Breakfast News Briefing - 15 July 2025

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifying Newsroom. I'm Hayden Visera. Sixteen thousand
Canberrans flocked to the City Center last week for Week
one of Winter in the City, so Raizer Camarchio from
the City Renewal Authority says the final week this week
is said to be a major hits.

Speaker 2 (00:18):
Cam Berons won't want to miss the second week of
Winter in the City featuring Circus Oz and also finishing
with an enormous finale on Saturday, the nineteenth of July
with Canberra's beloved street food festival, The Forage.

Speaker 1 (00:31):
As part of cuts at the A and U, the
Australian National Dictionary Center is set to be on the
chopping block. There is currently a proposal to disestablish the center,
with consultation and feedback closing Thursday next week. Director Amandela
Gerson says one of the losses would include their famous
word of the year.

Speaker 3 (00:52):
Every year we do an Australian Word of the Year,
so we look for a word that has been prominent
through the particular year and we use to really have
a conversation about our language, how it's changing.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
Returning the port of Darwin to Ossie Hands will be
on the agenda. When the Prime Minister meets with the
Chinese president today. Anthony Aberinzi promised to bring it back
into Australian hands ahead of the election. Labours Amanda Rishworth
has told nine they will work to make it happen.

Speaker 4 (01:21):
We're not going to stray from our national interest and
that is to return the Port of Darwin into austral hands.
And as I said, it shouldn't come as a surprise
to people, whether they're in China or anywhere, that we
made this commitment in the election.

Speaker 1 (01:34):
Early childcare centers are receiving demands for female employees to
care for children following abuse charges against male workers. At
least three Sydney centers have received emails from parents asking
for their children to be cared for by only female
childcare workers, including Nappy Changes. It follows Melbourne childcare worker

(01:56):
Joshua Brown being charged with over seventy offenses. Donald Trump
is threatening Vladimir Putin to reach a peace deal within
fifty days or Russia and its trading partners will face
secondary one hundred percent tariffs. The US President also confirming
a deal to send American weapons over to Ukraine, which

(02:18):
will be paid for by Europe and backed by NATO
Secretary General Mark Root.

Speaker 5 (02:23):
And this is building on the tremendous success of the
Netork Summit, the five Percent, but also the decision to
keep Ukraine strong and a decision to increase our defense
into shore production.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
Final preparations are underway for a one night concert in
Canberra marking eighty years since the end of the Second
World War. Greater Love is presented by the Australian War
Memorial and performed at the A and U. The concert
will remember those who served abroad and those who supported
the effort at home. It's on August fifteenth for one

(02:57):
night only. Tickets are on sale now. In a move
to celebrate Australia's high quality drinking water, water supplies across
the ACT and New South Wales will go head to
head in next week's Ixom Tapwater Competition, recognizing the dedication
of local water providers. The winner will take part in

(03:17):
the National Showdown for a chance to bring home the
Australian title. And Magda Subanski has updated fans on her
cancer battle, the comic taking the Instagram to reveal it's
not all bad after being gifted a Lego set while
undergoing chemo.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
I am such an unleafing year old boy trapped in
a sixty four year old lesbian's body.

Speaker 3 (03:41):
I don't know how that happened.

Speaker 1 (03:42):
Magda revealed in May she was diagnosed with blood cancer.
And that's the latest in the Camber news room so far.
We'll have another update for you right here later on
today