January 10, 2025 • 11 mins
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Here's a wrap-up of the good news from the week that you might have missed. It includes the safe recovery of a missing hiker in NSW, the new technology helping to fight skin cancer, and the Indonesian government's plan to feed millions of hungry citizens.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Already, and this is the daily This is the Daily
os oh Now it makes sense.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Good morning and welcome to the Daily Ohs. It's Saturday,
the eleventh of January.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I'm Zara, I'm Sam.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
There's no better way to start a new year, I
think than talking about some of the brighter stories, right.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
I feel like it's going to be a year, hopefully
of more good news.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Than tween filled with good news.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
I've got good vibes. I've got good vibes about the
good news for a week circuit, watch this podcast get
longer and longer. Because there's going to be so much good.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
News to share, such a good problem to have.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Why don't we start with what I think was the
good news story of the.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Work, like absolute stand out. It is, of course, the
safe discovery of twenty three year old Hardy Nazari, now
Hardi Nazari. If you haven't been watching the news this week.
He went missing on Boxing days. So he and his
mates were hiking in and around Kosiosco National Park in
(01:04):
New South Wales and he split off to take some
photos and was then meant to meet the group at
a camping ground. He failed to show up, and what
followed was thirteen very long, very scary days where over
three hundred people were sent out to look for and
hopefully find Hardi Nazari. I think the reason that this
(01:28):
story ended up being such a good news story is
that very rarely, after the passage of time has been
that long, do you find somebody, let alone in good
health alas that is what happened. Hardi Nazari was found
by other hikers on Wednesday, and New South Wales police
confirmed that the student had been found in good health.
(01:49):
Here's a clip of the ABC announcing the discovery.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Breaking news and a twenty three year old man missing
in the New South Wales Snowy Mountain since Boxing Day. Wow,
so cool to bring the US this news has been
found alive.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
I do think that that clip highlights why everyone who
is in the business of news was so excited, because again,
it is just so rare to have a happy ending
to a story like this.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
And I wasn't really following the search too closely in
those thirteen days, but it sounded like authorities were somewhat
encouraged by the fact that they were finding these little
clues along the way.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
The remnants of a campfire, some Musli bars, some musley bars,
which it turns out was a thing that sustained Hoddy.
He ate two musli bars and foraged berries for two weeks.
That's it.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
It was amazing seeing the reaction also of his friends
after he was so beautiful, beautiful. They were speechless and shocked,
and I'm sure there was a level of surprise completely.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Yeah, and look, obviously Huddy has been through quite the ordeal,
so I think the media is being very careful about
giving him space, and that's what he has requested. But
he did thank emergency service crews for their tireless work
searching for thirteen days in tough conditions, and he also
thanked the public, his friends, and his family for their
well wishers.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
It led to a quite animated discussion in the TDA
office about how long we all think we could survive?
Speaker 2 (03:11):
One hour?
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Yeah, flats about that and two musley bars I can
go through in about six minutes. So Haddy has done
an incredible job and we hope that his recovery remains
on track. Now let's move to the world of tech. Yep,
And it's rare for AI to have a good news angle, Yeah,
but this time it does.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
It does so researchers from Newcastle University have developed an
AI system and that AI system is able to predict
the trajectory of aggressive skin cancers. Obviously, here in Australia
we have a very big problem with skin cancer and
especially when it comes to young Australians, so I think
that this is very important good news. Now the technology
(03:51):
they've called deep Merkle can find out how severe certain
skin cancers are, such as and this is where the
name comes from, Merkles cell carcinoma. Now deep Merkle uses
personal and tumor characteristics to essentially just predict the results
of different treatments that are commonly used for MCC, so
that Merkle cell carcinoma and researchers think that this tech
(04:14):
could also be used for other types of aggressive skin
cancer to help inform decisions around which type of treatment
would be the most effective on different types of people.
