Hate speech laws pass Parliament, businesses outline election agenda, Chinese AI app banned, tackling the ADF's recruitment crisis, and the push for banks to leave a UN climate deal.

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2024 marks two decades since the Indian Ocean tsunami, a massive natural disaster which left well over 200,000 people dead.

The wave was so large it altered the rotation of the earth.

In the aftermath, Australia donated more than $1b in aid to help Indonesia and other countries recover.

Breaking Politics spoke with Plan International's Syifa Andina, who was in the car with her mum and brother when the tsunami hit.

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Interest rates remain on hold, Australia strikes treaty with Nauru, PNG gets NRL team, debate rages over Antisemitism, and poll neck-and-neck ahead of the election.

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Government prepares for mid-year budget update, response to Veteran Suicide Royal Commission handed down, Greens' student debt plan criticised, tradies added to visa scheme, and Syria's civil war reignites.

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Parliament wraps up for the year, monthly inflation remains steady, concern over pharmacist title change, calls for more investment in our outer suburbs, and why smart technology could be a security threat.

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Prime Minister returns home from G20 summit, government flags cash mandate, fight over foreign student caps, Bunnings pinged for privacy breach, and why Australian businesses are offshoring parts of their operation.

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Vietnam war hero wins Victoria Cross medal, jobless rate remains steady, Donald Trump begins assembling his new US administration, how Australia is handling population growth, and the government ramps up its efforts to tackle youth vaping.

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Donald Trump wins US election, interest rates on hold, the PM promises lower study debts, airline perks under scrutiny, and the push to break up big supermarkets.

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Americans are heading the polls, to choose between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. The election will have lasting ramifications for the US, on issues from foreign policy to abortion. But what does the vote mean for Australia? Zac de Silva spoke with United States Studies Centre Director of Research Jared Mondschein to find out.

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David Crisafulli on becoming the new Queensland premier, Pollster Kos Samaras on what the LNP's win means at a federal level, Joe Aston on his new book on Qantas, Former PM Tony Abbott on Covid inquiry and Economist Warren Hogan on inflation

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