Afternoon News Briefing - 2nd November 2024

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello from the Amplify newsroom. I'm m mcole. A thirty
three year old woman has died overnight following a single
vehicle collision on Lady Deman Drive on Thursday night about
nine thirty pm. A motorbike left the roadway and collided
with a road signed barrier. The female was transported to
hospital in a critical condition. This is the eighth road

(00:21):
fatality on ACT roads this year, with five of those
deceased b motorbike riders. Major relief is on the way
for Ossie's burdened with student loans if Labour is re
elected next year. Education Minister Jason Claire says their changes
to the likes of the minimumary payment threshold will save
average debt holders around six hundred and eighty in repayments

(00:42):
per year.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
Nobody will be worse off under this. It'll mean that
everybody earning up to one hundred and eighty thousand dollars
a year will pay less every year in their student
debt repayments.

Speaker 1 (00:54):
There'll be a coronial inquiry into the depths of six
people at Sydney's Bondai Junction shopping center. Six months ago.
A Queensland man went on a terrifying rampage in April,
randomly stamping people, including a nine month old baby. Six
people were killed before Joe Coucy was shot dead by
a police officer. Ken Barns are spending less on transport

(01:16):
over the past twelve months. That's according to new stats
from the ABS. The strongest household spending categories were goods
and services, followed by health. The Act and Victoria were
the only states that had a decline in household bending
in September, the last month of the published results. The
Sustainable Canbra Expo is back today, this time out at EPIC.

(01:39):
There's plenty to discover, including test driving electric vehicles.

Speaker 3 (01:43):
I'd be expecting to see a lot of teenagers test
driving the e bikes to see if that's in their future,
maybe instead of a car. Or In addition to what,
there's kids stuff like composting and worm farming workshops. Really
get your hands in there and feel what worms feel like.

Speaker 1 (01:57):
That's Ros Maliff, Executive Branch manager for Climate Change and
Energy Programs. The expo is free entry and the countdown
is over. This year's Melbourne Cup carnival starts today with
Derby Day, which kicks off four massive days of spring
racing action at Flemington. More than a quarter of a
million people are expected to attend, and that so leators

(02:19):
from the Amplifying news room this Saturday. Check back again
tomorrow morning for our next update.