Breakfast News Briefing - 16 April 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Darcy Franklin. An international
relations expert, says we should believe Indonesia over reports Russia
will be setting up a military presence in the country.
The federal government has spoken to officials in Indonesia and
have been assured it's not happening. Geopolitical analyst Jeffrey Miller
says Indonesia should be believed. It wouldn't really fit with

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Indonesian foreign policy. They have the foreign policy of non alignment.
Voters have swung their support behind Labour's housing and tax policies.
New Resolve polling shows forty percent favor the federal government's
personal income tax cuts, compared to thirty four percent for
the coalition's fuel excise cut. Twenty seven percent support the
opposition's mortgage tax break proposal, while forty percent back Labour's

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housing policy to allow first home buyers to purchase with
just a five percent deposit. The set branch of Education
Union has slammed the Coalition over a leaked video claiming
they'll abolish fee free take Shadow Education Minister Sarah Henderson
was captured slamming the scheme in a now viral video,
calling it a one point five billion dollar expense. Angelo

(01:07):
Burrow's act President of the AEU, details how many fee
free places are available in Canberra alone. There's six hundred
free takee places available each semester. This scheme has been
running since twenty twenty three, so thousands of students have
benefited from it. The Reserve Bank says Ossie households are
holding up well under the weight of high interest rates.

(01:28):
In the minutes from the latest meeting, the RBA said
mortgage stress has eased slightly with fewer people falling behind
on repayments. A recut wasn't even on the table for
April one meeting. NAB is predicting a point five drop
next month. Camparents are being warned that drowning deaths don't
just happen at the beach over the holidays. After a

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summer that saw one hundred and four drowning deaths across Australia,
where being urged to check the weather forecast and avoid
alcohol before swimming or boting this long weekend. Over the
past twenty years, there are one hundred each lives within
the last year to drowning over the Easter holiday. This
is averaging six deaths over the four day weekend, and
the deaths have mainly occurred at Leake's dams and swimming pools.

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Lauren Miller from Royal Surf Life Saving Australia are there.
Donald Trump has blamed Volodimie Zelenski for Russia's war on Ukraine.
The US President has again accused his Ukrainian counterpart of
starting the conflict. Meantime, President Trump is going after the
oldest United States university. He's demanding Harvard University makes changes

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to hiring, admissions and teaching practices to curb anti Semitism
on campus. The Local Property Council is putting pressure on
the ACT Government to do more when it comes to
housing supply. Whilst they say there's no Silva bullet to
fix the housing crisis, reforms need to go further. We
want to see fixed time frames for appealed decisions, shorter

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windows for appeals to be lodged, and a serious look
at limiting third party appeal. Act Executive Director Ashley bare
There and those who choose to exercise at night might
be doing more harm than good. Demonish UNI researchers have
found intense exercise near bedtime can risk a good night's
sleep and race your resting heart rate overnight. And that's

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the latest in the news. We'll have another update for
you right here later today.