The lead author of this is doctor Tom Andrew and
he said that the technology allows us to understand subtle
new patterns and trends in data, which means on an
individual level, we're able to provide more accurate predictions for
(04:36):
each patient.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
It's really interesting watching the intersection of AI and health
and how different AI products seem to be intercepting medical
issues at various points. So this one is not necessarily
about the detection of skin cancer. And I've read some
stuff around different ways that even you know, photography on
your phone can start to identify whether something is of
concern you should go get it checked out. This is
(04:58):
coming in at the poster tech point then about how
to treat it. It's super interesting it is. Now let's
go overseas. I want to talk about Indonesia.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Yes, So in Indonesia, the government there has launched a
free meal program for school students and it's especially for
those who are in remote areas. Now, this was part
of an election promise and has now begun to be
rolled out. So it's called the Free Nutritious Meals Program,
and this week it launched at one hundred and ninety venues,
(05:28):
with each venue designed to produce thousands of portions every
day and to also empower local communities as workers to
work in those kitchens to then provide those meals for people.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
What a huge effort. I mean, this is a country
of two hundred and seventy million plus.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Well, I mean there's an incredibly ambitious goal. So the
Indonesian government has aimed to feed nearly eighty three million
residents by twenty twenty nine with this program, and that's
part of a broader trend to try to tackle child
mail nutrition in the country. So there's a lofty ambition
there as to how this program will be rolled out.
There's billions of dollars being put into it.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
But importantly, Zara is the food good.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
We did get a testimony from a high school student
who spoke to media and said the food is delicious
and nutritious. Well, there you go, I mean it rhymes,
so what more could you want.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
I've heard of some of these programs exist in other countries.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
I think we've spoken about it in the pod, like
the specific areas in the US might be doing.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Yes, breakfast breakfast is often cited as kind of because
you can crack breakfast, you're setting kids up on a
much healthier trajectory.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Yeah, and the vice presidential picked for Kamala Harris tim
Woles that was something that he had implemented in Minnesota
across schools there. But I certainly haven't heard of it
on this scale. You know, as I said, they're aiming
to feed eighty three million people by twenty twenty nine,
which is not that far away. So definitely one to
keep an eye on. And a really really important and
(06:52):
significant story there.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
And last story, Zara, This one's a funny one, I
think honestly, I think it's just to me this story. Yeah,
you're pretty bad at it. So there's a big fear
you've got, and it's now being recognized.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
There's a name for it, institutional level telephobia telephobia. Hello,
dear listeners, if you have telephobia, let me know. If
you don't know what telephobia is, probably means you don't
have it. But it is the fear of making phone calls.
A bad fear to have when you run your own company.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Hey, well.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
It is so. A you switch survey of two thousand
people found that nearly seventy percent of those aged eighteen
to thirty four prefer a text to a phone call,
and twenty three percent of the same age group said
they would never pick up calls. I am in that camp.
My phone is perpetually on do not disturb, do not
try call me. I will not answer.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Got to admit you haven't really gotten to the good
news past.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Sorry, So yes, why.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Are we talking about this?
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Is that a program at Nottingham College is now offering
coaching sessions on phone etiquette and phone confidence for students
because they're saying that it's really important for job interviews
and for recruitment processes for these young people to feel
confident on the phone, and that they are perhaps undercutting
their potential by being scared of these phone calls, and
(08:11):
so this college is offering these sessions to build their confidence.
And I think that that's an excellent thing to do.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
I'll get those details off Nottingham College and enroll you.
I think I could also jump in that one.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
No, I think like I remember in my very first job,
I was required to do a lot of cold calls
and I would work up the courage for like a
good half an hour to make those calls. I wouldn't
be able to do it in the open plan office.
I'd have to walk outside to do them. Yeah, and
my boss thought that I was insane, But it was
genuinely a really uncomfortable thing that I have had to
(08:43):
work through and had to learn.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
So what is it? What do you think makes young
people petrified of the phone.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
That were conditioned to text. Interesting, like I grew up texting,
I didn't grow up. I mean, sure, I grew up
with the home phone, but I just am much more
accustomed to texting someone that I am to calling.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Why don't we start with voice notes first and then
we'll get you to the phone.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Well, I can listen to them on three X speeds.
