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Every weekday morning, RN Breakfast provides the most comprehensive coverage and analysis of national and international events on Australian radio. Hosted by one of our country’s most respected and experienced journalists, Patricia Karvelas, the program is the show informed Australians wake up to.

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RN Breakfast

Coverage and analysis of national and international events.

Published: with Patricia Karvelas

Duration: 2 hours 24 minutes 42 seconds

eSafety Commissioner calls for power to ban accounts to help battle AI deepfake pornography

Explicit deepfakes on the internet, including deepfake pornography, have increased more than 500 per cent per year since 2019.

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julie inman grant speaks at a press conference
Duration: 10 minutes 15 seconds

How well can Australia defend itself?

It's a question asked by experts and addressed in numerous reviews of Australia's military capability, as serious concerns have been raised about potential shortfalls between classes of war ships as well as diminished defence recruitment numbers.

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Mark Hammond in Navy uniform.
Duration: 10 minutes 11 seconds

Super fund pressured to cut ties with CFMEU

The fallout from the CFMEU scandal is widening, with super funds linked to the troubled union being pressured to cut ties.

Published:

A man wearing a suit and glasses
Duration: 9 minutes 5 seconds

Early polling shows Kamala Harris beating Trump in Presidential election

Vice President Kamala Harris now has the support of enough Democratic delegates to earn the party's nomination for President - and early polling tips her to win the race in November.

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Kamala Harris US Vice-President
Duration: 8 minutes 5 seconds

Deep sea dark oxygen questions origins of life of earth

The discovery goes against everything that scientists have always believed, and calls into question the very origins of life on earth.

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Deep sea
Duration: 7 minutes 32 seconds

'Go home, tourists': Spain holds mass over-tourism protests

There are fears Spain's widespread over-tourism protests could flow into other corners of Europe as anti-tourist graffiti pops up over the continent.

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People hold a banner that reads "Mallorca is not for sale", as they take part in a protest against mass tourism.
Duration: 8 minutes 50 seconds

Bangladeshi-Australians raise alarm over violence in Bangladesh

Bangladeshi-Australians are raising the alarm over violence in the capital Dhaka, and a government crackdown that's cut many of them off from their loved ones.

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Four protesters stand in a line in a street with a large crowd and smoke haze behind them.
Duration: 5 minutes 31 seconds

Small modular reactors unlikely to become realistic energy source in Australia for decades

A report looking at the future of nuclear power in Australia has found that small modular reactors are unlikely to become a realistic or viable option for Australia for at least 20 to 25 years.

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Long aerial shot of water vapour rising from cooling towers at a power plant.
Duration: 8 minutes 14 seconds

'A political win': Netanyahu to address joint meeting of US Congress as protests continue

In his first public call since leaving the race, President Joe Biden vowed to end the war in Gaza during his final months in office and the two leaders are set to meet this week.

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Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu sit in chairs in front of Israeli and US flags.
Duration: 10 minutes 9 seconds

New memoir confronts gay hate murders in Sydney

When the body of 27-year-old Mathematician Scott Johnson was found at the bottom of cliffs at Sydney's North Head in 1988, police dismissed his death as suicide.

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Scott and Steve Johnson as young men.
Duration: 9 minutes 3 seconds

James McCann brings his dark and biting comedy to Australian tour

McCann is making big waves on the international stage, performing in New York, L.A. and even at cult podcaster Joe Rogan's famous Comedy Mothership club in Texas, and is currently touring in Australia.

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Headshot of comedian James McCann as he looks off camera
Duration: 7 minutes 31 seconds

'Online whack-a-mole': How can the government combat deepfakes?- Politics with Tom McIlroy

Political correspondent with the Australian Financial Review Tom McIlroy joins RN Breakfast to discuss the latest developments in federal politics.

Published:

Pariament house from the front entrance at night with the flag lit up in the dark
Duration: 3 minutes 7 seconds

Missing Matildas luggage and dimming hopes of AFL Premiership glory - Sport with Warwick Hadfield

Sports commentator and RN Breakfast legend, Warwick Hadfield brings the latest news from the world of sport.

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Sports crowd
Duration: 7 minutes 12 seconds

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