Breakfast News Briefing - 26 June 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Hayden Vissera. The Domestic
Violence Crisis Service has welcome ongoing funding in the Act
budget for things like emergency support, but admits it doesn't
come close to helping meet community demands. CEO Sue Wiebeck
says it's going to take a bold effort to tackle
the historic underfunding of our family violence sector, but.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Also to tackle the financial position that the Domestic Violence
Crisis Service finds itself in, which is struggling to maintain
our service level on the funding that we have.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
Looks like better lighting and education programs are a step
closer to improve women's safety. Emotions being passed in the
Assembly calling for serious changes after a series of attacks
on women while exercising independent MLA Thomas Emerson says the
government's expected to report back by the first sitting week
of next year with a plan for rolling out gender

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sensitive design guidelines that.

Speaker 3 (00:59):
We've got great policy there. These are good guidelines, they
just need to be implemented. Currently they've been used on
around five different local shops. This is about getting into
every street, every area to do whatever we can to
improve women's feeling and safety at night.

Speaker 1 (01:11):
The first repatriation flight of Australians from Israel has officially
touched down on home soil. One hundred and nineteen were
on board the Air Force flight that left Tel Aviv
when airspace opened bound for Dubai.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
Still worried about my family in Israel, but I'm very
happy to see my family here.

Speaker 2 (01:28):
I'm very happy to be back. I'm very thankful for
the Australian government for organizing a rescue flight trice.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
There on nine. Meanwhile, the US President says talks with
Iran are planned for next week as they cease fire
holds for Iran and Israel. Donald Trump spoken after the
NATO summit at the Hogue overnight, where member states promised
to increase defense spending to five percent of GDP with
ten years, up from two percent. Trump has announced they

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may sign an agreement with Iran after his country strikes
on Iran's nuclear facilities at the weekend.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
To me, I don't think it's not necessary.

Speaker 3 (02:02):
I mean, they had a war, they fought. Now they're
going back to their world.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
I don't care if I have an agreement or not.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
The Canbra Business Chamber is concerned payroll tax changes in
the Act budget, while not immediate, will impact businesses already struggling.
CEO Greg Harford says we need to make Canberra a
more attractive place to do business.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
Contnately, we need to be a low tex environment where
it's easy to do business. We'd love to see government
take more concrete steps towards putting in place to policy
frameworks to support that.

Speaker 1 (02:31):
A new obesity drug has shown it can cut body
weight by up to twenty percent within a year. The
once a month JAD called Maritide, was tested on nearly
six hundred adults in a global study released this week.
Despite some side effects, researchers say it may rival ozempic,
offering further weight loss even after stopping treatments. Calls for

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the Act Government to get on with it and deliver
the longer way to Togglo Ice sports facility. The Libs
will move a mo in the Assembly today urging Labor
to finally fulfill a decade long promise to build an
ice rink in the district. Liberal Member for Brinda Bella,
Deborah Morris says the government needs to stop blaming the
developer for dragging the chain and it looks like we'll

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have to wait longer than expected to get the outcome
of an inquiry into the controversial my Way Plus system.
There's been loads of evidence submitted, including over a hundred
submissions and several public hearings citing concerns around accessibility and
cybersecurity that Assembly Committee says to do the inquiry justice
Our report won't be delivered by the last sitting day

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of the month, adding it'll come in due course. And
that's the latest in the Camberan news room so far.
We'll have another update for you right here later today