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Speaker 1: From the Daily Oz. I'm emma, I'm billy. It's Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: the twenty fifth of February. Here's what's making headlines this evening.

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Speaker 2: The US has voted with Russia and against its European

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Speaker 2: allies in the United Nations. Three years since Moscow launched

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Speaker 2: its invasion of Ukraine, UN officials gathered to vote on

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Speaker 2: three resolutions. This included a motion condemning Russia's actions and

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Speaker 2: calling for the immediate withdrawal of its troops in Ukraine.

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Speaker 2: The US refused to support Ukraine's territorial independence and call

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Speaker 2: out Russian aggression. However, a neutral resolution drafted by the

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Speaker 2: US calling for an end to the conflict passed with

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Speaker 2: American and Russian support. Key US allies, the UK and

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Speaker 2: France abstained from voting over the wording of the resolution.

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Speaker 2: UN Ambassador Rebecca Bryant said, Australia condemns Russia's illegal invasion

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Speaker 2: of Ukraine. Moscow's actions cause harm globally. She said, on

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Speaker 2: this Somber milestone, Australia mourns Ukraine's losses.

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Speaker 1: Phone reception would be available almost everywhere in Australia under

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Speaker 1: a new federal government proposal. Its universal outdoor mobile coverage

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Speaker 1: plan announced today would require telcos to expand the scope

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Speaker 1: of their coverage across large parts of remote and regional Australia.

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Speaker 1: Communications Minister Michelle Roland said the plan will expand triple

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Speaker 1: zero access, improve coverage in existing black spots, and increase

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Speaker 1: resilience during natural disasters and power outages. The government said

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Speaker 1: it will introduce legislation on the plan this year.

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Speaker 2: Organ donations increased in twenty twenty four, but the number

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Speaker 2: of transplant procedures decreased, according to new national data. The

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Speaker 2: latest Donation and Transplantation Activity Report shows more than one

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Speaker 2: thousand and three one hundred people received life saving transplants

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Speaker 2: from five hundred and twenty seven deceased organ donors last year.

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Speaker 2: Despite a three percent rise in the number of organ

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Speaker 2: donors compared to twenty twenty three, fewer organs were suitable

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Speaker 2: for transplantation in twenty twenty four. This led to a

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Speaker 2: five percent drop in the number of transplant recipients. The

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty four data also shows fifty three percent of

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Speaker 2: families said yes to organ donation after the death of

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Speaker 2: a loved one in hospital, down from fifty five percent

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Speaker 2: in twenty twenty three and below the pre pandemic concent

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Speaker 2: rate of sixty percent. There are around one thy eight

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Speaker 2: hundred people on Australia's organ transplant waitlist.

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Speaker 1: And today's good news. Parts of Mars may once have

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Speaker 1: been covered with sandy beaches. Scientists have discovered a team

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Speaker 1: of researchers in the US and China analyzed rocks found

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Speaker 1: by a rover buried near what they think could be

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Speaker 1: a billions of years old shoreline in the northern plains

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Speaker 1: of mars 's findings, published in the scientific journal PNAS,

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Speaker 1: suggest an ancient Martian ocean with coastal structures similar to

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Speaker 1: Earth once existed there. It's hope the findings will form

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Speaker 1: the basis of another rover mission to investigate signs of

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Speaker 1: past life around the ancient seabeds.

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Speaker 2: That's the latest from the dally Os newsroom. If you're

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Speaker 2: looking for something else to listen to, make sure you

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Speaker 2: catch up on today's deep dive on the bipartisan push

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Speaker 2: to make GP visits cheaper.

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Speaker 1: We will be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive,

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Speaker 1: but until then, have a great night.

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Speaker 2: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda

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Speaker 2: Bunjelung Calcottin woman from Gadighl country. The Daily oz acknowledges

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Speaker 2: that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the

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Speaker 2: Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torres

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Speaker 2: Strait Island and nations. We pay our respects to the

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Speaker 2: first peoples of these countries, both past and present.