From The Daily Os. I'm Lucy Tassel, I'm Billy fitz Simons. It's Thursday, the fifteenth of May. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
The Greens have unanimously elected a new leader, Larissa Waters, after former leader Adam Bandt lost his seat at the federal election. Waters has been a Senator for Queensland since twenty ten, with a brief break in twenty seventeen after she was found to hold dual citizenship with Canada. She's also known for being the first MP to breastfeed in Parliament, standing to speak to the Senate while doing so. The Deputy Greens leader will be Senator Marine Ferruci, who was
contested for the role by Senator Derinda Cox. Speaking to media after her election, Senator Waters said she was thrilled to take on the role and that she would seek to take strong action on the climate crisis and to deliver politics with heart.
The Israeli Defense Forces have launched a new bombardment of Jaza, which the Hamas run Health Ministry says killed at least eighty people, a quarter of whom were children. The United Nations said the IDF bombed a hospital in the city of khn Unis twice in twenty four hours, where a
team from the World Health Organization were working. The IDF has accused Hamas of using hospitals and schools as human shields, and Israeli media has reported the force is trying to confirm if the current leader of Hamas was killed in
the strike on the khn Unis hospital. Meanwhile, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher has told the Security Council Israel is quote deliberately and unashamedly imposing inhumane conditions on Palestinians in Gaza, and that every person in Gaza is experiencing famine.
Australia's unemployment rate is at four point one percent, remaining steady since the beginning of the year. According to the ABS, the unemployment rate measures a percentage of people who are looking looking for work but couldn't find any. The number of employed people remains high, with more than fourteen point six million people in work across April. Of that group,
more than ten million are in full time work. In April twenty twenty five, more than eighty nine thousand Australians found jobs, while the number of Australians looking for work increased by six thy three hundred. Australia's unemployment rate has hovered around this level since December twenty twenty three, following a peak during the height of the pandemic.
And today's good news, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention aka the CDC have announced that deaths by drug overdoses were down almost thirty percent in twenty twenty four compared to the previous year. The rate of deaths declined across every category of drugs, including opioids. It was also the lowest number of recorded drug overdose deaths since
the early months of the pandemic. In a statement, the CDC called the results remarkable and said they show quote public health intervents are making a difference and having a meaningful impact. It also said the drop in depths could be interpreted as eighty one lives being saved every day in twenty twenty four compared to twenty twenty three.
That's the latest from the dally Oos newsroom.
If you're looking for something else, you can listen to today's deep dive on the abortion bill that has sparked debate in New South Wales.
We'll be back again tomorrow morning. With another deep dive, but until then, have a great evening.
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