Radio National Breakfast

The Reserve Bank kept rates on hold yesterday. 

The Shadow Treasurer says he's concerned for the small businesses "that have their finance backed up against the security of their home".

Renowned venom expert Bryan Fry's career has been punctuated with dozens of bites and broken bones, significant discoveries and wild journeys - from leading a Hollywood heavyweight through the Amazon, to tangling with a rebel guerilla group in Colombia.

US outlet The Washington Post reports on an elaborate decoy plan that saw the US President Donald Trump secretly swap planes, unbeknown to journalists and some of his own staff, by using an airport catering truck.

The plot was reportedly hatched to thwart a threat on the President's life from Iran. 

Canada's military has been put on stand-by as fires ravage parts of British Columbia. 

The Colombian President says about 190 people remain unaccounted-for.

After three rate hikes earlier this year, the Reserve Bank has kept interest rates steady at 4.35 per cent for August, but they aren't suggesting it's the end of rate rises this year.

Allergy experts are calling for better national allergy data. 

Colombia is racing to find survivors after a deadly earthquake hit the country. We'll take you there to hear about the community at the centre of the disaster.

Then, the South Australian State government has launched a new royal commission into artificial intelligence and the policy settings around it - the Premier Peter Malinauskas explains his thinking. 

And Federal Parliament resumes today, with the government hoping to pass a number of bills this sitting fortnight - including proposals to overhaul the National Disability Insurance Scheme and regulations around gambling.

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

New research shows the Great Barrier Reef is showing signs of recovery after several mass bleaching events in the last decade, thanks to a late-summer monsoon.