1 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: From The Daily Os. 2 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 2: I'm Lucy Tassel, I'm Sam Kazlowski. 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: It's Wednesday, the twenty seventh of August. Here's what's making 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: headlines this evening. 5 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 2: Former West Coast player Mitch Brown has become the first 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:23,240 Speaker 2: openly bisexual player in AFL history. Until today, the AFL 7 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 2: was the only major professional sporting league globally that has 8 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 2: never had a single male player, past or present, publicly 9 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 2: identify as gay or bisexual. In an exclusive interview with TDA, 10 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 2: Brown described a culture of hypermasculinity within the AFL, which 11 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 2: discouraged players from exploring their sexuality. As a result, he 12 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 2: said he buried questions about his own identity. Brown's decision 13 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 2: to speak to TDA comes after several recent homophobic incidents 14 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 2: in the AFL, including Adelaide Crowe's player Isaac Rankin's four 15 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 2: match suspension last week. Brown is calling on the AFL 16 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 2: to make systemic changes, including celebrating positive male role models. 17 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 2: He told TVA he hopes his story will create the safety, 18 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 2: comfort and space for other players to come forward. You 19 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 2: can tune into tomorrow's Deep Dive to hear more. 20 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: Victoria police are continuing the search for a gunman who 21 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: allegedly killed two officers and wounded another during a shooting 22 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: at a rural property yesterday morning. The officers were executing 23 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: a search warrant in Poor Punka, a town in northeast Victoria, 24 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: before what police officials are calling an ambush. Despite a 25 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: significant man hunt involving hundreds of officers, the alleged gunman 26 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: remains at large in dense bushland. The victims, a fifty 27 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: nine year old detective and a thirty five year old 28 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:46,119 Speaker 1: senior constable, have not yet been named publicly. Victoria Police 29 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: Commissioner Mike Bush said the officers will quote murdered in 30 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: cold blood. Residents in Victoria's Alpine region have been advised 31 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: to stay inside. 32 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 2: US President Donald Trump says he will seek the death 33 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 2: penalty for all murders committed in Washington, d C. During 34 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 2: a cabinet meeting on Tuesday local time. Trump called capital 35 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 2: punishment a quote very strong preventative. The announcement comes as 36 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 2: part of Trump's wider crackdown on crime in the American capital, 37 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 2: where he's already ordered the deployment of hundreds of military troops. 38 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 2: Trump has defended his actions in DC, saying I'm not 39 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 2: a dictator. I just know how to stop crime. The 40 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 2: US president has also indicated he's considering expanding military deployments 41 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 2: to other cities, including Baltimore, Chicago, and New York. 42 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 1: And today's good news, ancient statues, Roman coins and other 43 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: artifacts have been retrieved from a sunken city off the 44 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: coast of Egypt. Local authorities used cranes to pull the 45 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: two thousand year old relics from the Mediterranean Sea near 46 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: the ancient city of Alexandria this week. The underwater ruins 47 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: included one hundred and twenty five meter dock, are partially 48 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: preserved sphinx, merchant ships and stone anchor from the Ptolemaic 49 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: and Roman eras. According to Egyptian government officials, only specific 50 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 1: materials meeting strict criteria can be brought to the surface. 51 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 1: The rest will remain part of the country's quote sunken heritage. 52 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 2: And that's all we got for you from the dally 53 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,959 Speaker 2: Oz newsroom. If you're looking for something else to listen to, 54 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 2: check out Today's Deep Dive to hear our interview with 55 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 2: Australia's youngest ever senator, twenty one year old Charlotte Walker. 56 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 2: We'll be back tomorrow with the first half of my 57 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 2: chat with West Coast player Mitch Brown. Until then, have 58 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 2: a great evening. My name is Lily Maddon and I'm 59 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 2: a proud Arunda Bunjelung Calcotin woman from Gadighl country. The 60 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 2: Daily oz acknowledges that this podcast is recorded on the 61 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 2: lands of the Gadighl people and pays respect to all 62 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 2: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island and nations. We pay our 63 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 2: respects to the first peoples of these countries, both past 64 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 2: and present.