Breakfast News Briefing - 25 June 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello from the Amplify newsroom. I'm Darcy Franklinton. The Act
budget has been handed down with big spending on health,
a big deficit and increases to a bunch of rates
and levees for Canberrans. Act Treasurer Chrise Steel's first local
budget has delivered a one point one billion dollar deficit
for the current financial year. It is expected to come
down about to about four hundred and twenty five mil

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for the following year. Residential rates are going up, with
houses in Forest, Griffith and Red expected to see the
biggest rise, while rate payers are also said to be
slugged a new two hundred and fifty dollars health levee
that will be added to the rates notice to go
towards funding in healthcare. You'll be paying more for parking
that's going up six percent. Driver's license fees are also

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increasing and it will now cost you eleven dollars to
get a volunteer working with vulnerable people. Card changes for
local businesses too from July next year, with those that
earn one point seventy five million dollars now required to
payroll tax. There is some cost of living relief with
the electricity gas and water rebate permanently going up by

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fifty bucks, and a fund being set up to support
food banks, plus a record one point nine billion dollar
investment in health. More than one hundred Australians have fled
Israel on a mercy fly. It's believed the Defense Force
assisted the flight out of Tel Aviv, as Australians continue
to seek help to leave the region. The air space
in Israel opened overnight, but restrictions still applied. Donald Trump

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has lashed out and sworn at Israel as the ceasefire
with Iran looks to be on the brink. The US
President unleashing after Israel dropping bombs on Iran shortly after
agreeing to a ceasefire. Trump not holding back. We basically
have two countries that have been fighting so long and
so hard that they don't know what the fuck they're doing.

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You understand that Camber will play host to thirteen hundred
leaders from five hundred and thirty seven local governments across
the country Today. The Annual National General Assembly will see
Men's Shire presidents and councilors come together to discuss this
year's theme, National Priorities need local solutions. Susan Lee will
order a sweeping review of the Liberals, admitting the party

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was smashed at the federal election. The opposition leader will
today address the National Press Club speaking to the party's loss.
On May three, Lee will also announce a second review
of inter problems facing the Liberals, including the party's aging membership.
The Federal Court is expected to hand down its decision
today in the Antoinette Latouf case against the ABC. The

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forty one year old claims she was unlawfully terminated just
before Christmas twenty twenty three after sharing a Human Rights
Watch post and that said Israel was using starvation as
a weapon of war in Gaza. National Commemorative Service will
take place today in Canberra to mark the seventy fifth
anniversary of the Australian service in the Korean War. More

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than eighteen thousand Australians served during the Korean War, three
hundred and forty of those lost their lives. And a
new researchers revealed which supermarket is cheapest for the winter shopping.
Joyce has found Aldi was the least expensive for staples
like full cream, milk and chicken, but the consumer group
found prices at Coal's, Woolies, IgA and Aldi have jumped

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since the last quarter, and that's the latest in the news.
We'll have another update for you right here later today.