Radio National Breakfast

Feral pigs appear to be having a population boom across northern and western New South Wales posing significant challenges for pest programs.

In Warren, north-west of Dubbo in central New South Wales, farmers have been capturing footage of hundreds of pigs rampaging through their paddocks at night.

• GUEST: Sinclair Steele, irrigation farmer
• PRODUCER: Brooke Young

It's been one month since US forces seized the former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in an overnight raid in Caracas.

US President Donald Trump said the U-S would "run the country" until a leadership transition could take place. So where do things stand now, amid calls for elections?  

• Guest: Andrei Serbin Pont, International Analyst and Director of CRIES
• Producer: Tyler Hall and Pip Cook

The son of Norway's Crown Princess has pleaded not guilty to four counts of rape at the start of his high profile trial in Oslo.

Marius Borg Høiby, who is the stepson of Norway's future king, is facing 38 charges including four counts of rape as well as sexual assault, drug and abuse charges.  

It comes at a difficult time for Norway's royal family - his mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit is facing a scandal over her links to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

• Guest: Ole-Jørgen Schulsrud-Hansen, historian and royal correspondent for Norway's TV2
• Producer: Pip Cook

More Palestinians are hoping to get through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, on the second day of its full-scale reopening.

The long-delayed re-opening should come as a relief, allowing Palestinians needing medical treatment to leave and others to return, but there's been frustration that only a small number of people have been allowed through so far.

• Guest: Craig Kenzie, Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF) project coordinator for South Gaza 
• Producer: Pip Cook

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has slammed the federal government's initial response to an alleged attempted bombing in Perth as "very poor".

She will today pursue a motion in the Senate to condemn the alleged attack that is now being investigated as a potential terrorist attack.

Then, Liberal leader Sussan Ley and Nationals leader David Littleproud met last night to try and hash out the possibility of the Coalition reforming.

And as the reconciliation process continues, some polling shows One Nation's primary vote is outperforming the former Coalition parties. We'll hear from both parties, and ABC election analyst emeritus Antony Green. 

The shortage of health services in some parts of regional and remote Australia means that people can be forced to travel hundreds of kilometres for care, or go without a critical service altogether.

When physiotherapist Kennedy Lay realised the true tyranny of distance in Western Australia, he decided to put his allied health and piloting skills together.

Guest: Kennedy Lay, founder and CEO of Fly2Health and Fly2 Foundation

Victorian Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe is today pursuing a motion in the senate to condemn the alleged attempted bombing of an Invasion Day rally in Perth.

WA Police allege a 31-year-old man threw a homemade bomb containing screws and ball bearings surrounded by an explosive liquid into the crowd of about 2,500 people. It failed to detonate.

• Guest: Lidia Thorpe, Independent Senator for Victoria
• Producer: Tyler Hall 

72% - that's the likelihood of an interest rate rise today - according to share market expectations.

Higher-than-expected inflation data last week could force the Reserve Bank's hand testing federal government claims that it's been managing cost of living pressures.

• GUEST: Jim Chalmers, Treasurer 
• PRODUCER: Jason Whittaker

The Liberal and National parties will sit separately in parliament this week with talks about re-forming the Coalition ongoing.

Liberal Minister Tim Wilson joins the program to give his thoughts on the direction of the two parties.

• GUEST: Tim Wilson, Shadow Minister for Small Business
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle

The Liberal and National parties will sit separately in parliament this week with talks about re-forming the Coalition ongoing.

It comes as the Nationals leader saw off a leadership challenge moved by Colin Boyce

• GUEST: Darren Chester, Member for Gippsland
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle