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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hi.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
They're from the Amplify newsroom. I'm an abigat CO. The
E Safety Commissioner doesn't think it'll take long for teens
to lose interest in social media. The age restriction has
come into effect in Australia, meaning anyone under sixteen can't
access some social media sites. Julie Inman Grant telling the
ABC she's not concerned about kids migrating to different.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Apps right now. They've been on Instagram or snap for
TikTok for months, if not years, so they're pretty entrenched
and their friendship groups are there, so there's a critical mass.
Once they start, you know, veering off to fifteen or
twenty different sites, they lose that critical mass and.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Call today for a thirty four year old man charged
with alleged sexual offending in Pierce in the early two thousands.
Detectives alleged he sexually abused two children between two thousand
and one and two thousand and eight under the guise
of playing a game with them when he was a teenager.
The RSPCA says the punishment handed to a canberman found
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guilty of repeatedly kicking and hitting his staffy puppy falls short.
He was given a one month saspend, a jow sentence,
a two year good behavior order and banned from owning
a pet for three years. Luckily, the puppy, Stormy has
since recovered and been adopted. A reminder four Canberans heading
to the coast over the break to slow down on
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the King's Highway. Police say it's concerning. Ten people have
lost their lives on the busy stretch since twenty nineteen.
Detective Inspector Mark Steeles says they want everyone to get
to their destination safely.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
I'm sure you're rested before you trip. Don't drive impaired,
put the phone down where your seatbelts, and more importantly,
don't speed.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
We now know who'll be operating the new Medicare urgent
care clinic coming online in Woden. The Philip Medical and
Dental Center has been announced as the provider for the
bulk billing clinic, set to open next month. It's one
of five five GP led urgent care clinics around Canberra
aimed at easing pressure on our eds. Some much needed
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upgrades on the way for three ACT schools set to
benefit from more than two and a half million dollars
in Commonwealth funding. The Islamic School of Canberra in Western
gets one million, There's nearly seven hundred and seventy two
grand for Saint Matthew's Primary im page and the Holy
Family Parish Primary School in Gowery will get seven hundred
and fifty thousand. West Back banking services have been restored
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after an outage earlier today. Thousands of customers reported issues
with FPOSS and online services. It's understood some issues are
still being resolved. And Australia's lottery hotspots for the year
have been revealed, with the most millionaires made in New
South Wales. The acts had three division Ie Lotto wins
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so far this year, totaling more than four point three
million dollars. And that's the latest from the Camber Newsom
this Wednesday. Check back again tomorrow morning for our next update.