Morning Edition: 08 March 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news talks had been Newsroom this is newsfacs
In this update, flooding and power cuts have hit parts
of Queensland as Tropical Cyclone Alfred descends on Australia's East Coast.
The storm has been downgraded to a Category one and
has already made landfall on Morton Island. It's expected to

(00:24):
hit Brisbane at nine am. New Zealand Time ABC is
reporting major flooding on the Gold Coast's Curumbin Creek and
over two hundred thousand have lost power across Southeast Queensland.
South Brisbane, the Gold Coasts and northern New South Wales
are bracing for more heavy rain despite wind's easing. Deputy
Premiere Jared Blay has told Sky Queenslanders have used the

(00:47):
past few days to prepare as best they can.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
I think we've done as much preparation as we possibly
can across Southeast Queensland. Our biggest issue now is obviously
looking at the rain that will come with it and
the flood red to the river system.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
A spotlight's been shone on the crucial next step to
ensure public health remains at the system's core. Health Minister
Simeon Brown's announced his shoulder tap the private sector to
help health end z with issues like wait times. Health
systems specialists. Robin Gold says the Health Minister should look
directly at how a funding system is built to ensure

(01:25):
equitable care.

Speaker 3 (01:26):
You've got to be absolutely certain that the private delivery
doesn't undermine the public sector and its ability to treat
those who are unable for whatever reason, to access the
private sector.

Speaker 1 (01:38):
Advocates are placing emphasis on the number of homeless women
this International Women's Day. Today is International Women's Day and
the theme this year is Accelerate action, taking swift action
to speed up gender equality. The Coalition to End Women's
Homelessness research shows females represent fifty percent of those experiencing

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homelessness in New Zealand. Project director Victoria Crockford says the
extent of the problem is often invisible.

Speaker 4 (02:07):
They will do anything to avoid sleeping on the street,
which is where the most visible homelessness is. They will
live in cars, they will sleep on couches, they will
be in people's garages.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
That's news to sports and a hand injury to first five.
Boden Barrett has overshadowed the Blues's twenty one twenty loss
to the Brumbies in their Super Rugby Pacific contest at
Eden Park. The All Black was replaced at halftime, with
the hosts failing to score a point in the second Stanza.

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Coach Verncotta was asked whether Barrett's absence and the second
half had an impact.

Speaker 4 (02:43):
I think there's enough experience. Harry did well last year.
Patty was just one of those games.

Speaker 3 (02:47):
It was little just we just couldn't quite get a
group of it at the end, you know, And yeah, so.

Speaker 2 (02:52):
That's that's it.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
Whitefern's batter Maddie Green has applauded an all round team
performance in the seventy eight run win over Sri Lanka
and the second ODI and Nelson. Green led the way
with her one hundred helping New Zealand reached two hundred
and forty five for seven. Quick bowler Hannah Rowe produced
figures of four for thirty one and her ten overs

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limiting Sri Lanka to one hundred and sixty seven all
out that sport. I'm Diana Vesig. For more news, listen
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