Evening News Briefing - 4 September 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hi there from the Amplify newsroom ibron abygat Co. Seven
men have been charged and a number of guns seized
following investigations into an alleged double stabbing at a Quembian
business on August eight. Detective Acting Inspector Mark Batty says
it was a targeted bikey related attack.

Speaker 2 (00:18):
When out more mostcycle gangs can walk into a business
in the middle of the day and in such an
embolden and brazen way to commit crime of this nature,
it's an issue for all of us.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
The victims who were treated for serious injuries and now
recovering out of hospital, and investigations are ongoing. Police say
a twenty nine year old man hit several kangaroos while
driving dangerously through Narabunda, Fishwik and Queenbian this morning. The
unlicensed driver also allegedly drove through red lights and on
the wrong side of the road, crashed into another car,

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and had methylamphetamine in his pockets. Nearly four hundred and
fifty thousand people caught up in the Robodet scandal willsh
share in a four hundred and seventy five million dollar payout,
the biggest class action win in Ossie history. The scheme
wrongly chased centlling recipients for debts totaling one point seven
billion dollars. Lawyer Peter Gordon says it's a massive wake

(01:15):
up call for governments.

Speaker 2 (01:17):
Also a day of warning to governments and bureaucrats at
all levels not to recklessly and unlawfully attack the people
who elected them or who they were hired to protect.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
A seven year legal battle by Ben Robert Smith to
clear his name has been thrown out by the High Court.
The former soldier was challenging nine newspaper allegations he committed
war crimes. He now has to hand over a lump
sum to cover their appeal costs. Jeffrey Epstein's victims have
gathered in Washington, saying they'll release the names of his

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associates themselves. They're calling for more of the redacted Epstein
files to be released, urging President Trump to Act. Congress
must chiefs will you continue to protect predators or will
you finally protect survivors? The Act Greens are calling on
the government to have a final wood heater phase out
plan published by July next year. They also want to

(02:10):
see a register setup to keep track of existing wood
heaters in the Capitol the act Labor Senator has welcomed
news the Australian Center for Disease Control will be based
at Aviation House in Woden. Katie Gallaherst says it means
more jobs in the town center, a boost to the
local economy and even more life in that part of

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our city. And an eighty year mystery surrounding a missing
Italian painting has been solved by accident. The masterpiece, painted
in the early seventeen hundreds, was looted by the Nazis
during the Second World War. The daughter of the man
accused of stealing it has been arrested after unwishingly posting
a photo of the painting while trying to sell her

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house in Argentina. And that's the latest from the Camber
news room this Thursday. Check back again tomorrow morning for
our next update.