1 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: From the Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie. 2 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 2: I'm dam Kazlowski. 3 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: It's Wednesday, the twenty eighth of May. Here's what's making 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: headlines this evening. 5 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 2: Prices rose by two point four percent in the year 6 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 2: to April. That's according to the latest starter from the 7 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 2: Australian Bureau of Statistics. It comes after inflation held steady 8 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 2: at two point four percent for the previous three months. 9 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 2: The biggest price increases were recorded in food, up three 10 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 2: point one percent, house prices up two point two percent, 11 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 2: and recreation and culture, which was up three point six percent. 12 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 2: The annual trimmed mean, which is the race of inflation 13 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 2: once you remove extreme price changes on either side, increase 14 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 2: slightly from two point seven to two point eight percent 15 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 2: in the year to April. The RBA's target inflation range 16 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 2: is between two and three percent. 17 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: Independent Senator Fatima Payment has filed an official complaint alleging 18 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: inappropriate conduct by a parliamentarian. Speaking to Triple j's Hack program, 19 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: Payment described an older male parliamentary colleague who she said 20 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: made offensive, sexual and racial comments towards her at a 21 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 1: social function. The senator has lodged a complaint with Parliament's 22 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: workplace support service. She claims the unnamed colleague told her 23 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: to quote, drink some wine and dance on a table. 24 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 1: Payment said she found the comments particularly insensitive as a 25 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: Muslam woman who doesn't drink alcohol. The complaint body dealt 26 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: with the grievance in a swift way, she said. The 27 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: identity of the parliamentarian remains anonymous. 28 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 2: The US State Department has reportedly instructed embassies and consulates 29 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 2: to temporarily halt interviews for student visas to the US 30 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 2: amid plans to expand social media vetting. US outlet Politico 31 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 2: reported that Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered the pause 32 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 2: on foreign student visa interviews until further guidance is issued. 33 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 2: It comes as the Trump administration moved this week to 34 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 2: make further funding cuts to Harvard University, to canceling more 35 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 2: than two point six billion US dollars in federal research 36 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 2: last month. 37 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: And today's good news, researchers in the US have developed 38 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 1: a new dental floss that can detect stress. The floss 39 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:17,639 Speaker 1: pic system, created by a team at Tufts University in Massachusetts, 40 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: contains built in sensors that can easily and accurately measure cortisol, 41 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 1: a stress hormone. In real time, Cortisol can be detected 42 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: in saliva, and it's hope the technology can be used 43 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: to identify the hormone to prevent long term health implications 44 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: of chronic stress, like high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. 45 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: One of the professors on the team behind the floss 46 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: said he didn't want the measurement to create an additional 47 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: source of stress, so quote we thought, can we make 48 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: a sensing device that becomes part of your day to 49 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: day routine. Flossing seemed like a natural fit. Its hopes 50 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: the floss biosensor technology will be versatile enough to test 51 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 1: for other markers such as estrogen for fertility, trucking glucose 52 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: for diabetes monitoring, and mark for cancer. 53 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 2: A pretty amazing use of floss there. And that's the 54 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 2: latest from The Daily O's newsroom. If you're looking for 55 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 2: something else to listen to this evening, have listened to 56 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 2: today's deep dive. It's on the latest on the aid 57 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 2: situation in Gaza. 58 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: We will be back tomorrow with another deep dive, but 59 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: until then, have a wonderful night. 60 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 2: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda 61 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 2: Bungelung Kalkutin woman from Gadighl country. The Daily oz acknowledges 62 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 2: that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the 63 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 2: Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torres 64 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 2: Strait island and nations. We pay our respects to the 65 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 2: first peoples of these countries, both past and present.