Breakfast News Briefing - 10 November 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplified newsroom. I'm Ashley Nolan. The Police
union is calling for urgent action from the act Government
after the city's Watchhouse had to be closed on Friday
night due to flooding and spilled sewage. The ABC reports
officers and six people in custody were moved to other
police stations across Canberra while the issue was fixed. The

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Australian Federal Police Association says it has repeatedly raised the
deteriorating condition of the Watchhouse with the Government and it
is considering legal action due to continued inaction. Police are
looking for witnesses and dash cam footage after a car
theft and dangerous driving incident. Police say they spotted a
stolen car in Right on Friday night that allegedly ran

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a red light and led them on a short pursuit.
About half an hour later, the car was found abandoned
in a school car park in Western and a man
arrested nearby. Police are asking anyone who saw the car
in the Malonglow or Western areas on Friday night to
get in touch. If you've bought alfalfa sprouts produced by
Perilla Fresh recently, you're being urged to not eat them.

(01:07):
It comes after a national recall due to potential salmonella contamination.
It includes Ossie sprouts, Alfalfa sprouts and a bunch of
Hugo's brand sprouts. You can check out more info on
the recall on the Food Standards Australia website. Police are
looking for two women they believe may be able to
help them with info about an alleged theft in the

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city early yesterday morning. Police say they were out at
a convenience store and there was a theft a short
time later. There's a pick of the women up on
the ACT Policing Facebook page, and anyone who can id
them as asked to call crime stoppers. The Longest Day
golf fundraiser kicks off today, challenging players to complete up
to seventy two holes in one day to support the

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local Cancer Council. CEO Verity Hawkins says there's lots of
opportunities to get involved.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
We have got around ninety people registered and you can
still take part any time during November and December. Some
of our teens are doing their Longest Day later this
week or in the coming weeks right up through to December.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
The local fundraising target is eighty thousand dollars. The Act
government's keen to know how locals think the free period
product initiative is going. The free products were rolled out
at a bunch of community locations a few months ago,
like schools, libraries and public health centers. Public feedback closes
at five pm today, with the Government wanting us to

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have our say on how the project's working and potential
new locations. Federal Liberal MPs are headed for Canberra as
the party tries to patch up a devastating split over
climate emissions. The party's right wants to follow the Nationals
and abandon a previous commitments to reach net zero by
twenty fifty, but at least one moderate's threatening to quit

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if that happens. And Australian veteran broadcaster John Laws has
died at age ninety. The talkback kings spend more time
in seven decades behind the microphone and only retired last year.
He passed away at his home in Sydney yesterday after
a two weeks stay in hospital. And that's the latest
in news. We'll have another update for you right here

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later today.