Evening News Briefing - 17 April 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hi there from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Renebigato. Anthony Albanezi
has ruled out negotiating with the Greens on housing in
the event of a hung parliament. The minor party has
unveiled a list of demands for its support, including changes
to negative gearing and capital gains tax concessions, but the
PM says he's not interested.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
I rull out negotiating with the Greens. Do we have
our housing policy that we are taking forward the Greens.
I am not negotiating with the Greens. We make it
very clear.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
The state of California is suing the Trump administration over tariffs.
The lawsuit aims to block Donald Trump's surcharge on foreign
trading partners, accusing the President of abusing his executive powers
and inflicting harm on the country. A fifty four year
old man believed to be from the Act has tragically
died on the South Coast. Emergency crews were called to

(00:57):
a beach at Balley Point after the man was found
un responsive in the water by two surfers yesterday afternoon.
A lifeline for Brindabella Christian College, with administrators choosing Christian
community ministries as a preferred new operator for the school.
The CEO says their first priority is to restore certainty

(01:17):
and trust at the school that's been caught up in
ongoing financial dramas the public consultation period kicked off today.
Police have released an image of a man wanted over
an alleged assault in the city where a woman was
attacked from behind on Sunday Avo. It's after the victim
attended a refugee rally, with the culprit also grabbing her

(01:39):
flag and throwing it on the ground. There's a photo
on the ACT policing website called Crime Stoppers if you
have any information. A fifteen year old boy has been
charged in Sydney after allegedly helping to organize contract killings
in Europe on behalf of a criminal syndicate. Federal police
arrested him yesterday after a tip off from Danish police.

(02:03):
An independent inquiry will explore how ACT clubs can transition
away from poker machines as part of plans to cut
poker machine numbers to one thousand by twenty forty five.
But Clubs ACT CEO Craig Shannon says clubs need the revenue.

Speaker 3 (02:20):
It's a business model that provides a lot of support
across the sectors in the Act, from sporting to community
social that that funding is provided in part by poker
machine revenue.

Speaker 1 (02:30):
And a reminder for locals who normally get their bins
collected on Fridays in Canberra, they'll be picked up on
Saturday this week instead due to tomorrow's public holiday. And
that's the latest from the Camber newsroom this Thursday. Check
back again on the twenty eighth of April for our
next update.