Headlines: Record number of Aussies to start uni next year

Today's headlines include:

• A record number of students will start university across the country next year, with nearly 10,000 new placements announced by the Australian Tertiary Education Commission. 
• Typhoon Kalmaegi has made landfall in Vietnam after battering the Philippines, killing at least 188 people.
• Tesla shareholders have approved a trillion-dollar compensation package for CEO Elon Musk. 
• And today’s good news: An international team of scientists has developed an antivenom with proven effectiveness against bites from 17 snake species.

Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Lucy Tassell
Producer: Emma Gillespie

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
From The Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tarssel.
It's Friday, the seventh of November. Here's what's making headlines
this evening.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
A record number of students will start university across the
country next year, with nearly ten thousand new placements announced
by the Australian Tertiary Education Commission. The federal government Study
Hub program will also be expanded to improve education access
in the suburbs and regents. According to an update from
the Commission, it's opened nine thy five hundred extra domestic

(00:36):
places to universities for twenty twenty six enrollments. It's about
a four point one percent increase from twenty twenty five
and means more Aussies will be starting UNI than ever before.
Education Minister Jason Clare said quote, As more and more
jobs require more and more skills, expanding access to higher
education will secure the future workforce and economy.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
Typhoon Kalmegie has made landfall in Vietnam after battering the Philippines,
where it's killed at least one hundred and eighty eight people.
The typhoon has brought destructive conditions to coastal regions this
week including torrential downpours, large swells, and wind gusts of
up to two hundred and twenty kilometers per hour. As
many as two million people in the Philippines have been

(01:21):
impacted by the storm cell, which has displaced hundreds of
thousands of residents. Now Kalmegie is threatening communities in Vietnam,
where at least five hundred thousand people have been evacuated.
According to state media. There at least one person has
died and three are missing. It comes after record rainfall
killed nearly fifty people in Vietnam last week. Damaging conditions

(01:44):
from the typhoon are also expected to impact parts of Thailand.

Speaker 2 (01:51):
Tesla shareholders have approved a trillion dollar compensation package for
CEO Elon Musk. The proposed pay package received support from
seven of voting shareholders during the company's annual general meeting
in Texas on Thursday. The electric vehicle manufacturer will need
to meet several milestones for Musks to receive the full compensation,

(02:12):
which will be awarded in Tesla shares, not cash. For example,
Musk would need to grow Tesla's market value from one
point four trillion to eight point five trillion US dollars
over the next ten years. That's a total of more
than thirteen trillion Aussie dollars. As CEO, he must also
increase car production and sales, including ensuring the rollout of

(02:33):
at least one million Tesla self driving ride share vehicles.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
And today's good news and international team of scientists has
developed an anti venom with proven effectiveness against bytes from
seventeen snake species. The research was led by the Technical
University of Denmark DTU, which said existing anti venoms have
serious limitations, making it difficult to provide correct and optimal
treatment to snake bite victims. The unipartnered with scientists from

(03:04):
around the world to develop a broad spectrum solution, which
they said shows impressive potential against different African snake species,
including cobras and mambers. Findings published in the journal Nature
show the anti venom quote provides better protection against tissue damage,
has a lower risk of immune reactions, and can be
produced at a lower cost than existing anti venoms. Research

(03:27):
lead DTU professor Andreas Hugard Louston Keel said ow anti
venom has the potential to fundamentally change how snake bites
are treated around the world.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
That's the latest from the Daily ODZ newsroom. If you're
looking for something else to listen to, you can check
out today's deep dive on the newly elected mayor of
New York City and why the world is talking about him.

Speaker 1 (03:48):
That's all for another week. We'll be back on Monday,
but until then, have a great weekend.

Speaker 2 (03:57):
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