Breakfast News Briefing - 7 July 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Darcy Franklin. ACT Police
have welcomed fourteen new officers following a graduation ceremony at
the National Gallery of Australia. The recruits, aged twenty to
forty four, bring diverse experience from fields like defense, mental
health and education. They'll soon begin work across the territory,

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joining eighty nine others already added in the last financial year.
There's growing concern over student safety in the ACT public
school system, with new data showing seven sexual assault reports
already this year, more than the five recorded in twenty
twenty four. Most of the cases were reported by students,
according to the Education Directorate, though the exact details remain limited.

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ACT Police say they've looked into thirty four sexual offense
reports linked to schools since early last year, but none
have led to charges. Two new drop off points for
the ACT container deposit scheme in Condor and Richardson go
live today, with two more coming in on board later
this month. CEO Danielle Smalley says it'll only add to

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the scheme's success.

Speaker 2 (01:06):
Since the scheme commenced, cam barons have brought back four
hundred million bottles cans and cartons. The more convenient weaker makers,
the more containers will get back.

Speaker 1 (01:17):
Duras in the mushroom murder trial will resume deliberations in
more Well. It's now entering its second week to decide
if Aaron Patterson is guilty of deliberately lacing a beef
Wellington with deathcap mushrooms. The mother of two maintains she's
innocent and has pleaded not guilty to three charges of
murder and one count of attempted murder. There's one hundred

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and fifty free Roman style pizza slices up for grabs
each day over the next three days, but its first
in Best Dressed is to celebrate the opening of the
new pizza shop on Marcus Clark Street in Civic. It's
winter school holidays and they're well underway with our snow
hotspots ready for big crowds. Coren Forrest has a jam

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packed program like snow play, ski and snowboard lessons, to bogganing,
local food trucks and more. Marketing manager Ashley Harrow sees
it's proving very popular.

Speaker 2 (02:07):
We're almost sold out for the entire school holidays already,
but we do still have a handful of Snowplay tickets
as well as a few lesson spots available.

Speaker 1 (02:15):
The PM will be traveling to China later this week
to meet with his counterpart to talk trade and investment.
It'll be the fourth meeting between the two countries. In
recent times. Anthony Albanesi has faced criticism from the opposition
for not meeting face to face with the US President.
And a new collaboration will look at using AI to
improve sport. The world first research partnership is between CSAO

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and the Australian Sports Commission. The three year agreement will
initially focus on two research areas, developing an AI for
sports and a roadmap for responsible use of AI in sport.
And that's the latest in the news. We'll have another
update for you right here later today