Lunchtime News Briefing - 3 December 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifyer newsroom. I'm Hayden Visserah. A motion
has passed the Act Assembly requiring the government to publish
quarterly reports on ambulance stations that are closed due to
staffing pressures. It comes after a review found Acity Ambulance
Service night shifts have been understaffed ninety six percent of
the time on average since a new rostering model was
introduced last year. Shadow Emergency Services Minister Deborah Morris says

(00:25):
our paramedics are working in tough conditions at the moments.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
They need tools and backing from the government so that
they can get on with their life saving work, and
this is just one small measure to help them do
just that.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
Senior police officers will be given greater powers to provide
immediate protection for people at risk of family violence under
proposed new reforms introduced in the Acity Assembly today. Labour's
proposed scheme would allow officers to provide immediate protection by
issuing short term safety notices when attending family violence incidents.
The scheme would also see character references MA made irrelevant

(01:01):
in sentencing for sexual offenses against children. Markets are now
forecasting an almost certain interest rate height before the end
of next year, after a warning from the boss of
the Reserve Bank RBA, Governor Michelle Bullock says inflation is
still not sustainably in their target range. She's told Center
Estimates they need to see science that things are moderating

(01:21):
or they'll need to act.

Speaker 3 (01:22):
If it's not and it's more persistent, then that's suggesting
it to us that the demand pressures are persisting and
that might have implications for the future path manage policy
will have implications.

Speaker 1 (01:34):
Meanwhile, new figures show Australia's economy has slowed, rising just
zero point four percent in the September quarter. That's below
expectations and compares to a revised zero point seven percent
rise in the previous quarter. Annual economic growth is now
at two point one percent. The countdown continues to Australia's
world first ban on under sixteens from using socials. There's

(01:56):
just one week until the laws are enforced and the
government can see needs many teens will still manage to
bypass the restrictions, but MP Claire O'Neil has told seven
she's confident they'll still have a strong impacts.

Speaker 4 (02:08):
Of course, on the eleventh of December, it doesn't mean
that all these problems will be fixed, but what it's
doing is giving parents that passway to be able to
properly protect our children from all of the violence and
the damaging things that they're seeing online at the moment.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
The ACT Greens Public Service spokesperson says the unanimous passing
of the Closing the Gap Bill is an important moment
for the territory. Andrew Braddock says it means our public
service will be held to account for working towards improving
outcomes for Indigenous people in the Act.

Speaker 5 (02:36):
For two long, governments have been having a detrimental impact
on First Nations people. We remove children from their families
who have incarcerated them at a disproportionate rate, and this
has only created a massive gap in the outcomes for
First Nations.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
People were being reminded that summer is pig time for
food poisoning due to bacteria growing in warmer weather. ACT
Director for Environmental Health Linda Hudson says, with more barbecues
in summer, it's important to prevent food related illnesses.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
We also need to ensure that it's cooked thoroughly, especially
on barbecues. If it's cooking sausages or high risk products
like meance feet and chickens to make sure that they're
cooked thoroughly, not pink on the inside, and that any
reduces run clear.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
Sa Brina Carpenter has slam the White House for using
one of her songs to promote immigration raids. The video
uses her song June while showing ice officials arresting and
handcuffing people to the ground, the pop star labeling it
evil and disgusting, and the act is said to welcome
a brand new Queed nightclub before the end of the year.
Following the announcement of the iconic Cube shutting its doors

(03:41):
for good. Locals will be able to check out Checheese
on Friday the nineteenth, located on Northbourne Avenue around the
corner of London Circuit. And that's the latest in the
camberin newsrooms so far. We'll have another update for you
right here later on this afternoon.