Radio National Breakfast

The English victory- the first Ashes win on Australian soil for 15 years- was dramatic enough but the speed of the Boxing Day Test took everyone's breath away at the MCG on Saturday- done and dusted in just two days.

It was good news for fans of wicket-taking bowling but bad news for the thousands of fans hoping to attend the final three days of the fourth Test in Melbourne.

• Guest: Darren Lehmann, former Australian coach and player and ABC Grandstand commentator 
• Producer: Jason Whittaker

The Boxing Day sales remain one of the most important on the retail calendar, with shoppers expected to spend a record $1.6 billion on Friday alone.

That would be up more than four per cent on last year... driven by population growth, price discounts and households feeling a little more breathing room after three interest rate cuts this year.

• Guest: Diana Mousina, Deputy Chief Economist at AMP
• Producer: Jess Lukjanow

The US president is getting down to business at Mar-a-Lago this morning with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visiting Donald Trump at his Florida club to discuss his latest proposals for peace with Russia.

There were some positive signals going into the meeting but major stumbling blocks remain- including the status of disputed territory in the east of Ukraine.

• Guest: Dr Oleksandr Merezhko, Head of Ukraine's Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
• Producer: Tyler Hall

The calls for a Royal Commission to be held into the Bondi terrorist attack just keep coming, with families of the victims now asking the Prime Minister to immediately establish a national royal commission and describing the response so far as "not nearly enough".

Anthony Albanese has so far resisted calls for a federal royal commission, instead saying he'll support a state based one on top of a national review into any security failings.

• Guest: Mike Kelly, Adjunct Professor with the University of Canberra's National Security Institute and former member for Eden-Monaro
• Producer: Jess Lukjanow

Agenda-setting news coverage, breaking news and stories impacting the lives of all Australians.

There's set to be a new tennis battle of the sexes with world number 1 Aryna Sabalenka taking on Australia's own semi-retired controversy magnet Nick Kyrgios in Dubai.

The match will kick off in the early hours of Monday morning.

• Guest: Tracey Holmes, sports journalist 
• Producer: Jason Whittaker

Maybe you've eaten too much yesterday, and you need to get out of the house? 

Here's a guide to what's on at the movies this Boxing Day.

• Guest: Stephen A Russell, Journalist
• Producer: Clare O'Halloran 

Myanmar's military government will begin a two-phase general election on Sunday, the first since it seized power in a coup four years ago. 

The military junta says the vote represents a return to democracy but it's being widely being dismissed as a sham.

• Guest: Murray Hiebert, head of research at Bower Group Asia 
• Producer: Anne Barker

The festive season isn't a happy time for everyone, for some it can be a lonely and difficult.

Sydney's Wayside Chapel is continuing to provide assistance over the summer period for people experiencing homelessness, with meals and other support.  

• Guest: Jon Owens, Pastor and CEO of Wayside Chapel 
• Producer: Clare O'Halloran

In this post-Christmas period it can be a particularly busy and dangerous time to be on the roads ...

And despite improvements in the past 30 years- from smarter cars to tougher road rules and penalties- the number of deaths has begun to creep up again ... with last January's road toll hitting a 12-year high.

• Guest: Russell White, Founder and Chair of Australian Road Safety Foundation
• Producer: Clare O'Halloran