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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifying newsroom. I'm Ashley Nolan, the head
of the Act's Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs,
says the ACT Public Service is the most culturally unsafe
workplace he has ever experienced. The disclosure came during a
public hearing for an inquiry into Thomas Emerson's bill seeking

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greater accountability from the ACT government in delivering on closing
the gap commitments. Former ACT Person of the Year Katrina
Fanning also appeared as a witness, saying she was heartbroken
that Canberra still can't deliver equality for its first people.
There's concern over extreme right wing leaflets being distributed in

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the Act, but the police reportedly say they will not
be going after those responsible. The Camber Times reports ACT
Police say they are aware of the anti immigration flyers
recently distributed in letterboxes in Mawson, but have not identified
any criminal offenses relating to the content or scl They
acknowledged the content is objectionable in a modern and inclusive society.

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We're heading into the last weekend of Floriad with a
jam packed program before next week's Windows to the World event.
There's a lead in showcase at Floria tomorrow. There's also
Dogs Day Out on Sunday before the Great Big Bulb
dig on Monday. Once it's all wrapped up. More support
for locals who aren't legally blind but have low vision

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Guide Dogs. New South Wales and ACT has launched a
free online service called Seaway, offering a range of supports
for locals living with low vision. It includes things like counseling,
lifestyle guidance and digital skills training. Looks like all the
recent chaos that the A and U hasn't impacted their
place in the latest World University rankings. According to Times

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Higher Education, the A and U sits at seventy third
place for twenty twenty six, the same as this year,
while the University of Canberra hasn't moved much either, sitting
at four hundred and one to five hundredth Donald Trump
has confirmed he's heading to the Middle East after the
first part of a peace deal was agreed to by

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Hamas and Israel. The US president says he'll be in
Egypt for the signing of the deal. We secured the
release of all of the remaining hostages, and they should
be released on Monday or Tuesday. We're working on the timing,
the jac timing. We're going to go to Egypt where
we'll have a signing. Thousands have taken to the streets

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in Tel Aviv in celebration of the eventual return of
the hostages. Quantus is facing a potential class action after
customer data was stolen. Hackers have threatened to release the
private information unless a ransom is paid. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
has reportedly made a complaint to the Office of the
Australian Information Commissioner in relation to the breach, and a

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party kicks off tomorrow night to farewell a Camera Icon
the Moushad's car park. The site will close to the
public so Camera's new lyric theater can be built. Marketing
and events manager Ryan Dyson says they can't wait to
celebrate with DJ's out the front, booming music across the
car park. And that's not all. Put a selfie station
out there so people can get their photo taken in

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the car parks for the last time before we sayblebye
to what is essentially a camera icon just like us.
And that's the latest in news. We'll have another update
for you right here later today.