Breakfast News Briefing - 23 July 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Aloe from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Hayden Visera Independent Senator
David Pocock says pressure should be increased on Israel over
the deteriorating situation in Gaza. The MP has told the
ABC the Federal government should call in the ambassador.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
And we can press Israel at every turn to obviously
have a ceasefire returning of hostage that all goes without say,
but allow medical professionals in there.

Speaker 1 (00:29):
Meanwhile, around four hundred pro Palestine protesters were out at
Parliament House yesterday calling for sanctions against Israel in the
third day of protest action. Police say seventeen protesters are
set to be issued at formal banning notices after un
alleged disturbance near the Marble Foyer yesterday afternoon, while shortly
after a woman was arrested outside Parliament House and is

(00:52):
expected to be charged with failing to obey the direction
of a protective service officer. The federal government will induce
legislation today to strip funding from childcare centers that don't
meet safety standards. It's one of Labour's first two pieces
of legislation that follows nationwide allegations of child abuse Housing

(01:13):
Minister Claire O'Neil telling seven, this is at the top
of the agenda.

Speaker 3 (01:17):
I've got a daughter who's in childcare at the moment.
I'm desperately concerned about this, not just as a politician
but as a parent, and I'm really pleased to see
the Education Minister bringing forward some legislation today that is
going to have incredibly harsh repercussions.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
A and U students are advocating to save the School
of Music today with a concerts and rally starting from
eleven as part of plans to cut two hundred and
fifty million dollars from their budget by next year. The
university has proposed to give the FLICK to the School
of Music as a standalone entity. CO convena Lucy Chapman
Kelly on what they are fighting for today.

Speaker 4 (01:52):
So our demands are not only for the cups to
be reversed, but also for genebe Valadi leadership to be sacked.
So I think ultimately the broader community, students at A
and US at staff all demonstrated that we are unhappy
with this management.

Speaker 1 (02:03):
Over eighty three percent of ACT public schools will go
over budget by the end of this year. The education
director at called School Principles into a meeting earlier this
week to outline which schools have overspent. The directorate said
every school class will still have a teacher and support
will be provided to teachers and staff. And Ozzy Osbourne

(02:24):
has died just weeks after his final concert. The Black
Sabbath frontman's family confirming the news that the seventy six
year old died surrounded by love. He was diagnosed with
Parkinson's disease in twenty nineteen. And that's latest in news.
We'll have another update for you right here later today