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We're just days out from South Australia's state election and a poll by Roy Morgan is pointing to a landslide Labor victory, with One Nation sitting ahead of the Coalition.Guest: Ashton Hurn, Leader of the South Australian Liberal PartyProducer: Eddy Diamond
Deputy Liberal leader Jane Hume has endorsed Nationals leader Matt Canavan's plan to make it easier for public servants to work from home in regional and rural Australia.Plus, this week the Liberals selected lawyer Raissa Butkowski to contest the Farrer by-election.GUEST: Jane Hume, Opposition LeaderPRODUCER: Isadora Bogle
There are growing expectations among economists that the Reserve Bank will announce an interest rate hike later today.It comes as the conflict in the Middle East continues to have global impacts, and the federal government prepares it's May budget. GUEST: Katy Gallagher, Minister for FinancePRODUCER: Isadora Bogle
It's Reserve Bank decision day - so what will happen to interest rates as the conflict in the middle east continues?GUEST: Warwick McKibbin, is a former RBA Board Member and now Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington DC and ANU Emeritus Distinguished Professor
Iran's effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has slowed the flow of a major share of the world's energy supply, disrupting global markets.Since the conflict began, US President Donald Trump has floated the idea of naval escorts to help oil tankers pass safely through the strait.So far, no countries have taken up the call for help - including Australia.GUEST: Admiral Gary Roughead, former chief of US naval operations PRODUCER: Eddy Diamond
An independent panel of experts has concluded the country's Research and Development sector is in desperate need of bold reform.The Ambitious Australia report, commissioned by the government, is warning Australia's future living standards are at risk unless the country moves toward focused, mission‑driven innovation tied directly to economic growth, productivity and sovereign capability. Right now R&D investment has fallen to just 1.69% of GDP; almost half the OECD average.GUEST: Anna-Maria Arabia, Chief Executive at the Australian Academy of SciencePRODUCER: Eddy Diamond
The war in the Middle East has entered its third week; with missile and drone attacks continuing across the gulf, hundreds of ships left stranded in the Strait of Hormuz and the conflict also spreading into Lebanon.Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump's calls for regime change appear to have fallen on deaf ears in Iran, with the son of the former Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei now at the helm.So, where does this war end for Iran and how do Iranians view the conflict?Guest: Seyed Hossein Mousavian, former Iranian ambassador to Germany, and former Head of the Foreign Relations Committee of Iran's National Security CouncilProducer: Grace Stranger
Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has entered its third week, and shipping has been put to a halt.US President Donald Trump has urged its allies and China to send warships to the Strait to help secure the key shipping route out of the Middle East.But the US is yet to do so - so will any other nation offer its own navy? Fuel prices in Australia have risen sharply amid uncertainty over the ongoing conflict in the MIddle East .On the weekend, U-S President Donald Trump called for other nations to help secure the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks... which have disrupted global energy supplies.Israeli bombardments have now killed more than 800 people in Lebanon as the conflict in the middle east intensifies.Israel began its operation in Lebanon after Iran-aligned Hezbollah launched strikes in response to the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.In just 10 days, more than 800-thousand people — nearly one out of every seven residents of Lebanon — have been displaced.Back home, opinion polling indicates the Labor government is set for a victory in the upcoming South Australian election...A recent poll from Roy Morgan indicates primary support for Labor is 35 per cent... ahead of One Nation's 28 per cent and the Coalition's 16-point-five per cent.Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap
Thousands of people can now access federal disaster assistance following severe flooding in Central Australia and the Top End.In Katherine, state schools are re-opening today and the recovery effort is beginning after last week's record breaking floods. But further south, communities in central Australia are bracing for more rain.Guest: Joanna Holden, Katherine MayorProducer: Eddy Diamond
As a child you might have fond memories of a favourite book being read to you.It's one of those enduring enjoyable activities, and it also fosters connection and better literacy.But it's not something that all children have been able to experience, including those in the protection system.So more than 20-years ago Bronwyn Sheehan had an idea: what if she could help those kids and their out-of-home care families during those vital first few years in a child's life?Guest: Brownyn Sheehan, founder of the Pyjama Foundation
Opinion polling indicates the Labor government is set for a victory in the upcoming South Australian election.A recent poll from Roy Morgan indicates primary support for Labor is 35% ahead of One Nation's 28% and the Coalition's 16.5%.GUEST: Peter Malinauskas, South Australian Premier PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle
Fuel prices in Australia have risen sharply amid uncertainty over the ongoing conflict in the MIddle East .On the weekend, US President Donald Trump called for other nations to help secure the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks, which have disrupted global energy supplies.GUEST: Catherine King, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local GovernmentPRODUCER: Isadora Bogle
Former ASIO boss Dennis Richardson is calling for greater urgency in reporting on possible national intelligence failures in the lead up to the Bondi terrorist attack.After quitting the royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion last week, Mr Richardson has warned intelligence findings can't wait until the final report in December.GUEST: John Blaxland, Professor of International Security and Intelligence Studies from the ANU's Strategic and Defence Studies CentrePRODUCER: Catherine Van Extel