It's excellent anyway, we digress. That is the good news
wrap of the week, and I think it's a pretty
good note to start twenty twenty five on. But Sam,
tell me what you're doing to set yourself up for
a good year God or a recommendation.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
I think something that I'm going to do this year
to try and bring myself a bit of joy is
I used to be obsessed with finding new music, and
that's kind of died off a little bit in the
last couple of years, probably with a bit of an
increased workload. I'm going to bring that back. I'm going
to find new songs rather than listen to the same
kind of two hundred and fifty songs that are on repeat.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Quite a lot.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
You do have a tendency to listen to elevator music,
so that's good news for everyone. Who's to listen to
music in the office.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Some call it elevator music, some call it just Olivia
dean Zara. Do you have anything that's going to keep
you happy in twenty twenty five?
Speaker 2 (09:52):
I do so. I wrote actually about it in the
final newsletter of twenty twenty four. But the thing that
is setting me up for a good year is investing
in a good alarm clock. Okay, so I am someone
that checks my phone incessantly at all hours of the
day and night, and my way of combating that and
creating better sleep hygiene practices has been to invest in
(10:14):
a sunrise clock. So it's an alarm clock that wakes
you up with light and birds chirping, rather than a
mobile phone that I then proceed to scroll endlessly on.
And so far, so good. Couldn't recommend more. I just
bought a really cheap one off Amazon, but you know
they range in price, and I just think that it's
a really nice way to start the morning and it
brings me a lot of joy.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
New music, sunshine clocks, free meals, and incredible survival stories.
Bit of AI medical innovation in there as well. What
a good note to end on. That's all we've got
time for on today's edition of the Good News pot
from the Daily Ours. We're going to be back on
Monday morning with your regular news explainer. Until then, have
a wonderful weekend. My name is Lily Maddon and I'm
(10:58):
a proud Arunda Bungelung Cargoton 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.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Aboriginal and Torrestrate island and nations.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
We pay our respects to the first peoples of these countries,
both past and present,
Already, and this is the daily This is the Daily
os oh Now it makes sense.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Good morning and welcome to the Daily Ohs. It's Saturday,
the eleventh of January.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I'm Zara, I'm Sam.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
There's no better way to start a new year, I
think than talking about some of the brighter stories, right.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
I feel like it's going to be a year, hopefully
of more good news.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Than tween filled with good news.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
I've got good vibes. I've got good vibes about the
good news for a week circuit, watch this podcast get
longer and longer. Because there's going to be so much good.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
News to share, such a good problem to have.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Why don't we start with what I think was the
good news story of the.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Work, like absolute stand out. It is, of course, the
safe discovery of twenty three year old Hardy Nazari, now
Hardi Nazari. If you haven't been watching the news this week.
He went missing on Boxing days. So he and his
mates were hiking in and around Kosiosco National Park in
(01:04):
New South Wales and he split off to take some
photos and was then meant to meet the group at
a camping ground. He failed to show up, and what
followed was thirteen very long, very scary days where over
three hundred people were sent out to look for and
hopefully find Hardi Nazari. I think the reason that this
(01:28):
story ended up being such a good news story is
that very rarely, after the passage of time has been
that long, do you find somebody, let alone in good
health alas that is what happened. Hardi Nazari was found
by other hikers on Wednesday, and New South Wales police
confirmed that the student had been found in good health.
(01:49):
Here's a clip of the ABC announcing the discovery.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Breaking news and a twenty three year old man missing
in the New South Wales Snowy Mountain since Boxing Day. Wow,
so cool to bring the US this news has been
found alive.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
I do think that that clip highlights why everyone who
is in the business of news was so excited, because again,
it is just so rare to have a happy ending
to a story like this.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
And I wasn't really following the search too closely in
those thirteen days, but it sounded like authorities were somewhat
encouraged by the fact that they were finding these little
clues along the way.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
The remnants of a campfire, some Musli bars, some musley bars,
which it turns out was a thing that sustained Hoddy.
