1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: Already and this is this is the DAILYA, this is 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: the Daily OS. Oh, now it makes sense. 3 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,279 Speaker 2: Good morning, and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Tuesday, 4 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 2: the thirteenth February. 5 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 3: I'm Zara, I'm Sam. 6 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 2: When Sophie Delizio was just a baby, she experienced two 7 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 2: separate horrific accidents and spent vast amounts of her childhood 8 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 2: recovering in hospital. But the chances are you already knew that. 9 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,160 Speaker 2: That's because Sophie's life has been the subject of intense 10 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 2: media attention and in her words, inspiration pawn. Sophie recently 11 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,520 Speaker 2: joined us in the TDA office and I am so 12 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 2: excited to bring you that chat. But before that, Zam, 13 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 2: what's making headlines? 14 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 3: The federal government has confirmed an additional twenty four recently 15 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 3: released immigration detainees have been arrested and charged. It comes 16 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 3: after a High court ruling saw the release of over 17 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 3: one hundred and forty people from indefinite detention last year. 18 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 3: The Home Affairs Office said as of the start of 19 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 3: this month, six people had been charged for breaching visa 20 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 3: conditions and eighteen people were charged over undisclosed state and 21 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 3: territory offenses. That's all according to the Australian Border Force. 22 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 2: A new report has found a third of Australian children 23 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 2: have low reading skills. The study from the Gradden Institute 24 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 2: blamed the shortfall on outdated literacy teaching strategies in classrooms. 25 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 2: Researchers called for a reading revolution and urged schools to 26 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 2: use a structured literacy approach, which focuses on teaching young 27 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 2: people to read through phonics sounding words out. 28 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 3: The president of Hungary has resigned after she pardoned a 29 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 3: man involved with covering up an incident of child sexual abuse. 30 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 3: Catle and Novak pardoned over twenty people last year in 31 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 3: relation to sexual abuse at a children's home. The leader 32 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 3: has faced mounting criticism over the scandal, saying she made 33 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 3: a mistake and would never grant a pardon to anyone 34 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 3: whom I thought abused children. Her replacement has not been named. 35 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 2: And the good News this year's Super Bowl was the 36 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,959 Speaker 2: first to be fully powered by renewable energy. The game 37 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 2: was held in Las Vegas at an NFL stadium powered 38 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 2: by hundreds of thousands of solar panels. The stadium also 39 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: recycles food scraps, cigarette waste, and grass clippings as part 40 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 2: of its sustainability policies. Sophie Delizio was one of the 41 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 2: first guests that we wanted to interview when we first 42 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 2: came up with this idea of TDA rewind, so we 43 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 2: were so excited when she said yes. TDA rewind is 44 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 2: basically based on the premise of wanting to highlight the 45 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 2: human element of major news stories, so essentially to understand 46 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 2: what actually happens to the person who's at the center 47 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 2: of all of those cameras and all of those stories. 48 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 2: Hearing about Sophie's story is actually one of my first 49 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:02,239 Speaker 2: conscious memories I think I have of engaging with the news. 50 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 2: It's a name I remember reading a lot about, but 51 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 2: it was only last year that I actually met her 52 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 2: for the first time at twenty two. Sophie is an 53 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 2: incredible communicator and a budding media professional. 54 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 3: It has been quite the journey though. 55 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 2: So here is Sophie describing in her own words what 56 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 2: happened when she was young and why we the public 57 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 2: of Australia were introduced to her so young. 58 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: My name's Sophie Delizio. 59 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 2: Sophie Deluzio, Sophie Delizio, Sophie Delizio. 60 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 1: When I was two and a half, I was in 61 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: pre school. We were in nap time and a man 62 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: had a seizure in his car. The car hit the 63 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: curb and flew in the air over a classroom of 64 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: sleeping babies, and unfortunately landed on top of me. I 65 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: got third degree burns to eighty five percent of my body, 66 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: lost both my legs below money, my right hand, and 67 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: my right ear. A few years later, when I was six, 68 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: was crossing the road, a car hit my stroller. I 69 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: flew eights in the air and landed head first on 70 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: the pavement. 71 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 2: So I'm going to jump in and out of this interview. 