Speaker 1: From The Daily Os. I'm Zara Seidler, I'm Emma Gillespie.
Speaker 1: It's Monday, the thirty first of March. Here's what's making
Speaker 1: headlines this evening.
Speaker 2: Floodwaters are continuing to rise in parts of outback Queensland,
Speaker 2: where farming communities remain cut off following intense rainfall in
Speaker 2: the state's west. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued dozens
Speaker 2: of severe weather warnings, including five major flood warnings around
Speaker 2: the southwest Queensland towns of Thagaminda, Yulo and Winderer. More
Speaker 2: than six hundred and fifty mills of rain has fallen
Speaker 2: on parts of the state in the last week, prompting
Speaker 2: around one hundred evacuations and forty rescues. While rain has
Speaker 2: mostly eased, Queensland Premier David chris a Fully has warned
Speaker 2: many river catchments across the state are yet to see
Speaker 2: the worst of the flooding event. He also warned the
Speaker 2: impacts to agricultural communities would be significant, with fears that
Speaker 2: up to two million sheep and cattle could be lost
Speaker 2: in the floods.
Speaker 1: A Sydney mother has been arrested in relation to the
Speaker 1: stabbing of her three children at a home in the
Speaker 1: city's northwest. Officers were called to Balkham Hills this morning,
Speaker 1: where they found a ten year old boy, a thirteen
Speaker 1: year old girl and a sixteen year old girl and
Speaker 1: their mother with stab wounds. All four were taken to
Speaker 1: hospital in a stable condition. Detective Superintendent Naomi Moore said
Speaker 1: the children's father discovered the children injured in their rooms
Speaker 1: before he contacted police. Moore described the family as quote
Speaker 1: relatively normal. This is the first time police have responded
Speaker 1: to this house for any type of domestic situation. She said.
Speaker 1: A forty seven year old woman was placed under arrest
Speaker 1: as she receives ongoing treatment in hospital.
Speaker 2: Recovery efforts are continuing after a seven point seven magnitude
Speaker 2: earthquake struck me and Mar and Thailand on Friday. The
Speaker 2: death toll in me and Mar has reached seventeen hundred,
Speaker 2: while thousands are injured. Severe aftershocks have continued as rescue
Speaker 2: crews and volunteers work to find survivors and bodies buried
Speaker 2: beneath rubble in forty degree heat. Meanwhile, a disaster zone
Speaker 2: has been declared in Bangkok, more than one thousand kilometers
Speaker 2: from the earthquake's epicenter. At least eighteen people have been
Speaker 2: confirmed dead in the Thai capital after the earthquake destroyed
Speaker 2: a high rise city building. The US, China, Russia, and
Speaker 2: India have pledged international aid to support recovery efforts.
Speaker 1: And today's good news. Scientists in the US have launched
Speaker 1: the world's largest feline genetics study. It's aimed at shedding
Speaker 1: light on the mysteries of cats. A team of researchers
Speaker 1: from MIT, Harvard, and UMass have already collected the DNA
Speaker 1: of five thousand cats for the Darwin's Cats Community Science
Speaker 1: Initiative and are calling on more pet owners to participate.
Speaker 1: Unlike traditional DNA collection, which involves taking saliva or blood samples,
Speaker 1: they're using breakthrough sequel to analyzed cat fur by decoding
Speaker 1: feline DNA. This way, the Darwin's Cats team is hoping
Speaker 1: to learn more about the ancestry, behavior, and health of
Speaker 1: one of the least studied companion animals in genomic.
Speaker 3: Well, if they're looking for some cat fur, it's all
Speaker 3: over my house.
Speaker 1: Look no further than Emma Gillespie's Holly.
Speaker 3: I've got it in spades that here's the latest from
Speaker 3: the Daily oz newsroom for today, but if you're looking
Speaker 3: for something else to listen to, make sure you check
Speaker 3: out this morning's deep Dive, where Zara and Harry explore
Speaker 3: everything you need to know about the upcoming federal election
Speaker 3: and what to expect over the next.
Speaker 2: Four and a half weeks of campaigning.
Speaker 1: We will of course be back tomorrow morning with another
Speaker 1: deep dive, but until then, enjoy the rest of your Monday.
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