He ate two musli bars and foraged berries for two weeks.
That's it.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
It was amazing seeing the reaction also of his friends
after he was so beautiful, beautiful. They were speechless and shocked,
and I'm sure there was a level of surprise completely.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Yeah, and look, obviously Huddy has been through quite the ordeal,
so I think the media is being very careful about
giving him space, and that's what he has requested. But
he did thank emergency service crews for their tireless work
searching for thirteen days in tough conditions, and he also
thanked the public, his friends, and his family for their
well wishers.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
It led to a quite animated discussion in the TDA
office about how long we all think we could survive?
Speaker 2 (03:11):
One hour?
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Yeah, flats about that and two musley bars I can
go through in about six minutes. So Haddy has done
an incredible job and we hope that his recovery remains
on track. Now let's move to the world of tech. Yep,
And it's rare for AI to have a good news angle, Yeah,
but this time it does.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
It does so researchers from Newcastle University have developed an
AI system and that AI system is able to predict
the trajectory of aggressive skin cancers. Obviously, here in Australia
we have a very big problem with skin cancer and
especially when it comes to young Australians, so I think
that this is very important good news. Now the technology
(03:51):
they've called deep Merkle can find out how severe certain
skin cancers are, such as and this is where the
name comes from, Merkles cell carcinoma. Now deep Merkle uses
personal and tumor characteristics to essentially just predict the results
of different treatments that are commonly used for MCC, so
that Merkle cell carcinoma and researchers think that this tech
(04:14):
could also be used for other types of aggressive skin
cancer to help inform decisions around which type of treatment
would be the most effective on different types of people.
The lead author of this is doctor Tom Andrew and
he said that the technology allows us to understand subtle
new patterns and trends in data, which means on an
individual level, we're able to provide more accurate predictions for
(04:36):
each patient.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
It's really interesting watching the intersection of AI and health
and how different AI products seem to be intercepting medical
issues at various points. So this one is not necessarily
about the detection of skin cancer. And I've read some
stuff around different ways that even you know, photography on
your phone can start to identify whether something is of
concern you should go get it checked out. This is
(04:58):
coming in at the poster tech point then about how
to treat it. It's super interesting it is. Now let's
go overseas. I want to talk about Indonesia.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Yes, So in Indonesia, the government there has launched a
free meal program for school students and it's especially for
those who are in remote areas. Now, this was part
of an election promise and has now begun to be
rolled out. So it's called the Free Nutritious Meals Program,
and this week it launched at one hundred and ninety venues,
(05:28):
with each venue designed to produce thousands of portions every
day and to also empower local communities as workers to
work in those kitchens to then provide those meals for people.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
What a huge effort. I mean, this is a country
of two hundred and seventy million plus.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Well, I mean there's an incredibly ambitious goal. So the
Indonesian government has aimed to feed nearly eighty three million
residents by twenty twenty nine with this program, and that's
part of a broader trend to try to tackle child
mail nutrition in the country. So there's a lofty ambition
there as to how this program will be rolled out.
There's billions of dollars being put into it.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
But importantly, Zara is the food good.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
We did get a testimony from a high school student
who spoke to media and said the food is delicious
and nutritious. Well, there you go, I mean it rhymes,
so what more could you want.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
I've heard of some of these programs exist in other countries.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
I think we've spoken about it in the pod, like
the specific areas in the US might be doing.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Yes, breakfast breakfast is often cited as kind of because
you can crack breakfast, you're setting kids up on a
much healthier trajectory.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Yeah, and the vice presidential picked for Kamala Harris tim
Woles that was something that he had implemented in Minnesota
across schools there. But I certainly haven't heard of it
on this scale. You know, as I said, they're aiming
to feed eighty three million people by twenty twenty nine,
which is not that far away. So definitely one to
keep an eye on. And a really really important and
(06:52):
significant story there.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
And last story, Zara, This one's a funny one, I
think honestly, I think it's just to me this story. Yeah,
you're pretty bad at it. So there's a big fear
you've got, and it's now being recognized.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
There's a name for it, institutional level telephobia telephobia. Hello,
dear listeners, if you have telephobia, let me know. If
you don't know what telephobia is, probably means you don't
have it. But it is the fear of making phone calls.
