From the Daily Ods. I'm Sam Kauzlowski, I'm Lucy Tassel. It's Tuesday, the twentieth of January. Here one's making headlines this evening.
New South Wales has now seen four shark attacks in three days, causing the closure of a number of beaches across the state's coastline. On Tuesday morning, a thirty nine year old man was taken to hospital after being bitten in the chest at Point Ploma, north of Port Macquarie on the New South Wales Mid North coast. Two people are still in critical condition from separate bites earlier in the week. New South Wales Premier Chris Mins has said he is open to a more robust system of warnings
for swimmers and surfers. Our warning system and communication needs to be beefed up, particularly during stormy weather, he told two GB radio on Tuesday.
Labor and the Coalition have agreed on major changes for reforms combating groups that spread hatred. Amendments have passed the House of Representatives and will now be debated in the Senate after Parliament was recalled early on Monday to response to the Bondai terrorist attack, which targeted a Jewish celebration
on the fourteenth of December last year. After insisting the changes would be dealt with under a single bill, Labour was forced to split the hate crimes changes from the gun reforms to secure support from the Coalition and Greens for the separate pieces of legislation. The bills are set to pass the Senate later tonight with amendments, before being sent back to the Lower House for a final sign off tomorrow morning.
Italian designer Valentino Garavani has died at home in Rome, according to his foundation. Usually known by his first name, Valentino was ninety three and had retired in two thousand and eight. He was renowned for his love of a specific shade of red, which appeared in all of his collections. The foundation said in a statement posted on social media, Tino Garavani was not only a constant guide and inspiration for all of us, but a true source of light,
creativity and vision. A funeral will be held on Friday in Rome. Valentino was survived by his partner, John Carlo Gmti. The couple had been together since nineteen sixty.
And Today's good news, a citizen scientist in Queensland has found a small native flower previously thought to be extinct. Horticulturalist and birdwatcher Aaron Bean stumbled across the species in June when he opportunistically photographed a few plants while working on private property in the Gilbert River region. He then uploaded the photos to the citizen scientists platform I Naturalist, where it was spotted by Anthony Bean that's no relation
at the Queensland Herbarium. Eventually, scientists at the UNSW School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences confirmed the plant's identity as a rarely flowering shrub last spotted in the wild in nineteen sixty seven. The researchers say the rediscovery highlights the growing power of citizens science data in research and conservation.
That's the latest from the Dallyios newsroom. If you're looking for something else to listen to, you can catch up on this morning's deep dive into the government's hate speech and gun control bills that we mentioned at the top of this episode.
We'll be back tomorrow with another deep dive. Until then, have a great night. My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda Bungelung Calkotin 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 s right island and nations. We pay our respects to the first peoples of these countries, both past and present.