Lunchtime News Briefing - 3 September 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Hayden Visera. The Act
Greens are putting forward a proposal calling for the Act
government to get a fairer share of Commonwealth revenue to
help boost our local budgets. Green's Deputy Leader Joe Clay
says Canberra has missed out on six hundred and fifty
million dollars in federal funding.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
That's because the Commonwealth has undercounted our population. They haven't
waived our housing debts where they've waived it to Tasmania
in South Australia, and I haven't acknowledged that we are
losing out on GST and payroll tax on Commonwealth's public servants.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
The Greens are pushing for reimbursements as well as proposing
a new national fossil fuel tax. The basketball player who
had a backboard collapse on him during an NBL Blitz
training session at the AIS waited more than an hour
and a half for an ambulance to arrive. The A
thirty six ers players suffered a fractured vertebrae when a
teammate's dunk caused the structure to collapse. ACT Ambulance Service

(01:00):
Chief Officer David Dutton says the case has been reviewed.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
It was appropriately triaged as a priority to response for
ACT ambulance. There are a number of other emergencies in
the territory at the time of that call, and as
soon as we're able to dispatch a paramedic crew to
that patient, they attended.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
The ACT. Government cracks down on violence and harassment on
our public buses. It's introduced new laws in the Assembly
that'd give police and transport camera officers more powers to
manage things like antisocial behavior. It'd mean they could tell
people to leave a bus interchange or the area around
a bus stop if they're being aggressive or pose a

(01:35):
safety risk, while police would also be able to remove
those people if they don't comply. The Health Minister has
confirmed additional home care packages will be released for older Australians.
The government's caving to coalition pressure to get the legislation
through the Senates, Mark Butler saying it will put pressure
on the budget, but we have an aging population.

Speaker 4 (01:57):
That will mean there will be twenty thousand additional home
care packages released between now and the end of October.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
Tens of thousands of pages linked to Jeffrey Epstein have
now been made public the House Committee, releasing the thirty
three thousand pages of files, which include a combination of videos,
recordings and text files. It comes amid pressure on the
Trump administration to release more information on the case against Epstein.
Direct seasonal flights between Canberra and Coffs Harbor are coming

(02:29):
back this month. The twice weekly flights will recommence from
September eighteen, with Link airways through until the end of January.
Michael Thompson from Canberra Airport says it'll make it easier
for locals heading two coughs and vice versa.

Speaker 4 (02:44):
We will see a lot of people from that region
come down to Canberra to see national attractions, Floriad all
those sort of activities which bring people into our city,
which is great economically and great for the tourism sector.

Speaker 1 (02:57):
Bugandor has officially been named australia Is Top Small Tourism
Town for twenty twenty five. The win was announced at
a National Awards ceremony at Parliament House this morning, shining
a spotlight on Australia's smaller regions. Local Tillie Jones helped
put together the application to have Bungndor recognized at the awards.

Speaker 5 (03:16):
I'm so proud of the town of Bungindor and the businesses,
the people, the community organizations that make it what it
is and to actually have it recognized on the national
stage in that way is a really well deserved recognition
of a fabulous community.

Speaker 1 (03:31):
And the Australian Multicultural Party has submitted an application to
register as a political party for ACT elections. And that's
the letters in the Camberin news room so far. We'll
have another update for you right here later on this afternoon.