Evening News Briefing - 12 December 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hi there from the Amplify newsroom. I'm an abigat co.
A man who stabbed his co worker a death in
the commercial kitchen at our National Zoo and Aquarium two
years ago will reportedly spend at least two decades behind bars.
There's reports the man was handed a thirty year jowl
term with a non parole period of twenty years. The

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owner of the Big Splash site has shared early concept
plans as part of a promise to be transparent with
locals given the outrage surrounding its ongoing closure. It reveals
plans to build two hundred and fifty commercial accommodation units,
one indoor pool and a splash park, but we're told
the plans are already outdated. Burnout and pay gaps are

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taking their toll on our community sector workforce. According to
a new survey from the ACT Council of Social Service CEO,
doctor Devon Bowles says workers are filling the government's funding
gaps effectively. The government is relying on the good will
of an underpaid, highly feminized community sector workforce to keep
delivering essential services under conditions of growing burnout. Five clubs

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have been chosen to take over community football in the
Gungaland region for next year. After Gungalen United folded, it's
as Capital Footballs wrapped up its expressions of interest process,
with lots of clubs putting their hands up to help
out after players were left stranded. Police eroging the fifty
thousand people going to spilled Milk tomorrow to stay safe

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and plan their transport. They insist they won't tolerate alcohol
fueled violence and antisocial behavior with a solid police presence
at the event. The Federal Health Minister says today's meeting
with the States went well despite a deal not getting done.
The States say hospitals are overrun and the current funding

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offer from the Commonwealth isn't good enough. Mark Butler hopeful
they can come to an agreement before the end of
the year. I think we've my will progress, great constructive
work at officials level, but also work between ministers to
narrow that list of non agreed items down to a
few issues. A lifeline for young Canberons who've experienced trauma.

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Uniting will offer free therapy as part of a new
youth Trauma service to give young people better access to
mental health support. It's expected to open in March next
year a chance for local parents to have their say
on how issues like rising costs and staff shortages and
our schools are impacting their families. The Act Parents Group

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has launched a survey, with public schools projected to overspend
by almost seventy million dollars this year. A truckload of
donating gifts turned up at the Cambra Hospital this morning
for kids stuck in hospital over Christmas. Camebra Hospital's Foundation
CEO Helen Faller says they give mus campaign helps families

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doing it tough. This is really going to make a
big difference to them and it's going to put a
smile on their faces. It's going to make it feel
a little bit more normal. It's going to be lots
of smiles, I believe, and lots of happy people. Britney
Higgins has been declared bankrupt by the Federal Court. It
follows legal action being brought on by her former boss
Linda Reynolds, after winning a defamation case earlier this year.

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And McCain has recalled pizza pockets across Australia and alerta
has been put out for the four hundred gram cheese
and bacon variety due to plastic and metal being in sight.
And that's the latest from the Camber Newser in this Friday.
Check back again on Monday morning for our next update.