Lunchtime News Briefing - 23 October 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from we amplify a newsroom. I'm Hagen Vissera. Local community,
disability and charity workers have rallied out the front of
the Australian Industry Group office in Barton today protesting proposed
pay cuts. The Australian Services Union claims proposed changes before
the Fair Work Commission could see some workers lose up
to seven hundred dollars a week.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
The protest will not just be frontline workers, it will
also be their managers, their employers and community members. Because
actually this industry is united in wanting better pay, not
worse pay.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
The union's ANGUS McFarland. There an Aussie consumer group is
calling for an urgent review into the entire triple zero system.
It follows the latest issue impacting Samsung phones, with around
seventy models not connecting properly. The Australian Communications Consumer Action
Network says there needs to be an independent review, also

(00:53):
questioning the acma's competence. The Federal government wants to remove
the need to hand over lots of personal documents when
applying for a rental property. Under a new pilot, applicants
will be able to prove their identity using digital ID
and show they can afford rent by securely sharing verified
financial data directly to agents. We think there's.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
Opportunities in this.

Speaker 1 (01:17):
This is a pilot, we'll see how it goes. But
whatever we can do to minimize people sharing loads.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
Of personal data about themselves and then losing control of that,
I think it's a good thing.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
ACIT. Senator Katie Gallaher there. Donald Trump says the war
between Russia and Ukraine has gone on for far too long,
and once to end it, He's announced sanctions onto Russian
oil companies to try and pressure Moscow to negotiate a
peace deal. The US president says too many lives have
been lost to the conflicts.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
Many Russians were killed last week, Many Ukrainians were killed
last week.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
We think it's ridiculous and we'd like to have it.
In Australia, post has unvalied Canberra's first dedicated parcels post office,
located here in mitchell The new format post office is
designed to make sending and collecting parcels easier and faster,
combining in person assistance with self service options such as
twenty four to seven parcel lockers. The acts leading the

(02:13):
charge in runaway pets, according to Life three sixty's later
stats around forty two percent of Ossie pets escape home
at least once, with fourteen percent being repeat offenders. We're
being encouraged to keep on top of things as open
doors and gaps and fences are the leading cares for
our furry runaways. The owners A Big Splash say they'll

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reopen the water park in mid November, but there's a catch.
City Services Minister Tara Chain says the slides will probably
not be in use due to their state of disrepair.
She says if the park can reopen a poll, that's
enough for the owners to comply with their least conditions
and oh how very camera. A Survivor's Guide to Working

(02:55):
in the Public Service is being launched this SAVO, with
local author and ill streeter Mick Ashley sharing a tongue
in cheek take in a book form after his thirty
years working in the sector. It's one industry town in
Camber and all other industries feed off it.

Speaker 2 (03:10):
You know, so many people say, well, you know, you
could write a book about that, So I decided to
do it.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
And that's the latest in news. We'll have another update
for you right here later on this afternoon,