Lunchtime News Briefing - 9 July 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Alo from the Amplified newsroom. I'm Hagen Visera. The Australian
National University has announced a draft proposal to restructure its
School of Music as part of a broader plan to
address a two hundred million dollar budget shortfall. Under the plan,
the school would be absorbed into a new School of
Creative and Cultural Practice, with changes to the teaching model,

(00:24):
including the removal of one on one instrumental lessons. Students
and staff have raised concerns about the impact on music
education and performance opportunities. A man has been taken to
hospital with non life threatening injuries following unalleged shooting in
Banks overnight. Police say a man and a woman were

(00:44):
woken up by a loud bang at their reader caught
home before the man was confronted by two males in balaclava's,
allegedly carrying firearms. It's alleged they assault the resident before
one shot him in the leg. Police are asking any
witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. The federal
government is seeking more detail on a threat from Donald

(01:07):
Trump to slug foreign pharmaceuticals with a two hundred percent tariff.
It comes as the industry in America pressures the White
House to take action after criticizing our pharmaceutical benefit scheme,
but Treasurer Jim Chalmers has told the ABC they're not
going to compromise the PBS.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
We're not willing to negotiate or trade away what is
a really important feature of the health system, alongside Medicare
and all of the other things that we're proud of
as Australians. Will work through the announcement out of the
US overnight.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
The extent of the Quantus cyber attack has been revealed,
with five point seven million customer details accessed. The airline
confirming names, email addresses and frequent flyer information was among
the data compromised in last week cyber attack, six million
customer details in total in the affected system. Two Morawari

(02:03):
soldiers will be honored today at the Australian War Memorial
as part of Nadock Week. Private George Leonard and Private
Harold West were best mates and will be remembered for
their service together in Papua New Guinea. Former Brumby star
Joe Roff says Camper is about to see the true
spirit of rugby as the Brumbis lineup against the British

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and Irish Lions at Goo Stadium tonight. He says the
lion supporters are some of the best in the world.

Speaker 3 (02:32):
We're talking about a full Goio and the chance for
Brumbis is as underdogs to create a victory that will
go down in history as one for the ages.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
And NASA has spotted a planet about one hundred light
years away that's nearly the same size as Earth, which
they think might have water and maybe even life. A
and New astrophysicist doctor Brad Tucker says that despite the distance,
it still considered part of our cosmic neighborhood.

Speaker 4 (03:02):
Even though it's only one hundred like years away, which
is relatively nearby. I wouldn't book any trips yet. It's
more to understand the range of where potentially life can exist.

Speaker 1 (03:13):
And that's the latest in the Camber news room so far.
We'll have another update for you right here later on
this afternoon.