Rn Breakfast - Separate Stories Podcast

Dolly Alderton's popular memoir Everything I Know About Love has been adapted for the small screen, exploring the growing pains and confusion of your early 20s. Also out this week is Under the Banner of Heaven, another TV show following the current trend of ripped-from-the-headlines stories.

All around the country, football fans will be rising before dawn tomorrow morning to watch the socceroos in a do-or-die clash against the United Arab Emirates. After a difficult campaign the Australians are at grave risk of missing out on the World Cup finals for the first time in two decades.

The Prime Minister and other frontbenchers have been accompanied by nearly a dozen high powered business leaders on their trip to Indonesia. Business Council of Australia Chief, Jennifer Westacott says there are huge opportunities in the region and the trip is part of a wider reset for Australia.

Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen will be meeting tomorrow with his state and territory counterparts to try to find a way out of the price crisis. David Crowe joins RN Breakfast to discuss the latest developments in federal politics.

The Coalition claims Labor is fumbling when it comes to managing the energy crisis. Ted O'Brien, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy says the Coalition has a track record of supporting energy projects.

After just a fortnight in office, the Albanese government is confronting rising power bills across parts of the country. Resources Minister Madeleine King has been talking to gas companies, she says they're doing their level best to maximise production and release supply into the market.

Tomorrow energy ministers from across the country will meet to find a way out of the current price spiral. One idea garnering attention is a nation-wide domestic gas reserve, which already exists in Western Australia.

RSPCA NSW has kickstarted its Seniors for Seniors program, giving older pets a second chance to find their forever family. They're offering a 50% discount for Seniors Card holders to adopt one of RSPCA NSW's golden oldies - dogs and cats aged over eight years old.

Climate talks have begun in Bonn, the first UN climate talks since COP26 in Glasgow last November. With five months until COP27 in Egypt, are nations on track to meet their climate goals?

Antarctic researchers have discovered a previously hidden ecosystem, under an ice shelf. While scientists had speculated about hidden freshwater lakes and rivers, they haven't previously been studied directly.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has survived a confidence motion to his leadership, 211 votes to 148. The vote follows anger over a recent report detailing lockdown rule-breaking in Downing Street during Covid as well as rising living expenses.

Baxter Dury's cockney drawl will finally grace Australian stages, 20 years after he kicked off his music career. He performs at Rising Festival in Melbourne and Dark Mofo in Hobart this week.

The Labor government has made delivering on the promise of the Uluru Statement of the Heart a top priority. Newly appointed Special Envoy for Reconciliation Pat Dodson will be tasked with implementing the statement into political reality.

East Timor is signing agreements with Beijing covering air services, healthcare, economic and technical cooperation. The swag of new deals come as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's tour of the region comes to a close.

The new Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has unveiled his Shadow Cabinet, which now includes 10 women and an increased presence of the Nationals . He says the women elected to Shadow Cabinet got there based on talent and he doesn't support gender quotas.

There is currently a shortage of 290 medicines in Australia, 36 of them critical, with authorities now relying on various workarounds. The Australian Medical Association says the situation is tenuous and Australia needs to boost its local manufacturing capacity to safeguard future supplies.

Workers wages and climbing cost are the big challenge for the Government - so what can be done? The Chief Political Correspondent for The Conversation Michelle Grattan joins RN Breakfast to discuss the latest developments in federal politics.

Labor has argued minimum wage workers should get a pay rise of 5.1%, in line with inflation in a submission to the Fair Work Commission. Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Tony Burke says Labor doesn't want to see workers go backwards, and that he's astonished that's a controversial statement.

Soaring domestic energy prices are the first major test for the Albanese Government, as a growing number of manufacturers warn they'll be forced to shut down if prices don't fall. The cost of gas has risen by as much as 400%, and would be even higher if the Australian Energy Market Operator hadn't intervened to impose price caps.

The energy cost spike is hitting households and businesses hard and putting even more pressure on inflation. Tomorrow the RBA meets, and the question is not if but how much the Central Bank will raise interest rates.