Radio National Breakfast

On November 11th, 1975,  Governor-General Sir John Kerr sacked Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, with opposition leader Malcolm Fraser appointed as caretaker prime minister.

So, how do constitutional scholars remember this critical moment in Australian history? 

• Guest: Rosalind Dixon, Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales
• Producers: Jason Whittaker and Teodora Agarici 

The boss of a major Australian bike company is calling for an urgent clampdown on e-bikes after a spate of fatal accidents involving children in Queensland, including two boys who died within days of each other.

World leaders have gathered in Brazil for the COP-30 climate summit - 30 years after the first UN talks on global warming. Despite decades of pledges, emissions are still rising and the world is on track to breach the 1.5-degree limit within a few years. This year's summit aims to agree on new climate plans, more finance for poorer nations, and stronger action to adapt to a rapidly heating planet.

Guest: Christiana Figueres, former head of the U-N Convention on Climate Change, and now co-founder of Global Optimism, which works for social and environmental change

Producer: Anne Barker

The US Senate has taken its first step towards ending the country's longest-ever government shutdown.

A small group of moderate Democrats broke ranks to join Republicans in support of a compromise funding bill, leaving other Democrats furious.

The deal would reopen federal agencies and provide back pay to government workers, but it still needs to go to several more votes before the shutdown officially ends.

• Guest: EJ Dionne, New York Times contributor and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution
• Producer: Anne Barker

Leading up to the 50th anniversary of the dismissal of the Whitlam government, ABC Radio National Breakfast asked listeners to share their memories of the historic day.

NSW Police and the state government are reviewing how neo-Nazis were able to legally rally outside state parliament in Sydney on the weekend.

We'll hear from the state's police minister as the Premier says he's planning to toughen up the state's laws. 

Then, the Liberal party  could be just days away from deciding its future climate policy and whether it will commit to net-zero by 2050.

And we'll hear about the long career of late talk radio pioneer John Laws, who has died at the age of 90. 

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

Tackling the over-representation of Indigenous Australians in jail is a huge challenge.

It's a complex issue with many underlying factors like the legacies of colonisation, dispossession, racism, childhood trauma and inadequate housing.

In some states, a Koori Court system has been developed for Indigenous people who plead guilty to help reduce the number of First Nations people in prison.

In Victoria, Koori Courts have been operating since 2002, to help reduce cultural alienation, strengthen accountability and address underlying issues that contribute to criminal behaviour.

• Guest: Magistrate Rose Falla, Supervising Magistrate of Koori Justice

John Laws — one of the pioneers of Australian talkback radio — has died over the weekend at the age of 90.

Once described by former prime minister Paul Keating as "the broadcaster of the century" , he was both loved and feared by PMs and premiers for his political pull.

• Guest: Steve Price, long-time broadcaster and a former colleague of John Laws
• Producer: Teodora Agarici

NSW Police and the state government are reviewing how neo-Nazis were able to legally rally outside state parliament in Sydney on the weekend.

Premier Chris Minns and Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon say they weren't notified ahead of the rally when the group — under the name 'White Australia' — formally lodged their protest plans with police.

• Guest: Yasmin Catley, NSW Police Minister
• Producer: Isadora Bogle

A little over a week since the Nationals abandoned a commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050, the Liberal MPs will meet to decide their position on net zero in the coming days.

The Coalition has been reviewing its policies since its election defeat in May, with the two parties conducting separate reviews into energy and climate policies.

• Guest: Maria Kovacic, the Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader of the Opposition
• Producer: Isadora Bogle