From the Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Billy fitz Simon. It's Wednesday, the twenty first of May. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
Record breaking rainfall in parts of New South Wales has left thousands cut off by floodwaters. At the time of recording, nineteen emergency warnings are in place across the state's Hunter and Mid North Coast regions. It follows days of heavy downpours caused by a persistent coastal trough near Coffs Harbor, with conditions expected to intensify over Thursday and Friday. The New South Wales government said around three hundred people have
taken shelter in flood evacuation centers. The State Emergency Service, also known as the SEES, said more than forty eight tho eight hundred people and twenty three thousand homes have been isolated by floodwaters on the New South Wales Mid North Coast. The SEES said around the clock rescue efforts are continuing, with rainfall continuing to impact satchided catchments.
The fallout of the coalition's split has continued today, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi revealing he has now had discussions with both the Liberal leader Susan Lee and the National's leader David Little Proud. Albanzi said quote, political parties will not be successful if they're focused on themselves, and that is what my task is, to focus on the needs of the Australian people. Asked if this was a win for the Labor Party, Albanzi said, that's a matter for
them the Liberal and National parties. Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott also weighed in today, saying he hopes the coalition can be reformed as soon as possible. The former Liberal MP, adding that he believes what is needed right now is a strong critique of a deeply underwhelming government.
Spain has ordered Airbnb to remove thousands of tourist accommodation listings from its platform after finding they violated local regulations. Many of the accommodation listings don't have a registration number, which is a legal requirement, or have a falsified number. The Spanish Department of Consumer Affairs ordered Airbnb to remove thousands of its listings, which the company appealed but was unsuccessful.
In a court decision this week, the company must now immediately remove a first tranch of five eight hundred listings. This comes a day after thousands of anti tourism protests rallied ahead of the peak European summer season.
And today's good news, researchers have developed a new breakthrough gel substance to boost coral restoration efforts. A group of scientists from the US, Italy and the Netherlands came together to develop nanogel capsules which mimic the smell of natural reefs. The light sensitive, slow release capsules contain reef stabilizing algae compounds released by some corals. During testing, researchers found coral larvae were six to twenty times more likely to settle
on surfaces treated with the capsules. It means they've created a synthetic chemical that acts like a welcome that to attract coral in its early developmental stages. It's hoped the compound can be used to help boost genetic diversity in reefs to better protect them from future bleaching events.
That's the latest from the Daily OS newsroom. If you are looking for something else, you can listen to today's Deep Dive, which is part three of our new series, which was produced and hosted by the brilliant Emma Gillespie. It is called Investigating Ozepic and I highly recommend it. On today's episode, Emma explored how ozempic has impacted diet culture for young people.
Oh shocks where you can find that in your podcast feed Beneath this very episode of Headlines. We will be resuming regular programming tomorrow with a podcast deep Dive, but until then, have a fantastic evening.
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