Evening News Briefing - 16 July 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Alone from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Hayden Visarah. Kids Safe
Act is pleading with other local charities to upgrade their
security after a weekend burglary left them with a hefty
damage bill. It's alleged the culprits went there twice, making
off with computers, then fled before being able to steal
a bunch of car seats. CEO Francis Ventura says it's

(00:23):
shocking even charities seem to be fair game.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
The notion that someone would break and enter, cause property
damage to and rob a small local charity, I think
is beyond words and I'm really really hopeful that the
police are able to bring them, they're able to face justice.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
There's CCTV footage on the Kids Safe Act facebook page.
Concerns Australia's rental crisis has reached unprecedented levels. A new
report by a national housing campaign, Everybody's Home, shows rents
have increased by an average of fifty seven percent across
capital cities over the past decade. Here in the Act,

(01:00):
house rents have gone up by three hundred twelve dollars
to seven hundred ninety five a week on average, an
increase of sixty five per cent over ten years, while
units have gone up two hundred five dollars to five
hundred eighty six called today for a fifty nine year
old Blue Mountains man charged with multiple child sexual assault

(01:21):
offenses that allegedly happened in Carwell in the early nineties.
Investigators believe the man participated in church groups and held
roles at a high commission after school care, and as
a swimming instructor in the nineties and early two thousands.
The alleged victim was under five years old at the time.
An update on the twenty eight year old man who

(01:42):
allegedly escaped Kuma jail yesterday afternoon. He's been charged after
a long man hunt overnight, with police tracking him down
at a Kuma servo around twelve thirty this morning. The
federal Education Minister says childcare workers should be trained to
identify bad eggs in the industry. It follows an additional
Victorian childcare center has been added to alleged pedophile Joshua

(02:07):
Brown's work history, bringing the list to twenty four. A
childcare worker database is in the works. Jason Clair says
we can also protect kids in other ways.

Speaker 3 (02:17):
Ninety nine point nine percent of people who work in
our centers are fantastic people. We've got to equip them
with the skills they need to identify the bad person
that might be up to the most horrific of crimes
in our centers.

Speaker 1 (02:29):
A search is underway for a plane missing after takeoff
in New South Wales. The aircraft, with one person on board,
was flying from Wangaratta in Victoria and meant to land
at Marya Airports on the far South coast. Looks like
Raiders fans are most excited for the Grand Final in October,
snapping up twenty two percent of ticket sales so far.

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That's the highest percentage of any team's fan base in
the competition, with Bulldogs fans close behind on nineteen percent.
Our guys are top of the table, hoping to score
their eighth consecutive win in Saturday's home clash against Paramatta.
And it's World Snake Day with our National Zoo and
Aquarium welcoming a brand new residence. A brand new baby

(03:15):
reticulated python who's come all the way from Melbourne is
on display for special tours at the moment before going
on public display when he's a bit bigger zookeeper Ben
Lamb says he's a bundle of sass.

Speaker 4 (03:28):
He's certainly on toes. As we kind of learn a
little bit about him, he's starting to show typical snake personality.
Seems like he knows how big he'll go and ah,
he definitely likes to, you know, let us know how
he's feeling.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
And that's the latest from the Cambin newsroom this Wednesday.
Check back again tomorrow morning for our next update.