Evening News Briefing - 3 September 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hi there from the Amplify newsroom. I'm an abygat Co.
The government has caved to opposition pressure over home care
packages for older Australians, Health Minister Mark Butler saying they
will support an extra twenty thousand places before the end
of October.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
We will be supporting the position that Senator Rust has outlined.
That's something we think is very consistent with the approach
we've taken to build a new age care system.

Speaker 1 (00:27):
The Act government cracks down on violence and harassment on
our public buses. It's introduced to new laws that had
give police and transport camera officers more powers to manage
antisocial behavior. It'd mean they could tell people to leave
a bus interchange, all the area around a bus stop
if they're being aggressive or pose a safety risk, and

(00:49):
police would be able to remove those people if they
don't comply. There's concerns. The basketball player who had a
backboard collapse on him during an Nby or Blitz training
session of the U s Ais waited more than an
hour and a half for an ambulance to arrive. The
Adelaide thirty six's player suffered a fractured vertebrae when a
teammate's dunk caused the structure to collapse. ACT Ambulance Service

(01:13):
Chief Officer David Dutton says the case has been reviewed.

Speaker 3 (01:17):
It was appropriately triaged as a Priority two response for
ACT Ambulance. There were a number of other emergencies in
the territory at the time of that call and as
soon as we're able to dispatch a paramedic crew to
that patient they attended.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
There's calls for witnesses to a three vehicle crash in
O'Malley last night. Police say just after five point thirty
a red motorbike crashed into two white cars near Palmer Street,
with one man taken to hospital with serious injuries. Aaron
Patterson sentencing will be broadcast live in an historic first
for the Victorian Supreme Court. A TV camera will be

(01:51):
inside the court room when the triple murderer is handed
her sentence on Monday, but the camera will only focus
on the judge cam. Barons will again be able to
fly to Coffs Harbor direct from later this month. Michael
Thompson from Canberra Airport says direct seasonal flights between the
two cities are back from September eighteen, with link Airways

(02:13):
running two services a week until the end of January.

Speaker 4 (02:16):
On Thursdays and Sundays, which will make it perfect for
a long weekend for Camberans getting up there, to getting
to their beautiful beaches, or people in the Cofts region
coming down and seeing all the fantastic things we have
on offer.

Speaker 1 (02:30):
Bugundor has had a win at Australia's Top Tourism Town Awards,
taking out the title for Best a Small Town in
the Country. Local Tilly Jones, who helped Counsel apply for
the award, says it's a special part of the world.

Speaker 4 (02:43):
The real key for Bangundor is the community.

Speaker 1 (02:46):
It's the community that really welcomes people in and you
really get to feel like a local when you visit.
And the Australian Multicultural Party has submitted an application to
register as a political party for ACT elections. And that's
the latest from the Camberan news room this Wednesday. Check
back again tomorrow morning for our next update.