From the Daily Ours. I'm Harry Seculch, I'm Billy fitz Simon. It's Friday, the first of August. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
The US has announced a new round of tariffs for several countries, but has kept Australias at the baseline rate of ten percent, which has been in place since earlier this year. In the new tariffs announced by the White House today, Cambodia's rate dropped from forty nine percent to nineteen percent, while New Zealand's increased from ten percent to fifteen percent. The US also hit Canada with an increase from twenty five percent to thirty five percent, citing continued
in action and retaliation of its northern neighbor. A spokesperson for Australia's Trade Minister, Don Farrell said we will continue to advocate for the removal of all tariffs in line with our free trade agreement.
The Northern terror government has passed a raft of legislative amendments to the state's Youth Justice Act, ditching the previous government's detention as a last resort policy. Among the changes is the reinstatement of spit hoods in youth detention, a practice that has been banned for nearly a decade. The
legislation also grants police expanded emergency powers. The reforms have drawn criticism from the NT opposition, First Nation's leaders and human rights advocates, who say the degrading, inhumane and dangerous practice is a breach of internationally recognized human rights laws for children.
We told you in yesterday's stories about morio'callahan's incredible run at the World Championships in Singapore, and it has got even better since then. The Australian swimstar has now equalled in thought for the most World Championship gold medals won by an Australian Overnight, the twenty one year old anchored Australia's victory in the women four by two hundred meter
freestyle relay at the Swimming World Championships in Singapore. She now has eleven World Championship gold medals, equal only to Ian Thorpe. O'Callahan could eclipse Thorpe's record tonight when she raises the one hundred meter freestyle.
And while oh callahan's news is definitely good for Australia, we have even more good news. The world's oldest baby has been born in the US thanks to an embryo that has been in storage since nineteen ninety four. According to the MIT Technology Review, the baby was born on the twenty sixth of July in the US state of Ohio, to parents Lindsay and Tim Pearce, who were less than five when the embryo was created. The donor, a woman named Linda, is sixty two. In May nineteen ninety four,
Linda and her former partner created four embryos. One embryo resulted in a healthy baby girl, who is now thirty, while the others were put in storage. Lina See, the parent of the new baby, said, we didn't go into it thinking we would break any records. We just wanted to have a baby.
That's the latest from the Daily Os newsroom. If you are looking for something else to listen to, you can check out today's Deep Dive, where Harry and I go through all of the questions you have about hextet and hopefully Harry in particular answers them all expertly.
I'll try my best belief. We'll be back on Monday, but until then, have a great weekend. My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda Bungelung Caalcuttin 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 Torres Strait island and nations. We pay our respects to the first peoples of these countries, both past and present.