Radio National Breakfast

For more than 20 years, the Melbourne Institute offers a window into the way Australians live through its annual Household, Income and Labour Dynamics (HILDA) Survey.

This year's edition — released this morning — paints a grim picture.

According to the survey results, Australians are retiring later, have fewer friends, and are reporting more bodily pain.

• Guest: Professor Roger Wilkins, Professorial Fellow at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research and Co-Director of the HILDA Survey Project
• Producer: Grace Stranger

The leader of the Nationals has described the government's newly unveiled 2035 emissions target as an "expensive charade."

David Littleproud says while he believes that climate change is real, he "does not believe" in Labor's plan. 

• Guest: David Littleproud, Leader of the Nationals and Shadow Agriculture Minister
• Producer: Teodora Agarici

The federal government has committed to a target to cut emissions by 62 to 70 per cent by 2035, based on 2005 levels.

The Albanian government has made an extraordinary new ministerial appointment - an artificially generated cabinet minister. 

Its been directed by Albania's prime minister to oversee decisions on public tenders and make them "100 per cent corruption-free".

But there's concern over who really controls it and whether it is constitutional.

Features: Lutfi Dervishi, Albanian political journalist

Reporter: Luke Siddham Dundon

The Albanese government unveiled its long-awaited 2035 emissions reduction target: a reduction of 62 to 70 per cent within the next 10 years.

The Queensland government has passed legislation overnight that effectively bans drug testing across the state.

The US President says late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel was fired due to bad ratings, and should have been sacked "a long time ago".

Australia's Foreign Affairs Department describes the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu as "one of the most vulnerable in the world to the impacts of climate change and disasters".

So what does Vanuatu think about Australia's new emissions reduction target?

The federal government yesterday announced it plans to reduce emissions by 62 to 70 per cent by 2035.

• Guest: Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu's Minister for Climate Change
• Producer: Eddy Diamond 

World leaders will gather in New York next week for the annual United Nations (UN) General Assembly, with Australia joining other nations in formally recognising Palestinian statehood.

Palestinian leaders have been barred from attending the UN gathering, after the United States denied them visas.

Earlier this week, a UN Commission of Inquiry report found that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Israel continues to categorically reject the report. 

• Guest: Dr Omar Awadallah, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Palestinian Authority
• Producer: Anne Barker 

The Prime Minister has returned home from Papua New Guinea without a defence deal - going zero from two in the Pacific. 

PNG Prime Minister James Marape has now announced his defence minister will instead head overseas for talks with other nations about the Australia pact, with China the first stop.

It marks the second Pacific setback for Australia this month, with a $500 million security and economic deal with Vanuatu remaining unsigned.

The Breakfast Wrap hears from the Opposition and the Greens. 

Then, the stadium saga in Tasmania, as the state's planning committee says no to the big build. 

And we'll end with the pomp and ceremony at Windsor castle, where Donald Trump is being treated to a historic second state visit. 

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