1 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: Good morning, and welcome to the Daily Ods. It's Monday, 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,960 Speaker 1: the nineteenth of April. My name is Zara Sidler, and 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: helping me make sense of today's news is Sam Klosobowski. 4 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: Making news today, a US China climate action plan. 5 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 2: Protests in the US, some good. 6 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 1: News about single use plastics. 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 2: And a checking of some of the big sexual assault 8 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 2: stories from the last month. Here is today's daily digest. 9 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: China and the US have released a joint statement agreeing 10 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: to push for stronger international climate change commitments by the 11 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: end of the year. The two countries will work together 12 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: to develop carbon capture, energy storage, hydrogen targets and provide 13 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: funding for developing countries. Despite previous tensions between the nations, 14 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,480 Speaker 1: US Climate Envoy John Kerry reflected quote, what we need 15 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 1: to do is prove that we can actually get together, 16 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: sit down and work on some things constructively. 17 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 2: There were protests in several US states over the weekend 18 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 2: in the way of the deaths of Dante Wright and 19 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 2: Adam Toledo. Around one hundred people were arrested in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, 20 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 2: where Wright was fatally shot. A one thousand person peaceful 21 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 2: gathering was also held in Chicago, Illinois, where Toledo was 22 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 2: fatally shot. Additionally, there were tense demonstrations held in Oakland, California, 23 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 2: and Portland, Oregon. 24 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: Alexi Navalny, Russia's most prominent opponent of President Vladimir Pudin, 25 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: is in a critical condition after going on a two 26 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: week hunger strike. Navalny started refusing food protesting against prison 27 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: guards who are allegedly not providing him with adequate medical 28 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: treatment for his acute back and leg pain. He was 29 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: arrested on January seventeenth after returning to Russia from Germany, 30 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: where he spent five months recovering from nerve agent poisoning, 31 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: which he alleges was ordered by Pudin. The Kremlin denies 32 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: the allegations, and you can find out more on our Instagram. 33 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 2: We wrote an explainer on this yesterday and today's good news. 34 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 2: A national meeting with environment ministers has confirmed the single 35 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 2: use plastic items that will be out by twenty twenty five. 36 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 2: The eight types of plastics include lightweight plastic bags, plastic 37 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 2: misleadingly labeled as degradable, plastic, utensils and stirrs, plastic straws, 38 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 2: polystyrene food containers, polystyrene consumer goods, packaging and microbeads in 39 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:17,559 Speaker 2: personal care products. 40 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: News in this country moves very quickly, and that's not 41 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: surprising to anyone. Big news one day can be an 42 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: old story the next, and we're just expected to keep 43 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: up with this very very. 44 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 2: Fast news cycle. 45 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,679 Speaker 1: But I just wanted to take stock today of the 46 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: very very significant movement that we had last month of 47 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: women telling their stories of sexual assault and sexual harassment 48 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: and where that has been left today. So I'm going 49 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: to just talk about some of the big stories that 50 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: we were discussing last month and where they're at today 51 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: on April nineteenth. Let's start off with a woman who 52 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: seemingly sparked this movement, Britney Higgins. So last week we 53 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: found out that Britney Higgins has announced a book deal 54 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: and that she'll be writing a full memoir of her 55 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,119 Speaker 1: experience of the alleged rape and how that played out 56 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: in Parliament House. She's going to be donating half of 57 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: her royalties to the canber Rape Crisis Center. We also 58 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: found out that her and the Prime Minister Scott Morrison 59 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: will finally be having a formal meeting two months after 60 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: she came forward with her allegations. 61 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 2: While Britney Higgins. 62 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: Certainly led the charge in Parliament House, it was Chanel 63 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: Kontos who led the charge for young people all across Australia. 64 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: So as of today, her consent petition, which some of 65 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: you might have signed last month, has gained thirty nine 66 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: thousand signatures and there are now three nine hundred and 67 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: twelve testimonies. Consent education will become mandatory in all Victorian 68 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: state schools. New South Wales announced Operation vest which was 69 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: created with Chanel Contos and is a new way to 70 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: report sexual assault and rape in New South Wales, and 71 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: now the Victorian Opposition is calling on the government to 72 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: do the same. In Victoria. Sexual assault reports more than 73 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: doubled in Victoria and calls to a sexual assault helpline 74 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: we're up forty two percent in Queensland. Now if we 75 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: go to the government and the allegations that were plaguing 76 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: some government ministers and backbenches in the Morrison government. Last 77 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: week we found out that New South Wales detectives investigating 78 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: the historical rape allegation against former Attorney General Christian Porter, 79 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,919 Speaker 1: they were denied permission to travel to South Australia to 80 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 1: interview the complainant that permission was denied by the state's 81 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: Police Deputy Commissioner David Hudson. Christian Porter himself returned from 82 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:32,280 Speaker 1: mental health leave and he now has a new portfolio 83 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 1: in the government. He's looking after innovation and tech and 84 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: some people in that sector have come forward with complaints 85 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 1: or criticism of this move. His first hearing for the 86 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 1: defamation case that he is bringing upon the ABC and 87 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,840 Speaker 1: Louise Milligan will start on the fourteenth of May, and 88 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: then to Andrew Lamming in case you've forgotten who he is. 89 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 1: There were a number of allegations made against Lamming that 90 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: included online harassment, sexual harassment and just a range of 91 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 1: alleged bullying incidences. So Lamming remains on leave and he's 92 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 1: undergoing empathy training, but that hasn't kept him out of 93 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: the news. Police announced last week that they won't be 94 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: laying charges for the alleged upskirt incident that involved him. 95 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: They said that the information provided by the people interviewed 96 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: didn't support the allegation that a criminal offense had been committed. 97 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: That said, he will remain on leave until May eleventh, 98 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: when the government resumes to hand down the budget. 99 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 2: It's pretty clear that these were major events in the 100 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 2: Australian news cycle. What do you think changed to make 101 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 2: us stop talking about these events day to day. 102 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 1: I think it was always going to take something major, 103 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,599 Speaker 1: and the government was actually really wanting there to be 104 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: some new discussion in the news cycle. Perhaps they weren't 105 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 1: expecting it to be the story, but it actually was 106 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 1: the vaccine rollout that is now in serious trouble. So 107 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 1: the news of astrozeneca completely wiped the new cycle clean 108 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: because it has so many wide ranging ramifications for travel, 109 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: for borders, for health, for everything really, and that meant 110 00:05:59,920 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: the news cycle was once again really really occupied with 111 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: the news of the vaccine. That said, we're all expecting 112 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,479 Speaker 1: there to be a renewed focus on the government and 113 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:13,280 Speaker 1: on their handling of sexual assault allegations. When Christian Porter's 114 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 1: first hearing begins in May. We can expect there to 115 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: be a lot of media interest in that and we 116 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: will absolutely bring you all the details. 117 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 2: Then that's all we've got time for today, Happy Monday. 118 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 2: If you want to catch up with news throughout the day, 119 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 2: you can follow us on Instagram at the Daily os. 120 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 2: It's where over one hundred thousand Australians get their news 121 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 2: throughout the day and we would love you to become 122 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,119 Speaker 2: part of the community.