Breakfast Wrap: Pacific pressure on Australia's COP30 delegation

Pressure is mounting on the Australian delegation to COP30 to resolve an impasse with Türkiye over hosting rights for the next global climate talks in...

Bob Katter's official portrait unveiled in parliament

Maverick federal MP Bob Katter has been recognised for 50 years of service to state and federal parliaments with an official portrait in parliament ho...

Can a net zero deadline save Sussan Ley's leadership?

The Liberal Party has set itself a deadline to resolve the unanswered question about what it will do on net zero commitments, after their coalition pa...

Tasmania becomes first state to offer compensation for expunged gay crimes

"From Bigots Island to the Rainbow Isle." That's how long-time LGBTQIA+ advocate Rodney Croome describes Tasmania's path to equality.
While the...

Vice Chancellor calls for a reckoning for Australia's universities

"The time has come for a reckoning in Australian higher education." That's according to a newly published essay by George Williams, the Vice Chancello...

Impact of organised crime on Australia laid bare in new report

Australia's national criminal intelligence agency has outlined the impact and scale of serious and organised crime in Australia... as a new report est...

President of Palau urges Albanese to re-think COP30 absence

Pressure is mounting on the Australian delegation to COP30 to resolve an impasse with Türkiye over hosting rights for the next global climate talks in...

Hanson-Young flags long road ahead for 'backwards' environment reforms

The government's major environment reforms have passed the lower house, and will now need to be negotiated with the Coalition or Greens before passing...

Has the Liberal Party learnt its lesson six months on from the election?

It's been six months since the Coalition lost a landslide election to Labor.
So has the Liberal Party learnt the lessons it promised to follow a...

French police launch investigation into Mohamed Al Fayed trafficking claims

French police have launched an investigation into sex trafficking allegations linked to late billionaire, Mohamed Al Fayed.
Mr Al Fayed died two...

Putin orders preparations for possible nuclear tests

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his top officials to draft plans for a possible nuclear test, something Moscow has not done since the col...

Breakfast Wrap: What's behind SA's harmful algal bloom?

As South Australian beaches prepare for their first summer with the devastating algal bloom, scientists believe they may have identified a little-know...

Banksy exhibition comes to Australia

Banksy has arrived in Australia or at least a collection of his guerilla street art in a new exhibition that's just opened in Brisbane.
The mask...

Changing Australia: Hugh van Cuylenburg and building resilience

Depression and anxiety among school aged children are serious issues and many schools and teachers are trying to find ways to boost student well-being...

Changing Australia: Hugh van Cuylenberg and building resilience

Depression and anxiety among school aged children are serious issues and many schools and teachers are trying to find ways to boost student well-being...

US Supreme Court hears landmark case on Trump's global tariffs

The US Supreme Court has begun hearing a landmark case on the legality of Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs. Three lower courts have already rule...

Study into masculinity aims to tackle toxic behaviours in teenage boys

Teenage boys across Australia need more support and better education when it comes to healthy notions of masculinity — that's a key recommendation fro...

Opposition says entry level homes need to be more affordable

Questions about the Liberal party's leadership and the Coalition's future intensified this week as the Liberal party continues to review its energy po...

Mark Butler wants new Centre for Disease Control to rebuild trust

A government bill to establish an independent Australian Centre for Disease Control is returning to the lower house for final approval after passing t...

Little penguins make big comeback on NSW far south coast

A colony of the world's smallest penguins is making a big comeback on the far south coast of New South Wales.
The little penguin was declared lo...

The cultural importance of yodeling

Switzerland is seeking heritage recognition from UNESCO for the cultural art of yodeling. 

What is the future of aluminium in Australia?

After weeks of negotiation, the Tasmanian government has announced the state-owned Hydro Tasmania has reached an in-principal, one-year power deal wit...

Scientists make breakthrough in SA algal bloom research

As South Australian beaches prepare for their first summer with the devastating algal bloom, scientists believe they may have identified a little-know...

Unpacking the platforms added to under-16s social media ban

Australia's world-first social media ban for children under-16 is fast approaching, with the list of platforms which must comply from December 10 grow...

Zohran Mamdani makes history as New York's first Muslim mayor

Canadian PM Mark Carney unveils first federal budget

Canada's liberal government has tabled its first budget since the former Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, came to power.  
The coun...

Breakfast Wrap: America's most powerful modern vice president

Coverage and analysis of national and international events.

Calls to stop the sale of gazania flowers

Should you be allowed to buy an invasive weed at a nursery and plant it in your backyard?
There are increasing calls for some plants to be pulle...

WA Premier pushes for GST carve up to stay

WA Premier Roger Cook has met with the Prime Minister at Parliament House as the fight to secure his state's GST deal ramps up.
Currently WA kee...

Changing Australia: Maggie Cairns and finding housing solutions for older women

Amongst the fastest growing cohort of people finding themselves homeless or in housing stress in Australia are older women.
It's an issue being...

Screen Producers Australia backs new content rules

This week the federal government will introduce long-awaited legislation to force popular streaming services to help produce more Australian content.<...

Call for national inquiry into race-based discrimination in the workplace

Australia's Race Discrimination Commissioner says Australia needs a new national inquiry into racism in the workplace.
Giridharan Sivaraman is i...

Shadow Finance Minister on RBA inflation forecasts

The Reserve Bank of Australia is forecasting underlying inflation will be above its target range of two to three per cent until the second half of nex...

Hobart Mayor co-chairs COP30 forum

Hundreds of mayors, governors, and local leaders on the frontline of the climate crisis have descended on Rio de Janeiro for the COP30 Local Leaders F...

Former US vice president Dick Cheney dies at 84

Former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney has died at the age of 84.
The influential Republican worked with a string of presidents,...

What you need to know about NYC's mayoral election

Voters are today casting ballots in U.S. state and local elections in the first major polls since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January....

Zelenskyy's call to US as battle for Pokrovsk continues

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the United States to remain open to supplying Kyiv with long-range weapons for its war effort ag...

Radio National full program - 5th November 2025

Australia's home for the best coverage of the biggest breaking news events with specialised analysis of politics, business and sport and agenda-settin...

Breakfast Wrap: Can the Liberals afford to water down net-zero?

The Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has been facing internal tensions for months and now there are questions over how she'll handle splitting views withi...

Tasmanian sailor attempts to break father's record sail

Tasmanian sailor Ken Gourlay holds the record for the fastest Australian to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world, completing the sail i...