Evening News Briefing - 3 July 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi there from the Amplified news room. I'm an abygat
Co and Investigations underway into the death of a seventy
four year old Gordon woman who'd been living in extremely
poor living conditions, Police saying she was taken to hospital
on Tuesday after a family member sought help. She was
experiencing multiple medical and physical conditions, but sadly she died yesterday.

(00:24):
While an eighty one year old Cursion woman has faced
court today over a head on crash that led to
the loss of the other driver's unborn baby back in
November last year. She's been bailed to face court again.
In September, The A and News confirmed another round of
job cuts as it tries to cut one hundred million
dollars in salary costs. This time, nearly sixty positions are

(00:48):
expected to be cut from Research and Innovation, the College
of Science and Medicine and the College of Arts and
Social Sciences. Labour frontbencher Clara o'neilk seeds fixing the childcare
sector won't be easy. It's as calls for reforms are
mounting after two Victorian men were charged with dozens of

(01:09):
child sex offenses each. She's told the ABC it needs
a lot of work.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
A lot of these predators would passer working with children.
Check they don't have anything in a history that indicates
a problem. So I think there's some things here about
the culture of what goes on in these centers and
how do we see the first instances of something that
might be going wrong.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
The man who crashed a bus full of wedding guests
in the Hunter Valley, killing ten of them is appealing
against the severity of his sentence. Brat Butchan was given
thirty two years in jail. Those affected by the Quantus
cyber attack being urged to switch from SMS authentication to
apps for better protection. Experts say hackers with access to

(01:52):
mobile numbers have the potential to crack into online banking.
The National Cybersecurity Center urging anyone who gets unsolicited emails,
texts or phone calls not to respond. The Local Property
Council's calling for a full review of our commercial rate system.
It's as their latest survey show's confidence in the Act

(02:14):
Government's ability to manage growth in the property and construction
industry has dropped to the lowest level of any jurisdiction.
The Council's executive director Ashley Berry says it's not surprising
the industry is concerned concerned about the pipeline and concerned
about rising rates, higher levees and no release in last

(02:35):
week's budget. Work on the long awaited Yarralumla Brickworks redevelopment
will kickoff soon, with new homes, green space and a
commercial village center on the way. It's the first real
activity on the site since the kilns shut down nearly
fifty years ago, and the Mint has released a new
two dollar coin marking thirty years since the Torres Strait

(02:58):
Islander flag was officially recognized as one of Australia's national flags.
And that's the latest from the Camber News room this Thursday.
Check back again tomorrow morning for our next update.