1 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: From The Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tassel. 2 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: It's Friday, the fourteenth of November. Here's what's making headlines 3 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: this evening. 4 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 2: At least seventeen schools in the ACT and Queensland have 5 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,760 Speaker 2: closed as a precaution after testing showed a children's sand 6 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 2: product may contain asbestos. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 7 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 2: or a Triple C, issued a recall notice for decorative 8 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 2: sand products from Kadink Education Colours and Creatistics. The sand, 9 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 2: which is designed for sensory play and educational purposes, is 10 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 2: sold in several colors at more than eighty retailers, including 11 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 2: Officeworks and Woolworth's. Authorities have identified quote a low level 12 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 2: of tremolite that's a naturally occurring asbestos and or chrysotile, 13 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 2: the most common type of asbestos in the products. However, 14 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 2: the most dangerous type, blue asbestos, has not been detect 15 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 2: in the sand. Work Safe ACT and Queensland said the 16 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 2: risk of exposure to traces of asbestos is low, but 17 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 2: they've urged quote a precautionary approach should be adopted until 18 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 2: further test results become available. Sixteen schools in the Act 19 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 2: were closed today, while several others were partially closed. One 20 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,959 Speaker 2: school in Queensland also decided to close on Friday. Brisbane's 21 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 2: Mansell College said it was quote acting with an abundance 22 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 2: of caution after the sand was found at its campuses. 23 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: The driver jailed over the fatal twenty twenty three Hunter 24 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: Valley bus crash has lost an appeal against his thirty 25 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,559 Speaker 1: two year prison term. Brett Button was driving guests home 26 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,759 Speaker 1: from a wedding when he lost control and crashed, killing 27 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: ten passengers and injuring twenty five on the June Long 28 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: weekend in twenty twenty three. Button pleaded guilty to dozens 29 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: of charges, including dangerous driving causing death. Last year, he 30 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: was sentenced to a maximum of thirty two years in 31 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: jail with a non parole period of twenty four years. 32 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: Button launched an appeal in July after his lawyer's disputed 33 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:10,239 Speaker 1: findings that he knowingly drove under the influence of painkillers 34 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: and claimed his sentence was too harsh. The appeal was 35 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: dismissed by a panel of three Supreme Court justices in 36 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: Sydney today. Button will remain behind bars until at least 37 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: twenty forty eight, when he'll be eligible for parole. 38 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 2: The BBC has apologized to US President Donald Trump over 39 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 2: an allegedly misleading edit of a speech he gave on 40 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 2: the sixth of January twenty twenty one, the day of 41 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:42,679 Speaker 2: the deadly Washington insurrection. However, the British broadcaster has rejected 42 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 2: compensation claims from Trump's lawyers. Two senior staff resigned after 43 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 2: the BBC was accused of deliberately cutting parts of a 44 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 2: Trump addressed together, making him appear to encourage the Capitol 45 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 2: Hill riot. The cutdown was part of an October twenty 46 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 2: twenty four episode of Panorama, the BBC's flagship current affairs program. 47 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 2: The President is now threatening to sue the public broadcaster 48 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 2: for a billion dollars in damages. The BBC issued a 49 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 2: formal apology on Thursday night local time, hours after a 50 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 2: second clip was called into question over similar editing concerns. 51 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 2: It said it accepts the Panorama edit quote unintentionally created 52 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 2: the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct 53 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 2: call for violent action. The BBC would like to apologize 54 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,399 Speaker 2: to President Trump for that error of judgment. A spokesperson 55 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 2: said that while the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in 56 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 2: which the video clip was edited. We strongly disagree there 57 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 2: is a basis for a defamation claim. 58 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: And today's good news. An ancient fossil discovered in New 59 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: South Wales has researchers reconsidering what they thought they knew 60 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: about insect evolution. Robert Beatty, a now retired school teacher, 61 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: first presented the fossil to experts in twenty sixteen. After 62 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: extensive research, watch the Australian Museum now estimates it to 63 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: be a one hundred and fifty one million year old 64 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: fossil of a non biting midge, a type of small fly, 65 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: making it the oldest artifact of its kind in the 66 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: Southern Hemisphere, according to the Museum. Until now, their oldest 67 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: known fossils came from China and Siberia, leading scientists to 68 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 1: assume they originated in the northern super continent of Laurasia, 69 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: but this new Australian discovery suggests otherwise. The Australian midge 70 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,160 Speaker 1: proves that the Southern Hemisphere holds what experts called quote 71 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 1: crucial pieces of the evolutionary puzzle that can fundamentally reshape 72 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 1: our understanding of life's history on Earth. 73 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily Oz newsroom. If you're 74 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,919 Speaker 2: looking for something else to listen to on your Friday commute, 75 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 2: check out today's deep dive on the newly published emails 76 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 2: between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. 77 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 1: We will be back on Sunday with a special bonus 78 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: weekend deep dive, but until then, enjoy the start to 79 00:04:58,920 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 1: your weekend. 80 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 2: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda 81 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:11,160 Speaker 2: Bunjelung Calcoton woman from Gadighl Country. 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