Breakfast News Briefing - 27 November 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplified news room. I'm Ashley Nolan. Act
SS crews have had more than one hundred and thirty
calls for help across Canberra after yesterday's windy weather. Most
were for fallen trees which blocked roads and driveways and
damaged property. SES Fire and Rescue and Rural Fire Service
have all been helping out with work on the jobs

(00:21):
to continue. The Department of Home Affairs has once again
been rated by staff as having one of the worst
levels of bullying in the government. According to The camber Times.
The latest State of the Service report shows the percentage
of respondents who perceived bullying or harassment at their current
workplace since at twelve point seven percent for Home Affairs,
the highest among large and extra large agencies. Its official

(00:46):
Gngalan United is winding up. Members gathered at a meeting
to finalize the process last night, at which the debts
owed by the club were outlined. The Cambra Times reports
the figure of no and debt now stands at around
six hundred and eighty two thousand dollars. A new digital
campaign called I'm Good has officially launched in the nation's
capital with the goal of supporting locals who are looking

(01:08):
to reduce their alcohol use.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
So what this campaign does is provides them the language
and the tools to support them and that change. One
on three camparients want to cut back or cut at
alco entirely and many are not sure where to start,
so this campaign really helps them with that.

Speaker 1 (01:21):
Fair CEO Alea Cholly there A brand new facility is
set to officially launch this week for the Canberra Street
cat Alliance, allowing them to streamline their intake, desexing and
adoption process. President Vanessa Parton says the new facility has
allowed them to grow larger and provide more community events
in the future.

Speaker 3 (01:40):
The venue that we've got is going to provide us
the ability to hold event for the community to come along.
I'm hoping to open it up to the community on
more days so the greater community can get the benefit
of it.

Speaker 1 (01:52):
Thousands of New South Wales homes are still in the
dark after the state was lashed by wild weather, a
storm sweeping through parts of the state which was mostly
under a total fireban. A seventy six year old man
was killed by a falling tree on the central coast
Overseas and at least thirty Six people are dead and
dozens injured in a devastating fire in Hong Kong. A

(02:13):
high rise apartment complex has gone up in flames, with
the fires spread by bamboo scaffoldings surrounding eight buildings. More
than seven hundred firefighters are battling the blaze, the fire
claiming the life of one of their own. And the
A League women's clash between Cambria United and Sydney FC
for this weekend has been postponed with a bunch of

(02:33):
players out on international duty. Sydney FC made the request
for the game to be rescheduled with seven players unavailable.
Camber United has three players out. And that's the latest
in news. We'll have another update for you right here
later today