From the Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tassel. It's Friday, the twenty eighth of March. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
Labour and the Coalition have entered campaign mode after the Prime Minister called an election for the third of May this morning. The announcement marks the start of a five week election campaign. Prime Minister Anthony Alberzi has promised to extend energy bill discounts, cut student debt by twenty percent and boost bulk billing incentives if re elected. Opposition leader Peter Dutton has promised cheaper petrol and power and more
spending on defense. Meanwhile, Green's leader Adam Bandt has declared quote a minority government is coming. A record number of Australians are expected to have their say on the third of May, with nearly ninety eight percent of eligible voters enrolled to vote.
Sharknets will be removed from fifty one New South Wales Beach on Monday, one month ahead of schedule, in response to increased turtle migration. The nets, which are managed by the state government's Department of Primary Industries DPI, are installed in September and typically removed on the thirtieth of April. However, the date has been brought forward for the first time
since nineteen eighty nine. It comes after the DPI found less than six percent of species caught in the nets over the twenty twenty four to twenty five season were target white and tiger sharks. The annual report showed two and three animals caught in the meshing, including rays, turtles, dolphins and whales, did not survive. Dpi's sharts mark programs that increased its net inspections from every third day to
every second day in February and March. It's also trialed lights on nets to quote deter turtles and prevent their entanglement.
In recent weeks, King Charles the third has been released from hospital after he experienced temporary side effects from his ongoing cancer treatment. According to a statement from Buckingham Palace, the King quote required a short period of observation in hospital before he was discharged. As a precaution, all his scheduled engagements of the day were canceled. Palace officials announced the King had been diagnosed with an as yet unspecified
form of cancer in February last year. The seventy six year old visited Australia for the first time as king in October.
And today's good news, Australian basketballer Josh Giddy has made global headlines after leading the Chicago Bulls to victory over the La Lakers with a stunning half court shot on the full time Buzzer. The video is over on the TDA Instagram feed. I highly recommend you go and check it out. It's the Aussie's first season with the Bulls, but he's already become one of its standout players, averaging
fourteen point one points per game. The twenty two year old grew up in Melbourne and was drafted to the NBA in twenty twenty one.
That's the latest from the Dally Yo's newsroom. You're looking for something else, listen to today's Deep Dive, where we explore the new Netflix series Rein adding conversations about the world of in cell culture.
We will be back tomorrow morning with the good news wrap up of the week, but until then, have a good one.
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