1 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: From The Daily Os. 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 2: I'm Lucy Tassel, I'm Annabel Whitehouse. 3 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 1: It's Thursday, the nineteenth of June. Here's what's making headlines 4 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:12,959 Speaker 1: this evening. 5 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,920 Speaker 2: The jury in the trial of accused mushroom murderer Aaron 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 2: Patterson are a step closer to deliberations, with the defense 7 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 2: making their closing arguments today. Patterson is accused of deliberately 8 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 2: poisoning four members of her strange husband's family, killing three. 9 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 2: In his final remarks, Patterson's defense lawyer, Colin Mandy, appealed 10 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 2: to the jury to absolve Patterson if they believe the 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 2: poisonings were unintentional. He said, if you think that maybe 12 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,599 Speaker 2: she deliberately poisoned the meal, you must find her not guilty. 13 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 2: If you think that it's likely that she deliberately poisoned 14 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 2: the meal, you must find her not guilty. With closing 15 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 2: arguments from both the defense and prosecution now complete, the 16 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 2: jury is expected to begin deliberating a verdict next week, 17 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 2: pending further instructions from Justice c BIL. 18 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: The unemployment rate has held steady at four point one 19 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 1: percent for a fifth consecutive month, according to the latest 20 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The unemployment rate 21 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: measures the percentage of people who were looking for work 22 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: but could not find any. The number of employed people 23 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: dropped by two thousand people in May, but is up 24 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: two point three percent compared to the same period in 25 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. ABS head of Labor Statistics Sean Krik 26 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: said this fallen employment, combined with a drop in unemployment 27 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: of three thousand people, meant that the unemployment rate remained 28 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: steady for May. Australia's unemployment rate has hovered between three 29 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: point seven to four point one percent since December twenty 30 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: twenty three, following a peak during the height of the pandemic. 31 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 2: The death toll from a Russian strike on Ukraine's capital 32 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 2: Kiev has risen to twenty eight A nine story apartment 33 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 2: was hit during the missile attack injuring up to one 34 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 2: hundred and thirty people. The strike part of a broader 35 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 2: attack which saw Russia send two hundred and twenty drones 36 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 2: and thirty two missiles into Kiev. According to international media reports. 37 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,959 Speaker 2: Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky has called it quote one of 38 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 2: the most terrifying strikes against Kiev. The attack comes against 39 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 2: a backdrop of stored peace talks following more than three 40 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 2: years of conflict in the region. Around twelve five hundred 41 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 2: civilians are estimated to have been killed in the war 42 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 2: since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in twenty twenty two. 43 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 2: According to UN data. 44 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,639 Speaker 1: And Today's Good News, US authorities have approved a new 45 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:41,519 Speaker 1: HIV prevention vaccine ahead of an anticipated global rollout. HIV 46 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 1: is a virus that attacks the cells in the body 47 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 1: which can fight off diseases. In a world first, a 48 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: new vaccine can successfully quote reduce the risk of sexually 49 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: acquired HIV in adults and adolescents. Clinical trials of the 50 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: twice a year immunization reported ninety nine point nine to 51 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: nine percent of participants continue to remain HIV negative. Gilliad Sciences, 52 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: which developed the technology, said the vaccine is one of 53 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,359 Speaker 1: the most important scientific breakthroughs of our time and offers 54 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: a very real opportunity to help end the HIV epidemic. 55 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily Os newsroom. If you're 56 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 2: looking for something else to listen to, check out today's 57 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 2: deep dive on the rise in organized crime and the 58 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 2: gun men being recruited on social media. 59 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,839 Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow with another deep dive, but until then, 60 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: enjoy your evening. My name is Lily Maddon and I'm 61 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: a proud Arunda Bungelung Caalcuttin woman from Gadighl country. 62 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 2: The Daily oz acknowledges that this podcast is recorded on 63 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 2: the lands of the Gadighl people and pays respect to 64 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 2: all Aboriginal and Torres Straight Island and nations. We pay 65 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 2: our respects to the first peoples of these countries, both 66 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 2: past and present.