Evening News Briefing - 11 July 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Alo from the Amplifying Newsroom. I'm Hayden Visera. Conditions for
doing business in the Capitol are still tough, according to
the Camera Business Chambers' latest reports. The survey shows mixed results.
Fifty eight percent aren't meeting targets and thirty nine percent
feel negative about business conditions, but CEO Greg Harford says

(00:22):
there is still some positive news.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
More than three quarters of businesses are expecting to remain
stable or grow over the next twelve months, so that's
a bit of a turnaround from what we've seen previously.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
The median house price in Canberra still see It's just
under that one million dollar mark, making us the third
most expensive capital city in the country. It's after Brisbane
recently joined Sydney in the exclusive million dollar club, but
we're not there just yet. The latest cotality report shows
an average home here will set you back about nine

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hundred and eighty thousand dollars. The Assistant Foreign Minister is
adamant Kevin Rudd's meeting with Donald Trump back in January
is pretty standard. The opposition has questioned why lil information
about the Ambassador to the US's meeting, but Matt Thisislway
has told the ABC. Mister Rudd is doing his job.

(01:12):
It wasn't secret, it was disclosed at the time and
it would have been part of the normal bilateral relationship.
Ambassador's doing a great job. Meanwhile, Anthony Abernezi has spoken
about Australia's relationship with China ahead of flying out tomorrow.
The Prime Minister will meet with the Chinese President during
his six day trip, while a delegation of businesses, including

(01:34):
from BHP and Macquarie Bank, will also head over. The
Prime Minister says a business wants to see this engagement.

Speaker 3 (01:41):
There is a real interest in ensuring that Australia benefits
from trade in our region, but the relationship with China
is an important one.

Speaker 1 (01:52):
Romance scams are the latest target of a National Anti
Scam Center task force. It's already looked at investment and
employment scams and will now turn its attention to a
sector with some of the highest financial losses. Katrina Low
from the a Triple C says the impact is twofold
emotional devastation. Not only are victims losing money, they are

(02:13):
losing what they think is a genuine relationship. There's reports
today and investigations kicked off into an Internet outage at
Gio Stadium after media struggled to access Wi Fi when
reporting on the big Brumbies and Lions game this week.
It's understood while most had to settle for patchy hotspotting
from their phones, some didn't even have Internet access for

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the entire game. And Registrations are now officially open for
the Cancer Council's most iconic fundraiser, Daffodil Day, which returns
next month. CEO of the local Cancer Council, Verdie Hawkins,
says they've sent an ambitious fundraising target.

Speaker 2 (02:52):
Our target is to raise sixty thousand dollars towards cancer
research and that's really important for people living here in
Canberra because we're funding research that's been conducted right here
in the Act.

Speaker 1 (03:04):
And that's the latest on the Camber news room this Friday.
Check back again on Monday morning for our next updates