Breakfast News Briefing - 20 November 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Ashley Nolan. There's reports
of funding boost for the CSIRO is on the way.
The Camera Time says the federal government's midyear budget update
will include more than one hundred million dollars for the agency.
It comes after the CEO revealed up to three hundred
and fifty jobs could go as it grapples with budget challenges,

(00:21):
including a repair and maintenance backlog worth two hundred and
eighty million dollars. Three public schools in Canberra are fully
closed today, including one that had earlier been reopened following
the decorative colored sand recall. The Education Minister says Malcara
School will need to close for the rest of the
week due to extra remediation needed on site. There's also

(00:44):
a bunch of schools partially open, but a further twelve
schools are back open today after being cleared by licensed
tosbestos contractors. Chief Minister Andrew Bass's next year's Enlightened program
is expected to boost our economy by about seventeen minsis
million dollars. About twenty percent of that is from people
who come from me to state and overseas. We are

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also looking to continue to grow it as a tourism offering.
Among the program highlights are, of course, the illuminations on
our iconic landmarks and Mark Seymour of hunters and collectors
performing with the Canbra Symphony Orchestra for Symphony in the Park.
Canberra's housing market is set to recover from years of
subdued conditions according to Domain's twenty twenty six forecast report.

(01:29):
Senior economist Doctor Joel Bowman says prices are expected to
reach record highs thanks to a surge of first home
buyers and lower interest rates.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
We're forecasting at house prices increased by five percent next
year and for units to increase by about three percent,
so for houses that would take the prices to about
one point one seven eight million, as the unit six
hundred and thirty one thousand Anglicare.

Speaker 1 (01:55):
Australia's latest Jobs Availability snapshot paints a grim picture for
the act. It shows the ratio of job seekers to
entry level roles is twenty three to one. We're doing
better than all other jurisdictions though, with the national rate
at twenty five to one and our neighbours across the
border in New South Wales at forty to one. It's

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prompted Anglicare to call for urgent reform like raising the
rate of scentlink payments. It's the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance,
a chance to honor the memory of the trans lives
loss to acts of discrimination. Minister susann Or says the
Act government is supporting the UNSAID says a lot campaign

(02:35):
encouraging Camberans to be active allies in creating a more
inclusive community. Ozzie teenagers will be kicked off Instagram one
week before the official kids band begins. Owner Meta says
accounts judged as being run by under sixteens will vanish
on December four. People can appeal by passing an AI
video selfie or showing government id Amil and the Niffers

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have cleaned up. At the Arias, the rock group from
Melbourne took home four awards, including Album of the Year
and Best Group. At the awards in Sydney, the kid
Laroi winning Song of the Year, while youm I was
inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. And that's the
latest of news. We'll have another update for you right
here later today.