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  • Changing Australia: Glen Rundell and protecting rare trades

    Think about all the things you might use today - how much of it is mass produced, or wasn't built to last?

    The industrial revolution has made blacksmiths, leather-workers and weavers an endangered species ...

    Enter cop turned chair-maker Glen Rundell and his wife Lisa ... who decided to bring traditional artisans together to support their trades - and demonstrate their value.

    Their creation - the Lost Trades Fair - has since attracted thousands of people each year ... helping to keep these crafts alive and inspiring future generations.

    12 min
  • Anzac Day should be 'accessible and inclusive of everyone' - RSL President says

    RSL Australia says Welcome to Country policies will be reviewed as part of its annual evaluation of ANZAC Day commemorations. 

    It comes after Indigenous elders were booed and heckled at a number of ceremonies around the country on Saturday -- during Welcome to Country speeches.

    A number of politicians have since condemned what's unfolded.

    • Guest: Peter Tinley, RSL Australia's national president
    6 min
  • John Howard reflects on Port Arthur massacre 30 years on

    It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern Australian history.

    Victims and dignitaries will gather at the historic Port Arthur site in Tasmania today to mark 30 years since the massacre - when a gunman shot dead 35 people.

    In the days and weeks after the tragedy, the then-prime minister John Howard pushed through tough new gun control measures.  

    • Guest: John Howard, former prime minister
    • Producer: Jason Whittaker / Grace Stranger
    11 min
  • Julian Hill defends Welcome to Country ceremonies

    The RSL's National President Peter Tinley has revealed the organisation will review its Welcome to Country guidelines after Indigenous elders and veterans were booed during several Anzac Day services across the country.

    • GUEST: Julian Hill, Assistant Minister for Citizenship, Customs and Multicultural Affairs
    • PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle 
    7 min
  • Concerns NDIS watchdog will be overwhelmed by reforms

    As the dust settles on the federal government's proposal to reshape the National Disability Insurance Scheme, the work of the body enforcing standards in the system has come into focus.

    The government wants more NDIS providers registered, but some disability groups are worried this could overwhelm the scheme's Quality and Safeguards Commission.

    • GUEST: Rebekha Sharkie, Independent Member for Mayo
    • PRODUCER: Joe Sullivan
    7 min
  • Man charged with attempting to assasinate US President Donald Trump

    A man has been charged with attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump, after a security breach that disrupted the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington DC at the weekend.

    California man Cole Tomas Allen, 31, has appeared in a federal court in Washington DC.

    Mr Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and most of the senior Cabinet were evacuated from a hotel ballroom after the breach on Saturday night, local time.

    It's alleged the accused rushed a security point armed with weapons before being apprehended by Secret Service agents. 

    9 min
  • Elon Musk's case against OpenAI heads to court

    The stage is set for one of the biggest tech trials of the decade with two of the industry's most powerful names airing their bitter rivalry in court. 

    Billionaire Elon Musk has brought the suit against Open AI CEO Sam Altman and his company alleging it has strayed from its founding non-profit mission, which was funded by Mr Musk.

    But Sam Altman has accused Elon Musk - who left Open AI in 2018 - of seeking to cripple the company as he tries to build up his own competing platform.

    Some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley could appear at the trial, at a pivotal moment for the booming AI industry, 

    6 min
  • Iran war puts further strain on US-EU relations

    From reports of a leaked pentagon email suggesting Spain should be kicked out of the NATO alliance, to Donald Trump's constant berating of European countries for not joining the Iran war.

    European leaders are conducting a delicate dance at the moment with the Trump administration.

    Even the Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni - who has often been described as the Trump whisperer - appears to have distanced herself from the Trump administration.

    So as the war in the middle east continues, how is Europe managing relations with Donald Trump? 

    • GUEST: Nathalie Tocci, Director of the International Affairs Institute and former special advisor to EU High Representatives Federica Mogherini and Josep Borrell
    • PRODUCER: Pip Cook
    7 min
  • Iran foreign minister meets with Putin in Russia

    Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Moscow to meet the Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

    It comes as talks - between Iran and the United States on formally ending the war in the middle east -remain locked in a stalemate.

    • GUEST: Mark Katz, Professor Emeritus at George Mason University and a Non-resident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council's Middle East Program
    • PRODUCER: Pip Cook, Brooke Young
    5 min
  • Breakfast Wrap: Inside the White House Correspondents' Dinner

    Lax security and entry tickets left in bathrooms. We hear what it was like inside the White House Correspondents' Dinner as a suspected gunman tries to cause chaos at one of the biggest events in Washington. 

    Then, how will the attack impact the upcoming royal visit to DC? 

    We'll also hear about the widely condemned boos at ANZAC Day ceremonies around the country, from someone who was targeted. 

    And what is the impact of the government's major NDIS reform on those who use the services?

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

    25 min

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