Morning Edition: 09 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, at least thirteen Australian Defense Force personnel
have been injured, some seriously, after two of their vehicles
crashed in northern New South Wales. The ADF had been
called in to respond to the impacts of ex cyclone Alfred,

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including flooding in Lismore where the two groups collided. Sky
News as ran In Alston says the Prime Minister has
called it an ongoing incident. Right now, our focus is
on the welfare of those involved and their families. Our
EIGHTYF heroes were on their way to help Australians in need.
A body has also been found in the search for

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a missing man swept away in floodwaters in northern New
South Wales. A Russian attack on Ukraine has left at
least twenty people dead after two ballistic missiles hit a
center in the eastern Netsk region. Thirty other people are injured,
including five children. New research has revealed how much mid

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sized businesses are contributing to our exports. The new Moyob
report has found more than half of business's surveyed are
expecting to see their revenue increase in the next twelve months.
YOB spokesperson and Aluise Hoffman says around two thirds of
mid sized businesses are exporting, and on an average they're
actually exporting around eighteen point one million worth of their

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goods and services each year per business, which is something
to be credited. Researchers are pushing for tech developers to
keep elderly users in mind. A University of Auckland study
is examining how to make easy to use technology for
people aged sixty five and over. It finds the aging
population are struggling to adapt to technological changes, with retirees

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notably having a tougher time lead. Researcher Melanie's Dobles says
the key is for developers to consult with the older
people wherever possible, as they're the fastest growing demographic in
New Zealand. One of things like healthcare and banking becomes
online only, it's really important to keep things successible for everyone.
That's news to sport and France is two points clear

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of Ireland at the top of the Six Nations Championship
after beating the Irish forty two to twenty seven in Dublin.
The French only led eight to six at halftime, but
Irish captain Kaylin Doris told Sky Sport the visitors blew
them away after the break. They're capable of betsomagic A
and we're just work going for Middleseaction the second half
four park Well at the end. Both we are very

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disappointing overall. Mowana Pacifica has moved off the bottom of
the Super Rugby table, edging the Hurricanes forty thirty one
at North Harbor Stadium. The playoff hopes of the Wellington
Phoenix have turned to ash after a four to one
drubbing by Western United in Melbourne, and Liverpool's gone further
ahead at the top of the Premier League after a

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three to one win over bottom placed Southampton. That's Sport.
I'm Diana Vesage. For more news, listen to News Talk
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