Evening News Briefing - 5 September 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hi there from the Amplify newsroom. I'm RENEBIGATCO. There's serious
concerns about the impacts of the Act's credit rating being
downgraded to double A today. The Camber Business Chamber is
worried the solution will be to hike taxes, putting further
pressure on businesses and households. A thirty three year old

(00:21):
nannawol Man's copped a seven hundred dollar fine and four
Demera points after he was allegedly clocked at forty three
k's over the limit on Caswell Drive near Randy yesterday.
It's prompted police to remind drivers speeding is one of
the major contributors to fatal crashes. An emotional farewell today

(00:41):
for one of two police officers killed in regional Victoria,
thirty five year old of a Dean, Devadt Hote, remembered
as a hero who lived to protect others. His brother Sasha,
delivering the eulogy.

Speaker 2 (00:53):
My brother was the happiest person I knew, happiest person
I think any one of us ever met. No matter
what he was doing, he always had this smile, this
contiguous smile on his face, and he was always found
a way to have a great.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
Time, suspected poor punker shooter Desi Freeman remains on the run.
The local Conservation Council says it's disappointing the act Government
voted down emotion from the Greens calling for a clear
phase out plan for wood heaters. In twenty twenty three,
the government announced plans to phase out wood heaters by

(01:26):
twenty forty five, but they say it was only agreed
in principle.

Speaker 3 (01:31):
And what the vote shows here is that they're leaning
on that kind of those two words of in principle
and they're really showing no actual commitment to do the
work to make that happen, and that's extremely disappointing.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
The Council's Simon Coplan. There, cam Berns have the chance
to spot a blood moon in our night sky in
the early hours of Monday morning with a total lunar
eclipse on the way. That's when the moon passes into
the Earth's shadow, causing it to darken then turn red.
The best time to check it out is around four
am on Monday. A bunch of Aussie fashion and beauty

(02:07):
icons as said to arrive at the Canberra Center this month,
with Australian designer Precinct, officially opening on September eighteen. Among
the stores there Rebecca Velance, Scanlan Theodore and a New Mecca.
Six Southern brush child rock wallabies have been released from
quarantine into Tidbinbiller Nature Reserve to help boost the breeding

(02:29):
program there. And who has Canberra's Best Buns? Burger Buns
that is Seven finalists are in the running for the
title of the Act's Best Burger in the local AHA
Awards for Excellence, with a winner to be announced on
September twenty two. Among those up for the Gone Caribou
in Kingston Dixon Taphouse and the Old Canbra Inn. And

(02:51):
that's the latest from the Camber news room this Friday.
Check back again on Monday morning for our next update.