Breakfast News Briefing - 8 September 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Ashley Nolan. A ticket
buying frenzy is expected later this morning when Raiders' members
try to snap up tickets for Sunday's first home final
against the Broncos. The pre sale for ticketed members kicks
off at ten am, while non ticketed members can try
to score theirs from four pm and if there's any left,

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tickets for the general public go on sale at ten
am tomorrow. It's that time of year again, with Flooriard
kicking off this weekend. There's some changes for visitors planning
their trips, with construction on Commonwealth Avenue impacting pedestrian access
and one of the northbound bus stops has been removed.
Ross Triffitt from Events Act says they're putting on extra

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shuttle buses that.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
Will service both the National Triangle and the City Interchange.
That service will be operating every ten minutes at peak
time at every twenty minutes during the week days.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
Also be a ferry service from Kingston to Florryat on weekends,
as well as free buses from Tagrinong, Woden and Belconnen.
More than two years after Aaron Patterson served a deadly
mushroom laced meal that killed three family members. The fifty
year old will find out her fate today. Prosecutors are
pushing for a life sentence for the triple murderer. Today's

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sentencing will be broadcast live. More support for older women
at risk of homelessness. A new housing project in Taylor
is being launched today, providing six safe homes where older
women can connect, share resources and reduce isolation. It insures
tenants can move between affordable and social rents as their

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circumstances change, providing long term housing security. A new experts
claim Australia's migration program does very little to bring a
steady pipeline of skilled workers into the country. They're calling
for a program reset with a focus on skilled primary
applicants and family visas being solely demand driven.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
We think that would restore clarity, it would address skilled shortages,
and it would rebuild confidence among employers in the community
in Australia's permanent migration program.

Speaker 1 (02:15):
A new professor Alan Gamlin there As the hunt for
alleged Victorian cop killer Desi Freeman moves into week three,
one of the officers he's accused of murdering will be
farewell today. Detective Leading Senior Constable Neil Thompson is one
of two police officers freemen allegedly gunned down as they
served a warrant at a property near Mount Buffalo. Logging

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groups have slammed the New South Wales government over plans
for a large scale Kowala National Park, saying it'll hammer
jobs and undermine Australia's timber supply. The move creates a
reserve of almost half a million hectares to protect more
than twelve thousand koalas. And we've heard about those green sausages,
Well now there's a raiders. The bakehouse in mitchell is

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serving up lime green flavored donuts every Wednesday this month
in support of the Green Machine, after thirteen year old
Ryan won a kid's donut competition. And that's the latest
in news. We'll have another update for you right here
later today.