Breakfast News Briefing - 10 September 2025

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello from the Amplified Newsroom. I'm Ashley Nolan. Plenty of
rain expected across the capital today, with the local sees
ready to help out if needed. The Weather Bureau is
forecasting up to sixty mills of rain across Canberra with
the chance of a thunderstorm late the Tsavo, but it shouldn't
last long, with things clearing up by tomorrow lunchtime. Representatives

(00:23):
from an independent group of A and U academics looking
into governance at the university have met with Chancellor Julie
Bishop to discuss reform. The A and U Governance Project
yesterday released a draft report into what's wrong with governance
at the UNI and charting away forward. The report calls
for more transparency regarding financial decisions and for the Chancellor

(00:45):
to be selected through election. There's been a major escalation
for the war in Gaza overnight, and Israeli airstrike has
hit a residential building in Dohat and Katar, targeting Hama's
officials behind the October seven attack. Hamas says five people
have been killed. The US says it was told about
the operation, but Kata has condemned it as reckless and

(01:08):
a breach of international law. Fifty percent of Canberra women
who suffer with endometriosis say they aren't happy with their
treatment in the Act. That's according to a new survey.
The second iteration of the Women's Health Matters Survey has
been released, which saw over thirteen hundred Canberans participate. CEO

(01:29):
Lauren Anthus says one of the key issues they also
found was women not being able to afford to see
a GP.

Speaker 2 (01:36):
We also know that we have high rates of psychological distress.
We know that one fist of women who completed the
survey reported struggling to pay for or afford medical services
across the survey period.

Speaker 1 (01:49):
Canberans are encouraged to attend a free panel discussion on
affirmative consent today. It follows the government's education campaign rolled
out in July this year.

Speaker 3 (01:59):
It's been really successful, but we know and we've seen
through some of the social media posts that there's still
some attitudes towards sexual consent that are quite concerning in
the community.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
Minister for Women, doctor Maurica Patterson there it's on at
three point thirty at the University of Canberra Refectory. Lifeline
Australia is highlighting the power of conversation. This World Suicide
Prevention Day in Canberra, we lose one person a week
to suicide. Lifeline chair Steve moylan says that open conversations

(02:31):
break down barriers to getting support, raise awareness and help
create suicide safe communities. If you or anyone else needs support,
you can call Lifeline on thirteen eleven fourteen and check
your tickets. The lot trying to find a missing first
Prize winner who's two hundred grand richer but might not

(02:52):
know it. They bought the winning Lucky Lotteries ticket in Belconnen.
And that's the latest in news. We'll have another update
for you write here later today