Thursday Murder Club is the hit book series by British TV host-turned-novelist Richard Osman. Now, Osman has launched a new book series, with a whole new cast of dysfunctional detectives.

And new  Australian novel A Language of Limbs by Dylin Hardcastle is a tale of two lives and "the path not taken."

Guest: Claire Nichols, host of The Book Show 

Today the Albanese Government will introduce legislation to deliver a pay rise for childcare workers. The legislation will set up a special account to lock in funding for a 15 per cent wage increase for workers.

This government says the legislation will give workers certainty that funding is set aside for a wage increase and make it harder for future Government's to cut support.

• Guest: Anne Aly, Early Childhood Education Minister 

Jack Thompson is a legend of Australian film and TV and a household name.

And the Aussie icon is gracing screens soon in Runt, a heartwarming movie about a stray dog.

• Guest: Jack Thompson, Australian actor
• Producer: Kate Jones

The Government's new misinformation legislation being introduced today, but Independent Senator David Pocock is warning that it's remit isn't wide enough.

The Senator has raised the alarm about generative AI, telling RN Breakfast is was "urgent" for the Government to deal with the growing threat of generative AI in election periods before the next federal election.

• Guest: David Pocock, Independent Senator 
• Producer:Joe Sullivan

The Government's moving ahead with some key legislation being introduced, much of it aimed at the online space. What do we know?

This comes on the back of the Government's proposed age limits on social media - but is that workable?

The Chief Political Editor for 9News Charles Croucher joins RN Breakfast to discuss the latest developments in federal politics.

Guest: Charles Croucher, Chief Political Editor for 9News 

Calls are mounting for the Federal Government to do more on gambling reforms and to not abandon the key recommendations of the Murphy review.

Gambling reform advocate Peter Costello told RN Breakfast while he's not a gambling prohibitionist, children should be protected from being "groomed" by the industry through advertising.  He says while the "blindspot" in the US is guns, in Australia it's gambling - and gambling losses.

• Guest:Tim Costello, chief advocate of the Alliance for Gambling Reform 
• Producer: Eleni Psaltis 

Tensions between the mining industry's peak body and the Albanese Government heated up this week in the bush capital. 

Minerals Council chief executive Tania Constable told RN Breakfast the government's industrial relations reforms are already having an impact on the industry and are "a solution looking for a problem."

• Guest: Tania Constable, Minerals Council of Australia Chief Executive
• Producer: Eddy Diamond, Joanna Crothers 

After years of schoolyard bullying, Caitlyn Hincks was driven to the edge. Then a friend asked her to go have a chat on the beach and that connection changed her plans.

Now an ambassador for the national suicide prevention charity R U OK?, September 12th is a day close to her heart.

• Guest: Caitlyn Hincks, ambassador for the national suicide prevention charity R U OK? 
• Producer: Kate Jones

If this discussion has raised issues for you or anyone you know, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14. Or the Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467

After years of price explosions since the pandemic, rental prices are finally plateauing.

Property research firm CoreLogic's national rental index recorded 0 per cent growth over July and August - the least since the index fell 0.2 per cent in July 2020.

• Guest: Tim Lawless, CoreLogic's research director, Asia Pacific
• Producer: Kate Jones

It was the debate that experts said was a make or break for both Vice President Kamala Harris and Former President Donald Trump.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Former President Donald Trump had their first and possibly only debate, with both candidates accusing each other of lying - and both defending their records on everything from immigration to abortion

• Guest: Donna Crane is a lecturer in Political Science at San Jose State University 
• Producer: Matt Simpson