Radio National Breakfast

Mar 09 2025 82 ep. 91 mins 551
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Radio National Breakfast is Australia's only daily national radio current affairs program, synonymous with agenda-setting news coverage, breaking news and a place where you will hear the most significant stories impacting the lives of all Australians wherever they live. It is a pre-eminent thought leader in Australia.

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Breakfast Wrap: Why is Labor so strong in WA?

Mar 09 2025 24 mins  
As expected, Labor has had another thumping win in a W-A state election, winning a third consecutive term in government. Roger Cook's government is predicted to take more than 40 seats ... with the Liberals and Nationals to hold only 9 between them. So can anything be gleaned from that result for Labor's prospects in the federal election? Also, in 2019, Australian climate scie

Breakfast Wrap: Tracking a tropical cyclone

Mar 06 2025 30 mins  
Cyclone Alfred has displayed several unusual movements as it slows to a crawl before making landfall in south-east Queensland. The slowed pace of TC Alfred has given the people of Brisbane more time to prepare, but also more downtime to wade through. It's also prompted ABC Radio Brisbane to pack up and leave its Southbank offices in order to prepare itself for emergency broadcas

Breakfast Wrap: The cost of a cyclone

Mar 05 2025 25 mins  
As Tropical Cyclone Alfred barrels closer to the Queensland coast, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has assured he has been speaking with the CEOs of some of Australia's major insurers. It comes as a new report from the Australia Institute report shows one in every five homes is either uninsured or considered under-insured. Meanwhile, non-for-profit organisations working with people expe

Breakfast Wrap: Mosque threat shakes Muslim community

Mar 04 2025 27 mins  
NSW Police have launched a major investigation into an online threat at a newly opened mosque in Sydney's south-west. Many in the Muslim community say it's left them feeling distressed, disturbed and heartbroken during the holy month of Ramadan. Meanwhile, sweeping US tariffs on imports from Canada, China, and Mexico have now come into effect, triggering retaliatory measures and

Radio National Breakfast Full Episode - 5th March 2025

Mar 04 2025 174 mins  
Australia's home for the best coverage of the biggest breaking news events with specialised analysis of politics, business and sport and agenda-setting interviews with some of the world's leading experts, and change makers.

Breakfast Wrap: Why the gender pay gap is important data

Mar 03 2025 27 mins  
Coverage and analysis of national and international events.

Breakfast Wrap: Inside Downing Street's thinking on Ukraine

Mar 02 2025 27 mins  
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been warmly welcomed by European leaders in London, with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announcing a new $3 billion (AUD) deal that would allow Ukraine to purchase 5,000 air-defence missiles using export finance. The scenes in London have contrasted sharply with the shouting and finger pointing in Washington at the weekend. The fiery e

Breakfast Wrap: How Starmer charmed Trump

Feb 27 2025 25 mins  
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is visiting the White House to try to convince US President Donald Trump that a lasting peace in Ukraine will endure only if Kyiv and European leaders are at the table as negotiations move forward with Moscow. Ahead of his meeting, the Prime Minister said there was quote "no more important relationship" for his country than that with the United State

Breakfast Wrap: Former Defence boss on Chinese warships

Feb 26 2025 26 mins  
Australian Defence officials yesterday revealed they were given no advance warning that China was preparing to carry out live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea last week, between Australia and New Zealand. They confirm they only learned about the drills from a Virgin Australia pilot, after commercial airlines picked up radio communications from Chinese naval officers. Defence Min

Breakfast Wrap: Chinese warships tracking close to Tasmania

Feb 25 2025 27 mins  
The Australian Defence Force says it's closely monitoring the Chinese warships that have now re-entered Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone after conducting live fire exercises without notice in the Tasman Sea last week. The opposition is accusing Labor of downplaying the incident. Also, Australia's chief financial markets regulator Joe Longo warns he can't do his job properly if