Breakfast News Briefing - 12 November 2024

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Kate. Rice. ACT Police
are urging the local community to prioritize road safety following
the region's third road fatality in fifteen days. The ACTS
recorded its ninth road fatality for twenty twenty four after
a twenty six year old man died following a single
vehicle collision in Curtain early on Sunday morning. Meanwhile, Acting

(00:24):
Inspector Sean Evans has called on us to be more
vigilant and to stop taking risks.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
Any collision involving a fatality is just tragic. Having three
in such a short amount of times.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
Just devastating that Cambra's property market saw a more than
thirty percent spike in new listings in October. According to
new prop track data. It shows record high volumes for
the month compared with nationally, where new listings surged by
just over twenty percent. Cameron Kusher from prop Track says
Cambra also led the way in annual growth.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
There's a lot of stock coming to the market and
there's also quite a lot of stock on the market.
In fact, it was the highest number of new listings
in October for a decade in the ACT.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
Across the border. New South Wales police are set to
become the highest paid in the country in line for
their biggest pay rise in thirty years. The new offer,
designed to retain more experienced staff, will deliver a boost
between twenty two and thirty nine percent across four years.
It's as nurses and midwives across New South Wales prepare
to walk off the job for twenty four hours tomorrow

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calling for more pay. Thirty local walkers are gearing up
for the Men's Link Great Walk, which kicks off from
Parliament House today. It's a five day, one hundred and
forty two kilometer charity hike across Canberra's Centenary Trail, raising
funds for programs supporting young men's mental health in the Capitol.
The walkers, including twenty two men and eight women, will

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take on the challenge to raise at least ten thousand
dollars each. Gambling hum Awareness Week is underway with this
year's theme of Let's connect with what really matters. It's
in a bid to reconnect Camberans with what brings joy
beyond gambling. Chair of the Act Gambling and Racing Commission,
Laura Beecroft says there's plenty of resources to help you

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or someone you care about.

Speaker 2 (02:14):
What this week and our campaign is trying to do
is to empower people who have experienced gambling harm and
that might be family members, to speak out.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
And new research on how families are using tech at
home has found babies as young as eight months are
being left with digital devices. The ACU study finding bubs
are being exposed to digital technology almost daily, with experts
worried about what it means for kids' physical activity, relationships,
and online safety. And that's the latest in news. We'll

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have another update for you right here later this morning.