Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Today's episode was made possible by our friends over at YWCA Australia. From The Daily Oz, I'm Emma Gillespie.
I'm Elliot Laurie.
It's Monday the 25th of May. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
ASIO Director General Mike Burgess has defended the spy agency's actions ahead of the Bondi terror attack when 15 people were killed during a beachside Hanukkah celebration. The Royal Commission on Anti-Semitism resumed in Sydney today, focusing on potential security agency failures to prevent the shooting.
Burgess told the inquiry about an ASIO threat assessment paper circulated after a deadly UK synagogue attack in October... The paper noted Jewish holy days were attractive targets for extremists, yet ASIO's summer holiday threat assessment, published in December, did not specifically address terror warnings about Jewish celebrations.
Burgess conceded he should have noted ASIO's general concerns about terrorism and anti-Semitic conduct. He denied ASIO was under-resourced despite reduced counter-terror funding since 2020 and said rising anti-Semitism had, quote, "...given more permission for violence."
A coronial hearing in Victoria has heard new details about the deaths of two police officers shot dead by Desi Freeman at his Poropanka property last year. The officers attended the rural property around 300 kilometres northwest of Melbourne to execute a search warrant over alleged child sexual abuse offences in August.
The coroner's court was told five officers negotiated at length with Freeman before Detective Leading Senior Constable Neil Thompson was shot in the face and neck climbing through a window... and Senior Constable Vadim Devart Hotart was shot as colleagues fled for cover. Freeman then returned to the scene and wounded a third officer before fleeing and texting his wife to do the same.
He was shot dead by police near the Victoria-New South Wales border on the 30th of March, ending one of Australia's largest manhunts.
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Chapter 2: What actions did ASIO take regarding the Bondi terror attack?
The crew is set to replace the current three-person crew at the Tiangong space station. For the first time, one of the Taikonauts is set to remain in space for about a year. China aims to use the extended stay to investigate how long-term stays in space affect the human body, state media said. with the decision on which crew member stays to be made during the mission.
China is preparing for its first crewed lunar landing by 2030. The US, its top space rival, is aiming to land astronauts on the lunar surface in 2028.
And today's good news. The population of platypuses reintroduced to native parklands in Sydney's south has grown to 20 known individuals. It comes three years after scientists from UNSW launched an initiative to reintroduce the species to the Royal National Park, where they had been absent for more than 50 years.
The Platypus Conservation Initiative began with 10 platypuses in 2023 and has since doubled its numbers through further relocation and natural breeding efforts.
Lead researcher, Associate Professor Gilad Bino, described reaching 20 known platypuses as a defining moment for the program, adding that the four newest arrivals will, quote, strengthen both the numbers and the genetic diversity underpinning the population's long-term resilience.
That's the latest from the Daily Oz newsroom. If you're looking for something else, you can catch up on this morning's Deep Dive, where we explain Australia's worst diphtheria outbreak.
We will be back tomorrow morning with another Deep Dive, but until then, have a great night. YWCA Australia are the ones behind today's episode and they work on gender equality in really hands-on ways. Housing, leadership, advocacy and their membership is for people who really want to be involved in that work.
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