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It's Thursday, the eighteenth of December. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
Prime Minister Anthony Albernezi has announced new hate speech penalties among several policy changes in the wake of the Bondai terrorist attack. It also marks the government's formal response to a report produced by Jillian Siegel, the Anti Semitism Special Envoy, in July. The changes include a new offense for hate preachers who promote violence and new powers for the Home Affairs Minister to cancel visas for those who spread hate.
A twelvemonth task force led by David Gonsky will focus on the education sector, while the definition and threshold of hate speech will be re evaluated by lawmakers.
The youngest and oldest victims of the Bondai Beach Hanakah shooting have been laid to rest. As the community continues grieving after the terrorist attack, Scores of friends and family flocked to a funeral home to honor ten year old Matilda, who was killed on Sunday. Matilda has been remembered by her school as a quot little ray of sunshine who always brought joy to those around her and by her
aunt as full of life and happy. Many of those entering the funeral carried sunflowers and wore bumblebee stickers to commemorate Matilda. A funeral service for eighty seven year old Holocaust survivor Alex Kleitmann was held earlier on Thursday morning. His wife remembered her Ukrainian born husband for his resilience and courage after he moved to shield her from gunfire in his last moments.
Their are fears and Australian has been killed fighting in Ukraine, with authorities providing consular assistance to the man's family as they worked to confirm the report. A telegram post in a pro Russian channel said the man had been killed by Russian forces near the Ukrainian city of Danesk last week. Russia has intensified its assault in the Reas region. The man reportedly lived in Brisbane, but is from the New
South Wales Central Coast. International media reports claim he moved to Ukraine in twenty twenty three to fight against the Russian invasion. The Federal government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it's aware of a report that an Australian has died in Ukraine. We are seeking urgent confirmation from local authorities. Defat noted.
And today's good news. Two dozen endangered sea turtles in the US are on the road to recovery after they were rescued off the coast of Massachusetts. The turtles became what's known as cold stunned in the icy waters off Cape cod leaving them with frostbite and pneumonia. Not for profit organization Lighthawk rescued the twenty four Kemp's Ridley sea turtles and transported them to a marine conservation facility in Florida.
They'll spend the next few months receiving medical care and recuperating, and are expected to make a full recovery. When they're back to health, the turtles will be released into the Atlanta Ocean in the Northern Hemispher's spring. The rescue was an especially important one, as Kemp's Ridley sea turtles are the world's smallest and most critically endangered sea turtle species.
That's the latest from the Daily os newsroom. If you're looking for something else to listen to this afternoon, you can check out my interview with Alex Rifkin. He's the Joint CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jury and him and I have a chat through the rise of anti Semitism in Australia.
We'll be back tomorrow with another deep dive, but not another headlines. That will be all you hear from us on Friday, and then in the following weeks we will be bringing you our summer series or we take a look back at the biggest moments of the year in the world of Australian politics, the world around us, sport, pop culture, even good news. So you'll be hearing from us again tomorrow morning and next week. Until then, take care of yourselves. My name is Lily Maddon and I'm
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