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Speaker 1: A very good morning and a happy Friday from the

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Speaker 1: Daily Os. Today is the nineteenth of November, the end

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Speaker 1: of the week, and according to Sam, it is also

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Speaker 1: World toilet Day.

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Speaker 2: It is. It's true.

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Speaker 1: We're trying to change up how that opening goes, and

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Speaker 1: clearly that is the best we could go for. Sam.

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Speaker 1: Take us through the news.

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Speaker 2: Of the day before we jump into it. A quick

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Speaker 2: trigger warning. The first story of our news bulletin and

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Speaker 2: our deep dive contained mentions of rape. The man who

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Speaker 2: allegedly raped former Liberal staff for Britney Higgins in Parliament

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Speaker 2: House will stand trial next June. The man's facing one

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Speaker 2: charge of sexual intercourse without consent and he has pleaded

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Speaker 2: not guilty to the charge.

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Speaker 1: Debate over Victoria's pandemic laws, which we covered a bit

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Speaker 1: earlier in this week, has been paused now after former

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Speaker 1: government MP Adam Somyurek announced he would vote against the bill,

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Speaker 1: arguing and it gives too much power to the government.

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Speaker 1: The government is now looking to find one more vote

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Speaker 1: in the Upper House.

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Speaker 2: A lawsuit has been filed against Alec Baldwin that alleges

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Speaker 2: he unnecessary fired the gun that killed cinematographer Halena Hutchins

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Speaker 2: The lawsuit was filed by the script supervisor Mammy Mitchell,

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Speaker 2: who said, quote, there is nothing in the script about

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Speaker 2: the gun being discharged by defendant Baldwin or by any

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Speaker 2: other person.

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Speaker 1: Today's good news, and boys are good to have some

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Speaker 1: good news for Victorians. You are waking up to a

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Speaker 1: further easing of restrictions today as the state does approach

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Speaker 1: the ninety percent double dose vaccination rate from last night.

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Speaker 1: There are no limits on the number of people who

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Speaker 1: can visit your home. Masks will only be required in

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Speaker 1: high risk settings, and fully vaccinated people can host or

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Speaker 1: attend weddings with no capacity limits. So Sam mentioned at

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Speaker 1: the top, this story does discuss themes including sexual assault.

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Speaker 1: A couple of weeks ago, one of our journo's Billy,

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Speaker 1: came to us with a story about a Chinese tennis

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Speaker 1: player Pun Shui. She said that the female tennis player

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Speaker 1: had made an accusation against a former government official. He

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Speaker 1: was the former vice Premier. It was posted to a

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Speaker 1: populous social media platform in China called Waibo, but was

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Speaker 1: then deleted a mere thirty minutes later. Yesterday, there was

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Speaker 1: another update on this story. So let's start from the

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Speaker 1: very beginning.

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Speaker 2: So the post, Bi Pung specifically said that this Vice

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Speaker 2: Premier Jiangali, who was a close ally of China's leader,

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Speaker 2: President Ji, forced her to have sex with him. When

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Speaker 2: the thirty five year old made these allegations. Even though

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Speaker 2: it was taken down thirty minutes later, screenshots of the

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Speaker 2: post circulated more widely online and reached a global audience.

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Speaker 1: And here's where the story gets even more mysterious. Since

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Speaker 1: the allegations have been posted, the famous tennis player has

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Speaker 1: seemingly disappeared. Just over a week ago, the Women's Tennis

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Speaker 1: Association asked the Chinese government to investigate the sexual assault

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Speaker 1: allegations that were made. They said that the tennis player

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Speaker 1: had not been heard from since she made the allegations

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Speaker 1: nearly two weeks before that. At the time, Steve Simon,

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Speaker 1: the CEO of the Women's Tennis Association, told The New

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Speaker 1: York Times that several sources had said she was safe,

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Speaker 1: but adaded that they hadn't been able to reach her.

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Speaker 1: He said, my understanding is that she's in Beijing in China,

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Speaker 1: but I can't confirm that because I haven't spoken directly

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Speaker 1: with her, he told the publication.

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Speaker 2: He also said the events are of deep concern to

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Speaker 2: the WTA, and said, as an organization dedicated to women,

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Speaker 2: we weremen committed to the principles we were founded on equality,

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Speaker 2: opportunity and respect. Then everything changed again on Wednesday this week,

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Speaker 2: only two days ago, when Chinese state media released an

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Speaker 2: email purportedly sent from Pung to the CEO of the WTA.

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Speaker 2: The email said the news in that release, including the

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Speaker 2: allegation of sexual assault, is not true. I'm not missing,

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Speaker 2: nor am I unsafe. I've just been resting at home

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Speaker 2: and everything is fine. However, according to the London Telegraph,

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Speaker 2: there are increased fears that she's under house arrest. The

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Speaker 2: China Global Television Network published words allegedly of Pung in

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Speaker 2: her voice claiming I've just been resting at home and

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Speaker 2: everything is fine, and that grab circulated around Chinese media.

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Speaker 1: The WTA, however, is not convinced of the legitimacy of

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Speaker 1: that email, with the CEO of WTA saying I have

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Speaker 1: a hard time believing that Pung Shui actually wrote the

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Speaker 1: email we received or believes what is being attributed to her.

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Speaker 1: Punshwi displayed incredible courage in describing an allegation of sexual

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Speaker 1: assault against the former top official in the Chinese government.

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Speaker 1: I've repeatedly tried to reach her via numerous forms of

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Speaker 1: communication to no avail.

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Speaker 2: We've also heard this week from tennis star Naomi Osaka,

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Speaker 2: who said on Twitter censorship is never okay at any cost.

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Speaker 2: I hope Punshwi and her family are safe and okay.

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Speaker 2: I'm in shock of the current situation, and I'm sending

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Speaker 2: love and light her way. Hashtag where is pung Shui?

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Speaker 2: The hashtag itself has gained popularity on social media, with

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Speaker 2: users on Twitter particularly engaging in the hashtag. As journalists.

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Speaker 2: It's a really interesting story to engage with, as it's

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Speaker 2: really hard to get primary information out of both the

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Speaker 2: Chinese government and Peng Shui and her family.

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Speaker 1: While this story is obviously disturbing, it is also a

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Speaker 1: really interesting intersection of sport, of media, and of course

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Speaker 1: political systems, and I really anticipate that it will pick

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Speaker 1: up steam on social media as the days go by.

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Speaker 2: It's been a big week of news for everyone. Take

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Speaker 2: care of yourself this weekend and relax. If you want

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Speaker 2: to listen to some longer film audio from The Daily Os,

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Speaker 2: check out the second episode of Young, Dumb and Informed

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Speaker 2: Billy talks all things mental health and you'll really get

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Speaker 2: on top of the topic area within about half an hour.

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Speaker 2: It's a pretty good deal. Have a great weekend and

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Speaker 2: we'll speak to you on Monday.