Israeli strikes have killed at least 850 people in Lebanon, as the conflict in the Middle East escalates..More than 800-thousand, around 15 per cent of the country's population, have fled their homes since Israel began an offensive; which they say is targeting Iran's proxy, Hezbollah.More than 2,100 have been wounded since March 2, including 107 children, according to the Lebanese health ministry. Guest: Hicham Fawwaz, logistics manager at the Public Health Emergency Operations Center in BeirutProducers: Eddy Diamond, Grace Stranger
Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has entered its third week and with that, shipping has been put to a halt - hampering a fifth of the world's oil supplies.US President Donald Trump has urged its allies and China to send warships to the Strait to help secure the key shipping route out of the Middle East.But the US is yet to do so - so will any other nation offer its own navy?GUEST: Bryan Clark, senior fellow and director of the Center for Defense Concepts and Technology at the Hudson Institute in Washington and formerly a special assistant to the chief of US naval operations
Australian meat exporters are looking for alternative overseas markets as the conflict in the middle east continues to hamper trade.Both sea and air freight have been severely impacted by the widening conflict, making it difficult for Australian exporters to get their products into the lucrative Gulf region, as well as into Europe.GUEST: Ripley Atkinson, Australian Meats and Livestock Manager at StoneX
As the unofficial closure of the Strait of Hormuz enters its third week, US President Donald Trump has called on China and US allies to send warships to the region in an attempt to protect the global oil trade.The narrow strait has remained effectively closed since the US-Israeli strikes began - with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps threatening to attack any ship that attempts to pass through the strait.And while the world's attention has turned to the soaring price of oil and gas, maritime organisations have raised the alarm over the welfare of the tens-of-thousands of seafarers trapped in the Gulf. Guest: Simon Grainge, Chief Executive International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance NetworkProducer: Grace Stranger
We hear from the man who once ran the Pentagon's civilian protection department, tasked with providing guidance on strikes and investigating killings in war. He is accusing the Trump administration of failing to protect civilians in its bombardment of Iran, as the military investigates a strike on an Iranian school, which left more than 160 people dead, most of them childrenThen a former advisor on Iran to both Presidents Biden and Trump discusses the future of the war. And we hear about the domestic impacts, as One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce shares frustrations over the supply of petrol.Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.
A widening war in the Middle East, critical freight blockages, stranded international travellers, depleting oil and gas reserves and asylum-seeking footballers.And amid all that a new National Party leader stepped up to the plate. Our political panel broke down the week from parliament.Guests: Anna Henderson, Chief Political Correspondent at SBS World News, Matthew Knott, Foreign and National Security Correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and Stephanie Borys, Breakfast Political Correspondent.Producer: Jason Whittaker
The conflict in the Middle East has been dominating the headlines this month.But representatives from the nation of Estonia - in Europe's north-east - have been in Australia this week to remind leaders that the war in Europe between Ukraine and Russia grinds on.There are now concerns U-S suggestions of lifting sanctions on Russian oil producers - to ease supply pressures after Iran's attacks on the Strait of Hormuz - could undermine Ukraine's war effort.Guest: Margus Tsahkna, Estonia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Producer: Pip Cook, Tyler Hall
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Maybe we put weapons on Mexico from China and Russia to learn about senseless wars.
Thank you for giving an interview to a moran. Bring him back again so we can enjoy the graves extending even more in Ukraine while he is safe at home in the U.S.
You wanted to do the interview because you want to say Putin is a liar. A dictator. And gone crazy. You deserve the shit. Ukraine is not corrupt, right? They speak gospel.
This is your man, Australia. He is worth a try .
You mean elites will lose money on the remote control in their palms of their hands to adjust the sun, the wind, the rain, the moon, the stars, the whole weather. They have the remote control and not the universe
Is this what it is?
Garbage
You still got your Al Gore mask on from a century ago
young people can't afford to buy homes, and babies and young kids need early learning/schools in proximity to stable longterm housing.
Garbage
18 months? What is next 4 minutes?
Garbage
In Death Valley, California. U S A
Garbage. None of you are Trump. You all work for your masters. You will get rotten eggs thrown at you. None of you are worth going to jail for. Lightweights.
The guest is a coward. Sending other people to die. There is no way Russia is going to be defeated. That is the reality.
Australia is a dog to America. The United Stares created the threat, then got the other two drag into something they were not to be involved in the first place. Fear. China China China. Russia. Russia. Russia Nearly a thousand military bases all over the world and surrounding countries America does not have control over. Australia, you did not build air defence before. Now you build them now against hypersonic missiles. Do you like fetching the stick back & forth from a command from your master.
Stage my rear end.
The 5 eyes nations have no problem surrounding Russia or China. Why the concern?
There is no one else. The most popular ones are dead or are thrown in jail? Garbage. I hope both of you playing stupid are proud of yourself. We are here because people like being mouthpiece of real evil. Like Putin is evil, and we are so good like America and N.A.T.O.
You mean what the Western countries have been doing for decades to the people of Africa stealing and leaving their garbage at the same time.