WEBVTT - Headlines: Inflation holds steady at 2.4%

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<v Speaker 1>From the Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm dam Kazlowski.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Wednesday, the twenty eighth of May. Here's what's making

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<v Speaker 1>headlines this evening.

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<v Speaker 2>Prices rose by two point four percent in the year

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<v Speaker 2>to April. That's according to the latest starter from the

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<v Speaker 2>Australian Bureau of Statistics. It comes after inflation held steady

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<v Speaker 2>at two point four percent for the previous three months.

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<v Speaker 2>The biggest price increases were recorded in food, up three

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<v Speaker 2>point one percent, house prices up two point two percent,

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<v Speaker 2>and recreation and culture, which was up three point six percent.

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<v Speaker 2>The annual trimmed mean, which is the race of inflation

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<v Speaker 2>once you remove extreme price changes on either side, increase

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<v Speaker 2>slightly from two point seven to two point eight percent

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<v Speaker 2>in the year to April. The RBA's target inflation range

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<v Speaker 2>is between two and three percent.

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<v Speaker 1>Independent Senator Fatima Payment has filed an official complaint alleging

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<v Speaker 1>inappropriate conduct by a parliamentarian. Speaking to Triple j's Hack program,

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<v Speaker 1>Payment described an older male parliamentary colleague who she said

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<v Speaker 1>made offensive, sexual and racial comments towards her at a

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<v Speaker 1>social function. The senator has lodged a complaint with Parliament's

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<v Speaker 1>workplace support service. She claims the unnamed colleague told her

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<v Speaker 1>to quote, drink some wine and dance on a table.

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<v Speaker 1>Payment said she found the comments particularly insensitive as a

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<v Speaker 1>Muslam woman who doesn't drink alcohol. The complaint body dealt

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<v Speaker 1>with the grievance in a swift way, she said. The

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<v Speaker 1>identity of the parliamentarian remains anonymous.

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<v Speaker 2>The US State Department has reportedly instructed embassies and consulates

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<v Speaker 2>to temporarily halt interviews for student visas to the US

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<v Speaker 2>amid plans to expand social media vetting. US outlet Politico

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<v Speaker 2>reported that Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered the pause

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<v Speaker 2>on foreign student visa interviews until further guidance is issued.

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<v Speaker 2>It comes as the Trump administration moved this week to

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<v Speaker 2>make further funding cuts to Harvard University, to canceling more

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<v Speaker 2>than two point six billion US dollars in federal research

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<v Speaker 2>last month.

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<v Speaker 1>And today's good news, researchers in the US have developed

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<v Speaker 1>a new dental floss that can detect stress. The floss

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<v Speaker 1>pic system, created by a team at Tufts University in Massachusetts,

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<v Speaker 1>contains built in sensors that can easily and accurately measure cortisol,

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<v Speaker 1>a stress hormone. In real time, Cortisol can be detected

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<v Speaker 1>in saliva, and it's hope the technology can be used

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<v Speaker 1>to identify the hormone to prevent long term health implications

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<v Speaker 1>of chronic stress, like high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the professors on the team behind the floss

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<v Speaker 1>said he didn't want the measurement to create an additional

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<v Speaker 1>source of stress, so quote we thought, can we make

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<v Speaker 1>a sensing device that becomes part of your day to

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<v Speaker 1>day routine. Flossing seemed like a natural fit. Its hopes

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<v Speaker 1>the floss biosensor technology will be versatile enough to test

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<v Speaker 1>for other markers such as estrogen for fertility, trucking glucose

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<v Speaker 1>for diabetes monitoring, and mark for cancer.

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<v Speaker 2>A pretty amazing use of floss there. And that's the

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<v Speaker 2>latest from The Daily O's newsroom. If you're looking for

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<v Speaker 2>situation in Gaza.

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<v Speaker 1>We will be back tomorrow with another deep dive, but

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<v Speaker 1>until then, have a wonderful night.

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