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It's Thursday, the fourteenth of August. Here's what's making hawline to seek.
Female participation in the workforce hit a record high in July. That's according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The amount of women employed or looking for employment rose to sixty three point five percent in July. That's up from sixty three point two percent in June. The unemployment rate fell by zero point one percentage points to four point two percent in July. This figure measures the percentage of people who were looking for work but couldn't find any.
The ABS said the growth was driven by full time employment, with forty thousand more women starting full time work in July. That's compared to twenty thousand men. The overall participation rate held steady at sixty seven percent. This figure measures the percentage of Australians who are either employed or actively seeking employment.
The number of young people in detention across New South Wales has increased by thirty four percent since twenty twenty three. Official state government figures show there were two hundred and thirty four under eighteen year olds in custody as of June twenty twenty five, up from one hundred and seventy five in June twenty twenty three. The New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research that's BOXAR said break and enters have surged amongst young offenders, up two hundred
and twenty nine percent over the past two years. BOXAR highlighted what it called the quote ongoing overrepresentation of young First Nations people in custody, who make up eight percent of all young people in New South Wales but account
for sixty percent of the youth detention cohort. Boxer Executive director Jackie Fitzgerald called the figures particularly concerning, noting an increased number of young people are currently being held on romand nearly three in four young people in custody have not been convicted and are awaiting their day in court. Fitzgerald said.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and EU leaders have met for a virtual summit, and that's ahead of US President Donald Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. During the summit, leaders discuss the importance of a ceasefire that will deliver quote stability and security in the region. Zelenski said the leaders supported the efforts of US President Donald Trump to end the war, stop the killings, and achieve a just and lasting peace. If Putin fails to negotiate
as seas fire with Trump. This week, European countries avowing to enforce more sanctions on Russia. Zelenski and his European Union allies also agreed that international borders must be upheld and Russia cannot take Ukrainian territory by force. In a joint statement, all EU leaders said they will quote continue to provide political, financial, economic, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support to US as it exercised its inherent right of self defense.
And today's good news. Ozzie surfers have dominated this week's World Surf League Tahiti Pro event with victory in both the men's and women's competitions. World number one Molly Picklum and Jack Robinson each won their events to round out the World Surf League regular season. Both surfers will compete for a world title in Fiji later this month as part of a group of just five men and five women.
Picklam said she feels like she quote owned her stripes in Tahiti as the Dream comes Alive ahead of Fiji.
And that's the latest from the Daily Oz newsroom. If you're looking for something else to listen to on this Thursday evening, check out today's deep dive on what makes one AI model actually smarter than another. We'll be back tomorrow with another deep dive. Until then, have a great evening. My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda
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