Evening News Briefing - 14 October 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplify newsroom. I'm Tomaraw Cartwright, the Auder
to General, says that Act's Digital Health Record could be
the most significant failure of governance he has seen. The
Canberra Times reports Michael Harris made the comments to an
inquiry into a report from his office examining ACT Healths
invoicing and payments to a company to host the Digital

(00:21):
Health Record. Several investigations and audits have revealed failures with
the Health record rollout, with one audit funding the project
had blown out by more than one hundred and sixty
million dollars. Bullying and harassment complaints that were assessed within
the ACT public sector more than doubled in the past
financial year. That's according to the later State of the

(00:43):
Service report. It shows there are one hundred and ten
complaints that underwent a preliminary assessment last year, up from
fifty two the year before. Twenty five of those complaints
progressed to a formal misconduct process, with bullying or harassment
found to be substantiated in three cases and eleven investigations
still in progress. As of June thirty, complaints to the

(01:05):
ACAT Human Rights Commission have increased significantly over the past
financial year, up by twenty five percent. That's according to
the Commission's latest annual report released today. Human Rights Commissioner
Doctor Penelope Matthews says the Commission's work has continued to
expand into new areas amid growing demands for their services.

(01:26):
The bosses at one of the country's biggest childcare organizations
has resigned following a sex abuse investigation. The CEO and
to AC at Infinity Education both stepping down over a
number of scandals, including the charging of a twenty six
year old man who abused a number of children at
Victorian centers, a child being slapped by staff, and concerns

(01:50):
over a toxic culture. There's seven Affinity Education centers across Canberra.
Eight is beginning to flow into Gaza following the peace deal.
Seventy trucks have crossed the border with around four hundred scheduled.
Aid workers say they've seen food, medicine, and personal hygiene
items entarth the enclave. The Federal government is raising awareness

(02:12):
about its upcoming social media band for under sixteens with
the new ad campaign. The for the Good of Campaign
rolls out this week on Billboard's TVs and social media
Communications Minister Anika Wells says the work won't stop once
the ban comes into effect on December ten.

Speaker 2 (02:28):
The next space we're moving into is digital duty of care,
which looks at what obligations platforms who have customers on Australia,
who seek to transact business and make commercial revenue in Australia,
what obligations they have to their customers.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
The latest cyber threat report is out and it seems
Chinese hackers are targeting ossies working from home. The Australian
Signals Director at finding there's been an increase in spire
groups looking to have government networks. The hackers are finding
their way into corporate networks through home devices. And if
you're flying Virgin you'll be all allowed to take more
in you carry on From the beginning of feb the

(03:03):
airline has increased the weight to eight klos, but passengers
will only be allowed one bag, not the current two.
And that's the latest from the Camber news room this Tuesday.
Check back again tomorrow morning for our next update.