Breakfast News Briefing - 15 November 2024

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Darcy Franklin. Camebra bus
services are off the road this morning as drivers take
unprotected industrial action, with disruptions said to last throughout the day.
Transport Cameber is urgently negotiating with the Transport Workers Union
to end the standoff, while light rail and special needs
buses remain unaffected. More Aussies are asking their family and

(00:25):
friends and even strangers for financial help. The boss of
gofund Me says there's been nearly a two hundred percent
increase in the cost of living fundraisers across the country.
In the past two years. More than two million dollars
was raised for causing causes mentioning cost of living. Last year,
the government proposed laws to force social media giants to

(00:46):
stick to duty of care rules, has the backing of
a former industry heavyweight. The legislation would see companies monitoring
their platforms for any harmful content and ex Facebook Australia
CEO Steep Sheila has told the Project he thinks it's
a good idea I think.

Speaker 2 (01:03):
Could make a difference. So, I mean, I think we
should expect these platforms to build tools that are saved
for kids to begin with, rather than having to ban
you know, the have parents or others banned kids from
using those tools in the first place. I think a
duty of care is a good idea.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
The federal government wants to cap political donations in new
laws sent to be introduced to Parliament next week. Labour
plans to put a limit on how much a party
candidate can receive or spend. Schoolies kicks off on the
Gold Coast tomorrow, with some twenty thousand school levers across
the country heading to Surface Paradise. Over the coming weeks.

(01:38):
Field testing will be available for the first time, but
doctors are also concerned about nangs are readily available.

Speaker 3 (01:45):
Gas periods of time when you're breathing one hundred percent
nitrous oxide, your brain just isn't receiving up oxygen, so
that's where we get those long term effects.

Speaker 1 (01:54):
That's Jeff Hooper from the Schoolies Emergency Treatment Center there.
A new survey has found fifty five percent of Aussies
would leave their jobs to become a full time influencer
if it paid the bills. There was almost a fifty
percent clearance rate of home sold at auction last weekend
in Canberra, According to core Logic this weekend, there's eighty

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five places going under the hammer, and dating apps are
getting the friend zoned, with the likes of Tinder and
Bumble aiming to woo back burnt out love seekers with
an offer to find themselves a friend instead. And that's
the latest from the Camberan newsroom this morning. Check back
again later today for our next update.