Evening News Briefing - 8 October 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi there from the Amplify newsroom. I'm Renaby. Gatco police
have released CCTV images of three people they believe might
have information about an alleged assault outside a Civic nightclub
back in August. A man was found bleeding from the
head after the alleged fight. On August third. He was
taken to hospital with serious injuries. The CCTV images are

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on the ACT policing website called crime Stoppers if you
have any information. Following revelations Optus emailed the wrong address
while trying to report its deadly triple zero outage, The
opposition has targeted the Communications Minister in Parliament today. Annika
Wells repeatedly asked about what she knew and when the

(00:44):
minister says, she's been transparent.

Speaker 2 (00:47):
And we can agree. This is a tragic circumstance. People
have lost loved ones and that hardens my result, my department,
my office will pursue this with absolute rigor.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
The cyber crims who stole personal details in the Quantus
hack are demanding a ransom. The group also stole info
from Ikea, Toyota, and Google when it hacked the cloud.
The hacker is now threatening to release personal information to
the duck web if the ransom isn't paid. A warning
two dog owners to keep pets away from lakes after

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a healthy kelpie died hours after swimming in Lake ginandera Scout.
The dog is alleged to have died from blue green
algae poisoning. Canberra pet Rescues Amanda Dowell says there were
no warning signs about alga contamination on the day the
owner took a dog there.

Speaker 3 (01:39):
Scout's owner had taken him down for a swim. A
responsible dog owner had checked the signage it said open
for swimming. She looked around, she let her dog go
for a swim. Coming back, the dog started showing severe
neurological symptoms.

Speaker 1 (01:54):
A government spokesperson says an inspection was carried out and
warning signs were put in place after the dog's death
was reported. Applications are now open for a new fund
aimed at supporting Canberra's creative sector and strengthening the city's
future bid to become a UNESCO City of Design. The
fund offers three hundred thousand dollars per year for two years,

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with grants available for both major and smaller projects. When
it comes to paying off our credit cards, new figures
show we are struggling. The later stats from the RBA
show debt as climbed by one hundred and seventy seven
million dollars, with Ossie's now owing nearly eighteen billion on
personal credit cards. And turns out Canberraans are pretty diligent

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when it comes to sun protection. According to is Select,
the ACT is the most sun safe stage or territory
in Australia. And that's the latest from the Camberan newser
in this Wednesday. Check back again tomorrow morning for our
next update.