Lunchtime News Briefing - 1 September 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Hayden Visera concerns. The
number of ACT women diagnosed with blood cancer is expected
to more than double over the next decade. It's Blood
Cancer Month, with the Leukemia Foundation urging ossies to get
informed and support women in particular who are impacted. Head
of Research Bill Stavrevski says around one hundred Canberra women

(00:24):
were diagnosed according to the most recent figures.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
And that's also quite common with younger women within THEACT,
where one in eleven of those one hundred were diagnosed
with either leukemia or lymphoma.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
A new state of the art recycling facility for Canberra
is another step closer as demolition begins on the old
plant that was destroyed by fire. The new facility will
include advanced sorting technology and will be capable of processing
up to fifty thousand tons of more recyclables per year
than the previous facility. Construction is due to begin next year.

(01:00):
The Camber Liberals are accusing Labour of failing to lobby
their federal colleagues for a fairer tax deal. The opposition
is calling for the Act to be properly compensated for
lost payroll tax revenue from the APS. Shadow Treasurer Ed
Cox says it's been estimated the revenue shortfall could sit
anywhere around seven hundred and fifty million dollars per year. However,

(01:24):
Act Labour has not calculated the amount nor sought compensation.
The ACT has seen a point three percent rise in
home prices in the month of August, with a median
home value now sitting at around eight hundred and forty
two thousand dollars. That's according to prop Track's later stats,
which recorded the eighth consecutive month of growth for national

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home prices, rising half a percent to a new record high.
Good news for local bus users, the new Sunday bus
timetable kicked in over the weekend with three hundred twenty
seven extra services. Jeremy Smith from Transport Canberra is confidence
it'll be well received.

Speaker 3 (02:05):
Particularly those ones that do utilize the bus service on
a regular basis. We saw some uplift on Saturdays in
April last year. They were very well utilized and we
would expect those to continue to be replicated across the
Sunday services as well.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
Today marks the start of the storm season here in
the Act, bringing with it increased risk of severe weather.
Cam Berns are being told now is the time to
get ready as storms can happen anywhere and at any time.
Simple steps we can take include clearing gutters, trimming trees,
removing and securing loose items, and checking that you have

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home and contents insurance. There's reports a few key Raiders
players will rest up before Finals footy. According to coach
Ricky Stewarts, Cleo Weeks and Simsasani could be among those
to take a break. It comes after the squad secured
the twenty twenty five Minor Premiership over the weekends, with
their final clash of the regular season against the Dolphins

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happening this weekend and a chance to hear this one
live in Canberra next year. Weeders performing at the UC
Harbor on January sixteenth, marking twenty five years since the

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release of their self titled album and their smash hit
song Teenage dirt Bag. And that's the letters in the
Camber newsroom so far. We'll have another update for you
right here later on this afternoon.