On tonight's program: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is warning Australia's east coast is facing a gas crisis far worse than first predicted; and against almost universal opposition, the Kurds of oil-rich northern Iraq, are right now voting in an independence referendum.

On today’s show: North Korea’s Foreign Minister dangling the threat of a hydrogen bomb explosion in the Pacific; Remote communities in the Northern Territory about to get a visit from the Bureau of Statistics collecting same-sex marriage surveys; And a fight for the soul of craft beer as one Sydney brewer sells out to the world's biggest alcohol company.

On today's show: The Federal Government issues a new recall notice for the Takata airbags that explode uncontrollably and are associated with 19 deaths worldwide; The desperate search for survivors continues after the earthquake in Mexico City; And this weekend's New Zealand election is neck and neck, we get a frank assessment of both major parties from New Zealand's Maori Party.

On today's program: Survivors trapped under rubble in Mexico City after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake are said to be sending messages from their phones to friends and relatives, hoping to lead rescuers to their locations; and Tony Abbott has threatened to cross the floor if legislation comes before Parliament for any clean energy target the Government may want.

On tonight's program: Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi condemns violence and invites international scrutiny over the mass exodus of Muslim Rohingyas; A big shake-up of your free-to-air television offering looms, because America's biggest TV provider is a step closer to owning the Ten Network.

On tonight's program: The former president of the RSL in New South Wales has admitted using the charity's money to buy phones and flights for his family; As Australians ranked among the big winners at this year's Emmy's; and international experts have told a forum on people smuggling that Australia has a duty to immediately resettle asylum seekers from Manus Island and Nauru.

On Friday's program: Nerves are rattled in Japan and South Korea, after the North's latest ballistic missile launch, snubbing the latest sanctions passed unanimously by the UN Security Council just days ago; And out of the rubble of war, a fitting response to the brutality of IS, as the burnt-out library at Mosul attracts thousands of friends.

On today's show: The unveiling of a new memorial in Canberra draws attention to big gaps in support for peacekeepers; Remote towns are divided over whether the Federal Government's cashless welfare card should be rolled out nationally; And as the Commonwealth prepares to launch a redress scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse, what happens if the states don't all get on board?