Breakfast News Briefing - 6 August 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Ashley Nolan, the longtime
supplier of the rides at Floriad, has been left feeling
gutted after learning he did not win the contract for
the next three festivals despite providing the fund for the
event since nineteen ninety three. The Camber Times reports that
a Sydney company has been selected instead of local provider
Durkin Amusements. This year, Floriad was Durkin's biggest event, with

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the owner now concerned about the future of his business.
An historic boost for the UC Capitals, with the team
reportedly striking the biggest deal in the WNBL club's history.
The Camber Times reports the ACT government will pump one
point six million dollars into the team. Four hundred thousand
dollars will go towards the Capital's program for each of
the next four years, matching the two year agreement the

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government made with Camber United. Fifty four members from the
Act's State Emergency Service have been awarded for their outstanding
and dedicated service over the past year. Among the awards,
gngaland local Jeremy Black took home the Volunteer of the
Year award, with Spencer Calderwood and Emma Hayes awarded the
Youth Achievement Award. Household spending in the Act rose over

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half a percent in June compared to the month prior.
That's according to the ABS. Hotels, cafes and restaurants led
the rise. However, spending fell in three categories health, alcoholic
be beverages and tobacco and transport. Australia's Internet watchdog is
accusing platforms like YouTube of turning a blind eye to
child abuse. The E Safety Commissioner Julian mc grant is

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slamming companies including Apple for being unresponsive to questions about
the reports of child abuse material on their platforms.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
No other consumer facing industry would be given the license
to operate by enabling such heinous crimes against children on
their premises, and we should not allow this to continue
on the online platforms either.

Speaker 1 (01:55):
Our iconic Great Barrier REEF has suffered the biggest drop
in coral cover since recording ban and driven overwhelmingly by
climate change. The latest snapshots found bleaching has increased by
as much as a third over the past twelve months,
the highest in forty years. With National Science Week around
the corner for the nation's capital. Questacon is wasting no

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time preparing for the action.

Speaker 3 (02:18):
National Science Week is now in its twenty ninth year
and we've actually got the largest number of registrations across
Australia for event in its history. So it actually officially
starts this Saturday and runs through until Sunday to seventeenth.

Speaker 1 (02:30):
CEO Joe White. There there'll be an array of events, activities, webinars,
career panels and a special demonstration from the AFP's forensic team.
A damning report has been handed down into the Titan
submersible tragedy that claimed the lives of five people, the
US Coast Guard finding the disaster was preventable, putting some

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blame on Oceangate CEO Stockton Rush, who is among those dead.
The report making claims that he exhibited negligence that contributed
to the EVA. The nominations are out for this year's
MTV Video Music Awards. Lady Gaga has the most nominations
with twelve nods, including for Artist of the Year, followed

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by Bruno Mars who has eleven. The awards show takes
place next month, and that's the latest in news. We'll
have another update for you right here later today,