Evening News Briefing - 6 August 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hi there. From the Amplify newsroom, I'm an abygat Co.
Lock your doors and hide your valuables. That's the message
from ACT Police. Its as three teens have been charged
for allegedly breaking into a Griffith home through a pet door,
with police still looking for a fourth offender. Police say
they allegedly stole car keys and a mobile phone, attacked

(00:22):
a man with a mop handle, and fled in a
stolen BMW. The future of a local rides company is
in doubt after a Sydney company was chosen to provide
the rides and amusements at Floriad for the next three festivals.
It'll be the first time in more than thirty years
Durkin Amusements won't provide the rides events. ACT insists the

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Ferris Wheel will still be a feature. Labour MP and
Hugh six says Donald Trump needs to be on board
for any plan to end the war in Gaza to work.
He's calling on Anthony Alberanezi to speak to the President,
telling the ABC that's the only way to end the
violence against the Palestinians.

Speaker 2 (01:03):
We will need to find ways too. As startling as
this may sound of engaging the Trump administration on this
because they will have a lot of impact and sway
on the Netnyahu governments.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
While a bunch of UNI and high school students are
planning to walk out of class here in Canberra tomorrow
as part of the National Student Strike for Palestine. They're
demanding an immediate end to Australian military trade with Israel
and for UNIS to end research and investments in the
defense sector. It kicks off of the A and U
at two pm tomorrow. The Department of Foreign Affairs is

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working with authorities in Bali after a boat capsized with
a small number of Australians on board. It's understood they
have been accounted for, while the Department works to confirm
no other Aussies were affected. They were among eighty on
board the vessel when it flipped, resulting in the deaths
of two Chinese nationals. The Opposition is calling for st

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wronger AI guard rows to protect content creators. Treasurer Jim
Chalmers says he's optimistic about AI and sees it as
a force for good, but Liberal leader Susan Lee is
concerned about the impact on creatives. We have to protect people,
we have to protect content creators. And I don't see that.
There's very wishy washy language coming from this government this morning.

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The report into the Titan sub tragedy has laid some
of the blame with Oceangate CEO Stockton Rush, who died
in the incident, the US Coast Guard finding the disaster
was preventable, claiming the CEO was negligent. Public servants will
continue to fly in style with the Albanezi government ruling

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out restricting premium travel on shorter journeys, and the National
Gallery has announced a new acquisition by well known American
artist Jeff Coons, known for his works that resemble twisted balloons.
The Gifted work is a two point seven meter high
sculpture made of highly polished stainless deal based on an
ancient fertility figure. And that's the latest from the Camber

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news room this Wednesday. Check back again tomorrow morning for
our next update.