1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Good morning everyone, Welcome to the Daily OS. My name 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: is Sam Kozlowski and happy ephis. It's the last day 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: of the financial year. Joining me for this momentous occasion 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: is Zara Sideline. Zara, how are you. 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 2: I'm good as usual. We have quite a lot of 6 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 2: COVID news to end the financial year, and hopefully with 7 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 2: the start of the new financial year we'll have something 8 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 2: new to talk about. But today we are talking through 9 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 2: all the COVID updates from across the country. There's some 10 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 2: news from Swimming Australia, some better news from New Zealand, 11 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 2: and we're going to have a chat about this crazy 12 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 2: building collapse that happened in Florida. 13 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: We're going to start our COVID rap in Queensland, where 14 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 1: Premier Anastasia Paliche announced a snap three day lockdown yesterday 15 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: for Southeast Queensland Townsville City, Palm Island and Magnetic Island. 16 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,200 Speaker 1: This is because there was an escalation in the severity 17 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: of the COVID situation there when two new locally acquired 18 00:00:56,360 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: cases were recorded, including a casual worker from Brisbane's Prince 19 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: Charles Hospital. Here's what the Premier had to say about 20 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: the fact that that casual worker wasn't vaccinated. 21 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 3: Despite the health directives that she should have been vaccinated. 22 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 3: She was not, so the Health Minister will be addressing 23 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 3: that issue in more detail. And let me say I 24 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 3: am absolutely furious about this. 25 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 2: Now panning across the country. Starting in New South Wales, 26 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 2: there were nineteen locally acquired COVID nineteen cases announced yesterday 27 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 2: by a gladys biagiclian and seventeen of those were linked 28 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 2: to a known cluster. Separately, in the NT there were 29 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 2: two locally acquired cases yesterday and they've been linked to 30 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:43,199 Speaker 2: the Central Australian mine outbreak. There were new exposure sites 31 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 2: linked to these cases, but it's believed that the cases 32 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 2: weren't infectious before entering quarantine, so hopefully that situation will 33 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 2: be under control soon. 34 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: We brought you a story last week about Australian swimmer 35 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: Maddie Groves, who was destined to represent Australia at the 36 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: upcoming Olympics, which are less than the month away, but 37 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: she pulled out of the Games because of allegations of 38 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: bullying brought to swimming Australia. Swimming Australia is now addressing 39 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,959 Speaker 1: these allegations with the appointment of Chris Ronalds, a Barristowe 40 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 1: who specializes in discrimination and harassment law. Now she's been 41 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: appointed the new chair of Swimming Australia's independent panel investigating 42 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: allegations of abuse in the sport. She's previously conducted workplace 43 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: investigations in both the corporate and government sectors, and she's 44 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: set to select two others to work with her on 45 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: this investigation. 46 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 2: That'll certainly be one we'll be keeping a close eye on. 47 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 2: And to wrap up the news of the day, let's 48 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 2: go to the good news which is out of New 49 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 2: Zealand and there the government has announced it will ban 50 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 2: a range of single use plastic items by twenty twenty five. 51 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 2: We've seen this happening across Australia and it's really good 52 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 2: to see it across the Tasman two. So the items 53 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 2: that are going to be banned will include cotton buds, bags, 54 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 2: cutlery plates and bowls, straws and fruit labels. New Zealand 55 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 2: will start phasing out single use plastics in twenty twenty 56 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 2: two and they hope to end it by twenty twenty five. 57 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: On Friday morning, Australian time, just when COVID nineteen was 58 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: really hitting the headlines here at home. A twelve story 59 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 1: apartment block in Miami partially collapsed. The death toll now 60 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 1: stands at eleven, with one hundred and fifty people remaining 61 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:26,399 Speaker 1: unaccounted for. What we thought we'd do today is take 62 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,639 Speaker 1: you back and help you understand what's actually gone on here, 63 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: because amidst the noise of COVID nineteen, a really important 64 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: international story has kind of flown under the radar. 65 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 2: So if we're to start at the beginning, what actually 66 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 2: happened in Miami and what do we know about the 67 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 2: situation now? 68 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: So the richer source of information for this has been 69 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: the stream of online videos showing a large portion of 70 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: a huge apartment block on the beach in Miami collapsing. 71 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: This is what County Mayor Daniella Levine Carver had to 72 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: say at the first press conference after the event. 