WEBVTT - The school bag creating light in Africa

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<v Speaker 1>Already and this this is the Daily This is the Dailios.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh now it makes sense.

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, and welcome to the Daily Os. It's Saturday,

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty fifth of January.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Zara, I'm Sam, and we are back for another

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<v Speaker 2>week of good news. We've got some excellent stories today,

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<v Speaker 2>ranging again from all over the world. We've got a

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<v Speaker 2>bit of sport for you and a particularly putrid flower.

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<v Speaker 2>But Zara, why don't we start in Thailand where there

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<v Speaker 2>was a really major change of policy this week.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought you were going to say where I was

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<v Speaker 1>last week, which is why I wasn't on the good

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<v Speaker 1>News pod last week.

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<v Speaker 2>You could have done a live cross for this good

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<v Speaker 2>news story. Tell us what happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So this week in Thailand, same sex couples were

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<v Speaker 1>allowed to legally marry for the very first time. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Thailand's parliament and the Thai King approved the law to

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<v Speaker 1>legalize same sex marriage back in September last year, but

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<v Speaker 1>it only came into effect this week. So Thai LGBTQ

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<v Speaker 1>plus groups were hoping to set a record for the

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<v Speaker 1>most same sex marriages actually registered in a single day,

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<v Speaker 1>and so many people opted to hold unofficial wedding celebrations

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<v Speaker 1>in the lead up to it being legalized and then

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<v Speaker 1>officiate their marriage at the Civil Registry. So more than

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen hundred same sex couples were married. That's according to

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<v Speaker 1>Bangkok Pride's tally. There hasn't been an official confirmation yet,

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<v Speaker 1>but the group has told media it submitted a request

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<v Speaker 1>to be recognized by the Guinness World Records. Now. The

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<v Speaker 1>THAIPM celebrated the marriages as an historic day for Thailand.

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<v Speaker 2>There were some amazing images and videos to come out

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<v Speaker 2>of that day, you know, massive lines out of the

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<v Speaker 2>Civil Registry offices, some beautifully happy couples being officially married

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<v Speaker 2>in Thailand for the first time.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and look, just to provide a bit more of

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<v Speaker 1>a context in the region, it's the third Asian jurisdiction

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<v Speaker 1>to allow same sex marriage, following Taiwan and Nepal. The

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<v Speaker 1>country has long been considered a safe haven for LGBTQ

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<v Speaker 1>plus communities and it's home to a thriving drag scene

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<v Speaker 1>as well. So lots of good news coming from Thailand,

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<v Speaker 1>and not just my return.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm glad you're back, Zara. Why don't we go to

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<v Speaker 2>Africa now? And we haven't done one of these stories

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<v Speaker 2>in a little while of lift with this act an

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<v Speaker 2>invention that really changes people's lives.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, So I was trolling the internet trying to find

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<v Speaker 1>some good news this week and I happened upon this

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<v Speaker 1>unbelievable story from Tanzania. So in Tanzania, of course, an

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<v Speaker 1>African country, an innovator has created solar powered backpacks that

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<v Speaker 1>help children read after dark by using their bags to

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<v Speaker 1>power a reading light. Now, according to BBC, and I

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<v Speaker 1>guess to highlight why this is such an incredible invention,

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<v Speaker 1>less than half of homes in Tanzania are connected to electricity,

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<v Speaker 1>and under a third are in rural areas, which can

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<v Speaker 1>also be a big barrier to children getting education. So

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<v Speaker 1>we've got these two twin problems here.

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<v Speaker 2>And these backpacks will literally mean that as the children

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<v Speaker 2>are walking to and from school and at school, that

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<v Speaker 2>it's collecting electricity for them to use at night.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, exactly. So it's a solar panel fitted school bag.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're right, like, as they're walking and the sun

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<v Speaker 1>is beaming, they are charging light for their education essentially

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<v Speaker 1>later on in the day. So during the night, the

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<v Speaker 1>energy powers are built in light that then lets the

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<v Speaker 1>children read and write among other things, long after the

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<v Speaker 1>sun has actually set. And what's interesting is that this

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<v Speaker 1>can now replace kerosene lamps, which can be expensive, they

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<v Speaker 1>can emit harmful fumes for families, especially if you're indoors,

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<v Speaker 1>and so we've got this low cost and also sustainable

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<v Speaker 1>solution that's helping to bridge this gap and is a

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<v Speaker 1>really important factor in breaking down educational inequality and really

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<v Speaker 1>is a good reminder for us about the power of

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<v Speaker 1>accessible technology and what it can do to transform labs

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<v Speaker 1>all across the world.

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<v Speaker 2>The best thing that happens with these types of stories

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<v Speaker 2>is the invention gets out there, starts to get used,

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<v Speaker 2>and then inevitably a really big tech company picks it

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<v Speaker 2>up and makes it really cheap to make. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>where some really widespread change can happen. When you know,

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<v Speaker 2>let's say it takes twenty dollars to make one of

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<v Speaker 2>these backpacks at the moment, I'm sure as it gets

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<v Speaker 2>more affordable to make at larger scales, it will become

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<v Speaker 2>much more than just a Tanzanian used device and could

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<v Speaker 2>go everywhere across the world. Amazing invention now a sports

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<v Speaker 2>story because I love getting one in there and it's

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<v Speaker 2>an f one Taiale this week yep.

