Headlines: WA announces Stolen Generations redress payments

Today's headlines include:

The WA Government has announced it will compensate survivors of the Stolen Generations under a new redress scheme. 

After more than three weeks of counting, the Australian Electoral Commission has confirmed Jacqui Lambie has been re-elected to the Senate.

Russian authorities and U.S. President Donald Trump have exchanged insults following a major Russian attack on Ukraine, killing 13. 

And today’s good news: Native turtles have returned to Yosemite National Park in the U.S. 

Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Zara Seidler 
Producer: Emma Gillespie

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
From The Daily Oz. I'm Ziisidler, i'm Emma Gillespie. It's Tuesday,
the twenty seventh of May. Here's what's making headlines this evening.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
The Wa government has announced it will compensate survivors of
the Stolen Generations under a new redress scheme. The scheme
will give living members of the Stolen Generations in the
state access to individual payments of eighty five thousand dollars.
Registration for the Wa Stolen Generation's Redress Scheme is expected
to open in the coming months, with payments to be

(00:35):
rolled out before the end of the year. It follows
mounting pressure on the state government to offer financial compensation
to the Stolen generations. The state government called the era
a sorrowful and shameful period in WA's history, and it
said it recognizes the era caused cycles of disadvantage and
intergenerational trauma. WA Premier Roger Cook described the scheme as

(00:59):
a quote major step in the pursuit of reconciliation and healing.
According to the Healing Foundation, nearly half of WA's First
Nation's population have ties to the Stolen Generations. The announcement
means Queensland is now the only state that has not
yet rolled out a first nation's compensation initiative after it
was recommended in the nineteen ninety seven Landmark Bringing Them

(01:21):
Home Report.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
After more than three weeks of counting, the Australian Electoral
Commission has confirmed Jackie Lamby has been re elected to
the Senate. The Tasmanian senator was first elected in twenty
thirteen when she ran as a candidate for the now
defunct Palmer United Party. After a brief period as an independent,
she founded the Jackie Lambie Network in twenty fifteen. In

(01:44):
oppost to Instagram, Lamby thanks Tasmanian voters as well as
her volunteers and supporters, saying representing the state and voicing
their concerns in Canberra is quote what gets her out
of bed in the morning.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
Russian authority and US President Donald Trump have exchanged insults
following a major Russian attack on Ukraine which killed thirteen people.
The US has been overseeing peace negotiations between Russia and
Ukraine since Trump came to office, having promised to end
the war on his first day as president. After the

(02:19):
Russian drone attack, Trump posted on his platform truth Social
that Putin was quote crazy and needlessly killing a lot
of people. In response, the BBC reports, a Russian government
spokesperson said Trump's comments stemmed from quote an emotional overload
of everyone involved with overall ceasefire negotiations seemingly stalled since

(02:42):
a meeting in Turky this month. European authorities have moved
to allow Ukraine access to newer, more powerful weapons that
could strike further inside Russia.

Speaker 1 (02:54):
And today's good news, native turtles have returned to Yosemite
National Park in the US. The species has regenerated thanks
to the removal of the invasive American bullfrog, according to
findings published in the journal Biological Conservation. The frog is
considered a global threat to freshwater ecosystems, including the Northwestern
pond turtle that inhabits the freshwaters around California's Sierra Nevada Mountains.

(03:19):
The seven year study discovered that as bullfrog numbers decreased
in Yosemite, the native turtle species began to recover. A
comparison of sites with and without American bullfrogs found Northwestern
pond turtles were up to one hundred times more abundant
in the frog free areas.

Speaker 2 (03:35):
Swim on little turtles that is the latest from the
Daily os newsroom for today, but if you are looking
for something else to listen to, check out today's deep
dive on why the US has granted white South Africans
refugee status. We'll be back tomorrow with another deep dive,
but until then, have a wonderful night.

Speaker 1 (03:58):
My name is Lily Madden, a proud Arunda Banjelung Calkatin
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 torrest Rate island
and nations. We pay our respects to the first peoples
of these countries, both past and present.