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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hi there from the Amplifying Newsroom. I'm Renebigacco. The Prime
Minister says today is a great day to be an Australian.
After the social media age band kicked in, those under
the age of sixteen can't access apps like Facebook, Instagram
and TikTok. Anthony Albanezi says families are taking back control.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Make no mistake, this reform will change lives for Australian
kids and allowing them to just have their childhood for
Australian parents, enabling them to have greater peace of mind.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Call today for a thirty four year old man charged
with alleged sexual offending in Peerce Back in the early
two thousands. Police alleged the man, who was a teenager
at the time, sexually abused two children between two thousand
and one and two thousand and eight under the guise
of playing a game with them. Anyone with information is
asked to contact police. A boost for three Act schools
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set to ban it from more than two and a
half million dollars in Commonwealth funding. It's to spruce up
classrooms and other areas, with the Islamic School of Canberra
in Western to get one million. There's nearly seven hundred
and seventy two grand for Saint Matthew's Primary in Page
and the Holy Family Parish Primary School in Gowy will
get seven hundred and fifty thousand. Anika wells In sas
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she has always followed the rules. As she faces backlash
over her travel expenses the Communications and Sports Minister billing
taxpayers for trips to several destinations and sporting events with
her family, she says everything has been above board. These
rules are set at arm's length from parliamentarians. These rules
were made under the previous government. I'm abided by the
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rules the whole time I've been a parliamentarian. Another step
forward for the new Medicare urgent care clinic in Woden.
The Philip Medical and Dental Center has been chosen to
operate the bog Billing Clinic, which is expected to open
in January. It's one of five I have GP led
urgent care clinics around Canberra, aimed at easing pressure on
our hospital emergency departments. The act Conservation councils urging the
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local government to reject the proposed Narrow Rock quarry, warning
it could cause irreversible damage to the environment. The proposal
would clear over twenty two hectares of critically endangered box
gum woodland and over fifty five hectares of rolling hills
grassy forest, impacting threatened species. The Council says, if it's
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not rejected outright, there should be a full environmental impact
statement at the very least. And more millionaires were created
in New South Wales this year than in any other
state or territory. According to the latest data on lottery
hotspots in Australia, the Acts had three division Ie lotto
winds so far this year, totaling more than four point
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three million dollars. And that's the latest in news. We'll
have another update for you right here. Flight to this
afternoon