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<v Speaker 1>So we are turning our brains now to the Formula

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<v Speaker 1>One and that's because this week American Formula One team

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<v Speaker 1>has appointed the sport's very first female race engineer. Her

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<v Speaker 1>name is Laura Mueller and she was previously a performance

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<v Speaker 1>engineer but will now work with incoming driver Esteban Oconn.

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<v Speaker 1>So she started with a team in twenty twenty two.

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<v Speaker 1>She was working in a simulator department. And for those

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps unacquainted with the sport like myself, a race engineer

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<v Speaker 1>is the main link between a driver and their team.

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<v Speaker 1>So during a Grand Prix, the the race engineer communicates

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<v Speaker 1>with the driver over the radio to assist with strategy,

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<v Speaker 1>to help solve problems the driver may be facing. So

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<v Speaker 1>they're playing a really huge fundamental role. And I cannot

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<v Speaker 1>believe that this is the very first female race engineer

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<v Speaker 1>in the sport, Like that is a huge milestone.

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<v Speaker 2>How many pieces do you think are in a Formula

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<v Speaker 2>one car? Like if you broke broke it down there

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<v Speaker 2>you have the answer to this, yeah, and did like

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<v Speaker 2>a flat lay of a car? How many pieces are

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<v Speaker 2>there on the ground?

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<v Speaker 1>Can I have?

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<v Speaker 2>Like a guy, give me your first number eight. There's

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<v Speaker 2>fourteen and a half thousand individual pieces in a Formula one.

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<v Speaker 1>Car, so no way I was set up there.

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<v Speaker 2>It is no small feast. Another interesting angle to this

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<v Speaker 2>is and I don't think she was in the position

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<v Speaker 2>of race engineer, which is like the captain of the

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<v Speaker 2>engineering team, but the founder of Lune Croissants in Australia

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<v Speaker 2>was previously a Formula one engineer as well, and she's

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<v Speaker 2>applied that sort of incredible detail to making some yummy pastries. Okay, Zara,

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<v Speaker 2>one more story to take us out today, and this one.

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna end on any other man.

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<v Speaker 2>You're going to have to convince me why this is

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<v Speaker 2>good news actually.

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<v Speaker 1>Honestly because it has galvanized the Australian population in a

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<v Speaker 1>way that perhaps we haven't been in a little while.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you don't know what I'm talking about, it

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<v Speaker 1>is the story of Pwtricia. Now, Patricia is a corpse

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<v Speaker 1>flower and it bloomed in Sydney this week for the

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<v Speaker 1>very first time in fifteen years. It was named Patricia

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<v Speaker 1>by the Botanic Gardens in Sydney and it was threatening

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<v Speaker 1>to bloom all week, so everyone was jumping online watching

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<v Speaker 1>this live stream of this very very very smelly flower

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<v Speaker 1>waiting to bloom.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't get that.

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<v Speaker 1>When it did bloom, it only bloomed for twenty four hours. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>thousands of people lined up for a whiff of the flower,

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<v Speaker 1>and it smells like rotting flesh, and I was trying

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<v Speaker 1>to understand why that matters. But it turns out the

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<v Speaker 1>rotting smell and the heat of the flower attracts pollinating

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<v Speaker 1>insects that may want to lay eggs in a rotting animal.

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<v Speaker 1>It also is you don't look impressed. The flower is

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<v Speaker 1>also in danger and can only be found in the

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<v Speaker 1>wild in western Sumatra.

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<v Speaker 2>So you could have led with that. If you'd led

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<v Speaker 2>with an endangered flower has bloomed, I'd be on board.

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<v Speaker 2>You led with the worst smelling thing you could possibly

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<v Speaker 2>imagine has bloomed for quite a short period of time.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't need to convince you, because the Cidney Morning

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<v Speaker 1>Herald reported sixteen thousand people visited in the last week

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<v Speaker 1>alone for a whiff of it. Well there you go,

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<v Speaker 1>and Patricia, as I said, also became an internet star

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<v Speaker 1>thanks to that YouTube live stream got quite the workout.

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<v Speaker 1>In the TDA office. We had editor M and copy

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<v Speaker 1>editor Lucy, both refreshing that live stream, not wanting to

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<v Speaker 1>miss a moment. It is also important to note, in

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<v Speaker 1>full fairness to our Victorian counterparts, that Putricia isn't the

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<v Speaker 1>first of her kind. In November last year had different

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<v Speaker 1>corps flower bloomed in Geelong, Victoria and that attracted over

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<v Speaker 1>twenty k visitors in my month.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think the beauty of good news is that

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<v Speaker 2>it is in subjective the nose of the beholder. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know, if people get a kick out of having

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<v Speaker 2>a whiff of some that smells like quote rotting flesh,

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<v Speaker 2>then if it's their good news, I'm more than happy

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<v Speaker 2>to entertain it. Zara, thank you so much for that

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<v Speaker 2>good news, Rundown, and thank you for joining us on

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<v Speaker 2>the Daily Ods this morning. It's been a huge week

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<v Speaker 2>of news, so glad that we can bring you some

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<v Speaker 2>good news today on your beautiful Saturday. We'll be back

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<v Speaker 2>again on Monday morning for another episode and deep dive,

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<v Speaker 2>but until then, have a wonderful weekend. My name is

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<v Speaker 2>Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda bunjelung Kalkotin woman

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<v Speaker 2>from Gadigol Country. The Daily oz acknowledges that This podcast

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<v Speaker 2>We pay our respects to the first peoples of these countries,

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<v Speaker 2>both past and present.