Radio National Breakfast

When neurologist Cheryl Carcel was still training she noticed women were usually worse off in terms of the quality of life after a stroke.

Today she is building gender equality into medical research, including running - and encouraging - more clinical trials that better represent women, and pushing for systems change. 

A New South Wales woman has won a landmark case after police unlawfully strip-searched her at a music festival in 2018. 

The ruling could open the way for thousands more people to be compensated, for what's now the largest class action ever brought against an Australian police force.

GUEST: Samantha Lee, Supervising Solicitor, Police Accountability, at the Redfern Legal Centre

PRODUCER: Anne Barker

Has it just got easier or harder to get into the property market?

The federal government's Home Guarantee Scheme is expanding today, meaning more Australians will only need to pay a five per cent deposit on a property.

Under the changes, there will be no income limits, meaning all first time buyers are eligible. 

• Guest: Clare O'Neil, Minister for Housing, Homelessness, and Cities 
• Producer: Isadora Bogle

Fresh off the back of his trip to the United Nations in New York where Australia recognised Palestinian statehood, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed Donald Trump's proposal to end the war in Gaza. 

Shadow Attorney-General, Julian Leeser, says he also sees "hope" in the plan, describing it as "important" and one the Coalition supports.

• Guest: Julian Leeser, Shadow Attorney-General
• Producer: Isadora Bogle 

At the age of 85, West Australian media titan Kerry Stokes appears ready to call it quits.

Mr Stokes has announced he will stand down as chair of Seven West Media after the company announced plans to merge with Southern Cross Media.

The planned merger would bring radio networks Triple M and Hit together with the Seven Network, but the deal still needs approval from shareholders and the media regulator.

• Guest: Margaret Simons, journalist and author of 'Kerry Stokes: Self-Made Man'
• Producers: Grace Stranger / Jason Whittaker

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have cut telecommunications nationwide, paralysing services crucial to women's education, information access, business and entertainment.

So how are some Afghans getting around the block, and why are advocates hoping Elon Musk can lend a hand.

Features: 

Fawzia Koofi, former Afghan politician, girls education advocate

Lotfullah Najafizada, US-based Afghan journalist, founder Amu TV

Reporter: Luke Siddham Dundon

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have cut telecommunications nationwide, paralysing services crucial to women's education, information access, business and entertainment.

So how are some Afghans getting around the block, and why are advocates hoping Elon Musk can lend a hand.

Features: 

Fawzia Koofi, former Afghan politician, girls education advocate

Lotfullah Najafizada, US-based Afghan journalist, founder Amu TV

Reporter: Luke Siddham Dundon

All eyes are on Hamas as the terrorist organisation considers its response to a 20-point peace plan for Gaza announced by the White House.

Israel says it supports the plan, though details are scant.

Regional leaders have also welcomed the proposal, with a joint statement from Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and others expressing confidence in US President Donald Trump's ability to broker peace. 

• Guest: Nancy Okail, president and CEO of the Center for International Policy 
• Producers: Teodora Agarici and Barbara Miller

Australia's Minister for Arts, Tony Burke, has vowed to stand up for the rights of the Australian film and screen industry, in the face of Donald Trump's renewed tariff rhetoric. 

It comes as the nation's film and TV industry calls on the federal government to implement local content quotas to shore up the industry.

• Guest: Dr Ben Eltham, media lecturer at Monash University and ambassador for the Save Our Arts campaign

A shutdown is looming in the United States, unless Republicans and Democrats can reach a last-minute deal on a spending bill.

As strange as that may sound, it's a familiar scenario. But this time there are a couple of key differences.

• Guest: Professor William Resh, Chair of the Department of Public Management and Policy at Georgia State University
• Producer: Brooke Young