Radio National Breakfast — Separate stories podcast

Updated: 10 Jul 2025 • 6494 episodes
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Radio National Breakfast daily stories separated for easy listening. 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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Last week the Yoorook Justice Commission found that a genocide had been committed against Indigenous people in Victoria. It's the first formal truth telling inquiry in Austrlia's history and it's report was packed with 100 recommendations.

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Prior to Donald Trump's inauguration in January, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) provided over forty per cent of the global humanitarian funding.   In the wake of the dismantling of this program, several European countries have announced plans to decrease foreign aid funding, prompting the European

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The United States has announced that it will impose sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the United Nations' special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories. Guest: Prof Ben Saul, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter Terrorism and Challis Chair of International Law at The

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Could the United States soon ask Australia to pay more under the AUKUS pact? A Pentagon review of the $368 billion agreement is underway and sources close to the US Undersecretary of Defence, Elbridge Colby have suggested to Nine newspapers that he wants major changes to the program before Australia can get the nuclear

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The Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal has released her long awaited plan to combat antisemitism. The report recommends stripping funding where possible from broadcasters, universities and arts institutions who fail to fight antisemitism. But Jillian Segal says this would be a last resort measure. Guest

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is heading off to China for a trip that will focus on business ties with Australia's largest trading partner. But as the relationship with Beijing warms, it's Washington DC that is casting a cool shadow over Canberra. Guests:Clare Armstrong, National Political Editor at News Corp.Mark Ke

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