1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: Already and this is the Daily This is the Daily os. 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 2: Oh, now it makes sense. 3 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: Good morning and welcome to the Daily Odas. It's Saturday, 4 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 1: the twenty ninth of March. I'm Zara Sidler, I'm Emma 5 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: Gillespie and thank goodness, after a long week of politics, 6 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: we are back in the hot seat to talk about 7 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: good news. 8 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 2: I would argue this is one of the most important 9 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 2: weeks since the birth of this good news podcast for 10 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 2: a little bit. 11 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 1: Of light relief. Couldn't agree more. 12 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:38,880 Speaker 2: A bit of the happier news stories that you might 13 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:42,520 Speaker 2: have missed, Zara, We're starting off with a really interesting 14 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 2: one where technology needs kind of assistance. Yeah, tell me 15 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:49,480 Speaker 2: about this Apple AirPod news. 16 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: Yeah. So earlier this week we found out that Apple 17 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: AirPods can now officially be used as clinical grade hearing 18 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: aids here in Australia. This is crazy to me. 19 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 2: If you've ate two had anyone in your life who 20 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 2: uses hearing aids, they are so expensive, they are so 21 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 2: hard to access them, so many hoops you have to 22 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 2: jump through to get them. 23 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: So I feel like this is going to change lives. Yeah, 24 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: it's a really really big story. So basically what happened 25 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: was that in December of last year, Australian regulator, the 26 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 1: Therapeutic Goods Administration the TGA, they approved the product for 27 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 1: use in the country, So that was in December last year, 28 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: and then between December and now we were waiting on 29 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: an Apple update that meant that Ozzie's would be able 30 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:38,279 Speaker 1: to access this feature, and that's what happened this week, 31 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: which is why it's finally available to us. So I'll 32 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: just run you through the TLDR of how it works 33 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: because by no means expert, but essentially what this does 34 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: is that if you have these AirPods, and it does 35 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: have to be a specific make, it has to be 36 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: the AirPods pro too. If you have those air pods, 37 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: you can now both test your hearing and then as 38 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: we said earlier, use it as a hearing aid. So 39 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: as a starting point, the test can be used to 40 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: identify hearing loss by showing your hearing ability at different 41 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: frequencies of sound. So it's measured in decibel's hearing level, 42 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: which is the official way to test this. And then 43 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: at the end of the test, users can then see 44 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: the results and they'll then be recommended next steps. And 45 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: so with that information then stored and gathered, you can 46 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: begin to activate the hearing aid mode, which uses the 47 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: results of the test to boost certain frequencies based on 48 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: what you need as a user. 49 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:40,359 Speaker 2: This is really fascinating to me because it always strikes 50 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,959 Speaker 2: me that, you know, we, especially as young people, are 51 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 2: in so many loud environments music festivals, gigs, concerts, we 52 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 2: don't really think a lot about taking care of our 53 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,959 Speaker 2: hearing and then to actually access a hearing test, that's 54 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 2: not a mainstream conversation. It's not like people are just 55 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 2: going to the GP, I think, and that involves a 56 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 2: referral to an orderlogists. 57 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: That can be really expensive. 58 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:05,839 Speaker 2: So exactly people delay this kind of assistance, I guess. 59 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, And it is really widespread and really common. So 60 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: the Weld Health Organization estimates that by twenty fifty, nearly 61 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: two point five billion people are projected to have some 62 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 1: degree of hearing loss and that seven hundred million of 63 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: those will require hearing rehabilitation. So that just paints a 64 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: bit of a picture as to why, you know, innovation 65 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 1: is so welcome and accessibility is so welcome in this space. 66 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 2: What an amazing story, and I'm sure we are going 67 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 2: to continue seeing more and more exciting innovations, and we'll 68 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 2: talk about them here when they come through. Moving on, Zara, 69 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 2: We've got a great story about a children's book author 70 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 2: winning a pretty big prize. 71 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: That's right, Australia's biggest literary prize. It's called the Victorian 72 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: Prize for Literature has this year been awarded to a 73 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: children's book author for the very first time. Nokgawara author 74 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: and artist Wonder Gibson made history when she was announced 75 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: as the winner of the one hundred thousand dollar prize 76 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: for her debut book Three Dresses. First book, first book, 77 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: and she's winning big, winning big, one hundred k's pretty nice. 78 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,799 Speaker 1: It's the biggest literary prize we have in the country. Yeah, 79 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: and she bagged it on her first go God's pretty amazing. 