Dozens of small screen personalities and media executives are in Canberra today lobbying for more support for free-to-air television from the Albanese government.

The sector is facing challenging times with fewer than half of all Australians turning on free-to-air television in any given week and streamers and social media capturing more of our attention.

• Guest: Bridget Fair, Chief Executive of Free TV Australia
• Producer: Grace Stranger

The Sydney Opera House Lottery sold 86.7 million tickets between 1957 and 1986 to raise $102 million to facilitate the construction of the national icon.

Could a similar lottery provide an alternative source of funding for struggling arts industry?

That's one proposal up for debate ahead of an arts tax summit later this month in New South Wales.

• Guest: Fiona Menzies, former head of Creative Partnerships Australia
• Producer: Grace Stranger

Samoa is likely to get a new Prime Minister after months of political turmoil.

Fiame Naomi Mata'afa became the country's first woman prime minister in 2021 but a leadership spill within her own Fast party prompted Friday's snap election.

Election results are expected by the end of the week but experts warn the political uncertainty isn't over yet.

• Guest: Dr Iati Iati, senior lecturer in politics and international relations at Victoria University of Wellington
• Producer: Eddy Diamond

More than 800 people have been killed and almost 3,000 injured after a major earthquake struck Afghanistan's north-east on Sunday.

The magnitude 6 quake struck just before midnight near the eastern city of Jalalabad, one of the five biggest cities in the country.

The disaster is set to further stretch resources in a country already grappling with a humanitarian crisis.

• Guest: Charlie Goodlake, the External Relations Officer at the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, in Afghanistan
• Producer: Anne Barker

A post-war plan for Gaza is reportedly circulating within the Trump administration that would put Gaza under US control for at least a decade, while it's rebuilt as a tourist resort and manufacturing hub.

The Washington Post is reporting that the 38-page plan includes the temporary relocation of Gaza's two million residents, either by paying them to leave the strip, or by placing them in tightly secured zones within Gaza — during reconstruction.

• Guest: Cate Brown, international investigations reporter at The Washington Post
• Producer: Anne Barker

Minister for Multicultural Affairs Anne Aly has labelled the weekend's mass anti-immigration marches a 'con'.

She says fringe groups preyed on Australians, some of whom had legitimate concerns around housing and cost of living, in order to propagate anti-immigration and racist agendas.

In Melbourne, known neo-Nazi's attended the rally, with one leader addressing crowds at the podium on the state parliament steps. 

Multicultural communities have raised concerns, and experts are worried about the strategies far-right groups are using to attract ordinary Australians. 

The Breakfast Wrap hears from federal government minister Anne Aly and her Coalition counterpart.

Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.

Could you name the best book of the 21st century? Or at least 10 of your favourites?

That's the challenge set — ahead of ABC Radio National's Top 100 Books.

Guest: Claire Nichols presents The Book Show on Radio National 

The latest national statistics show Australia's unemployment rate has fallen to 4.2 per cent. But for Australians with autism, the figure soars to above 30 per cent.

This is something Australian Spatial Analytics is hoping to turn around... With offices in Brisbane and Melbourne, 80 per cent of its workforce is neurodivergent. 

• Guest: Geoffrey Smith, co-founder Australian Spatial Analytics

The federal government is hoping its cheaper medicines bill — to reduce the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme co-payment to 25-dollars — passes the Senate today.

But does it have the support of the Greens?

Guest: Jordon Steele-John, Greens spokesperson for Health & Mental Health, plus Disability Inclusion and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

The March for Australia rallies were condemned by the Opposition Leader Sussan Ley before they took place ... she called for respect, tolerance, and a sense of community.

The rallies went on to be addressed by federal MPs Bob Katter and Pauline Hanson. 

• Guest: Paul Scarr, Shadow Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Minister