Radio National Breakfast

It's about a month since Queensland Senator Matt Canavan became leader of the National Party. 

Today - in a speech at the National Press Club - he'll call for an "economic revolution" in Australia, arguing for more factories, dams, cities, homes - and babies.

Or, as he describes it, "an Australia on steroids".

• GUEST: Matt Canavan, Nationals leader
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle

US President Donald Trump has increased his violent rhetoric against Iran, but where have we heard similar language before? 

Overnight he posted on Truth Social, "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will".

So what's the reaction been to such violent rhetoric?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spoken with China's Premier - Li Qiang, agreeing to increase communication "in support of regional energy security".

The Prime Minister will travel to Singapore tomorrow on a mission to secure future essential supplies like fuel, while Defence Minister Richard Marles has landed in Japan to meet with his counterpart.

It comes as the conflict in the middle east shows no end in sight. 

• GUEST: Matt Thistlethwaite, Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle

He was once lauded for his war heroics, awarded a Victoria Cross - and even named father of the year.

But Ben Roberts-Smith has spent his first night in a police cell after the former SAS soldier was charged with five counts of the war crime of murder - following a joint investigation between Federal Police and the Office of the Special Investigator.

Ben Roberts-Smith has always maintained his innocence.

• GUEST: Professor Emily Crawford, international law expert, Deputy Head of School and Dean of the University of Sydney's Law School.

US President Donald Trump warns that "a whole civilization will die tonight", if Iran doesn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz, so will Iran meet the president's deadline? 

• GUEST: Dr H. A. Hellyer, Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
• PRODUCER: Pip Cook, Brooke Young

US President Donald Trump has escalated his threats, saying “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran fails to meet this morning's deadline.

The President wants Iran to agree to a deal - which includes reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

So, will the president follow through on his latest threat - and what are the implications of scaling up the military assault?

• GUEST: Robert Malley, former US envoy to Iran under Joe Biden and lead negotiator of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal
• PRODUCER: Pip Cook

The Artemis II crew goes further into space than any humans have gone before.

We'll bring you everything you need to know as the capsule goes dark, for a planned blackout on the far side of the moon.

Then, to fuel news predating the current global fuel crisis,  could the life-threatening shortage in Cuba be about to ease?

We'll also look at the latest comments on Iran from US President Donald Trump and his repeated criticism of Australia. 

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

There are still major barriers and cultural problems blocking women moving into — and staying in — the construction industry and its associated trades.

Joanne Farrell has experienced this first-hand. She always knew she wanted to be a builder but she struggled to even get a foot in the door.

And once she did get in, she says she was excluded and bullied. Today, she's using her skills and experiences to help other women find employment and navigate their way through the industry.

Guest: Jo Farrell, founder of Build Like a Girl

Major television broadcasters are calling for Australia's broadcasting tax to be abandoned in the wake of gambling advertising restrictions announced by the Albanese government last week.

The new restrictions include capping the number of TV ads from betting agencies to a maximum of three per hour between 6am and 8.30pm. Commercial broadcasters say that could lead to revenue losses of around $90 million.

• Guest: Bridget Fair, Chief Executive of Free TV Australia
• Producer: Grace Stranger

The federal government announced a National Gun Buyback Scheme, to facilitate gun reforms agreed to by the states and territories in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

The reforms included reducing the number of guns a single licence holder can own and making it harder to secure a gun licence in Australia.

But despite an April 1 deadline, only three states and the ACT have signed up to the buyback scheme.

• GUEST: Michelle Rowland, Attorney-General 
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle