Evening News Briefing - 22 July 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplify newsroom. I'm Tamarrow Cartwright. Former Wallabies
champion David Pocock has turned down the chance to take
up one of the highest positions in the Federal Parliament.
He was nominated as President of the Senate by One
Nation leader Pauline Hanson. The act Independent MP, declined the offer.
I was as surprised as that as I think people

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in New South Wales were in Game three of origin.
Seven Australian civil society organizations have come together to host
a twenty four hour vigil in Canberra demanding immediate action
from the Australian government to end the war in Gaza.
Organizers say it's to honor the children killed in Gaza
and we'll see prominent Australians reading their names and ages

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allowed continuously over twenty four hours at the lawns of
Parliament House. Australia's strong jobs market led the Reserve Bank
not to cut the cash rate earlier this month. In
the minutes from its July meeting, the RBA said, despite
inflations within its target range, it was better for rates
to stay on hold, but the board did indicate more

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cuts over time are warranted. The Search has been suspended
for a missing fisherman after his empty boat was recovered
off the New South Wales South coast. The fifty six
year old left a marina in Bateman's Bay on Saturday
and hasn't been seen or heard from since. Ozzie's traveling
to Bali have been issued warning of an increased risk
of rabies. Balinese officials have declared red zones across several

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locations amid an increase in dog bite incidents in coastal resorts,
particularly tourist hotspots like South Koda. You might notice new
smiley faced radar signage as you drive through school zones
around the capitol from today. Emily spring It from Access
Canberra says they're being installed at ten locations for the
start of term three to remind drivers to slow down

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in forty k zones. These schools were chosen as they
had some of the highest levels of speeding during term
one and termed tie and It's Prince George's twelfth birthday today.
The milestone means he'll no longer be able to fly
on the same plane as his father, Prince William without
permission from the King. The rule is generations old and

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was introduced to protect the monarchy's succession. And that's the
latest from the Camberan news room this Tuesday. Check back
again tomorrow morning for our next update.