Evening News Bulletin - 5 January 2026

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Tamara Cartwright. A fourth
bushfire has been detected in the Magi National Park, southwest
of Canberra. It's in a similar region to the other
three bushfires, near Cotterhat and Bendora dam ACTSA spokesperson, Jordan
Wallace says the fourth bush fire is small and the
advice is stay informed.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
The situation and risk to the community remains largely unchanged.
There's no immediate threat to life or property.

Speaker 1 (00:29):
Meanwhile, the bomb has issued a severe heat wave warning
for the act with conditions expected to peak later this
week and maximum temps reaching the high thirties. Court today
for a thirty two year old man after allegedly attacking
a dog. Yesterday around twelve pm, police were called to
a residence in Melba where a man is alleged to
have kicked and punched the dog in the face and back,

(00:51):
before attempting to pour petrol on the dog. Shortly after,
police located the man in Everett and placed him under arrest.
The man allegedly became aguile, pulling away from police and
kicking himself off the back of the police transport vehicle.
He will be charged with a string of offenses. A
forty one year old Narrowbunda woman has been charged after

(01:11):
making multiple non emergency Triple zero calls overnight. Around two
thirty am. The woman called the Triple zero police emergency
line to report a matter that was not an emergency,
and proceeded to call seven more times in an hour,
allegedly becoming verbally aggressive during the calls and swearing at operators.
A short time later, police attended the woman's residence and

(01:32):
placed her under arrest. The woman allegedly did not comply
with directions and resisted officers. Our PMS on the receiving
end of more heat as it appears he's tip to
recall Federal Parliament before Australia Day to push through new
laws in response to the Bonda Terra attack. Opposition leader
Susan Lee argues MP should have been pulled back into

(01:54):
parliament before Christmas.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
Every day that the Parliament has not come back has
been a day that it sh should have come back.
So in fact, whenever it comes back, we won't be
coming back early, it will be coming back late.

Speaker 1 (02:06):
A split result for house price growth across the country
last month, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide recording significant jumps, while
prices fell in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne. Senior economis at
prop track and Flattery says prices are up eight point
eight percent since last December, so.

Speaker 2 (02:22):
Around the country we're actually seeing affordability deteriorate significantly. This
isn't something new and for the average media and income family,
they are priced out of the majority of suburbs in
our capital cities.

Speaker 1 (02:33):
And gungalan Man is now one point six million dollars
richer after winning a share in Saturday's lotto draw. And
that's the latest from the Camber newsroom this Monday. Check
back again tomorrow morning for our next update.