Radio National Breakfast

Papua New Guinea's cabinet has approved a landmark defence treaty with Australia, after the two countries failed to sign the agreement last month.

Known as the Pukpuk treaty,  the pact will see the two countries agree to defend each other in the event of a military attack.

Following the development, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles says he is confident the currently unsigned $500 million Australia-Vanuatu Nakamal agreement can be locked in. 

• Guest: Richard Marles, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence 
• Producer: Isadora Bogle

The Victorian government is continuing its push to enshrine the right to work from home, pointing to a new survey of more than 36,000 Victorians. Three-quarters of respondents said the right is extremely important to them, but business groups are warning that the potential law change risks jobs and investment.

• Guest: Professor John Buchanan, labour market researcher and the co-director of the mental wealth initiative at the University of Sydney Business School

Australia's sunscreen scandal has been back in the spotlight this week, after another 10 products were pulled from shelves over doubts about their sun protection claims.

It means 18 sunscreens have now either been recalled or paused from sale in Australia, with the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) expressing  "significant concerns" over the reliability of a testing facility in the United Kingdom.

• Guest: Professor Rachel Neale, senior scientist at Queensland's QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
• Producer: Brooke Young

ABC Radio National Breakfast has contacted the manufacturers Wild Child and PCR Corp for comment, but is yet to receive a response.

More than a million dollars worth of silver and gold coins have been recovered from the wreck of a Spanish fleet that sank off the coast of Florida more than three centuries ago.

This treasure trove was discovered by a diving team from 1715 Fleet Queens Jewels, a company that has the exclusive salvage rights to the wreck.

• Guest: Sal Guttuso, Director of Operations for 1715 Fleet Queens Jewels
• Producer: Brooke Young

British police have now declared a deadly attack on a synagogue in Manchester a terrorist incident.

The suspect — who was shot and killed by police — is believed to have rammed his car into a Manchester synagogue and stabbed four people.

It all unfolded on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

• Guest: Darryl Morris, radio broadcaster and documentarian based in Manchester
• Producer: Teodora Agarici 

At least five Australians are thought to be among those captured by the Israeli Defence Force from a flotilla which was bound for Gaza.

They are among more than 400 activists from almost 50 boats who were intercepted, including the Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg.

The Global Sumud Flotilla is the largest attempt by activists to break Israel's maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip.

• Guest: Tan Safi, member of the Freedom Flotilla who was detained by Israeli forces and then deported to Australia 
• Producer: Teodora Agarici 

It's day one of a government shutdown in the United States, and hundreds of thousands of federal workers are bracing for missed paychecks,  while government operations grind to a halt.

Meanwhile, the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says he's ready to declare a state of emergency amid reports the US military is drawing up options to target drug traffickers inside Venezuela. 

Then, California has signed a new bill into law requiring top AI companies to fulfil transparency requirements and report AI-related safety incidents. So could and should Australia follow suit? 

And a Senate inquiry into aged care has called for an end to the "rationing" of home care packages, and the urgent release of more to ensure Australians aren't dying while waiting. 

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

Proponents of a new global rugby competition, known as R360, say they're aiming to host their first match in a year's time, and they've got three years of funding at their disposal to make it happen. 

While they might be hard to spot sometimes, our urban environments are also home to some of our native creatures too.

And some, like Dr Kylie Soanes believe that we need to find better solutions to co-exist with them.

Queensland's largest and oldest coal-fired power station could be retired six years earlier than originally forecast.

Rio Tinto informed the Australian Energy Market Operator yesterday that it could close the Gladstone Power Station by 2029, rather than in 2035, but noted a final decision is yet to be made.

So how is the local community reacting to that uncertainty? 

• Guest: Matt Burnett, Mayor of Gladstone Regional Council