Breakfast News Briefing - 16 July 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hi there from the Amplifying Newsroom. I'm ren abygat Coo,
a twenty eight year old man who allegedly escaped Kuma
Jowl yesterday afternoon has been arrested after a manhunt that
lasted several hours. Police eventually tracked him down at a
servo in Kuma around twelve thirty am this morning. With
investigations ongoing. You'll see a new public awareness campaign launched

(00:24):
today in Canberra on affirmative consent laws. The Act Government
Initiative is hoping to open the conversation up for Canberans
to talk more comfortably on sexual consent. CEO of the
canber Rape Crisis Center, Tiffany Carlson says the stats on
sexual violence is alarming.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
In Canberra. Approximately one in five women and one in
fifteen men have experienced sexual violence since the age of fifteen,
and one in three girls and one in five boys
have experienced sexual violence and abuse.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
Anthony Albanizi says Australia will keep its trading relationship with
China separate from its ties with the It follows the
Prime Minister raising the issue of China's live firing exercise
in the Tasman c back in February, with China's president
calling the meeting constructive. Today, the PM will visit the

(01:13):
Great Wall of China. Indonesia is the latest country to
inca deal with Donald Trump, the US President, taking to
truth Social to announce a nineteen percent tariff for the
island country after previously threatening taxes as high as thirty
two percent. Trump says it will give the US access.

Speaker 3 (01:33):
The other part is they are going to pay nineteen
percent and we are going to pay nothing.

Speaker 1 (01:38):
Indonesia has committed to buying fifteen billion dollars of US energy.
The Canberra Business Chamber has welcomed the RBA's proposal to
end all credit and debit card surcharges. A review found
the current system outdated and is no longer steering customers
towards using cash, but CEO of the Chamber, Greg harferd

(02:00):
to say, as the focus needs to be on removing
costs for businesses.

Speaker 3 (02:04):
The real issue we've got to deal with is how
do we get those costs down in the first place.
And the Reserve Bank has proposed to further lower caps
on interchange payments, which are one of the key contributors
to those costs.

Speaker 4 (02:15):
So that's a Good Thing.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
Applications are now open for performers for the twenty twenty
six Multicultural Festival. Minister for Multicultural Affairs Michael Petterson encouraging
Camberans to get involved in the significant event.

Speaker 4 (02:29):
There's a range of performances that showcase the tremendous vibility
across our city each and every year. I'd love for
as many Camberans as possible to be a part of
that celebration. At the last festival, there were over two
hundred performance across the three days.

Speaker 3 (02:43):
Of the festival.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
And an Apple Watch will soon be able to tell
if you have potential sleep apnea. The sleep tracking feature
will now be able to monitor interruptions and notify the
user about a potential sleep apnea diagnosis, in a move
approved by the TGA. And that's the latest in news.
We'll have another update for you right here later today.