Evening News Briefing - 14 November 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hi there from the Amplify newsroom. I'm an abigat CO.
The ACT Parents Group says it's been a difficult day
for many parents, carers and students across the territory. Sixteen
schools were closed, with some partially closed due to potential
asbestos contamination concerns. With a recalled decorative colored sand work

(00:22):
safe in seas, the risk of exposure is low. While
Education Minister of at Bury says the aim is to
have schools back open on Monday.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
School communities will receive advice on Sunday afternoon or evening
about arrangements for Monday. So we're ask parents and school
communities just to keep an eye on their fines and
their emails so that that information can be provided and
they receive that in time for Monday morning.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
Tara Chain says the announcement from the Big Splash owner
the park won't reopen this summer is disheartening and below par.
The owner wants more time to develop a new modern
facility on the site. Access Canberra says they could face
fines of up to forty eight thousand dollars after they
failed to carry out repairs and maintenance to the satisfaction

(01:10):
of the territory. The Camber Liberals will nominate Jeremy Hanson
as the next Speaker of the Assembly. It's after he
resigned as Deputy Opposition leader on Monday. New Liberal leader
Mark Parton says the party room decided to put Jeremy
forward for the position as he's the most experienced MLA Act.

(01:31):
Police have confirmed they've investigated at least eight reported shootings
this year, with six of those believed to be bikey related,
and so far this year there's been at twelve Barquie
related arrests and thirty one chargers, while police seized a
sawn off shotgun, knuckle dusters and a taser after a

(01:51):
twenty year old man was arrested last night. He's accused
of failing to stop for police in New South Wales
before crossing the border into the Ace. Susan Lee has
started the hard cell of the Liberals dumping of their
net zero pledge. She claims her focus will be on
more gas to bring down power bills, but she's facing

(02:12):
plenty of opposition. Former Liberal PM Malcolm Turnbull saying the
party has the memory of goldfish and diet of piranhas,
while Treasurer Jim Chalmers also has had a few choice words.

Speaker 3 (02:24):
Susan Lee would destroy our economy to save her leadership.
Susan Lee has caved to the smirking crackpots and cookers
in her own party.

Speaker 1 (02:36):
The bus driver who killed ten passengers when he lost
control in the Hunter Valley two years ago has lost
an appeal against his thirty two year jail sentence. Twenty
five others were injured when the bus rolled on the
way back from a wedding. Westpak has handed over more
than fifty million dollars in back pay. It's after the

(02:57):
bank underpaid around forty seven thousand staff over eleven years,
with one worker back paid fifty six thousands. Cambra Theater
has a new executive director starting next year, with Georgia
Hendy the first woman to lead the theater in its
sixty year history. And Canberra is getting into the festive

(03:17):
spirit with a sixteen meter tall Christmas tree now up
next to the Merry Go Round in Civic. And that's
the latest from the Camber news room this Friday. Check
back again on Monday morning for our next update.