Evening News Briefing - 4 December 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hi there from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm renabigat Co. The
entire party room is back in cabinet for the Camber
Liberals after Peterkin and Elizabeth Lee were recently suspended. The
new shadow cabinet's been unvaled since Mark Parton took over
as opposition leader. He also takes on key portfolios like
transport and health.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
A lot of Canberons are not getting the health services
that they require. There are some serious problems in health
and I just want to make sure that we can
identify them and fix them.

Speaker 1 (00:31):
Local drivers are being urged to take care on the
roads these holidays. After Camber recorded its eighth road death
for the year. Police say a twenty two year old
motorcyclist died at the scene after his motorbike collided with
a Honda SUV on Brindabella Road south of Yuriarra Village
just before five pm yesterday.

Speaker 3 (00:51):
This is the fourth motorcyclist that's died on our roads
this year and it's a reminder of the vulnerabilities of
motorcyclists on our road who play some greater danger of
serious injury or fatality.

Speaker 1 (01:04):
Detective Inspector Mark still there new responsibilities for ACT nurse
practitioners have been proposed. In what had been Ossie first,
new legislation has been introduced to allow them to issue
cause of death certificates. Instagram and Facebook accounts go dark
from today, six days ahead of the official start to

(01:25):
Australia's social media ban. Cybersecurity expert Nusha Shafia Bardi says
even though the accounts will be deactivated, personal details held
by meta could be exposed to hackers.

Speaker 4 (01:38):
When the companies delete the accounts for their compliance purposes,
they might still store the minimal identifiers you know, like
the email addressers phone numbers.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
A group of six suspected asylum seekers who arrived in
the North of Wa this week are in federal custody.
An off duty police officer finding two Chinese nationals near
a remote indigenous community on Monday. The rest of the
group was tracked down on Tuesday. The men have received
medical treatment. If you have any information about a serious

(02:13):
assault in Red on Sunday night, police want to hear
from you. They were called out to Cananger Court following
reports of a disturbance and founder man with serious injuries.
The act's Peak Hospitality Body has welcomed the inquiry into
Canberra's nighttime economy. Chris Gatfield from the ACT Australian Hotels

(02:34):
Association says the long overdue inquiry will provide a chance
to remove barriers that make doing local business harder.

Speaker 5 (02:42):
It's a fantastic opportunity to have a look at the
regulatory settings across the nightlife in Cameberra, which generates four
point seven billion dollars in sales turner every year. It
is incredibly important.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
It's been a tough year for many Canberrans, with power
bills one of the many increasing costs. The Economic Regulator's
latest report shows the average household electricity bill went up
by more than two hundred bucks this year to about
two thousand, two hundred and forty five dollars. And the
ACTS Volunteer of the Year has been announced, with Trish

(03:16):
Carling recognized for her twenty six plus years of volunteering
at Palliative Care ACT. And that's the latest from the
Camber news room this Thursday. Check back again tomorrow morning
for our next update.