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Violence has erupted in Alice Springs overnight after the arrest of the alleged killer of a five-year-old girl.

47-year-old Jefferson Lewis is being held in relation to the murder of Kumanjayi Little Baby, just hours after the little girl's body was found near the town camp where she was taken.

• GUEST: Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator Malarndirri McCarthy

Northern Territory Police is calling for calm in Alice Springs after violence broke out in the wake of the death of a five year old girl.

47 year old Jefferson Lewis has been arrested after the body of five year old Kumanjayi Little baby was found about five kilometres from where she was last seen.

Violence broke out in front of Alice Springs Hospital overnight with police being accused of protecting the detainee.

• GUEST: Nathan Finn, President of the Northern Territory Police Association
• PRODUCER: Eleni Psaltis

• While the Iran war can take its fair share of blame for a spike in inflation, economists have warned building cost inflation is squeezing the property market. With the Iran war continuing to drag along, what is the industry expecting and can reforms to the National Construction Code help?GUEST: Denita Wawn, CEO of Master Builders AustraliaPRODUCER: Joe Sullivan

Alice Springs has witnessed a night of violence following the arrest of the man accused of killing Kumanjayi Little Baby 

Northern Territory Police have confirmed that the man alleged to have murdered the five year old girl has been arrested.

47-year-old Jefferson Lewis has been the subject of a police manhunt, and is accused of murdering the young girl in Alice Springs.

• GUEST: Catherine Liddle, the CEO of SNAICC 
• PRODUCER: Katie McAllister

As the U-S blockade of Iranian ports continues, what is Iran doing with all the oil it can no longer export?

U-S President Donald Trump predicted last weekend that the country's oil wells would, quote, "explode" in a matter of days - and that Iran would soon run out of storage space.

But oil experts say the reality is much more complex than that.

• GUEST: Robin Mills, CEO of Qamar Energy and Non-resident Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy
• PRODUCER: Pip Cook

47 year old Jefferson Lewis has been transported to Darwin - after violence broke out in Alice Springs last night.

NT Police say the transfer was not for medical treatment, but over quote "safety concerns".

They also say they're expecting to lay charges against Jefferson Lewis in the coming days.

• GUEST: Robyn Lambley, Northern Territory independent M-P based in Alice Springs
• PRODUCER: Stephanie Borys

Grape growers in the NSW Riverina say they're facing one of the toughest seasons in living memory, with poor yields, rock-bottom prices and soaring production costs.

A recent global downturn in wine drinking, particularly reds, has led to a global oversupply and years of low prices for some wine grape growers.

• GUEST: Steve Barbon, winegrape grower and member of Riverina Winegrape Growers
• PRODUCER: Eddy Diamond 

What do you know about Polymarket?

We look at the platform letting people put a bet on basically anything - from sport to war. And how its being used to predict attacks in the Middle East. 

Then, ahead of next month's federal budget we hear from Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson. 

And the former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert discusses the ongoing strikes in Lebanon.

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

As Brisbane 2032 inspires golden dreams for many Australian athletes it's also inspired dreams for golden labradors and retrievers.

Guide Dogs Queensland wants to significantly upscale its operations, in time for the Olympics and the Paralympic Games and is doubling its teams and services across the state.   

Warning: this conversation will talk about mental health and mental illness

When the career of coal miner-turned ABC sports broadcaster Craig Hamilton was taking off, "mental health" wasn't something that crossed his mind.

In the year 2000 that changed, after a psychotic episode at a Newcastle train station on his way to cover the Sydney Olympics.

In the last quarter of a century, he has chosen to talk and write about his experience in the hope that it would change the lives of others.

Guest: Craig Hamilton, mental health advocate, former broadcaster and author of Broken Open and A Better Life