Breakfast News Briefing - 18 November 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplified newsroom. I'm Ashley Nolan. Some of
our public schools are back open today following the decorative
colored sand recall. Fifty one schools are fully open today,
with twenty five closed and sixteen are partially open. Of
the partially opened schools, only select year groups will be
allowed in so best to check the ACT Education director

(00:22):
at website for the full list of closures. Licensed tosbestos
contractors will today continue work to test and remediate and
clear the spaces for use again. The ACT Education Minister
says schools and classrooms will reopen as soon as possible
after they are certified by contractors, which is likely to
take a number of days. If at Bury also thanking

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schools and families for their patients. Professor Rose McGready is
our twenty twenty six ACT Australian of the Year, recognized
for her work providing health services to displaced people in
the border region between Thailand and Mien Maa for the
past three dacas k's Professor McGready has trained local clinic
staff to focus on services for expectant mothers and childbirth.

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Among the other locals recognized. Last night, women's football pioneer.
Heather Reed is our ACT Senior Australian of the Year.
Our Young Australian of the Year is Historical Tourism company founder,
Seat sergeant and former Brumby's player and mental health advocate
Ben Alexander is the act's Local Hero. The national awards
will be announced on January twenty five. Night shifts at

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the act Ambulance Service have been understaffed ninety six percent
of the time on average since a new rostering model
was introduced last year, according to a review. The review
into the actas's operational staffing roster also shows at least
eighty three more paramedics and needed to adequately staff the
new roster. The review says the roster remains a credible model,

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but its effectiveness has been constrained by wider pressures across
the service and sector, including persistent worlds shortages. A heads
up for those on our roads. From today, there will
be land closures on Commonwealth Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue Bridge
southbound for renewal works. This will be in effect until
mid December, with sections of the road reduced to two

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lanes in both directions. Twenty four to seven, A married
couple have been reported missing in central Australia. Northern Territory
Police say the sixty four year old man and fifty
eight year old women were last seen on Thursday at
Palm Valley, around one hundred and forty k's west of
Alice Springs. The family says they've last heard from the

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pair on November ten. And the UK government has confirmed
plans for a major overhaul of its immigration system. Asylum
Seekers will need to wait at least twenty years for
permanent residency and won't be guaranteed financial support. Failed asylum
seekers and their families may face deportation to countries like Syria.

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And that's the latest in news. We'll have another update
for you right here later to Nay