1 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: From The Daily Os. I'm Zara Seidler, I'm Emma Gillespie. 2 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: It's Monday, the thirty first of March. Here's what's making 3 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: headlines this evening. 4 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 2: Floodwaters are continuing to rise in parts of outback Queensland, 5 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 2: where farming communities remain cut off following intense rainfall in 6 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 2: the state's west. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued dozens 7 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 2: of severe weather warnings, including five major flood warnings around 8 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 2: the southwest Queensland towns of Thagaminda, Yulo and Winderer. More 9 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 2: than six hundred and fifty mills of rain has fallen 10 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 2: on parts of the state in the last week, prompting 11 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 2: around one hundred evacuations and forty rescues. While rain has 12 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 2: mostly eased, Queensland Premier David chris a Fully has warned 13 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 2: many river catchments across the state are yet to see 14 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 2: the worst of the flooding event. He also warned the 15 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 2: impacts to agricultural communities would be significant, with fears that 16 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 2: up to two million sheep and cattle could be lost 17 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 2: in the floods. 18 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: A Sydney mother has been arrested in relation to the 19 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 1: stabbing of her three children at a home in the 20 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: city's northwest. Officers were called to Balkham Hills this morning, 21 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: where they found a ten year old boy, a thirteen 22 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 1: year old girl and a sixteen year old girl and 23 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: their mother with stab wounds. All four were taken to 24 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: hospital in a stable condition. Detective Superintendent Naomi Moore said 25 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: the children's father discovered the children injured in their rooms 26 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 1: before he contacted police. Moore described the family as quote 27 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 1: relatively normal. This is the first time police have responded 28 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: to this house for any type of domestic situation. She said. 29 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: A forty seven year old woman was placed under arrest 30 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: as she receives ongoing treatment in hospital. 31 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 2: Recovery efforts are continuing after a seven point seven magnitude 32 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 2: earthquake struck me and Mar and Thailand on Friday. The 33 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 2: death toll in me and Mar has reached seventeen hundred, 34 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 2: while thousands are injured. Severe aftershocks have continued as rescue 35 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 2: crews and volunteers work to find survivors and bodies buried 36 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 2: beneath rubble in forty degree heat. Meanwhile, a disaster zone 37 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 2: has been declared in Bangkok, more than one thousand kilometers 38 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 2: from the earthquake's epicenter. At least eighteen people have been 39 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 2: confirmed dead in the Thai capital after the earthquake destroyed 40 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 2: a high rise city building. The US, China, Russia, and 41 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 2: India have pledged international aid to support recovery efforts. 42 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: And today's good news. Scientists in the US have launched 43 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: the world's largest feline genetics study. It's aimed at shedding 44 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 1: light on the mysteries of cats. A team of researchers 45 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: from MIT, Harvard, and UMass have already collected the DNA 46 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: of five thousand cats for the Darwin's Cats Community Science 47 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: Initiative and are calling on more pet owners to participate. 48 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: Unlike traditional DNA collection, which involves taking saliva or blood samples, 49 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 1: they're using breakthrough sequel to analyzed cat fur by decoding 50 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,519 Speaker 1: feline DNA. This way, the Darwin's Cats team is hoping 51 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: to learn more about the ancestry, behavior, and health of 52 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: one of the least studied companion animals in genomic. 53 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 3: Well, if they're looking for some cat fur, it's all 54 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 3: over my house. 55 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 1: Look no further than Emma Gillespie's Holly. 56 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,399 Speaker 3: I've got it in spades that here's the latest from 57 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 3: the Daily oz newsroom for today, but if you're looking 58 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 3: for something else to listen to, make sure you check 59 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 3: out this morning's deep Dive, where Zara and Harry explore 60 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 3: everything you need to know about the upcoming federal election 61 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 3: and what to expect over the next. 62 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 2: Four and a half weeks of campaigning. 63 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: We will of course be back tomorrow morning with another 64 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: deep dive, but until then, enjoy the rest of your Monday. 65 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda 66 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: Bungelung Calcottin woman from Gadigol Country. The Daily oz acknowledges 67 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the 68 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: Gadigel people and pays respect to all a Bridge and 69 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: torrest Rate island and nations. We pay our respects to 70 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: the first peoples of these countries, both past and present.