Headlines: Unemployment reaches four-year high

Today's headlines include:

• The unemployment rate increased to a four-year high in September, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows.
• Defence Minister Richard Marles has offered his condolences to the loved ones of a soldier killed in a training incident in Queensland.
• Australian Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus has announced her retirement.
• And today’s good news: An image of the world's rarest hyena species (which took a decade to capture) has won the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

Hosts: Emma Gillspie and Lucy Tassell
Producer: Lucy Tassell

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
From The Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tassel.
It's Thursday, the sixteenth of October. Here's what's making headlines
this evening.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
The unemployment rate increased to a four year high in September.
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows seasonally
adjusted unemployment rose to four point five percent in September,
up from four point three percent the previous month. This
figure measures the percentage of people who were looking for
work but could not find any, excluding any seasonal patterns

(00:36):
or periodic fluctuations like Christmas casual work. ABS Head of
Labor Statistics Sean Krieck said there were thirty four thousand
more unemployed people in September, and the number of employed
people also grew up fifteen thousand in the same period.
An increased number of both men and women seeking work
contributed to the four point five percent figure, the highest

(00:59):
unemployment rate requarded since November twenty twenty one.

Speaker 1 (01:04):
Defense Minister Richard Marles has offered his condolences to the
loved ones of a soldier killed in a training incident
in Queensland. Two other army personnel were injured when an
armored vehicle rolled over at a training course near Townsville
on Wednesday night. Miles called it a tragic loss and
said the sacrifice of our service personnel weighs heavily on us.

(01:26):
All we recognize the risks they take each and every
day in the defense of our nation. The soldier who
died has not yet been identified at the time of recording.
A fleet of M one thirteen armored carriers has been
grounded as investigations continue.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
Australian Olympic champion Orion Timmas has announced her retirement. The
twenty five year old, who ends her swimming career as
a four time Olympic gold medalist, announced the news in
a video posted to her Instagram this morning. Timmers became
the first Australian since Dawn Fraser in nineteen sixty four
to successfully defend an Olympic title when ti won gold

(02:04):
in the women's four hundred meter free in Paris last year.
After taking some time away from the sport, Tiitmas said,
I've realized some things in my life that have always
been important to me are just a little bit more
important to me now than swimming.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
And today's good news and image of the world's rarest
hyena species, which took a decade to capture, has won
the twenty twenty five Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
Organizers received more than sixty thousand entries from around the
world for this year's competition. South African wildlife photographer Wim
van der Heavet captured the overall winner with his picture

(02:40):
of a rare brown hyaena outside an abandoned town in Namibia.
Van derhev said the shot took him ten years to
finally get quote in the most perfect frame imaginable. It's
estimated less than ten thousand brown hyaenas are left in
Southern Africa. The species is listed as near threatened. And
if you want to see that winning shot and a
few other category winners, you can take a look on

(03:02):
the TDA instagram right now.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
That's the latest from the Dahlias newsroom. If you're looking
for something else to listen to, you can check out
today's deep dive on why Candice Owens has been blocked
from entering Australia.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
We will be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive,
but until then, have a good night.

Speaker 2 (03:25):
My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda
Bungelung Calcuttin woman from Gadighl country. The Daily oz acknowledges
that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the
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