Evening News Briefing - 7 May 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hi there from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm rene bigat COO.
A strong swing against the Greens has seen leader Adam
Bant lose his seat of Melbourne, Labour's Sarah Witty victorious.
It's been a dire election for the party, losing all
four of its seats in the lower House. Meantime, Peter
Dutton says he's been buoyed by messages of support following

(00:23):
Saturday's election loss. He's returned to Canberra for the first
time since leading the coalition to defeat, which also saw
him lose his own seat. Mister Dutton says plenty of
people have reached out following Saturday's devastation. Well, I just
want to say thank you very much to all of
those who offered their good wishes, and there are a
lot of people who have been very kind and generous

(00:46):
in their remarks.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
I'm very very grateful.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
Duras in the mushroom murder trial have been played a
triple O call made by a doctor to have Aaron
Patterson returned to hospital. The call placed after the fifty
year old discharged just five minutes after being told she
may have eaten deathcap mushrooms. The New South Wales Police
commissioner looks like she's had enough after three years in

(01:11):
the top job. Karen Webb is planning to retire in September,
her tenure marked with controversy after she spent thousands of
taxpayer dollars on alcohol as gifts. Australians planning a trip
to India or Pakistan are being urged to reconsider smart
traveler warning of a security situation between the two countries

(01:32):
after long standing tensions erupted this morning. It's after India
fired missiles into Pakistani territory earlier today. The Act's voluntary
assisted dying scheme could be expanded to include people who've
lost their decision making capacity. It's after the government consulted
with a range of experts and families on what happens

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when a person approved for euthanasia loser's decision making capacity
before getting out. The government says it'll consider expanding the
laws after they've been in effect for about a year
from the November start date, Hope's long standing concerns raised
by residents of Oaks a Stage will finally get addressed.

(02:15):
It's as the Assembly's back to motion to develop a
five year strategic plan for the village. The Libs say
it's about time, with residents fed up with a range
of issues, including a lack of government services. Prince Harry
says his father is not interested in reconciliation. It comes
after the Duke of Sussex also lost his appeal for

(02:36):
UK security for him and his family. No, there's no
point and continuing to fight him more.

Speaker 2 (02:42):
But I said, life is precious. I don't know how
much longer my.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
Father has and there's still time to catch one of
the best sky shows of the year, with the Yetta
equeriand Media Shower putting on its final big performance early
tomorrow morning. Doctor Bran Tucker from The A and U
says you might even bought twelve to twenty four shooting
stars every hour from two thirty to five am thanks
to debris from Halle's commet You want to look.

Speaker 2 (03:08):
Towards the north and the northeast, so these meteors enter
over kind of the northeast guy. But even though they
enter over the northeast guy, they kind of can start
burning up at different point.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
And that's the latest from the Camberan newser in this Wednesday.
Check back again tomorrow morning for our next update.