Headlines: U.S. Govt shutdown enters second week

The U.S. Government shutdown has entered its second week, with no resolution in sight.Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has announced the state’s Metro Tunnel will open in early December.Nearly 1,000 climbers were trapped on or near Mount Everest over the weekend, following sudden heavy snowfall.And today’s good news: Australian food stylist Caroline Velik has won a prize at the World Porridge Making Championships.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
From The Daily Oz. I'm Sam Becauseloski, I'm Lucy Tassel.
It's Tuesday, the seventh of October. Here's what's making headlines
this evening.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
The US government shutdown has entered its second week with
no resolution in sight, as Republicans and Democrats remain deadlocked
over a funding bill. Democrats are demanding health care protections
and safeguards against presidential interference with government funding, while Republicans
blame the opposing party for the impasse. President Donald Trump

(00:34):
said job cuts during the shutdown are democrats fault, while democratically,
it is claimed the White House has stopped all communication
with them. Neither side has so far signaled a willingness
to compromise. According to the National Economic Council, the shutdown
is costing the country's economy around fifteen billion US dollars
every week.

Speaker 1 (00:56):
Victorian Premier just Center Allen has announced the state's metro
tunnel will be open in early December. The introduction of
five new underground city stations will connect the Sunbury, Cranbourne
and Pakenham lines, creating one new ends to end line.
The thirteen point five billion dollar project was first announced
way back in twenty fifteen. By former Premier Daniel Andrews,

(01:17):
and has faced a number of delays and cost blowouts since,
particularly during the COVID pandemic. It will begin with services
every twenty minutes from ten am to three pm on weekdays,
with more spread out services on weekends until a full
timetable begins in February of next year.

Speaker 2 (01:36):
Nearly one thousand climbers were trapped on or near Mount
Everest over the weekend following sudden heavy snowfall. At least
one group was stuck at an elevation of more than
four nine hundred meters. The bluzzard struck during a week
long national holiday in China. At least one man died
from hypothermia and altitude sickness while climbing in the mountains

(01:56):
of the neighbouring Qinghai Province. On Monday, Chinese state media
reported at least three hundred and fifty people had been
rescued and search teams had made contact with a further
two hundred.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
And Today's good news and undoubtedly one of the most
important stories I will cover in my journalistic career. Australian
food stylist Caroline Velick has won a prize at the
World Porridge Making Championships. Yes, you hurt that right. The
thirty second edition of the competition, which is held annually
in Carbridge, Scotland, occurred over the weekend. Velick won the

(02:31):
Best Specialty Dish category, which includes any recipe made with
oatmeal very controversial. She made porridge jaffles, a yogurt flatbread
filled with bananas cooked in bunderberg rum oatmeal and waffle
seeds sprinkled with sugar which is flavored with Davidson plum.
Velick said she incorporated wattle seed and Davidson plum to
bring the flavors of the indigenous Aussie outback to Scotland.

(02:55):
The Golden Spurtle World Champion title went to spen Celyi
Yom from Norway, who us used Norwegian notes, salt and
water he brought to the competition from home. The competition's
main category is about traditional porridge making, meaning contestants can
only use water, grains and salt. This year's competitions saw
thirty competitors representing fourteen countries.

Speaker 2 (03:16):
That's the latest from the Daily OOS newsroom. If you're
looking for something else to listen to, you can check
out today's deep Dive on the big companies that pay
no tax legally. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another
deep dive. Until then, have a great evening. My name
is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda Bungelung Cargotin
woman from Gadighl Country. The Daily oz acknowledges that this

(03:40):
podcast is recorded on the lands of the Gadighl people
and pays respect to all Aboriginal and torrest Right island
and nations. We pay our respects to the first peoples
of these countries, both past and present.