Radio National Breakfast

Radio National Breakfast takes a closer look at the iconic songs of Dolly Parton.

The federal government is hoping to settle new energy and water rules for data centres at a national cabinet meeting later today despite opposition from Queensland and the Northern Territory.

State and territory leaders are calling on Prime Minister to scrap GST funding arrangements which favour Western Australia — despite Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ruling out any changes.

Ireland's official statistics office found almost a quarter of their national grid was being used by data centres in 2025 and that's expected to increase in the coming years.

Iran's biggest trading partner China is hitting back at Washington's latest sanctions threat, calling them illegal and saying it will take all measures necessary to guard its own interests.

Jackson Pollock's 'Blue Poles' divided the nation when Gough Whitlam's government approved the acquisition for $1.3 million in 19-73. But it's become a prized possession of the National Gallery in Canberra — now valued at more than $500 million.

Now, 'Blue Poles' is hitting the road — for the first time in almost a quarter of a century — to give West Australians their first glimpse of Pollock's masterpiece.

• GUEST: Dr Nick Mitzevich, Director of the National Gallery of Australia.
• PRODUCER: Jason Whittaker

National Cabinet meets today, with rules for data centres on the agenda.

The federal government wants to settle new rules for how data centres use energy at national cabinet tomorrow. 

The government says it doesn't want a 'race to the bottom' where states are pitted against each other, competing for data centres. 

Then, we'll get the latest on Canada's trade war with the US and Washington's latest sanctions on Iran. 

The British Prime Minister heads to Kyiv bearing gifts. 

And questions are raised around lobbying rules in Australia's federal parliament. 

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

17 years ago when Nick Maisey was studying occupational therapy in Western Australia, he saw an email addressed to his faculty.

Kangaroo Island is a breeding ground for seals and the endangered sea lion.