Lunchtime News Briefing - 11 September 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplified newsroom. I'm Hagen Vissera. Genevieve Bell
has announced her resignation as A and U Vice chancellor
after widespread job cuts and allegations of poor governance at
the university. In her statement, Professor Bell says she wants
to see the UNI thrive into the future and she
doesn't want to stand in the way of that. Meantime,
Doctor Loughlin Colossi from the Local and National Tertiary Education

(00:25):
Union says while it's the right decision, it will not
fix the UNI's longer term leadership problems if.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
The only change is that we change using the vice
chancellor's seat. Though, there needs to be a change in
leadership approach at the A and U and what needs
to happen is that staff needs to be valued, supported
and respected.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
Susan Lee denies her leadership is under threat, apologizing today
to the Indian community over comments made by now backbencher
just Enter Price, the Liberal senator dumped from the front
bench not only over the Indian migrant comments, but failing
to publicly back the opposition leader. Lee says she's sorry
on behalf of the Liberal Party.

Speaker 3 (01:02):
May I reaffirm my strong support for all our migrant communities,
for the values that they bring to this country, for
the contribution they make, and for choosing to come to Australia.

Speaker 1 (01:14):
A new report has found housing affordability has become even
more disproportionate for younger Ossie's domain, finding over sixty eight
percent of the population born between nineteen forty seven and
fifty one owned a home by the age of thirty four,
now just half of thirty to thirty four year old's
owner house. The time to say for a deposit is

(01:35):
now over eight years, up from six in the early
two thousands. Donald Trump has paid tribute to his friend
and political activist Charlie Kirk after he was shot dead
in the US. The thirty one year old was targeted
at a university event in Utah in front of thousands.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
Charlie inspired millions and tonight, all who knew him and
loved him are unated, and Shark.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
And Haasp remains at large. You can have your say
on how the Wakefield Gardens site in Ainsley will be
used going forward, with community consultation opening later this month.
The site's being vacant for some time, with the building
said to be demolished after being damaged in a suspicious
fire last month. The ACT government says care and consideration

(02:20):
will be taken to preserve the heritaged status of the
gardens at the sites. A forty seven year old man
has been charged with stalking after police executed a search
warrant at his home yesterday. Police say it comes after
a woman got in contact last month after a mechanic
found what police will allege as a tracking device in
her car. Electronic devices were allegedly among items seized during

(02:45):
a police search of a Dixon home yesterday morning, with
a forty seven year old man arrested and charged. The
ACT has seen a sharp decline in fairy rare numbers
following the winter season, with A and U biologists confirming
less than half of the population survived the season, with
a sharp change in temperature likely the cause. More than

(03:06):
half of adults have died, with only six chicks remaining
out of the thirty nine from last summer. The A
ANDU have confirmed they will continue to monitor the birds
in the hopes of a successful upcoming breeding season and
good news for those who couldn't get tickets to see
the Raiders v Broncos Qualifying Final at Goo Limelight Cinemas

(03:26):
in Tagrenong will be showing the game live and on
the big screen. It's proving popular with almost half the
tickets already sold. And that's the letters in the Camber
newsroom so far. We'll have another update for you right
here later on this afternoon.