1 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: From the Daily os. I'm Emma, I'm Lucy. It's Monday, 2 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:12,039 Speaker 1: the sixteenth of December. Here's what's making headlines this evening. 3 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 2: A total fireman has been declared across most of Victoria 4 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 2: amid heat wave conditions. The ban means no fires can 5 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 2: be lit until midnight tonight. Vick Emergency are currently responding 6 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 2: to a number of different fires, with seven active fire 7 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 2: warnings across the state. Country Fire Authority Chief Officer Jason 8 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 2: Heffernan has warned if you live in a fire prone 9 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 2: area up now is the time to review your fire 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 2: plan and make sure you're prepared to leave early if needed. Hot, 11 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,959 Speaker 2: dry and windy conditions are forecast this week, alongside maximum 12 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 2: temperatures of up to forty seven degrees in the state's 13 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 2: north and up to forty two degrees in the south. 14 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 2: In neighboring New South Wales, the Rural Fire Service of 15 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 2: responding to three bush fires near the Victorian border, while 16 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 2: several other blazes across the Central West and Hunter regions 17 00:00:58,400 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 2: are under control. 18 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: Families impacted by a deadly jumping castle incident at a 19 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: Tasmanian primary school have launched legal action against state authorities 20 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: and jumping castle operator TAZORB. Six students of Hillcrest Primary 21 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: School died and three were injured during an end of 22 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,960 Speaker 1: year event in twenty twenty one when wind lifted a 23 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 1: jumping castle twenty meters into the air. Three years on, 24 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: law Fir Morris Blackburn has filed a class action on 25 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: behalf of impacted families in the Supreme Court of Tasmania. 26 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 1: The firm says children and witnesses who sustained physical or 27 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: psychological injuries as a result of the incident are eligible 28 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: to join the action. It comes after Tazorb's operator, Rosemary Gamble, 29 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: pleaded not guilty to a work safety negligence charge earlier 30 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 1: this year, with the court yet to hound down a decision. 31 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 2: Hundreds are feared dead in the French overseas territory of 32 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 2: Mayote following a Category four cyclone. Mayot is a small 33 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 2: archipelago northwest of Masagascar with around three hundred and twenty 34 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 2: one thousand inhabitants. Overnight, cyclone Cheeto made landfall with winds 35 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 2: over two hundred kilometers per hour, damaging houses, hospitals and airports. 36 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,639 Speaker 2: French Interior Minister Brunoverteo said it will be difficult to 37 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 2: account for all victims, and that the estimated death toll 38 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 2: could be in the hundreds to thousands. Breteo said his 39 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 2: immediate objective was to provide housing, water and food to 40 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 2: those affected. 41 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: And today's good news. The federal and South Australia governments 42 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 1: will spend over eight million dollars on two projects to 43 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: help disadvantaged young people. The first, the Young Parent Project, 44 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 1: is a sixteen week course run out of the Hacken 45 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: Community Center for parents under twenty five. It'll combine free childcare, 46 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: counseling and programs to help develop parenting skills. The second 47 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: is a new initiative called the Workplace Program, which will 48 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: provide accommodation to young men leaving custody. The project will 49 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 1: be able to support up to six hundred people with 50 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: housing and wrap around services targeting the causes of reoffending 51 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: like unemployment and homelessness. South Australian Premier Peter Malinowskis called 52 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 1: it a fantastic opportunity to improve the lives of some 53 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 1: of the most vulnerable people in the community. 54 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily OS newsroom. If you're 55 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 2: looking for something else to listen to make sure you 56 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 2: catch up on today's deep dive on the High Court 57 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 2: decision that means you can now sue for mental health 58 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 2: harm after being sacked. 59 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow morning. Until then, have a great evening. 60 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 2: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda 61 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 2: Bunjelung Caalguton woman from Gadighl Country. The Daily oz acknowledges 62 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 2: that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the 63 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 2: Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torres 64 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 2: Strait Island and nations. We pay our respects to the 65 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 2: first peoples of these countries, both past and present.