Radio National Breakfast

The government says it's doing all it can to help families locate 43 missing Australians in the devastated flood zones of Nepal and Tibet.

A Coalition-led parliamentary inquiry handed down its report on Friday, recommending an excise freeze until the illicit market is brought under control.

The NSW Opposition Leader says government should 'act now.' 

The attack is the second to hit a munitions depot near the capital in recent months, prompting anger that explosives are being stored close to residential areas.

The federal minister for social services Tanya Plibersek says Australia should look "very seriously" at banning acts of strangulation or suffocation in pornography - as the UK did last year. 

As the death toll climbs, and more people remain unaccounted for following devastating flash floods along the Nepal-Tiben border, we hear scientists concerns that more flooding could be on the way.

One year ago geoscientist Dr Jakob Steiner prepared a report on glacial lake bursts for the Nepali government as part of efforts to prepare the country for future disasters. He says he's frustrated the government was not prepared for the flash floods.

On the Breakfast Wrap he explains the current thinking around what led to this disaster, and what could happen next. 

We also hear from the Foreign Minister Pennny Wong, the former Australian Ambassador to Nepal Felicity Volk, and feature a musical performance from Tibetan-Australian musician and composer Tenzin Choegyal.

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

Our Friday political panel discuss the week that was.

The foreign minister says the federal government will release $5 million in humanitarian assistance to support recovery in Nepal and Tibet.

Ted O'Brien says the Coalition will decide its intake when it gets a clearer idea of housing construction rates.

Twenty-five years ago today, the Norwegian freighter MV Tampa steamed into Australian waters carrying hundreds of people seeking asylum in Australia. The government scrambled in parliament and the courts to prevent them landing.