A bad fear to have when you run your own company.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Hey, well.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
It is so. A you switch survey of two thousand
people found that nearly seventy percent of those aged eighteen
to thirty four prefer a text to a phone call,
and twenty three percent of the same age group said
they would never pick up calls. I am in that camp.
My phone is perpetually on do not disturb, do not
try call me. I will not answer.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Got to admit you haven't really gotten to the good
news past.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Sorry, So yes, why.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Are we talking about this?
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Is that a program at Nottingham College is now offering
coaching sessions on phone etiquette and phone confidence for students
because they're saying that it's really important for job interviews
and for recruitment processes for these young people to feel
confident on the phone, and that they are perhaps undercutting
their potential by being scared of these phone calls, and
(08:11):
so this college is offering these sessions to build their confidence.
And I think that that's an excellent thing to do.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
I'll get those details off Nottingham College and enroll you.
I think I could also jump in that one.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
No, I think like I remember in my very first job,
I was required to do a lot of cold calls
and I would work up the courage for like a
good half an hour to make those calls. I wouldn't
be able to do it in the open plan office.
I'd have to walk outside to do them. Yeah, and
my boss thought that I was insane, But it was
genuinely a really uncomfortable thing that I have had to
(08:43):
work through and had to learn.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
So what is it? What do you think makes young
people petrified of the phone.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
That were conditioned to text. Interesting, like I grew up texting,
I didn't grow up. I mean, sure, I grew up
with the home phone, but I just am much more
accustomed to texting someone that I am to calling.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Why don't we start with voice notes first and then
we'll get you to the phone.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Well, I can listen to them on three X speeds.
It's excellent anyway, we digress. That is the good news
wrap of the week, and I think it's a pretty
good note to start twenty twenty five on. But Sam,
tell me what you're doing to set yourself up for
a good year God or a recommendation.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
I think something that I'm going to do this year
to try and bring myself a bit of joy is
I used to be obsessed with finding new music, and
that's kind of died off a little bit in the
last couple of years, probably with a bit of an
increased workload. I'm going to bring that back. I'm going
to find new songs rather than listen to the same
kind of two hundred and fifty songs that are on repeat.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Quite a lot.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
You do have a tendency to listen to elevator music,
so that's good news for everyone. Who's to listen to
music in the office.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Some call it elevator music, some call it just Olivia
dean Zara. Do you have anything that's going to keep
you happy in twenty twenty five?
Speaker 2 (09:52):
I do so. I wrote actually about it in the
final newsletter of twenty twenty four. But the thing that
is setting me up for a good year is investing
in a good alarm clock. Okay, so I am someone
that checks my phone incessantly at all hours of the
day and night, and my way of combating that and
creating better sleep hygiene practices has been to invest in
(10:14):
a sunrise clock. So it's an alarm clock that wakes
you up with light and birds chirping, rather than a
mobile phone that I then proceed to scroll endlessly on.
And so far, so good. Couldn't recommend more. I just
bought a really cheap one off Amazon, but you know
they range in price, and I just think that it's
a really nice way to start the morning and it
brings me a lot of joy.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
New music, sunshine clocks, free meals, and incredible survival stories.
Bit of AI medical innovation in there as well. What
a good note to end on. That's all we've got
time for on today's edition of the Good News pot
from the Daily Ours. We're going to be back on
Monday morning with your regular news explainer. Until then, have
a wonderful weekend. My name is Lily Maddon and I'm
(10:58):
a proud Arunda Bungelung Cargoton 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.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Aboriginal and Torrestrate island and nations.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
We pay our respects to the first peoples of these countries,
both past and present,
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