Breakfast News Briefing - 14 October 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplified Newsroom. I'm Ashley Nolan. Hostages released
by Hamas and returned to Israel, but first in local news.
A shortage of resources means victims of domestic violence awaiting
days for crisis support, according to the Domestic Violence Crisis
Service Act. In a submission to an inquiry into the

(00:22):
Safer Famili's levee, the service said they are only to
immediately answer around half of the calls made to its
crisis line. They say demand for some programs has increased
by as much as forty seven percent in the last
eight years. DVCS is calling for changes so the levee
can support a funding model to meet demand. Only half

(00:43):
of urgent patients presenting to the emergency department in Canberra
last financial year were treated within the clinically recommended time frame,
falling short of the seventy five percent target. That's according
to Camber Health Service's latest annual report, which shows fifty
one percent of urgent patients were seen within thirty minutes.
Of emergency patients meant to be seen within ten minutes,

(01:06):
sixty four percent were seen on time, while ninety nine
percent of resuscitation patients were seen immediately. There's been fifty
nine submissions into the inquiry of the effectiveness of Fix
My Street, with public hearings starting today. Member for Yerrabeat
James Milligan called for the inquiry and says Camberons have
given up lodging issues through the site.

Speaker 2 (01:28):
They're not getting fixed, as well as some of the
issues the presidents are putting through through the Fixed my
Street app have been lodged as being completed, yet when
they've gone and inspected the site nothing had been done.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
All living hostages held by Hamas for the past two
years have now been returned to Israel. Donald Trump has
addressed Israel's parliament about the Gaza ceasefire, officially signing the
deal in Egypt alongside other Middle Eastern leaders. Canberra's LGBTIQA
Plus Pride Festival has announced their twenty twenty five program

(02:03):
starting from November one. Spring Out is a month long
demonstration of queer pride right across the city. The program
features more than forty events ranging from arts and culture
to family friendly gatherings and after dark parties. An almost
twenty thousand dollars funding boost for four of our Little
athletics clubs across Canbra thanks to grants from Cohl's Capital

(02:26):
Athletics CEO Adam Horner says the money's spread across the
four clubs is welcome after seeing a twenty percent jump
in Little A's participation across Canbra thanks to a successful
Paris Olympics.

Speaker 3 (02:38):
We things like test hots, equipment mats for high jumped
starting blocks, but also will we looking at some technologies
while iPads and multi timers to try to actually make
the delivery of the events. On the Saturday of more
streamlined and.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
Early works for Camera's new lyric theater mean the Theater
Lane car Park is officially closed to the public from today,
expected to remain closed until twenty twenty eight. Construction preparation
will begin, including fencing the sight and setting up sheds.
And that's the latest in news. We'll have another update
for you right here later today.