Evening News Briefing - 2 September 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Hayden Visera. The Community
and Public Sector Union have slammed the CSIRO for another
round of staff cuts, this time affecting researchers. Australia's National
Science Agency is of this week asking critical research projects
to compete against each other whilst others face the acts.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
What we're talking about is AI adoption versus feud, security
versus disease control versus climate change preparedness or cybersecurity. This
is not good enough. It's time for the government to
step in and stop putting scientists against each other.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
CPSU National Secretary Melissa Donnelly. There freedom of information laws
are said to be tweaked in favor of the governments.
The Attorney General expected to introduce legislation tomorrow which would
make it harder for journalists and members of the public
to get info. Labour wants to keep info about cabinet
processes are secrets. The camera. Liberals are moving emotion in

(00:55):
the Assembly today, calling on the government to guarantee there
will be no cuts to staff, programs or support in
our public schools until our review into school resources is completed.
It comes after it was revealed a majority of ACT
public schools are expected to go over budget by the
end of the year.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
This is about families who rely on a good education
for their kids. It's about kids that turn up every
day and a government that hasn't backed the mean. It's
not an accident that seventy seven schools have overspent their budget.
I think what we need to look at here is
what the government aren't doing.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
Liberals Leader Leanne Cassley. There the federal government is cracking
down on dangerous deep fake apps. The Safety Office says
reports of AI nudes featuring teens have more than doubled
in the past eighteen months. Communications Minister Anika Well says
the new laws will be as tired as possible to
keep kids safe. While AI has the power to move

(01:47):
Astraya forward.

Speaker 4 (01:48):
There is no place in our country for apps and
technologies that are used solely to abuse, humiliate and harm people,
especially our children.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
The cost of policing protests in the CAP this financial
year is already close to the total spent for the
entirety of twenty twenty four to twenty five. ACT Police
just spent over one hundred and sixty thousand dollars up
to August twenty nine managing protest activity, while in the
previous financial year they spent a total of one hundred
and seventy thousand dollars. These figures don't include the cost

(02:21):
of policing anti immigration and counter protests that occurred over
the weekend. Meanwhile, there are no plans to lower migration
levels following the March for Australia protests, Home Affairs Minister
Tony Burke issuing a statement saying the levels will stay
the same as last year at around one hundred and
eighty five thousands. Fifty seven percent of farmers say climate

(02:43):
change is their top concern. That's when a new study
being released in the Act. Today, three hundred farmers will
gather in the nation's capital for a Farmers for Climate
Action National Summit. The results also showed ninety three percent
of farmers have faced at least one extreme weather event
in the past three years, and Camberans are reminded to
get their homes ready with a storm season officially underway

(03:07):
and above average rainfall expected across the warmer months. Meanwhile,
Weather Bureau Senior meteorologist Kath Christensen says it's looking like
an average fire season at this stage for us, but
it's always good to be prepared.

Speaker 4 (03:20):
Fires can be an issue in any year, so even
though we have seen reasonable rainfall over winter and are
likely to see above average rainfall during spring, that doesn't
negate the need to be prepared for bushfires.

Speaker 1 (03:32):
And that's the letters from the Camber newsroom this Tuesday.
Check back again tomorrow morning for our next updates.