Radio National Breakfast

"We haven't ever seen anything like this"

Eurovision history expert Dr Dean Vuletic says the increasing calls to bar Israel from the song contest over its war in Gaza mark new territory for organisers. 

While some countries have boycotted before, at least five broadcasters from the Netherlands, Spain, Slovenia, Iceland and Ireland are all threatening to withdraw should Israel be allowed to take part.

Features: Dr Dean Vuletic, author Postwar Europe and The Eurovision Song Contest

Reporter: Luke Siddham Dundon

More than one and a half million people in Australia are at risk of rising sea levels by 2050, according to Australia's first national climate risk assessment.

The landmark document warns the majority of the most at-risk regions will be located in Queensland, particularly in the south-east and Brisbane. 

• Guest: Sara Hicks, Coordinator of the Gecko Environment Council, a not-for-profit environmental advocacy and education organisation
• Producer: Teodora Agarici

Veteran Australian war correspondent John Martinkus has died at the age of 56.

Martinkus was renowned for his fearless coverage of conflicts often ignored by mainstream media, from East Timor's deadly struggle for independence throughout the 1990s, to violent uprisings in West Papua.

• Guest: Mark Davis, lawyer and former journalist who worked alongside John for more than two decades.
• Producer: Brooke Young

The British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing mounting pressure following the sacking of the UK's ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson.

Emails reported by Bloomberg showed Lord Mandelson sent supportive messages to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, after the disgraced financier's conviction for sex offences.

Meanwhile, government backbencher Richard Burgon has told the BBC that Sir Keir will be "gone" by May if elections in Scotland, Wales, and parts of England go badly for the Labour Party.

• Guest: Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London and part-time pundit and podcaster
• Producer: Anne Barker

Australia commits 12 billion dollars to developing an AUKUS shipbuilding facility in Western Australia

So how closely is the US watching this spending spree? And has the announcement been timed to coincide with Anthony Albanese's trip to New York, where he'll try to land a face-to-face meeting with President Donald Trump

The Breakfast Wrap hears from Federal Minister for Science, Industry and Innovation Tim Ayres, and Shadow Defence Minister Angus Taylor.

We also have the latest from the right-wing protests in the UK, and the summit of Arab and Islamic nations in Qatar.

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

Australia appears to be in the midst of a national park boom.

In Victoria, three new parks have been announced in the past week. And in NSW, the boundaries for the Great Koala National Park have been revealed.

While in the state's far north-west, a vast outback property turned national park will begin welcoming tourists next year.

• Guest: Dr Paul Sinclair, director of campaigns and acting CEO at the Australian Conservation Foundation
• Producer: Grace Stranger

A growing number of Australian kids are sitting out of school, too anxious or distressed for the traditional classroom environment.

One school in Victoria is tackling so-called 'school refusal' with a unique approach, blending online learning with in-person wellbeing and community engagement.

Guest:  Chloe Hand, Director New Initiatives Edmund Rice Education Australia 

As Papua New Guinea this week marks 50 years of independence, the two nations are preparing to sign a landmark defence treaty.

The agreement will see an integration of the two militaries, marking an unprecedented step in defence cooperation.

• Guest: Oliver Nobetau, Project Director of the Australia-PNG Network at the Lowy Institute 
• Producer: Eddy Diamond

"Islamophobia permeates all levels and corners of society" — that's a finding from the landmark report unveiled by Australia's first-ever Islamophobia envoy, Aftab Malik.

Mr Malik has made 54 recommendations, including twin inquiries into Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism, and outlawing religious discrimination. 

• Guest: Sharara Attai, human rights lawyer and co-director of the Islamophobia Register Australia 
• Producer: Jason Whittaker

The Opposition has welcomed the government's $12 billion pledge for its AUKUS defence hub in Western Australia, but says it's come too late.

The Henderson defence site south of Perth will cost $25 billion over 10 years, and will be used to build surface vessels and dry dock submarines for maintenance

• Guest: Angus Taylor, Shadow Minister for Defence
• Producer: Grace Stranger