Breakfast News Briefing - 10 July 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi there from the Amplify news room. I'm an abgat Co.
Queensland marked one of the great Origin Series comebacks, beating
New South Wales twenty four to twelve in the decider
in Sydney, Tom did and scored two tries to claim
the Wally Lewis Medal, while raiderstar Josh PAPALII reflected on
his decision to return to rep footy after the game, I.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Said I wasn't going to come back, and when I
saw Bill's number pop up, I said yes. I knew
the value and what I could bring to this footy team,
just that calm head amongst the group.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
A landmark court ruling has found Russia responsible for downing
flight MH seventeen, which was carrying thirty eight Australians. The
European Court of Human Rights issuing a verdict that Russia
and its agents killed two hundred and ninety eight passengers
and crew when it was shot down in twenty fourteen.
The decision was part of a broader ruling also finding

(00:54):
Russia responsible for human rights abuses since the invasion of
Ukraine over three years ago. Donald Trump claims there's a
good chance Israel and harmas could reach a ceasefire in
Gaza as early as this week. It comes as at
least forty Palestinians were killed by Israeli air strikes overnight.

(01:14):
The US President says a settlement should be reached soon.
I think we have a chance this week or next week.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
Not definitely.

Speaker 1 (01:21):
There's nothing different indefinite about war and Gaza. The Greens
have weighed in on the ongoing job cards of the
A and U, claiming they're driven by profit and greed,
not what's best for staff or students. Green's member for Brindabella,
Laura Nuttles, says they're worried about the impacts on education quality.

Speaker 3 (01:41):
We'll see a significant loss of course content and quality
for the students. They're going to see bigger class sizes,
more general programs than a lot of some of the
really specific programs that they would have come to the
A and U for in the first place.

Speaker 1 (01:54):
She's written to a federal and local government colleagues calling
for urgent action. Canberra is the second most expensive place
to rent behind Sydney, with house rents remaining steady at
a record seven hundred dollars a week. That's according to
Domain's latest rent report. Which shows unit rents have hit
a record high of five hundred and eighty dollars a week.

(02:15):
Chief of Research, doctor Nikola Powell reckons prices are likely
to increase further.

Speaker 4 (02:21):
We've got that vacancy rate sitting at one point one
in June. But the thing is we've started to see
that that vacancy rate has tightened slightly and I think
what that might translate to in the coming months is
a bit more mental price growth.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
An update on our twenty fieries who've been busy in
Canada helping fight wildfires. The act crews being deployed to Alberta,
where they've been blacking out areas, running in kilometers of
hoseline and putting out hotspots. They're about halfway through the deployment,
which goes for about forty days, and the band behind
famous songs like My Island Home will be celebrated in

(02:58):
a rock and roll musical That Can kicks off at
the Canberra Theater for three nights from tonight as part
of NATOC Week. And that's the latest in news. We'll
have another update for you right here later today.