73 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 4: We are all crying, We are all here with the 74 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 4: suffering families, and we urge everyone to join us in 75 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 4: prayers and in hopes that we can still continue. We 76 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 4: are continuing for our search and rescue effort. 77 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: Since that initial rescue effort on Thursday, there haven't been 78 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 1: any survivors pulled from the wreckage. Despite this, rescue efforts 79 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: are continuing in full force. There are squads of rescuers, cranes, 80 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: and diggers on this site combing through the wreckage looking 81 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 1: for what rescuers are describing as miracle survivors. 82 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 2: And I've also seen that they are using some pretty 83 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 2: sophisticated tools, these rescuers. So it's been reported that they 84 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 2: are using a microwave radar device that was developed by 85 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:52,359 Speaker 2: NASA and Homeland Security, and ultimately this device sees through 86 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 2: up to twenty centimeters of solid concrete, which is pretty 87 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 2: high tech. 88 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: It actually can also measure human heartbeats and tempting to 89 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: use that technology to find signs of life amidst the rubble. 90 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 2: But we are up to the fifth day now, so 91 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 2: what a rescue is saying. 92 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 1: The focus is very much turning to what caused this event. 93 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: Just yesterday we saw an announcement from the Miami County 94 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: authorities that they're now going to be looking into every 95 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 1: single building in the area that's older than forty years 96 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 1: old to look for similar structural integrity issues than what 97 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: they think they've identified in this building. 98 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 2: Okay, so just to jump in here, because it hasn't 99 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 2: been explicitly said. Have authorities ruled out any foul play here, 100 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 2: because I recall last Thursday the mayor of a county 101 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 2: in the area said something to the effect of it 102 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 2: looks like what a bomb could have done, but we 103 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 2: know it wasn't a bomb, which is just a lot 104 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 2: of words saying not a whole lot. 105 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 1: I think that's really reflective of the situation. They don't 106 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 1: really know what's gone on here. US police are pretty 107 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 1: ready to rule out some sort of sinister attempts to 108 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 1: destroy human life here, but what they're leaning towards is 109 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: some really major construction issues with the buildings that went 110 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: unaccounted for over a number of decades. 111 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 2: It reminds me a lot of the Greenfell tragedy in London. 112 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 2: And hopefully this is a turning point if it does 113 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 2: end up being about the structural integrity of the building, 114 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 2: that this is a turning point for how buildings will 115 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 2: be created and erected in the future. 116 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: But what do you do about the fact that there's 117 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: probably thousands of people in the area living in buildings 118 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,039 Speaker 1: that will now be determined to be unfit. That could 119 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 1: create massive issues of homelessness in the area property prices 120 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 1: will be driven down. It has major implications for years 121 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: to come. Amongst the coverage from the US yesterday was 122 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: a really interesting report from NPR, which is a public 123 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: broadcaster in the US. They got their hands on an 124 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 1: engineering report that warned of major structural damage that was 125 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: tabled at some sort of town meeting that officials then 126 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: assured residents that the report was not to be taken 127 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: seriously and that the building was sound. This was not 128 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: that long ago. It was only three years ago, and 129 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: it's now going to become a major part of the 130 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: ongoing investigation. It's now officially the biggest rescue operation to 131 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: ever have taken place in Florida that's not a hurricane, 132 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: which just gives you a sense of how massive this 133 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 1: effort is continuing to be. I don't think we should 134 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: expect to see rescue efforts slow for many days, but 135 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 1: as it gets further away from the event itself, the 136 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: signs of life obviously diminish. I guess if we're to 137 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 1: take any silver lining from this story, it's that it's 138 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: been a really amazing display of international cooperation on the ground. 139 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,559 Speaker 1: We have teams from Mexico and Israel joining the US 140 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 1: working around the clock. There's three hundred emergency personnel at 141 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: any one time, and I like to think it's the 142 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: best of humanity on display. 143 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 2: We always like to end with a bit of a 144 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 2: silver lining, so thank you for that. Sam. 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