Evening News Briefing - 18 December 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hi there from the Amplify news room. I'm Rene bigat Coo.
A man who stabbed two A and U students back
in twenty twenty three, could reportedly be kept in a
secure mental health facility for the rest of his life.
It's understood a charge gave him the nominated life sentence today,
with his case to be managed by a tribunal. Bondi

(00:22):
Beach is no longer an official crime scene with the
police operation they're ending. Four days after Sunday's terror attack,
the PM has today announced a string of changes to
titan hate speech laws. Anthony Albanisi, also responding to criticism
he hasn't done enough to tackle anti Semitism? Could we
have done more? Of course you could always do more,

(00:44):
and my heart goes out to what is a community
that are suffering, that have been targeted. Meanwhile, three more
victims of the Bondie terror attack have been farewelled at
services today, including ten year old Matilda. Public bar in
Monica has been forced to close for serious food safety breaches.

(01:06):
Act Health says while they're not aware of any linked
cases of illness, the business needs to stay closed until
it passes a further inspection. Patients at Warniassa Family Medicine
say the center has abruptly closed with no explanation or warning.
They were sent a text from the clinic offering alternative

(01:26):
GP locations, while those transferred to the sister practice in Isabella.
Planes haven't been able to get answers, with many worried
about what happens next. The clinic has been contacted for comments.
A twenty five year old motorcyclist has died after a
crash involving two motorbikes south of Braidwood last night. The

(01:47):
second rider, a fourteen year old boy, was airlifted to
Canberra Hospital in a serious but stable condition. Police say
the riders were traveling together on unregistered bikes. We're being
warned of potential delays at Canberra Airport over the coming days,
with some security workers flagging industrial action over a paid dispute,

(02:08):
with the biggest stoppage planned for Tuesday. Lindall Ryan from
the United Workers Union suggesting we get to the airport early.
We have so far avoided industrial election that's actually going
to impact, but there's going to be a point where
it starts to impact. Police are looking for info after
the theft of two red outdoor umbrellas from a Braddon

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takeaway business last month. They're hoping to identify a man
who allegedly pinched the umbrellas and popped them into two
utes before taking off in one. On November twenty five,
the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services cottage in Bruce
is set to move southside. There's plans to relocate the
service from the North Camber Hospital campus to a new

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facility to be built at Airindale Business Park by twenty
twenty seven. And Optus has released the findings of an
independent report into the September Triple zero outage. Hundreds of
emergency calls failed to go through during the outage, which
has been linked to two deaths. The report has made
twenty one recommendations. And that's the latest from the Camberan

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news room this Thursday. Check back again tomorrow morning for
our next update.