1 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: Good morning, and welcome to the Daily os. It's Monday, 2 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,639 Speaker 1: the third of May. My name is Zara Seidler, and 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: helping me make sense of today's news is Sam Kosolowski. 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: Making news today Tazzy's election, COVID in the West, some 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: good news about omissions targets in Victoria. 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 2: And a look at Joe Biden's first one hundred days 7 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 2: in office. Here's today's Daily Digest. 8 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: So we prepped you for an election in Tazzi and 9 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 1: we now have the result. Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwyn has 10 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 1: been returned to power and the Liberal Government will once 11 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: again lead in Tasmania. On Saturday night, Gutwyn said, ladies 12 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 1: and gentlemen, what a night, What a night. And while 13 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 1: we have won this election convincingly, it appears increasingly likely 14 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,520 Speaker 1: that we will also govern in majority. The Liberal Party 15 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: now waits to see if they will win enough seats 16 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: to hold that majority government. 17 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 2: Western Australia has avoided a second lockdown after three cases 18 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 2: were reported on Saturday. Premier Mark McGowan announced on Sunday 19 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 2: that no new community cases were reported. However, restrictions have 20 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 2: still been put in place masks are acquired in public. 21 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 2: Thirty person limits on gatherings at homes will stand, and 22 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 2: there were no crowds present at the AFL derby between 23 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 2: West Coast and Fremantle yesterday afternoon. 24 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: India has recorded another grim milestone over the weekend, reporting 25 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 1: over four hundred thousand new COVID cases in a single day. 26 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: India's healthcare system is, as we've reported for the last 27 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: couple of weeks, struggling to keep up with the surgeon cases, 28 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: with hospitals now running out of oxygen. Numerous countries are 29 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: sending aid and supplies to assist the healthcare system, but 30 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: it just seems like these cases continue to grow. Australia 31 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: has imposed the strictest travel restrictions we've seen through the 32 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: whole of COVID, with Australians facing both fines and possible 33 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: jail sentences if they travel through India back to Australia. 34 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 2: And Today's good news. The Victorian government has set a 35 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 2: target to cut the state's house gas emissions in half 36 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 2: by twenty thirty. The plan includes twenty million dollars to 37 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 2: reduce emissions in the agricultural sector and fifteen point three 38 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:12,679 Speaker 2: million dollars for a carbon farming program. Additionally, Victoria will 39 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 2: work towards the goal of reducing emissions of twenty eight 40 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 2: to thirty three percent by twenty twenty five and forty 41 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 2: five to fifty percent by twenty thirty, with hopefully reaching 42 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 2: a point of net zero emissions by twenty fifty. 43 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: I was having a dinner party the other day and 44 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: a friend of mine said to me, do you know 45 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: what I just realized. I haven't heard anything that Joe 46 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: Biden has done. I haven't heard what he is planning 47 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,119 Speaker 1: to do. I haven't heard what his advisors are doing. 48 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: I just don't hear about him. And that made me 49 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,639 Speaker 1: realize that we had all become so used to hearing 50 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: Donald Trump's every move, every thought, every word, and now 51 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: it's like there's this radio silence from the White House 52 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: when in actuality, there have been quite a few major 53 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: policies over the last one hundred days that is just 54 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: not really breaking through to Australian news as Donald Trump's 55 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: policies did so. Today, just days after Biden's one hundredth 56 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 1: day in office, we thought we'd look back on three 57 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: major policies that Joe Biden has brought in as president. 58 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 2: It's a weird one isn't it. We were so deep 59 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 2: into the Trump presidency in terms of monitoring every move 60 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 2: that the withdrawal of Joe Biden from the everyday public 61 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 2: limelight has taken some adjusting to Many in American media 62 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 2: have actually noted that he has fronted the media much 63 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 2: less than other presidents in their first one hundred days, 64 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 2: and many experts think that this is because there was 65 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 2: a real sense that Americans and in fact everyone around 66 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 2: the world needed a bit of a break from hearing 67 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 2: about US politics after the Trump presidency. So he's tried 68 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 2: to take his foot off the pedal in front of 69 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 2: the cameras, but behind the cameras, he's been extremely busy. 70 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 2: So let's start with one of the most important topics 71 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 2: to Americans, and that's, of course, COVID nineteen. To date, 72 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 2: more than forty percent of the population in America has 73 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 2: received at least one dose of the vaccine, and more 74 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 2: than twenty seven percent of the country is fully vaccinated 75 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 2: and across the board, Biden has received very high marks 76 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 2: in the polls for his handling of the COVID nineteen pandemic. 77 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 2: This includes things like rejoining the WHO, but the biggest 78 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:22,840 Speaker 2: criticism of Biden's COVID nineteen response has been a failure 79 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 2: to address certain groups in American society who aren't able 80 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 2: to access the vaccine. 81 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: So Trump's big thing was always that he couldn't manage 82 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: the economy. Well, how's Joe Biden going at running the economy? Obviously, 83 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: as more people are vaccinated and the economy open, it's 84 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: up more were likely to see a bit of a rebound. 85 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 1: But is the economy performing as expected better than expected? 86 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 1: Where are we at? So? 87 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 2: Biden's most major piece of legislation was the US one 88 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 2: point nine trillion that's about two point four trillion Australian 89 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 2: dollars American Rescue Plan, and this was basically a plan 90 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,559 Speaker 2: to jumpstart the US economy in included eighty five percent 91 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 2: of Americans receiving a stimulus check. On the Republicans side, 92 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 2: there's some criticisms of the American Rescue Plan basically around 93 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 2: its price tag, with a concern that America's debt levels 94 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 2: are getting to record highs. If you check the stock markets, 95 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 2: and if you're a trader yourself, then the Biden presidency 96 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 2: has been very good for the economy. Stock markets are 97 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,479 Speaker 2: also at record highs. One thing Biden is yet to 98 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 2: achieve is the reversal of President Trump's corporate tax cuts. 99 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,919 Speaker 2: They still stand, but reportedly they will be part of 100 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 2: future iterations of the American Families Plan. But what Biden 101 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 2: has changed in the tax department are some major proposed 102 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 2: changes to capital gains taxes that, if passed, would apply 103 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 2: to about the top zero point three percent of America's 104 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 2: highs income earners. Taxes a little bit dry, but basically 105 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 2: what he's proposing is a change to the tax rate 106 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 2: that people have to pay on long term investments. And finally, climate, 107 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 2: President Biden last week held a global climate summit, and 108 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 2: he's play paged to make the US an international leader 109 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 2: on climate change. He re entered the past Climate Agreement, 110 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 2: He's created the first Office of Domestic Climate Policy in 111 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 2: the White House, and he's called on all federal agencies 112 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 2: to make climate change pivotal to their decision making. 113 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: As we've seen in recent years, this hyperpartisanship that characterizes 114 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 1: America still stands. Those on the opposite side of the 115 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 1: aisle will be quick to criticize those unfulfilled promises from 116 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 1: Joe Biden, while Democrats recognize a president who under immense 117 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: pressure has seemingly performed better than expected. 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