1 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: Good morning, and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Tuesday, 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: the sixteenth of February. My name is Zara Sidler, and 3 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: helping me make sense of today's news is Sam Kozlowski. 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 1: Making news today a sexual assault allegation in federal parliament. 5 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,799 Speaker 2: Protests turned violent in Meanma, and some good. 6 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: News about vaccines arriving. Viar Express Shipping news dot com 7 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: Doda Yu has reported the account of federal Liberal staff 8 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: of Brittany Higgins. Now she's alleged she was sexually assaulted 9 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:38,160 Speaker 1: by a colleague in Camera's Parliament house. At the time, 10 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: Higgins was just twenty four, and she actually resigned in 11 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: January of this year, saying that it was due to 12 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: ongoing matters pertaining to the role that she had held 13 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: at the time of the alleged assault. 14 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 2: And now to Victoria, where Premier Dan Andrews has said 15 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 2: he's not in a position to be able to confirm 16 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 2: whether the state wide lockdown will indeed end on Wednesday, 17 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: but he added that he was proud and very pleased 18 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,680 Speaker 2: with the way Victorians were handling the situation. The state 19 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 2: recorded only a single case yesterday. 20 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 1: Now to overseas News, security forces in Mienma have reportedly 21 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,759 Speaker 1: opened fire on a crowd of protesters. On the same day, 22 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: the government implemented a major internet shutdown. An order that 23 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,759 Speaker 1: appeared to be from the Ministry of Transport and Communications 24 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 1: instructed local mobile phone service providers to shut down internet 25 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 1: connections on Monday. Now, this isn't the first we've heard 26 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 1: of this story, and it's certainly one that's going to 27 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: keep coming up in the news. 28 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 2: All right, so you might have heard something about the 29 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 2: media bargaining code. Now seven West Media they've become the 30 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 2: first major Australian media company to sign a licensing deal 31 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 2: with Google. The media company runs Channel seven, the West 32 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 2: Australian and a number of other additional channels and websites 33 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 2: you've probably visited. And they've agreed to provide news content 34 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 2: to Google's News Showcase products for about thirty million dollars 35 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 2: a year. 36 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: And finally the good news, the first shipment of a 37 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: one hundred and forty two thousand files of vaccines has 38 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: arrived in Australia. The vaccination rollout will actually begin as 39 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: soon as Monday, with sixty percent of the shipment allocated 40 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: to hotel quarantine workers. Up next, I'll throw to Sam 41 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: for today's Daily Deep Dive. 42 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 2: All right, Zara, I'm a bit stuck on the Google 43 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 2: and seven story. Is this related to the news bargaining code? 44 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: Sure is, sam, So let's do a quick backgrounder. The 45 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: federal government wants to force companies like Google and Facebook 46 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 1: to pay media outlets a share of the money those 47 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: tech giants make off news content. On the one hand, 48 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 1: media companies and the federal government actually just argue that 49 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 1: it's unfair for them to produce news only for Facebook 50 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: and Google to profit off it. On the other hand, 51 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: the tech giants argue that media companies are already getting 52 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: a lot out of having their content available via Google, 53 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: mainly it gives their websites a whole lot of traffic. Instead, 54 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: Google wants a model where they invest in journalism rather 55 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:00,080 Speaker 1: than paying outlets for content that appears in their search engine. 56 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 2: Okay, I get that, but why do I care? 57 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: You need to care because as part of this process, 58 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: Google's actually threatened a number of times to withdraw its 59 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: search engine function from the Australian market. So the fact 60 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: that Seven and Google have reached an agreement is actually 61 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 1: a sign that other media companies could do the same, 62 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: and the temperature in this whole debate could be lowered. 63 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 2: Sorry, Bing, I know you are getting excited there, but 64 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 2: you might have to take a quick breather because we 65 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 2: know that Google's going to pay Seven about thirty million 66 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 2: bucks a year for bringing their content over to the 67 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 2: Google News showcase. But it's interesting to know what the 68 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 2: parties have actually avoided here. If the news bargaining legislation 69 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 2: does pass at the end of the week, which insiders 70 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 2: say it will, the government's going to be able to 71 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 2: step in between a media outlet and a tech giant 72 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 2: if the two parties can't reach an agreement. So Seven 73 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 2: and Google, they've really gotten the head of the game 74 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 2: here to avoid that mandated process and set their own terms. 75 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: Alrighty, now, that is all for today. We'll chat to 76 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: you again tomorrow, but in the meantime, don't forget to 77 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: catch up on the day's news on Instagram at the 78 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: Daily Os. 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