Breakfast News Briefing - 8 July 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifying Newsroom. I'm Darcy Franklin. Camber talent
will be put in the spotlight in September when the
Canberra Theater Center hosts their inaugural Festival of New Works,
running across two weeks at the Courtyard Studio. Artists from
Canberra and Sydney will perform four original works. The Camera
based artists are supported through Canberra's Theater Center's New Works program.

(00:24):
Storms are continuing in Central Texas as search and rescue
teams look for dozens missing in this week's floods. At
least ninety one people have been killed west of San Antonio,
including twenty seven campus and staff from a girl's summer camp.
Volunteer Michael Gaia says they've been on edge searching through
the river banks.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
We have a little bit of trauma now because it's
like you don't know what to expect now, especially with
hearing that flooding came up about thirty feet and forty
five minutes on the first day.

Speaker 1 (00:50):
The US Justice Department says there's no evidence ACU sex
trafficker Jeffrey Epstein kept a client list despite months of
touting the release of new information. It follows Donald Trump's
promises to release more Epstein documents, and Attorney General Pambonday
telling Fox News the in February, a client list was
sitting on her desk ready to review. Across the border

(01:13):
in Murhrin Bateman, new multipurpose amenities were officially opened at
the wreck Ground over the weekend. The newly improved changing
facilities were made possible through a one point four million
dollar grant from New South Wales Government and an additional
seven hundred thousand dollars from Yas Valley Council. The upgrade
also included enhancements to internal access road and new accessible

(01:34):
public toilets near the Jones Park rest stop. There's been
an increase in dodgy domestic travel this year, and the
AFP is warning people could face jail time if court
they say they're cracking down on passengers using another person's
boarding pass. Light Rail Stage two B has reached a
major milestone with the release of the draft Environmental Impact Statement.

(01:56):
Camberns are invited to review the draft and give feedback,
with submissions accepted until September fifth. The Act government are
doing what they can to curb the use of illicit
drugs and improving access to treatment and support. They've released
their midpoint progress for the Act's Drug Strategy Action Plan,
hitting twenty seven of the thirty four actions. ACT Chief

(02:19):
Health Officer Doctor Karen Coleman says one of their biggest
goals is to reduce vaping in the Act.

Speaker 2 (02:25):
These things include changing our legislation and our laws in
line with the national laws, but also we're doing lots
of local things, such as having some community grants out
there to get out on the ground and help our
young people give up vaping.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
The main charges against a former Green's candidate who suffered
facial injuries while being arrested in Sydney have been dropped,
and nearly every gen Z student is using AI to
get through schooling. A survey of more than twelve thousand
US high school and college students revealing ninety seven percent
admit they've used chatcipt, more than one in five saying

(02:59):
they've used AI to write college or scholarship essays. And
that's the latest in the news. We'll have another update
for you right here later today.