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"Numerous societies have slipped into conflict or fallen apart when inter-communal fear and forces of hatred run out of control."

That's the warning from Labor MP Julian Hill, as the federal government moves to mend fraying social cohesion in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

In a speech to the McKell Institute yesterday, the Assistant Minister for Citizenship, Customs and Multicultural Affairs also said there's been an overemphasis on identity politics.

• Guest: Julian Hill, Assistant Minister for Citizenship, Customs and Multicultural Affairs

Self exclusion isn't a silver bullet for gambling addiction recovery, according to a Statutory Review into BetStop, which was tabled by the federal government yesterday.But the report has identified BetStop, the national Self-Exclusion Register, needs to be improved; including making it harder for people to de-list themselves.

• GUEST: The Reverend Tim Costello AO, Chief Advocate for the Alliance for Gambling Reform

Slightly higher than expected inflation in January has kept pressure on the Reserve Bank to inflict another interest rate hike and increased scrutiny of the federal government's economic management.

• GUEST: Jim Chalmers, Treasurer
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle

The BBC is under fire for broadcasting a racial slur during the BAFTA awards show.

The word was a verbal involuntary tic from a prominent Tourettes advocate in the audience. 

The broadcaster has apologised and announced a fast-tracked investigation into the matter. 

The federal opposition has launched fresh attacks on the government over its spending - with the latest inflation figures coming in higher than expected.

January figures show prices rose zero-point-four per cent in the month and three-point-eight per cent annually.

• GUEST: Tim Wilson, Shadow Treasurer
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle

A group of international aid organisations have petitioned Israel's Supreme Court to allow them to keep working in the Gaza.

Israel is set to ban 37 aid groups from working in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem from the first of March - if they don't comply with new rules.

• Guest: Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam’s policy lead in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
• Producer: Pip Cook

Debate is intensifying in Tasmania over the use of antibiotics in the salmon industry.

Salmon farmers could be banned from using the antibiotic florfenicol as early as next week; after the drug was detected in abalone and lobsters more than 10 kilometres from the nearest salmon pens.

Authorities have proposed suspending emergency permits -- which allowed companies to use the antibiotic.

The industry has been using the drug to combat a bacterial disease which led to a mass mortality event last year.

• GUEST: Peter George, Tasmanian independent member for state seat of Franklin 
• PRODUCER: Eddy Diamond 

It was the longest State of the Union address in history, where the US President Donald Trump was combative with his Democratic opponents, especially when defending his immigration crackdown. 

The President also looked to tout his economic record, but leading economist Justin Wolfers isn't convinced that all the claims stack up.

• GUEST: Justin Wolfers, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan 

Why has the Epstein files lead to a more significant fallout in the UK, but not in the US?

In the UK, a former prince and a former ambassador face criminal investigations over their links to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, while a number of government officials have lost their jobs.

But in the US, prominent figures whose names come up thousands of times in the latest tranche of files - released by the US Department of Justice - remain unscathed.

We hear from the former White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter. 

Then, we turn to the trial of Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court. 

We cover the start of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. 

And ask why AI development is still outpacing regulation. 

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

If you could send one message about humanity into deep space, what would it be?

Almost 50 years after the Voyager mission sent the sounds of earth into the galaxy, a new project is capturing a contemporary soundtrack for another space launch.

More than 1700 people have recorded messages for the HUMANS Deep Space Message project, via a collaboration with Sydney's Powerhouse Museum.

• Guest: Lisa Havilah, Chief Executive of the Powerhouse Museum
• Producer: Grace Stranger