Breakfast News Briefing - 3 July 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Helen from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Darcy Franklinton. It heads
up for all motorists on Canberra's northern roads. It's Prepairs
for a burst water main on the Belconnon Way and
Hayden Drive intersection are currently underway. The two southbound lanes
from Hayden Drive into bil Connon are closed off four repairs,
expected to reopen later the TSAVO. There's a pushback against

(00:23):
digital IDs following the Quantus Siinber attack. Up to six
million customers of personal details were exposed in the targeted
hack on the National Carrier. National Senator Matt Canavan telling
nine it's fortunate no financial information was stolen.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
I do think though, this reminds everybody why we shouldn't
be giving too much information online or limiting that. That's
why we shouldn't be pushing for these digital IDs like
the government lots. I mean, why should we give all
our information to the government.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
Our big four banks are all expecting another rate cut
when the Reserve Bank meets today. It's mostly because its
low retail sales and weak consumer confidence. So much love
Christmas in July event has returned to the National Nation's
Capital today transforming Patrick quite Terrorist as its new location
until Sunday. Event director Vince and Fernandez says as numbers

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grow each year, the new location will provide enough space
to enjoy the event.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
The event is becoming very, very big, like we had
over eighty thousand people last year and so we needed
it to find a new place. And the lake is
so iconic that when we started the planning, we wanted
to use that beautiful lane and make it the biggest
winter event.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
Victoria will become the first Australian jurisdiction to track childcare
workers employment history. It comes as a second man has
been charged, just days after a twenty six year old
childcare worker was charged with over seventy child sex offenses.
From September twenty six, childcare workers will not be allowed
devices when in the room with children. Iran has suspended

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cooperation with the UN's nuclear watchdog. The Iranian president has
ordered a suspension with the International Atomic Energy Agency ART
has not detailed what it will entail. Iran has previously
accused the IAEA of justifying Israel's air strikes. A massive
two and a half ton haul of drugs believed to

(02:12):
be bound for Australia has been stopped before hitting our shores.
Authorities in New Caledonia have seized eight hundred million dollars
worth of cocaine off a boat that had left Peru
in May. The hall would have been Australia's largest bust
if it had been caught. There's four new drop off
points coming on board for the Act's Container deposit scheme

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that's celebrating its seventh birthday. In that time, nearly four
hundred million bottles, cans and cartons have been returned. New
drop off pods open in Condat and Richardson next week,
with two more coming on board in Kayleen and Dixon
later this month. The jury has reached a verdict on
the Sewn Diddy Coombs trial. Sewan Fraser reports.

Speaker 4 (02:55):
Sewn Combs has been acquitted of serious charges including rackteering
and sex t'refficking in a US court that the fifty
five year old was still found guilty of two prostitution offenses.
Each charge carries a maximum ten year sentence, meaning the
rapper could face up to twenty years in prison when
he's sentenced. His lawyers are pushing for home detention in Florida,

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but prosecutors argue he should stay locked up, warning he
poses a flight risk and a threat to witnesses. We
should find out later today whether he will be released
on bail or remain behind bars.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
And Tesla sales have plunged again. Elon Musk's car company
have sold just over three hundred and eighty four thousand
cars in the quarter, down thirteen zero point five percent
from sales total a year ago. That's the largest year
on year drop in sales in Tesla's history. And that's
the letters in the news. We'll have another update for
you right here later today.