Breakfast News Briefing - 2 July 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Darcy Franklin. Act SS
crews will be back out today dealing with the remaining
jobs after the recent wet and windy weather in Canberra.
There's been around twenty calls for help since yesterday, mainly
for wind related damage around the Capitol, with some reports
of fallen trees. The Camera Business Chamber says a payroll

(00:21):
tax rate of eight point seventy five percent for large
businesses in the Capitol will have a big impact on
them and flow on to affect the Act. The Act
government says it's bringing in a higher rate in a
bit to offset the reduced revenue after the proposed two
hundred and fifty dollars health levee was cut to one
hundred dollars for residential rate payers. Chief Executive Greg Harford
reckons the Act government needs to look at all spending

(00:43):
in the budget rather than upping taxes for business.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
We need to take a really long, close and hard
look at all revenue lines across government and all spending lines.
It's not so much a case that we should be
choosing a health viv over a payroll tax measure.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
Both sides of politics have united this morning to back
calls for a national inquiry into Australia's childcare sector. It
comes after a twenty six year old worker in Victoria
was charged with over seventy child sex offenses related to
eight alleged victims. National Senator Bridget McKenzie telling seven stronger
regulation is needed.

Speaker 3 (01:16):
It's horrific. These monsters need to be identified, they need
to be locked up and parents need to have confidence
in our childcare system that their children will be safe
from these type of predators.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
England has recorded its hottest dune on record as it
swells it's through a heat wave. London is reaching temperatures
of over thirty four degrees, with some areas of the
country three degrees higher than average. Shared mobility E scooter
and e byt companies can now apply to operate here
in the act here at Cox from the Transport CANBRA

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says it's an opportunity to refresh their program, services and devices,
including the potential introduction of shared e bites.

Speaker 4 (01:56):
Over sixteen good people are using shared inscooters every day
in the ACP. Most people are using them for quite
short trips about one point two kilometers, so it's really
filling that gap in the sort of first last mile
where people are traveling across Canberra.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
Neuron is currently the only carrier in Canberra. Pennywong has
met with her Quad counterparts in Washington, DC. The Foreign
Minister has wrapped up talks with US Secretary of State
Marco Rubio, with all Quad members united on defense.

Speaker 5 (02:25):
Unfortunately, we meet against the backdrop of conflict and of
escalating competition. It has never been more important for us
to harness our collective strength for peace, for stability, for prosperity.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
It comes as pressure looms for Anthony Albanesi to meet
face to face with Donald Trump. Donald Trump is threatened
to deport his former friend and colleague Elon Musk. Their
feud is escalating, with the US President threatening to strip
federal funds from Musk's businesses for criticizing Trump's flagship spending bill.
That bill for massive tax and spending carts has now

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parted the US Senate. The jury in the Mushroom murder
trial will resume deliberations later this morning after failing to
reach a verdict on day two. The five women and
seven men not asking any questions to the judge during
the six hours behind closed doors yesterday. They'll do it
all again from ten thirty local time today, deciding the

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fate of Aaron Pattison, who pled not guilty to the murder,
to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder,
and Netflix says it will soon allow viewers to binge
rocket launchers and space walks. It's all through a partnership
with the US Space Agency NASA, and that's letters in
the news. We'll have another update for you right here

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later today