it's understood the working week 29 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 2: will be limited to thirty two hours, with workers pay 30 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 2: to remain unchanged. Count me in. 31 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: It's pretty remarkable that we are also familiar with the 32 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: names of big pharmaceutical companies, but in twenty twenty one Faizar, Astrosennica, Maderna. 33 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: They're all just part of the cast of characters in 34 00:01:55,280 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: the news. Today's story is about astrosenka. Now, Manyuropean nations 35 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: in the last twenty four to thirty six hours have 36 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: put a pause on the astrosenic of vaccines being rolled out. 37 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: Some countries have taken the approach of putting a pause 38 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: on a particular batch of a million doses that were 39 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: sent to twelve countries, mostly in Europe, while other countries 40 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: such as Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands have temporarily suspended 41 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: the entire rollout. 42 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 2: Sam, I'm going to do as little talking as possible 43 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 2: given how nasally I sound, but can you talk me 44 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 2: through why all these nations have halted or paused the 45 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 2: rollout of this vaccine. It seems like I went through 46 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 2: a really rigorous approvals process, So what's happened? 47 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: The health authorities in those countries have concerns about blood 48 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: clotting and whether there is a link between the vaccine 49 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: and increased levels of blood clots. The first thing to 50 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: quickly cover off from a medical perspective is that blood 51 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: clots can be serious and potentially life threatening because it 52 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 1: affects oxygen levels to the lungs and cause lung damage. 53 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 1: The second point when we think about the medical issues here, 54 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: is what experts call the background rate, and that's the 55 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: existing number of people in Australia who would get blood 56 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: clots in any year. Now that figure is about seventeen 57 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: thousand Australians and that's something to keep in mind when 58 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: reading this story. 59 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 2: So the European Medicines Agency said that as of March ten, 60 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 2: a total of thirty cases of blood clotting had been 61 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 2: reported among the close to five million people who had 62 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 2: been vaccinated. Have we seen anything similar unfold here in Australia. 63 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: Well, you have to remember that the Astrosnica vaccine is 64 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: in its early stages. We're still in phase one A 65 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: of the rollout of the vaccines. 66 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 2: I remember Scott Morrison announcing last week that Australia had 67 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 2: vaccinated one hundred thousand people so far, so relative to 68 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 2: the Europeans, where fairly early on in the process. 69 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: That's right. We are really early in the piece in 70 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: terms of vaccinations in Australia. Despite that, it's clearly the 71 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: leading story in the news at the moment. National Senator 72 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: Matt Canavan had this to say about the vaccine. 73 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 3: Okay, so given that we were in a coach, it 74 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 3: does not face an imminent risk of coronavirus spread. That 75 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 3: surely the prudent approach here is to suspend our role 76 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 3: out and just take eave of the evidence of all 77 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 3: those and coming up. 78 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 2: But that's not the government sentiment. Treasurer Josh Fredenberg said 79 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 2: yesterday that in quotes, there's no evidence of causation between 80 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 2: the vaccine itself and the blood plot, and he added 81 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 2: that the data said that it was safe and effective. 82 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 1: And that was echoed yesterday by the TGA, the Therapeutics 83 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 1: Goods Administration, who released a statement affirming that they're in 84 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: close and frequent communication with their European counterparts, but at 85 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 1: the moment they don't have concerns around the safety of 86 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 1: the vaccine and won't be looking to pull it off 87 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: the Australian rollout program. 88 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 2: To wrap up as we tried to do in our 89 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 2: Instagram posts. 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