Headlines: PM to prioritise legislating HECS debt cuts

Today's headlines include:

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says cutting student debts by 20% will be, "the first piece of legislation that we will introduce into the new parliament".  

Proceedings in the trial of accused mushroom murderer Erin Patterson have wrapped for another week in Victoria. 

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has announced he’s planning to give away 99% of his fortune by 2045. 

And today’s good news: Brisbane artist Julie Fragar has been named winner of the 2025 Archibald Prize.

Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Zara Seidler
Producer: Emma Gillespie

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
From the Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Zara Seidler.
It's Friday, the ninth of May. Here's what's making headlines
this evening.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
Prime Minister Anthony Alberesi has addressed the Labour caucus at
a meeting in Canberra. Alberanzi congratulated the party's newly elected MPs,
saying they have a clear objective to continue to earn
the right to sit in this room, he said, because
this is where decisions are made. The caucus meant to
sign off on a list of the thirty MP's who
will form the Albanese government's new front bench. The prime

(00:37):
minister confirmed his re elected government's first priority will be
to legislate Labour's promised HEXTEP cuts. Meanwhile, Shadow treasurer Angus
Taylor has formally announced his bid to lead the Liberal Party.
He'll go up against the party's deputy Susan Lee in
a vote on Tuesday.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
Proceedings in the trial of accused mushroom murderer Aaron Patterson
have wrapped for another week in Victoria. Today, the court
was shown footage from a police interview with Patterson's teenage son.
He claimed his fifty year old mother built lego by
herself in the hours after serving a deadly beef Wellington lunch.
Pattison's son told police his mother complained of feeling quote

(01:17):
a bit sick and had diarrhea the day after the lunch. However,
the team said she did not stop to use the
toilet during a one hundred and eighty kilometer round trip
in the car that day. Patterson has pleaded not guilty
to murder and attempted murder. Hearings will continue next week.

Speaker 2 (01:36):
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has announced his planning to give
away ninety nine percent of his fortune by twenty forty five.
Once the world's richest man, Gates had already promised to
donate his wealth via the Gates Foundation, but this announcement
will see that plan fast tracked. Gates made the pledge
on his website and said the foundation would focus on
eliminating preventable and infectious diseases and lifting hundreds of millions

(02:00):
of people out of poverty. The billionaire has criticized recent
US spending cuts to global aid programs. He also criticized
Elon Musk for his role in slashing aid funding, saying
these cuts will kill not just children, but millions of children.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
And today's good news. Brisbane artist Julie Frager has been
named winner of the twenty twenty five Archibald Prize. Frager
beat out fifty six other finalists with her portrait of
fellow Brisbane artist Justine Williams. The prestigious award includes a
one hundred thousand dollar cash prize. It's the first time
Fraga has won the Archibald, but her fourth appearance as

(02:40):
a finalist in the competition. According to the Art Gallery
of New South Wales, it marks the fifteenth time the
Archibald has been awarded to a woman since its inception
in nineteen twenty one.

Speaker 2 (02:52):
That wraps up another week of The Daily Oz, a
fairly big week. I would suggest thank you so much
for your support this week. If you are looking up
for something to accompany you into the weekend, tune into
this morning's Deep Dive, where we explain everything you need
to know about the conflict escalating between India and Pakistan.

Speaker 1 (03:12):
We will be back next week, but until then, have
a fabulous weekend.

Speaker 2 (03:19):
My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda
Bungelung Kalkoton woman from Gadighl country. The Daily oz acknowledges
that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the
Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Island and nations. We pay our respects to the
first peoples of these countries, both past and present.