From The Daily Os. I'm Lucy Tassel, I'm Billy FitzSimons. It's Thursday, the twenty fifth of September. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
The E Safety Commissioner will consider extending the government's upcoming social media ban for under sixteens to include more platforms. Commissioner Julie Inmngrand has ridden to several apps and sites, including Reddit, Pinterest, Roadblocks, Twitch and WhatsApp. Communications Minister Anika Wells told The Daily Os the process is aimed at protecting children from online harm.
The Safety Commissioner has asked platforms to go through a self assessment tool to see whether they qualify as a social media platform. The fact that Commissionerman Grant has written too many platforms to ask them to go through this process.
It's just about thoroughness and due diligence, and many of those platforms will self assess as not qualifying for the social media laws, and the E Safety Commissioner may or may not agree with the assessment, but that's all due diligence that will keep on foot over the next few weeks as we move towards ten December.
Former Liberal candidate Giselle Capterian has withdrawn a High Court challenge contesting the federal election result in Bradfield. The Sydney seat was one of the last to be called following the May election. A recount put independent Nicolette Buller twenty six votes ahead of Capterian, who launched a legal challenge in July. The Tech executive said at the time that she wanted to ensure Bradfield voters quote intentions had been
accurately reflected in the count. However, after a final review of the ballot papers, Captarian said she is now quote satisfied that overall the correct outcome has been declared. In a concession posted to Instagram, Capterian wrote, we have taken the decision to no longer press the petition for a final review in court. I wish Miss Buller all the best and I thank the people of Bradfield. She said.
At least eighteen people have died as a super typhoon continues to wreak havoc across East Asia. Typhoon Regassa has brought severe conditions, including flooding and strong winds to parts of the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China this week. Wind gas of over two hundred and eighty kilometers per hour were recorded during Regas's peak on Monday, making it the most powerful storm in the world this year. According
to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Hawaii. More than a million residents in southern China's Guangdong Province has been forced to evacuate as Regassa moves west towards Vietnam. Hundreds of people have been injured, while at least forty six are missing.
And today's good news, a breakthrough treatment for early Alzheimer's has been approved for use in Australia. The drug, called Leakembi, works by targeting a type of protein fragment linked to Alzheimer's disease, which forms in between nerve cells in the brain. Lackmbie has now been approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration or TGA for eligible patients diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease and early Alzheimer's. The disease is
a progressive and irreversible neurodegenerative brain condition. Chair of the Support Organization Professionals with Alzheimer's Global Kathy Roth welcome to the TGA's decision, saying the disease has a quote profound impact on patients, families and careers. Roth called new treatment options crucial to give Australians living with Alzheimer's quote new opportunities to manage the progression of the disease.
That's the latest from the dallyio's newsroom. If you're looking for something else to listen to, you can check out today's deep dive on the second Space Race and the plan to return to the Moon for the first time in over fifty years.
We'll be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive. Until then, have a great evening.
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