Evening News Briefing - 7 October 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifying Newsroom. I'm Tamara Cartwright. David Pocock
is among a group of independence calling for urgent action
on gambling reform, with the government yet to make a
formal response to the Murphy Report. The Report on gambling
Reform was presented to Parliament more than two years ago.
It made thirty one recommendations aimed to add better regulating

(00:21):
gambling in Australia.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
We can change that. We have the numbers in this
Parliament to do this today tomorrow, and yet we have
a government that doesn't want to act, and you have
to ask some very serious questions of the Prime Minister
of the Labor Party that what they actually stand for.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
The Opposition has hit out at the Communications Minister for
not implementing all recommendations of a review handed to the
government more than five hundred days ago, Anika Wells saying
thirteen out of eighteen are complete, saying of the remaining
five four hinge on work by the industry. The Prime
Minister has marked the second anniversary of the war in Gaza,

(00:59):
saying the government stands with the world in its push
for peace.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
Australia has consistently been part of the international pressure for
a ceasefire in Gaza, the return of the hostages, for
aid to flow, and a two state solution.

Speaker 1 (01:14):
The Act has the second lowest number of GPS in
Australia according to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
latest Health of the Nation report. It shows the territory
has ninety one gps per one hundred thousand people, below
the national average of one hundred and thirteen. Only the
Northern Territory had a lower rate, with eighty four gps

(01:35):
per one hundred thousand people. The ACT government is proposing
to change the zoning in Griffith to make way for
a new Inner South Health Center. Public consultation is now underway,
with the government asking for feedback on the zoning changes
and a proposal to declare the health center a territory
Priority project. The proposed site for the health center is

(01:56):
next to the Griffith Shops. Research has found forty percent
of people living in Australian cities are considering moving to
regional areas. The Regional Australia Institute says populations outside cities
are on the rise and could be on track to
be forty percent of the nation's total population in about
seven years, and it turns out more than one in

(02:18):
ten Oussie teachers needed to retake the literacy element of
their land type test. The latest stats show twelve percent
failed on the first goal of the exam, which has
questions at a year nine level. And that's the latest
from the Camber newser in this Tuesday. Check back again
tomorrow morning for our next updates.