80 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: So Three Dresses, this picture book is about Gibson's, as 81 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: she describes it, joyful childhood, beach holidays in far North Queensland, 82 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,840 Speaker 1: and she says that it celebrates family time, connection to 83 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: place and finding joy in the simple things. There was 84 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: an award ceremony that unfortunately Wonder couldn't attend in person, 85 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 1: and so her son Bruce did accept the award on 86 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: her behalf, and he said stories have been a big 87 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: part of indigenous culture. Mums told us stories about grandfathers, 88 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: and my grandfather's told me stories and they still exist 89 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 1: in our hearts. On the big win, he added, I'm 90 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:57,559 Speaker 1: sure that she's sitting at home on her couch, tears 91 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: running down her face, with all her grandkids around her 92 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 1: and telling her, Mum, you've got more money than us 93 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: now I know. And I mean for a first time 94 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 1: author to win a huge award like this, and for 95 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: a picture book, which is the first time that sort 96 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: of genre has won this award, all round, big moment 97 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: of firsts. M I have no good tegue here, but 98 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: our next story is about five lions who have been rescued. 99 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: Talk me through this one. 100 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, this is a really feel good one from the 101 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 2: world of animals. This week, these five lions were rescued 102 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 2: from war torn Ukraine. They were moved to the UK 103 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 2: where this brand new sanctuary has just opened up, a 104 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 2: really beautiful dedicated space that was built for these lions, 105 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,479 Speaker 2: where four out of five of them have just walked 106 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 2: on grass for the first time in their lives. So 107 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 2: the names of Rory Amani, Lera Vander and Yuna. They 108 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 2: were rescued from Ukraine, where, of course we know there's 109 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 2: this ongoing conflict which had exacerbated the kind of conditions 110 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 2: they were living in. But they had suffered neglect and 111 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 2: abuse over their whole lives. Many of them had lived 112 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 2: on concrete and in these tiny cages, and so when 113 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 2: that conflict escalated, there was this further displacement. But these 114 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 2: incredible activists, animal experts scientists over in the UK sort 115 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 2: of mounted this mission to bring them to a new 116 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 2: forever home. They raised over a million Ossie dollars to 117 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 2: build this sanctuary, the Big Cat Sanctuary in Kent, and 118 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 2: that officially opened during the week. Amazing experts there said 119 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 2: all the animals are settling in beautifully and quote showing 120 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 2: curiosity and playfulness as they interact between their habitats. There's 121 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 2: some really beautiful videos if you want to go online 122 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 2: and check out the Big Cat Sanctuary. It's amazing to 123 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 2: see these beautiful creatures kind of enjoying an outside space 124 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 2: for the first time, patches of grass and rolling around 125 00:06:58,160 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 2: in water for the first time. 126 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: Ibelieve and I want to finish off today with a 127 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: community good news story that I was sent that I 128 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: am obsessed with. Okay, So I was introduced to a 129 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: group called the Karrabi Seniors Knitting Group. I love it already, 130 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: I know, like need I say more? 131 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 2: So? 132 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: This group knits for premature babies at Westmead Hospital, and 133 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: they make lap blankets for nursing homes and for disabled children. 134 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: I know. I've also been told that they knit hundreds 135 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: of poppies for Anzac Day, which of course is coming 136 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: up soon, along with beanies for oncology departments for hospitals 137 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: all over the state. And the reason I'm talking about 138 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: them today is that I found out this week that 139 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: the group was awarded a Local Legends grant by none 140 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: other the National Pies, which is, as the name would imply, 141 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: a pie company, Okay, And they'd like to award money 142 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 1: for local legends essentially, And so they gave this group 143 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: money to further their mission, buy or yarn and get 144 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: the funds that they need to continue doing so much 145 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: good for others. And look, well, I personally think a 146 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: lifetime supply of pies never goes amiss. The group said 147 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: they were deeply touched by the contribution and that they 148 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: look forward to doing more of a good thing and 149 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: I just you know, need we say more. It's just 150 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: a beautiful story about unbelievable people and about community coming 151 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: together to support each other. 152 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 2: I love these kinds of community stories about people that 153 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 2: are doing all this good stuff that you would never 154 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 2: think about, but that will make such a difference to 155 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 2: the lives of people who are in vulnerable situations or 156 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 2: in their hard moments. These blankets, beanies, all those kinds 157 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 2: of things. It sounds like a small gesture, but it's 158 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 2: just a small touch exactly in a small touch, and 159 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:49,679 Speaker 2: fascinating and amazing to know that there are people out 160 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 2: there just working all the time out of their own 161 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 2: free will, volunteering to make a different No. 162 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 1: What a not to end on. That wraps up another 163 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 1: week of the good news parlor to here at the 164 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: Daily Oz. Thank you so much for joining us. It 165 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: is truly our favorite time of the week. We'll of 166 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: course be back on Monday morning with the news as 167 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: you know it from the TDA Newsroom. Take care of 168 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: yourself this weekend and chat soon. My name is Lily 169 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 1: Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda Bungelung Kalkuton woman from 170 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: Gadighl Country. The Daily Oz acknowledges that this podcast is 171 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,559 Speaker 1: recorded on the lands of the Gadighl people and pays 172 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Straight Island and nations. 173 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: We pay our respects to the first peoples of these countries, 174 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: both past and present.