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Australia's heatwave is entering its third day, with conditions worsening in Victoria today.

Emergency chiefs have warned of a potential bushfire disaster, with catastrophic fire danger warnings in place... and two major bushfires already burning.

• Guest: Claire Ewart Kennedy, Strathbogie Shire acting Mayor
• Producer: Eddy Diamond

It was a comprehensive score line, as Australia finished off the Ashes in style in Sydney. While record numbers of cricket fans attended the Sydney test, the financial windfall of the series will be closely monitored by Cricket Australia, given the financial losses it recorded last year.

Journalist, author and ABC sports reporter Paul Kennedy shares his Summer reading list with Barbara Miller.

A host of prominent writers have pulled out of the Adelaide Writers Week after the festival announced it was removing prominent academic, lawyer and Palestine advocate Randa Abdel-Fattah from its line-up.

The decision to remove her has received support from the South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas. But authors including Miles Franklin winners Michelle de Kretser and Melissa Lucashenko as well as Peter Greste, Yanis Varoufakis and Amy McQuire are among those now boycotting the festival in response to the move.

• Guest: Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, Palestinian-Australian author, academic and advocate
• Producer: Flint Duxfield

The prime minister launched a Commonwealth royal commission into the Bondi terror attack yesterday- bowing to mounting pressure from the opposition, victims and community groups.

Anthony Albanese said he'd respected and listened to community views- saying the federal probe would broadly examine antisemitism and social cohesion.

• Guest: Michelle Rowland, Attorney-General
• Producer: Jason Whittaker

For weeks, the federal opposition has been calling for a Commonwealth royal commission after the Bondi terror attack.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said a federal royal commission will take place... replacing the previously announced state-based NSW royal commission.

• Guest: James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Finance, the Public Service and Government Services
• Producer: Jason Whittaker

A national royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion has been called by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after weeks of pressure to establish an inquiry.

Defending the U-turn, the Prime Minister has said he came to this decision after discussions with the Jewish community and families of the victims of the Bondi terror attack.

• Guest: Rabbi Eli Feldman, of Newtown Synagogue
• Producer: Eddy Diamond

One of Australia's Winter Olympic hopefuls, aerial skier Laura Peel has just added another World Cup medal to her trophy cabinet.

The two-time world aerials champion claimed the medal just ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics, which kick off in Milano Cortina in Italy in less than a month.

• Guest: Laura Peel, aerial skier
• Producer: Brooke Young

It's hard to get a read on where relations stand between Donald Trump and the Colombian leader Gustavo Petro... a couple of days ago they were trading insults and threats – now they've had a phone call and are planning a meeting.

But tensions remain high in Latin America – as the US forges ahead with its claims on Venezuelan oil – and with threats hanging in the air that Gustavo Petro could ultimately suffer the same fate as Nicolas Maduro – the Venezuelan leader deposed by the US at the weekend.

• Guest: Beth Dickinson, Deputy Director for Latin America at the International Crisis Group
• Producer: Anne Barker