Breakfast News Briefing - 28 November 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Ashley Nolan. There's fresh
calls for a needle and syringe program to be introduced
at Camber's jail to minimize harm from drugs. That's one
of thirty recommendations In the latest health review of the
Alexander Mcconnachey Center. The continued lack of a structured to
day for inmates was among the key findings leading to

(00:22):
drug seeking behavior and poor rehabilitation. Police are asking anyone
with information to come forward after a newborn baby was
found outside the Conda fire station yesterday morning. They say
the barber is in good health and being cared for
at the hospital. Police are trying to find the mum
as there are serious concerns for her health and well being.

(00:43):
Witnesses or anyone with dash cam footage of people or
cars near the fire station early yesterday morning should call
crime stoppers. The Act Rural Fire Service says while we're
expecting an average fire season, we shouldn't be complacent. That's
according to the latest season a bush fire outlook, with
an increased risk in other areas like wa New South

(01:05):
Wales and Victoria. Chief Officer Rowan Scott says we still
need to be prepared.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
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Speaker 1 (01:22):
There's calls for the Act Government to consider thirty K
speed limits and high risk areas across Canbra. It's as
a new study by unsw Canbra shows speeding is a
big issue in our low speed zones, particularly among young drivers.
The report suggests thirty K limit trials would need to
be coupled with extensive education campaigns and driver training, as

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eighty percent of participants didn't believe the new speed limit
alone would be enough. Our regional airlines will come under
the microscope today a Senate committee will be presented with
evidence that regional routes are costing passengers fifty two percent
more per column than cap city routes. It will also
hear that the decision by Quantas to close its bases

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in Canberra, Hobart and Mildura in April next year could
cripple local economies. The death toll from a fire at
a Hong Kong apartment complex has risen to at least
eighty three. Firefighters are still battling the blaze twenty four
hours on, with at least two hundred and fifty people
reported missing. Three men from a construction company doing maintenance

(02:26):
on the building have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.
The gunmen in the Washington DC shooting has been identified
as an Afghan national who'd worked with the CIA in Afghanistan.
Two National Guard soldiers have undergone surgery and remain in
a critical condition. And its Black Friday, with ACT shoppers

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expected to fork out about one hundred and twelve million
dollars on sales. While that's up two percent from last year,
Canberra has the lowest growth year on year out of
all states and territories.

Speaker 3 (02:56):
We may be seeing consumers on the ICT keeping hold
of their dollars a little more tightly. There may also
have been stronger growth the previous year. It is good
to see though that we're still seeing that upside in
the numbers.

Speaker 1 (03:08):
Slow Brown from the Australian Retailers Association. There and that's
the latest in news. We'll have another update for you
right here later today.