Breakfast News Briefing - 29 August 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Ashley Nolan. A petition
calling for the Act government to build an overpass over
Canberra Avenue to improve safety has got nearly sixteen hundred
signatures and counting. Pollies like David Pocock and Thomas Emerson
joined the calls by the two Saint Eddie's students who
survived after allegedly being struck by a car outside the

(00:24):
school earlier this year. Aaron Way is one of them.
His dad Josh says they need even more signatures.

Speaker 2 (00:30):
It's not just about what's good for the two schools
that are on Canberra Avenue.

Speaker 3 (00:34):
It's also about it gives general.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Community a place a safe place to cross on Canberra
Avenue as well.

Speaker 1 (00:39):
The petition was meant to wrap up today, but it's
been extended to September sixteen. The hunts on for three
young people who allegedly stole several packs of alcohol from
a liquor store in Mawson on Monday. There's CCTV images
on the ACT Policing website called Crime Stoppers If you
have any information. Plans to improve transparency and accountability within

(01:03):
Canber's building and construction industry from October next year, it'll
be mandatory for locals taking on residential development projects that
deliver more than three dwellings to hold a property developer license.
The scheme requires property developers to rectify serious defects in
their projects to make sure new homes are built properly.

(01:25):
Customer service staff at Quantus of voting on a new
enterprise agreement with their union, urging them to say no.
The ASU says quantus twenty eight percent increase in profit
means the airline can afford to give its employees better
pay and job security. Bob catter Is refusing to apologize
after threatening to punch a journalist at a Brisbane media conference.

(01:49):
The eighty year old Queenslander flew into a fury when
the reporter asked a question about Kata's Lebanese heritage, waving
his fist in the man's face. Officers recovering after being
run over in Sydney, clinging to the car's bonnet for
fifteen meters before falling. The alleged driver and her female

(02:09):
passenger were later arrested several suburbs away. Police say the
woman allegedly at the wheel has tested positive for drugs
while spring hasn't actually started yet. It seems the local
magpies missed that memo. Swooping as well and truly underway
across Canberra with more than sixty registered attacks on Magpie

(02:29):
Alert so far.

Speaker 3 (02:30):
Most of my injuries on the website upper people falling off,
so you know, if you're on a bike and get swooped,
best to stop thismount and walk carefully out of their
attacks zone.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
John Clark from Magpie Alert there and Rubin the Dinosaur
kid from Mudge is packing his bags today before leaving
for Canberra tomorrow to cheer on our Raiders against the Tigers.
His dad, Mitch Jones, says Rubens loved the widespread support
since stirring up the Panthers at last week's Book Week parade.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
And all the fans in the commentary online is really
loved that. So he's like, oh, I can we go
down to the game and I could wear my suit
and like high five people as they're coming into the stadium.
And I was like, all right, let's do it.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
And that's the latest in news. We'll have another update
for you right here later today.