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The full unedited daily program is available on our website at:
abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/
Episodes
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Dec 21, 2025 • 8min
Cate Campbell's Summer Reading
Olympic swimmer Cate Campbell shares her summer reading list with Barbara MillerCurrently reading:The Names by Florence KnappSummer list:Mabel by Sally HepworthThe Testaments by Margaret Atwood

Dec 21, 2025 • 8min
Human Rights Law Centre critiques proposed NSW protest laws
The New South Wales parliament will be recalled today as Premier Chris Minns vows to draft new laws in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.The government wants to tighten its gun laws and will also consider measures to restrict the rights to protest in the state.

Dec 21, 2025 • 7min
Epstein files partially pulled after US Justice Department upload
A photograph of US President Donald Trump alongside the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein is among more than a dozen files that have suddenly disappeared from the US Justice Department's webpage less than a day after they were posted with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public.The Justice Department has given no explanation for the removals fuelling speculation about transparency and questions as to whether other images of Donald Trump with Jeffrey Epstein also exist.

Dec 21, 2025 • 9min
Allegra Spender says a review of intelligence and law enforcement agencies is "not good enough" in the wake of the Bondi terror attack
One week after the deadly terror attack at Bondi state and federal governments are hard at work on gun reforms and a review into intelligence and law enforcement agencies.But last night victims, residents and thousands of supporters gathered at Bondi to remember the 15 lives lost.

Dec 21, 2025 • 6min
Police ministers meet over new gun buyback scheme
The NSW Parliament has been called back today to urgently discuss gun reforms in the wake of the Bondi terror attack that killed 15 people.Meanwhile, Australian police ministers are also meeting today, tasked with working through details of the federal government's newly announced gun buyback scheme.Not since the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania has Australia embarked on such a project, which saw hundreds of thousands of guns collected and destroyed.

Dec 21, 2025 • 9min
Lead drafter of IHRA antisemitism definition pushes back on proposed laws
The New South Wales parliament will be recalled this week as the Minns government moves to rush through new laws after the Bondi terror attack.

Dec 21, 2025 • 4min
Cherry producers hoping Christmas week gets season back on track
They're the summer holiday staple that's been a bit late getting to the Christmas table this year.Cherry producers across many parts of the country are hoping the final week before Christmas puts their season back on track.Cool and wet weather through November and early December saw the season delayed by several weeks.

Dec 21, 2025 • 9min
Over 100 now dead in escalating stand off between US and Venezuela
The stand off between the US and Venezuela continues to escalate with a second vessel seized and over 100 killed in deadly strikes.

Dec 18, 2025 • 26min
Breakfast Wrap: Can politicians find consensus on how to curb antisemitism?
Coverage and analysis of national and international events.

Dec 18, 2025 • 15min
Friday Political Panel: Bondi terror attack
It's been a heartbreaking week for the country and a humbling one for the government.The shock and anger in the community over the massacre of Jewish lives in Sydney came with an acknowledgement from the Prime Minister yesterday that more could have been done to stamp out anti-Semitism.To break it all down, our Friday political panel Guests:Tom McIlroy, is Political Editor at Guardian Australia Michelle Grattan, Chief Political Correspondent at The Conversation Phil Coorey, Political Editor at The Australian Financial ReviewProducer: Jason Whittaker