72 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 2: I really want Sophie's words to speak for themselves. But 73 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 2: next we wanted to explore with her what the role 74 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 2: of media actually was in her life. Sophie first gained 75 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 2: media attention at the age of two and a half 76 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 2: and then again at six, and since then it's been 77 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 2: something that has stayed constant in her life. 78 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: I remember when I was a teen ager and the 79 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: idea of the media in my life, I felt that 80 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: I didn't have my own life to live. Now that 81 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 1: I'm an adult, I'm able to tell my truth in 82 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: mainstream media. There's a specific goal. They're trying to achieve 83 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: something from the audience, and I think so often when 84 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: I was a kid, it was what the audience wanted 85 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 1: me to be and feel rather than what I wanted 86 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: to be and feel. 87 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 2: And so when the media is in control of building 88 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 2: this narrative, what sort of image can they create and propagate? Well, 89 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 2: according to to Sophie, it creates this idea of inspiration porn. 90 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the whole concept of inspiration porn. I think 91 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:12,479 Speaker 1: has driven me from my teenage years to who I 92 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: am now. At two people would call me an inspiration, 93 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: but what had I done. There's so many incredible people 94 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: out there that don't get given the recognition for achieving 95 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: amazing things, and I thought growing up I never deserved 96 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: that title until I did something with my story. I 97 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 1: don't think the term bravery came from defining my accidents 98 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: and surviving what I've been through. I just think bravery 99 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: is for me define internal demons and continuing to strive 100 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: despite all that. I've had people come up to me 101 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: and say, oh, when I'm going through a hard time, 102 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 1: I just think of you and I feel better. Basically 103 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,359 Speaker 1: being like, well, I thought my life was crap, and 104 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: then I thought of you, like, we are here providing 105 00:05:56,320 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: our story to make other people feel better about themselves. 106 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: The media needs to change. When I was going through 107 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,599 Speaker 1: some of the darkest moments of my life, it was, oh, 108 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 1: Sophie's Elisia's achieving this and doing this and her life's great. 109 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: Now it's like, no, Well, I suffered a lot from 110 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: depression and anxiety. The media didn't showcase that because they 111 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: didn't want to just admitting that you were suffering and 112 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 1: you were going through hardship. It's not a bad thing. 113 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: I think that should be shown more. I just wanted 114 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 1: to evolve. Now now that I'm an adult and I'm 115 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 1: doing public speaking and social media, I'm able to tell 116 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: my truth. I would love for the media to become 117 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: more of an open and honest place where the true 118 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: light of everything shown. And I don't care if you 119 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: admire me or not or whatever. It's just acknowledging that 120 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 1: we all go through challenges. It's not a competition. It's 121 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: about saying that support each other in the best way 122 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: that we can in. 123 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 2: And so for Sophie as she gets older, it's all 124 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 2: about telling her story from her perspective and letting her 125 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 2: lived experience speak for itself and inform the way that 126 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 2: we understand her story. 127 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: I wanted to be one of the people who changed 128 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: that perspective. That's a beautiful thing about social media. You 129 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: can reach so many people in one moment. If people 130 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: don't like what I say, then don't watch my videos. 131 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 1: Simple as that. I hope in five years I have 132 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: made a little bit of impact in the world. I'd 133 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: love to be working in the media where I can 134 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: be the one asking the right questions and the questions 135 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: that change people's perspectives. My years since leaving school have 136 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: been great, having freedom and independence compared to nothing. Being 137 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: a young adult, There's so much you can achieve and 138 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: so much you can do in so many options and choices, 139 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: and that's what I find the most exciting. I'm newly engaged, 140 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: I'm about to get married. I've lived overseas, I've traveled 141 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: with friends, I've I've done so much in these past 142 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: six seven years. If I thought back to where I 143 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: was in high school and knowing all the challenges that 144 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: I was facing them, to look at where I am now, 145 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 1: I just couldn't. 146 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 2: Be proud of A huge thank you too. Sophie for 147 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 2: taking the time to sit down and chat to TDA. 148 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 2: We hope you enjoyed that interview. Feel free to leave 149 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 2: your comments. 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