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Australia's live music industry is going through some big changes: fewer people are going to live gigs, the rise of streaming platforms is radically changing consumption and increasing costs are putting extra pressure on festivals.

It also means that local acts are finding it harder to get a start and build their name.

Ben Tillman is one industry player supporting local acts in this complex landscape.

Guest: Ben Tillman, co-founder and organiser of the Yours & Owls music festival in Wollongong in NSW, co-owner of the Farmer & The Owl music label, owner of venue booking business Night Eats Day 

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has written a letter to Republicans in the United States reassuring them a Coalition government would reverse Australia's recognition of Palestine.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong is currently in New York, attending the United Nations General Assembly alongside the prime minister.

She joined the program shortly after Anthony Albanese's address to two-state solution summit.

Guest: Penny Wong, foreign minister

Executive Producer: Eleni Psaltis

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has written to the Republican members of the United States Congress, denouncing the Albanese government's decision to recognise a Palestinian state and pledging to reverse the recognition should the Liberal Party return to power.

Earlier this week, more than 20 Republican politicians wrote an open letter threatening Australia with punitive actions if it did not reverse its decision to recognise a Palestinian sovereignty.

• Guest: Ed Husic, Labor MP 
• Producer: Grace Stranger 

The federal government faces an uphill battle to pass reforms to Australia's freedom of information laws.

Proposed changes to Australia's Freedom of Information laws would impose higher fees for applications, ban anonymous requests, and give government stronger powers to deter vexatious, abusive, or frivolous requests.

It's angered transparency advocates and been labelled a "truth tax" by the opposition.

• Guest: John McMillan, Emeritus Professor at the ANU Law School and formerly Australia's inaugural Information Commissioner
• Producer: Jason Whittaker

The seed potato industry says the mop-top virus has been detected in seeds in Victoria for the first time.

The infected seeds were imported from Tasmania before restrictions were in place to stop the spread of the exotic disease to the mainland.

• Guest: Nigel Crump, General Manager of the Australian Seed Potato Industry Certification Authority
• Producer: Jason Whittaker

WARNING: This interview contains distressing details about injuries and deaths.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has addressed the UN General Assembly, joining other nations in recognising Palestinian statehood.

But Dr Saya Aziz — an Australian anaesthetist working at a hospital in Gaza City under the auspices of PANZMA (the Palestinian Australian NZ Medical Association) — has described the move as "lip service" and calls on the federal government to do more.

• Guest: Dr Saya Aziz, Australian anaesthetist, working at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on behalf of PANZMA (Palestinian Aust NZ Medical Association)
• Producer: Anne Barker
• Executive Producer: Eleni Psaltis 

Australia has officially recognised Palestine as a sovereign state, in a move it hopes will build momentum for a two-state solution. 

The Breakfast Wrap hears from Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for Palestinian Human Rights. 

Then we'll head to Arizona where US President Donald Trump and prominent members of his “Make America Great Again” movement have paid tribute to the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

And the South Australian Prime Minister weighs in on the Optus outage, that meant more than 600 calls to emergency services failed, resulting in multiple deaths. 

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

As temperatures start climbing in northern Australia, the crocodiles grow ever more amorous.

In the wild, they're crossing rivers, coastlines and creeks to find new territory ahead of breeding season. But at Koorana Crocodile Farm, outside Rockhampton in central Queensland, owner John Lever is managing the delicate — and sometimes dangerous — task of matchmaking these giant reptiles.

• GUEST: John Lever, owner Koorana Crocodile Farm
• PRODUCER: Brooke Young 

Warning: This interview refers to homicides and victims of violence.

Hundreds of people are murdered in Australia each year, with loved ones left behind to navigate a new world of trauma, police investigations, courts and coroners.

For decades, Martha Jabour has been a support to many in NSW, more recently in a world-first residential trauma recovery centre for children and young people affected by homicide. 

Guest: Martha Jabour, founder of Grace's Place, Executive Director and CEO of the Homicide Victims' Support Group in NSW.