1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: From the Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tassel. 2 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: It's Friday, the twenty seventh of March. Here's what's making 3 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: headlines this evening. 4 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 2: The government has insisted Australia has enough fuel and shortages 5 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 2: are being driven by panic buying. Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi 6 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 2: acknowledged the war in the Middle East is having an impact, 7 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 2: but said national fuel supplies are secure in the near term. 8 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 2: Speaking alongside the PM on Friday, Energy Minister Chris Bowen 9 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 2: said six fuel shipments to Australia that were canceled or 10 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 2: deferred had been replaced by new cargoes. Bowen argued petrol, 11 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:45,200 Speaker 2: diesel and oil supplies would be the same, if not higher, 12 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 2: for the next few weeks. Opposition leader Angus Taylor has 13 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 2: accused Labour of failing to take action on petrol prices 14 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 2: or show leadership and urgency. Albanesi will meet with state 15 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 2: and territory leaders on Monday for a national Cabinet meeting 16 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 2: on the fe FR crisis. 17 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 1: Communities along the north coast of Western Australia are bracing 18 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: for tropical Cyclone Neurel, which is set to make landfall 19 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: in the coming hours. It comes days after Nerell battered 20 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 1: parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory. The system has 21 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: intensified into a Category four, producing gusts of up to 22 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: two hundred and sixty kilometers per hour as it crosses 23 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: the coast near Coral Bay. Power has been cut off 24 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: for locals around Exmouth, while intense rain and wind has 25 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 1: caused flooding and structural damages to some homes already. When 26 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 1: Nerel makes landfall, it'll be the first time a cyclone 27 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 1: has hit Queensland, the NT and WA since two thousand 28 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: and five. The system is expected to weaken on Saturday 29 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: as it moves southeast. 30 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 2: US President Donald Trump says he will pause attacks on 31 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 2: Iran's energy plants for ten days, claiming negotiations to end 32 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 2: the war are going quote very well. However, Iranian officials 33 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 2: dismissed a US peace proposal as quote one sided and 34 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 2: unfair in opposed to truth social Trump said he was 35 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 2: halting strikes on energy infrastructure per and Iranian government request. 36 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 2: The comments came shortly after he threatened to increase pressure 37 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 2: on Iran if it did not make a deal during 38 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 2: a cabinet meeting at the White House. Tehran has meanwhile 39 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 2: continued to retaliate against US and Israeli attacks with strikes 40 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 2: on military bases and Gulf states. 41 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: And today's good news, marine biologists have captured the first 42 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: video of a sperm whale calf being born, with the 43 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: footage revealing the species shares a complex social cohesion. Around 44 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: ten sperm whales can be seen assisting a female as 45 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: she gives birth in waters off the coast of Dominica. 46 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: Then the group takes turns lifting the newborn calf to 47 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 1: the surface to breathe over a period of several hours 48 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: as the young whale learns how to swim on its own. 49 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: The gathering includes a mix of sperm whale's, some who 50 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,679 Speaker 1: are related to the mother and calf and others from 51 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: a completely different line. The behavior, published in the journal Science, 52 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: suggests ferm whales have a cooperative instinct previously thought to 53 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: only exist between kim. 54 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily OOS newsroom. If you're 55 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 2: looking for something else, you can catch up on this 56 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 2: morning's Deep Dive, where we unpack the first social media 57 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 2: addiction trial in the US and the landmark ruling against 58 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 2: YouTube and meta. 59 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 1: We'll be back on Monday with another deep dive, but 60 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 1: until then, have a great weekend. 61 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 2: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda 62 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 2: Bunjelung Kalgutin woman from Gadighl country. 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