From The Daily Oz. I'm Sam Becauseloski, I'm Lucy Tassel. It's Tuesday, the seventh of October. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
The US government shutdown has entered its second week with no resolution in sight, as Republicans and Democrats remain deadlocked over a funding bill. Democrats are demanding health care protections and safeguards against presidential interference with government funding, while Republicans blame the opposing party for the impasse. President Donald Trump said job cuts during the shutdown are democrats fault, while democratically, it is claimed the White House has stopped all communication
with them. Neither side has so far signaled a willingness to compromise. According to the National Economic Council, the shutdown is costing the country's economy around fifteen billion US dollars every week.
Victorian Premier just Center Allen has announced the state's metro tunnel will be open in early December. The introduction of five new underground city stations will connect the Sunbury, Cranbourne and Pakenham lines, creating one new ends to end line. The thirteen point five billion dollar project was first announced way back in twenty fifteen. By former Premier Daniel Andrews, and has faced a number of delays and cost blowouts since,
particularly during the COVID pandemic. It will begin with services every twenty minutes from ten am to three pm on weekdays, with more spread out services on weekends until a full timetable begins in February of next year.
Nearly one thousand climbers were trapped on or near Mount Everest over the weekend following sudden heavy snowfall. At least one group was stuck at an elevation of more than four nine hundred meters. The bluzzard struck during a week long national holiday in China. At least one man died from hypothermia and altitude sickness while climbing in the mountains
of the neighbouring Qinghai Province. On Monday, Chinese state media reported at least three hundred and fifty people had been rescued and search teams had made contact with a further two hundred.
And Today's good news and undoubtedly one of the most important stories I will cover in my journalistic career. Australian food stylist Caroline Velick has won a prize at the World Porridge Making Championships. Yes, you hurt that right. The thirty second edition of the competition, which is held annually in Carbridge, Scotland, occurred over the weekend. Velick won the Best Specialty Dish category, which includes any recipe made with
oatmeal very controversial. She made porridge jaffles, a yogurt flatbread filled with bananas cooked in bunderberg rum oatmeal and waffle seeds sprinkled with sugar which is flavored with Davidson plum. Velick said she incorporated wattle seed and Davidson plum to bring the flavors of the indigenous Aussie outback to Scotland. The Golden Spurtle World Champion title went to spen Celyi Yom from Norway, who us used Norwegian notes, salt and
water he brought to the competition from home. The competition's main category is about traditional porridge making, meaning contestants can only use water, grains and salt. This year's competitions saw thirty competitors representing fourteen countries.
That's the latest from the Daily OOS newsroom. If you're looking for something else to listen to, you can check out today's deep Dive on the big companies that pay no tax legally. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive. Until then, have a great evening. My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda Bungelung Cargotin
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