Radio National Breakfast

Australian beef producers say they are "extremely disappointed" after China announced a 55 per cent tariff on beef imports that exceed new quota limits.

Beijing says the move is designed to protect its domestic cattle industry, which is emerging from oversupply, but industry groups here warn it could have significant consequences for Australian farmers and exporters.

• Guest: Tim Ryan, CEO of the Australian Meat Industry
• Producer: Jessica Lukjanow

The peak body for gyms is pushing back against proposed changes to consumer law that would make it easier to cancel subscriptions.

AUS-active argues the reforms the government is considering are designed with streaming services in mind and don't reflect how bricks-and-mortar gyms operate.

• Guest: Ken Griffin, Chief Executive of AUS-active
• Producer: Jessica Lukjanow

The social media savvy populist Zohran Mamdani chose an abandoned subway station for his midnight swearing in as the mayor of New York.

The ceremony was the culmination of his meteoric rise from state lawmaker to global stardom.

34 year-old Mamdani — the city's first Muslim mayor — took his oath on the Koran.

The midnight event has been followed by a more public swearing in at nearby City Hall, and a block party.

Guest: Jake Offenhartz, New York City reporter for Associated Press

Producer: Anne Barker

Several people have been killed overnight during ongoing clashes between protesters and security forces in Iran.

This week has seen the biggest protests in years, with shopkeepers, traders and students taking to the streets against soaring prices and a collapsing currency. The unrest has spread from Tehran to several provinces after the Rial hit record lows and inflation topped 40 per cent.

In a rare move, the government has offered talks with protest leaders, even as it warns of a tough response.

Guest: Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar, Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington

Producer: Anne Barker

Coverage and analysis of national and international events.

If you're feeling a little worse for wear this holiday morning, a lounge at the local cinema may be the best approach.

Here's a guide to what's on the big screen.

• Guest: Stephen A Russell, freelance film critic 

The precious metal silver's price rose by more than 140 per cent over the course of the year in 2025.

Now China is bringing in new restrictions, meaning companies need a government-approved license to export the commodity.

• Guest: John Mavrogenes, Professor of Economic Geology at the Australian National University
• Producer: Joe Sullivan

Journalist and Insiders host David Speers shares his summer reading list with Barbara Miller.

Currently Reading

• Still Life by Sarah Winman 
• Listening to audiobook Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin 

Summer List

• James by Percival Everett

Childhood Favourite

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The new year has been ushered in with monsoonal rainfall and peaking floodwaters across North Queensland.

As the heaviest rainfall starts to ease, graziers have taken to choppers to assess the damage.

• Guests: Robert and Jacqueline Curley, owners of Gipsy Plains Brahman Stud
• Producer: Kate Uebergang

Today we learn a little more about what John Howard's government faced in 2005 ... with the annual release of hundreds of cabinet documents by the National Archives.

They show a government spooked by terrorism in Bali and London ... and troubled by racial disharmony that boiled over on Cronulla Beach in Sydney.

• Guest: Philip Ruddock, Attorney-General in 2005, and a senior member of the Howard cabinet
• Producer: Jason Whittaker