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I'm Emma Gillespie.
It's Tuesday, the twenty eighth of October. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
A catastrophic failure is being blamed for a deadly mine explosion in far west New South Wales. Emergency services were called to Koba in the early hours of Tuesday morning after reports three workers had been critically injured in an underground explosion. A man was confirmed dead at the scene, while a woman was brought to the surface by rescue crews but later died. According to a statement from New South Wales Police. Another woman was airlifted to hospital suffering
hearing damage and shock. The Mining and Energy Union said the deaths of the mine workers would send shockwaves through the entire industry. The union has promised to work with authorities to ensure workers are supported quote and this tragedy is thoroughly investigated.
The federal government will require telcos to publish network outages in real time following a spate of triple zero disruptions. New transparency measures will be enforced by the Australian Communications and Media Authority after Communications Minister Annaka Wells wrote to the regulator on Monday. The measures will be mandatory for providers, including Optus and Telstra, and include a real time public
register of any network outages. Wells said the data quote will increase transparency and accountability around outages and related impacts on access to Triple zero. However, Shadow Communications Minister Melissa Macintosh said the mechanism is quote not transparent because it will be self operated by the telcos. She added Australians a losing confidence in the Triple zero network.
Seven people have been killed in the Northern Caribbean as Hurricane Melissa, the world's strongest storm this year, moves towards Jamaica with wind speeds of over two hundred and eighty klos per hour. The storm is a Category five, which is the highest classification. Authorities have warned residents to expect
catastrophic flash flooding and numerous landslides. The US government's National Hurricane Center said quote total structural failure is likely in parts of Jamaica, where at least three people have died. Melissa has also brought severe downpours and tropical storm conditions to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, where at least four people have died. The storm has not yet made landfall in Jamaica, but it is expected to bring up to a meter of rain to the region before moving northeast
towards Cuba, Haiti and the Bahamas. Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness said he has quote been on his knees in prayer awaiting the full impact of Hurricane Melissa to hit his country.
And today's good news, three critically endangered wombat joeys have been born through a breeding program in a Queensland sanctuary. A group of thirty six Northern hairy nosed wombats were brought to a protected site in the southern Queensland pro Runner State Forests last year as part of an initiative to protect the species, which is one of the most
endangered in the world. According to an update from the Queensland Department of Environment, the wild born and bred babies are a clear tick of approval that the wombats are thriving in their new habitat. The twenty eight hundred hectare site is the state's third dedicated hairy nosed conservation site, with only four hundred Northern hairy nosed wombats thought to
be left in the wild. The Queensland Government said the project is committed to boosting their numbers quote ensuring we keep them on the map for future generations.
That's the latest from The Daily Oz's newsroom for today, But if you are looking for something else to listen to, check out this morning's deep dive on the sexual abuse allegations against the Australian Defense Force after a class action was launched in the Federal Court this month.
We'll be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive, but until then, have a good afternoon. My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda bunjelung Caalcuton 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 torrest Rate island and nations. We pay our respects to the first peoples of these countries, both past and present.