Evening News Briefing - 23 June 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm tomorrow. Cartwright Anthony Alberizi
has called for full dialogue and de escalation as he
reiterates Australia's support of the US strikes on Iran. Three
nuclear sites in the Middle Eastern country were obliterated yesterday
in an American attack. Anthony Alberzi says the nation doesn't
want to see full scale war. The world has long

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agreed that Iran cannot be allowed to get a nuclear
weapon and we support action to prevent that.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
That is what this is.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
Don't panic, but it might be an idea to fill
your petrol tank in coming days. That's the advice from
the NRMA. As world oil prices increase in the wake
of the US strikes, we're being told it takes between
seven and ten days for the hikes to flow through
to the Bowser. Thirty thousand new homes by twenty thirty
are on the way as the act Government unveils a

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major housing push in tomorrow's budget, with one hundred and
forty five million bucks on the table. The plan promised
to boost supply through land releases, affordable housing and planning reforms.
Deputy Chief Minister Yavette Berry says, real change is coming,
starting in the Molonglow Valley.

Speaker 2 (01:10):
We'll see another eighty five public homes built one of
the seventeen public homes built in the Malonglow area, three
hundred affordable rentals. It's a really exciting part of this program.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
Women's public safety is in the spotlight, with an ACT
senator launching a community survey asking Camberra women and girls
to share their experiences and thoughts on the issue in
the capital. Katie Gallaher says, the survey asks women how
safe they feel, how safety concerns influence their behavior, and
suggestions on how to make our city safer, with the

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findings to help shape the government's response to the issue.
It comes just weeks after hundreds of locals walk through
Mulligan's Flat Nature Reserve in a stand against violence after
a woman was allegedly attacked there. The nation's capital is
set to host the soccer Rus facing off against New
Zealand as they look to bring home the ANZAC soccer ashes.
Minister for Sport and Recreation Yvette Berry says the local

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government is committed to expanding the Act's international sports scene.

Speaker 2 (02:07):
We've had the Matilda's We've had the Brumbies in the
British lines. Now we've got the soccerres coming. We're constantly
open to conversations with international sports groups and communities to
bring more content like that to the Act.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
Calls today for the government to overhaul on the tax
on tobacco products. Health Authority says the highest cost of
cigarettes and the ban on devices is responsible for the
explosion in the black market. They say Australia should move
away from prohibition and move towards a harm reduction approach.
And an incredible result after Give Me five day on
Friday raising funds to support six kids at Camberra Hospital,

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CEO of the camber Hospital Foundation, Helen Faller says donations
from locals continue to come in over the weekend.

Speaker 2 (02:49):
We've reached an incredible total of over thirty five thousand
dollars and that's.

Speaker 1 (02:57):
The latest from the Camberin news room this Monday. Check
back again tomorrow morning for our next update