Radio National Breakfast

In some parts of Queensland stranded patients are occupying hospital beds for more than a thousand days while waiting for an aged care or NDIS package.

Just last week the federal government announced funding for an extra 5,000 aged care beds nation-wide in a bid to address this so-called bed block challenge.

The federal government unveiled its long-awaited proposal to make tech giants pay for Australian journalism.Under the draft laws, the News Bargaining Incentive would tax Meta, Google and TikTok 2.25% of their Australian revenue - a levy they can offset by striking deals with news publishers.

The tax is expected to raise up to 250 million dollars a year, which will be distributed to media companies. 

• GUEST: Daniel Mulino, Assistant Treasurer 
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled the government's long-awaited proposal to make tech giants pay for Australian journalism.

The new draft legislation includes a dedicated levy mechanism, which the government hopes will push tech platforms to strike deals directly with news outlets.

• GUEST: Rod Sims, Enterprise Professor at Melbourne University's Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research and former ACCC chairman
• PRODUCER: Eddy Diamond

A wave of apparently coordinated insurgent attacks have stunned the West African country of Mali. 

We explore what comes next, and why Russia is involved.

Overnight, King Charles followed in his mother's foot steps - telling the joint session of Congress that the bond between the US and UK is irreplaceable and unbreakable.

King Charles also told Congress that the AUKUS agreement will keep the citizens of Australia, the UK and the US safer for generations to come. 

• GUEST: John Rentoul, chief political commentator at The Independent
• PRODUCER: Pip Cook

Mexican authorities have arrested a drug kingpin who was viewed as a possible successor to the notorious El Mencho.

El Mencho - who was the leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel - died in custody earlier this year.

In the latest development, Mexico's security leader says Audías Flores Silva has been captured, as part of an ongoing crackdown on drug-smuggling cartels in the country.

So who is this man - known widely as The Gardener? 

• GUEST: Jon Bonfiglio, Latin American correspondent
• PRODUCER: Pip Cook

The UK government must do more - and do it faster - if it's to keep its promises under the AUKUS deal.

That's the key finding of a parliamentary Defence Committee review in the UK.

As part of the AUKUS agreement, the United Kingdom and Australia are working together to design and build a new class of nuclear-powered attack submarines.

So what could potential delays in the UK mean for Australia's submarine program?

• GUEST: Tan Dhesi, Labour MP for Slough and Chair of the House of Commons Defence Committee 

Around 1 in 5 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 14 years and over are smokers. 

So can a burst of hip hop help tackle the problem?

Voices of Resistance is a song released this month, aiming to highlight the exploitation of First Nations people by the tobacco industry.

• GUEST: Professor Tom Calma, National Coordinator for Tackling Indigenous Smoking
• PRODUCER: Katie McAllister

The Port Arthur massacre is remembered not just for the horror of that day, but for the political and societal response that followed, changing Australia forever.

Hear our interview with then Prime Minister John Howard, who played a major role in reforming the country's gun laws in the wake of the attack. 

We'll also cross to the US to hear from a former FBI agent following the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting, and find out about a tech titan's court battle for the ages. 

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

New research suggests platypus populations in New South Wales are just "hanging on," with growing calls for the species to be added to the 'threatened' list after years of pressure from habitat loss and climate change.

• GUEST: Dr Gilad Bino, lead researcher for the University of NSW Platypus Conservation Initiative 
• PRODUCER: Brooke Young