Breakfast News Briefing - 4 September 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Ashley Nolan. A review
will look into the duplication of number plates across Australia
to prevent drivers being charged tolls for trips they didn't take.
The Canberra Times reports New South Wales Motorways, a new
agency tasked with toll reform in the state, has ordered
the review. The agency's chief executive says they are taking

(00:24):
the issue seriously after canber drivers were wrongly charged for
trips on New South Wales toll roads. Claims the twenty
thousand extra home care packages for older Australians is a
huge win for community advocacy. David Pocock, who teamed up
with the Coalition and Greens to demand the government fund
more packages, says there's still more work to do, though.

(00:48):
The Act Independent Senator says one hundred and twenty one
thousand older ossies are waiting for an assessment and one
hundred and eight thousand are waiting for a package. Plans
to ensure the Act Voluntary Assisted Dying scheme is rolled
out properly when it kicks off in November. An independent
board of seven experts has been set up to oversee

(01:10):
the scheme with some duties like monitoring applications and providing
advice to the Minister. Good news for local families needing
access to Centrelink and Medicare, with most payments now being
processed much faster. According to the latest stats. Paid parental
leave claims, for example, now take about three days, down

(01:32):
from twenty and new family Tax benefit claims take about
eight days, down from forty. ACT Labour Senator Katie Gallahas
says there's still more work to do, though payments like
job seeker and partnered parenting payments are taking longer to
process by one and two days, respectively. Red cuts and

(01:52):
lower mortgage rates are helping more first home buyers enter
the market. According to prop Track's latest report, it shows
the top first home by hotspots in the ACT are Bengalan, Milonglow,
Beal Connen and Tugrinong Gngalen.

Speaker 2 (02:07):
Is just inside the top five in terms of regions
across Australia for first time by a search interest. So
quite a lot of interesting Camber at the moment, and
it's consistent with the fact that Camber does have relatively
high income compared to much of the rest of the country.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
That's senior economist Angus Moore. A new public primary school
and preschool is set to be built alongside the new
High school in Googong. The primary school is expected to
be completed in twenty twenty eight and will accommodate more
than six hundred and fifty students, with the preschool to
cater up to one hundred and twenty kids a week.

(02:40):
A man's been arrested at Sydney Airport as he allegedly
tried to flee the country following a fatal car accident
two months ago on the South Coast. He's facing charges
including negligent driving over a collision near Marimbula and will
face court this morning. A woman's pleaded guilty in a
US court to selling Friends star Matthew Perry the ketamine

(03:02):
that led to his death. Prosecutors say the forty two
year old duel Us and UK citizen is a prolific
drug dealer known to her customers as the Ketamine Queen.
And that's the latest in news. We'll have another update
for you right here later today.