Radio National Breakfast

The Lord Mayor of Melbourne has warned the federal Liberal party about lecturing his state, after Opposition leader Sussan Ley spent the week in Melbourne criticising the city's crime rates. 

Today we hear from Nicholas Reece and opposition Senator Jane Hume. 

Then, cryptocurrency ATMs could be banned in Australia under new powers handed to the government agency, AUSTRAC, amid concerns they're being used for money laundering and terror financing.

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

While the Prime Minister has been on holiday, the Treasurer announced a big change to the Government's superannuation policy this week.

Meanwhile the Opposition Leader shifted her focus to crime in Victoria.

It all comes as Anthony Albanese prepares for a long-awaited meeting with Donald Trump.

GuestsSarah Ison, senior political reporter for The AustralianJosh Butler, Chief of Staff and political reporter for the Guardian AustraliaBrett Worthington, Radio National Breakfast's political correspondent

25-year-old Ariarne Titmus has announced her retirement from all levels of swimming after winning eight Olympic medals across the Paris and Tokyo Games.

So what is the next chapter all about?

• Guest: Shane Gould, former Olympic swimmer
• Producer: Brooke Young

The NSW Supreme Court has struck down anti-protest laws that had given police extended powers to stop protests near places of worship.

The laws were passed by the state government early this year, after a string of antisemitic incidents.

• Guest: Sarah Schwartz, Legal Director at the Human Rights Law Centre and Executive Officer at Jewish Council of Australia.
• Producer: Eddy Diamond 

Australia's unemployment rate jumped to 4.5 per cent in September, up from 4.3 per cent in August, in seasonally adjusted terms.

It has raised questions about whether the Reserve Bank of Australia will announce another interest rate cut nect month.

• Guest: Amanda Rishworth, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
• Producer: Isadora Bogle 

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley and her new Shadow Attorney-General, Andrew Wallace, visited Melbourne this week to demand more action on crime in Victoria.

Neither Ms Ley or Mr Wallace are from Melbourne.

While she wasn't invited to the crime roundtable event, Liberal Senator for Victoria Jane Hume says there are "plenty of things" the federal government can do to help states tackle crime. 

• Guest: Jane Hume, Liberal Senator for Victoria
• Producer: Isadora Bogle

Journalists covering the Pentagon have turned in their press badges and emptied their offices over drastic new restrictions on their reporting. 

Crypto ATMs could be banned in Australia under new powers handed to the government agency, AUSTRAC, amid concerns they're being used for money laundering and terror financing.

According to Minister for Home Affairs, Tony Burke, purchasing cryptocurrency with cash makes it difficult to trace, and crypto ATMs are "a high-risk product." 

• Guest: Anton Moiseienko, Research Director at the Australian National University Law School
• Producer: Brooke Young

When you think of the world's greatest sporting cities, you might picture Melbourne, London, or Los Angeles.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called on his US counterpart to stop carrying out "CIA coups" as the military tension between the two nations escalates.

Donald Trump has confirmed he authorised the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela, and says he's now considering strikes on Venezuelan territory to target drug cartels there.

• Guest: Renata Segura, Program Director for Latin America at the International Crisis Group
• Producer: Jason Whittaker