Midfielder and veteran Matilda Aivi Luik has been caught in an international doping scandal dating back to 2022, despite never undertaking a test for a banned substance.

Luik, who is currently contracted to Swedish club BK Hacken FF is considering legal action after the charges were made by Italy's National Anti-Doping authority in April this year. 

• Guest: Tracey Holmes, journalist, host The Sports Ambassador
• Producer: Joanna Crothers

In the South China Sea a dangerous new flashpoint has emerged in an ongoing maritime dispute between China and the Philippines.

Both countries have claims on reefs and outcrops in the sea around Sabina Shoal - an area that is rich in oil and gas.

• Guest: Jennifer Parker,  Expert Associate at the ANU's National Security College and a former Naval Officer
• Producer: David Cook

In Paris, the 2024 Paralympic Games have officially opened - and one of those representing team Australia in 2024 is multi-talented athlete Jess Gallagher - the first Australian athlete to win Summer and Winter Paralympic medals. 

She told RN Breakfast she "never envisaged being where I am today" - and says in the last decade of the Paralympics there have been "extraordinary shifts and transformation."

• Guest:Jess Gallagher, Australian Paralympic athlete
• Producer: Madeleine Hanger  

The Quandamooka Festival celebrates country and culture and is an arts festival like no other.

After a two year break it returns to Queensland's Stradbroke Island, and includes drive in movies, basket weaving and humpback whales sightings.

• Guest: Avril Quaill, Creative Director, Quandamooka Festival

48-hours after Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt - indictment charges against the former president were dismissed.

But the former President has not fully dodged criminal charges - today they have been reinstated by the same special counsel Jack Smith who vowed to appeal that ruling. 

Guest: Scott Jennings, CNN political commentator and former Republican strategist Producer: Eddy Diamond 

Nearly half of accountants and bookkeepers surveyed in new research believe their profession suffers from a negative image, with 80% stating that it is seen as boring.

Guest: Gavan Ord, Senior Manager Business and Investment Policy, CPA Australia

Debate over the protection of Australia's waters has re-ignited this week after another illegal fishing boat from Indonesia was spotted off W-A's Kimberly coast on the weekend.

Australian Border Force says there's been a surge of illegal fishing boats in Australian waters coming from Indonesia, and Traditional Owners and tourism operators in WA's far north aren't happy with the response.

• Guest: Justin Bathurst, Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Some LGBTIQ+ lobby groups say the Prime Minister should be banned from marching in the Mardi Gras, after it was confirmed the next census won't include questions on sexuality and gender.

Independent MP Allegra Spender says the decision to exclude the questions is "inexplicable" and says from a public policy decision perspective its important to capture this data. 

• Guest:  Allegra Spender, Independent MP

The CFMEU and tens of thousands of people have tried to send the Government a message amid protests, can the Albanese Government afford to have tradies turn on them? 

The Federal Government has announced international student caps, the larger universities are furious - but will this be passed?The chief political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age David Crowe joins RN Breakfast to discuss the latest developments in federal politics.Guest: David Crowe

The Education Minister has announced a cap on the number of international students able to start study at Australian universities and vocational training providers next year.

But the University sector has widely panned the decision. Group of 8 CEO Vicki Thompson told RN Breakfast there are fears international students will "vote with their feet" and undertake their international studies elsewhere - citing evidence of the same thing happening when Canada introduced a similar ban. 

• Guest:Vicki Thomson, CEO and Director, Group of 8
• Producer: Madeleine Hanger