Evening News Briefing - 1 September 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Tomorrow Cartwright. The Chinese
woman accused of being a spy has pleaded not guilty.
She's fronted court in Canberra today, with the judge granting
her request to have her name suppressed. She was charged
with reckless foreign interference after allegedly collecting info about a
Buddhist association for China. It's known as shrinkflation, and we

(00:23):
all know which companies are responsible, but their days of
hiding price increases could be numbered. The federal governments looking
at forcing manufacturers to let consumers know when they quietly
shrink product sizes while keeping prices the same, affecting everything
from chocolate to toilet paper.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
When your chocolate bar loses two squares but keeps the
same price, that's not magic, that's shrinkslation. Now, Labour's cracking
down on shrinkflation by strengthening what's known as the unit
Pighting Code of Conduct.

Speaker 1 (00:50):
Member for Andrew Lee there the opposition leader, has called
on the Prime Minister to do more to address Australia's
social cohesion crisis. It follows anti immigration rallies over the weekend.
Susan Lee says Anthony Albanesi needs to call it out.

Speaker 3 (01:06):
Extremism has no place in Australia. We must never import
the bitterness of overseas conflicts into our communities. What units
Australians will always be stronger than those who seek to
divide us.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
The canber Liberals will lobby the federal government for a
fairer share of taxes. Shadow Treasurer Ed Cox says the
Act is potentially being shortchanged billions over the life of
the budget because the territory doesn't receive any payroll tax
on Commonwealth public servant salaries.

Speaker 4 (01:36):
I've seen estimates that say that we could be meeting
out on about seven hundred and fifty million dollars every
year in what would otherwise be paid to the Act
by the federal government.

Speaker 1 (01:47):
Concerns the number of ACT women diagnosed with blood cancer
is expected to more than double over the next decade.
Its Blood Cancer Month, with the Leukemia Foundation urging Ossie's
to get informed and support women in particular who were impacted.
Head of Research Bill Strawski says around one hundred Canbra
women are diagnosed according to the most recent figures, and.

Speaker 5 (02:09):
That's also quite common with younger women within Theact we're
one in eleven of those one hundred were diagnosed with
either leukemia or lymphoma.

Speaker 1 (02:20):
Canberra home prices have seen a point three percent jump
in the month of August, now sitting at around eight
hundred and forty two thousand dollars. That's according to prop
tracks latest results after recording the eighth consecutive month of
growth for a national home prices now up five point
three percent over the past twelve months. And if you've
ever thought about becoming a bus driver, now's your chance.

(02:42):
Applications open today for Transport Canbra's latest recruitment campaign, with
successful locals to start work from next year. And that's
the latest from the Camper newsroom this Monday. Check back
again tomorrow morning for our next update.