Evening News Briefing - 20 November 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hi there from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm an abigac Co Act.
Police have apologized after an Aboriginal boy was mistakenly apprehended
by police on a Canberra bus last week. The seventeen
year old's family is calling for a full investigation, while
police have said in a statement a complaint will be reviewed.

(00:21):
That house fire on Pennyfather Street in Higgins Asavo is
being treated as suspicious. Police say the people inside managed
to get out and no one was hurt, and investigations underway.
The Canberra Liberals remained committed to net zero by twenty
forty five in the Act, despite the Federal Libs ditching
their support for a national net zero target. New leader

(00:45):
Mark Parson confirming the party's stance today, a position on
net zero has not changed. We are committed to net
zero by twenty forty five. This has largely been an
uncontested policy space in this jurisdiction. A Koumb's Man has
been shared with twenty six fraud offenses after allegedly defrauding
more than forty thousand dollars worth from several Canberans through

(01:08):
fake construction scams. The twenty six year old man who
is unqualified. Is accused of setting up social media profiles
for building and landscape businesses and getting deposits off people
without doing any work. There's calls for witnesses after a
man allegedly pulled out a gun while driving a radically

(01:28):
northbound on the Mineral Highway in Hume yesterday afternoon. Anyone
with info or dashcam footage is urged to call crime stoppers.
The COP thirty one climate summits will not be held
in Australia next year. Turkey gets hosting rights while we
get to lead the negotiations. Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen

(01:49):
says we had to thrash out a deal or end
up with nothing. It would be great if Australia could
have it all, but we can't have it all. This
process works on consensus. Under sixteen on Facebook and Instagram
will be kicked off a week before Australia's social media
ban officially starts. Meta has started telling kids they have

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two weeks left to download their data before the accounts disappear.
On December four, Donald Trump has given the green light
for the Epstein files to be released. It means the
Justice Department now has thirty days to hand over the
unclassified documents. Pack the Bus is back for another year,
inviting Camberans to donate food and toys for families in

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need this Christmas. They want this to be a special
memorable time with gifts under the Christmas Tree and Christmas
fare on the table. Through Pack the Bus. You'll help
us make that happen. Communities at Work CEO Leslie Jordan
There the mobile Giving Tree Bus will be out on
the road from Monday, and popular Canberra nightclub Cube has

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announced its final night of dancing will be on December
thirty one before it closes for good. And that's the
latest from the Camber news room this Thursday. Check back
again tomorrow morning for our next update.