Radio National Breakfast

In 2010, when Dinesh Palipana was a couple of years into his medical degree, a car accident changed his life forever.

In what's been labelled a historic win, Australian farmers have secured a commitment from the federal government this week that will give them more freedom to choose who services and repairs their agricultural machinery.

According to modelling by the Productivity Commission, the extension of Right to Repair reforms could see close to $100 million a year added to the GDP.

• Guest: Hamish McIntyre, President of the National Farmers Federation
• Producer: Grace Stranger

The Department of Parliamentary Services has admitted a tranche of thousands emails containing sensitive communications between politicians, parliament staff, security officers and others was handed to a third party that did not have a security clearance for it.After previously assuring senators that a contractor with a data forensics group had been cleared to receive the emails... the Department now says that not correct, and it had been provided with incorrect information about the third party.

• Guest: James McGrath, Shadow Special Minister of State
• Producer: Isadora Bogle 

The federal government has released its National AI Plan, describing it "comprehensive road-map" to unlock the full potential of the technology for all Australians.

Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Tim Ayres says the plan "is about making sure technology serves Australians, not the other way around".

• Guest: Tim Ayres, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science
• Producer: Jason Whittaker

Australia's home for the best coverage of the biggest breaking news events with specialised analysis of politics, business and sport and agenda-setting interviews with some of the world's leading experts, and change makers.

The Honduras election is down to the wire, and candidate backed by US President Donald Trump could come out on top. 

It's been described as one of the biggest reforms to defence in five decades.

The federal government will establish the Defence Delivery Agency, effectively rolling three Defence procurement and delivery groups into one entity.

 Defence Minister Richard Marles says it's aimed at tackling cost blowouts. 

• Guest: Marcus Hellyer, Head of Research at the think tank Strategic Analysis Australia
• Producer: Joe Sullivan

The 1970s was an era of disco music, bell-bottom pants, and unspreadable butter.

As margarine began to dominate supermarkets, a small diary farm on the NSW South Coast set out to change that by combining ingredients that could have seen them up on criminal charges.

Half a century later, Geoff Boxsell has been honoured for his invention with the University of Sydney's 2025 Dairy Science Award.

• Guest: Geoff Boxsell, dairy farmer
• Producer: Jason Whittaker

Urgent action is needed to combat declining rates of immunisation in Australia, that's the warning from the nation's peak body for doctors.

According to the Australian Medical Association (AMA), misinformation, anti-science sentiments and vaccine fatigue have eroded the public's trust in vaccines.

• Guest: Dr Danielle McMullen, President of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) 
• Producer: Oscar Coleman

Lawmakers in the United States are demanding answers after reports War Secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly ordered to leave no survivors during a US military strike on a vessel in the Caribbean.

The Washington Post reports the Defense Secretary allegedly gave a spoken directive to "kill everybody" in September, which included two survivors who were clinging to the smouldering wreck.  

In recent months the US military has been targeting vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.

• Guest: Colonel Cedric Leighton, former US Air Force and leading US military analyst 
• Producer: Eddy Diamond