Radio National Breakfast

Gambling companies have warned that over-regulation could drive Australians to offshore operators.

Gambling company employees have allegedly been giving drugs as an inducement.

That's what was alleged at the Senate gambling inquiry yesterday by a former NRL player. 

Today on the Breakfast Wrap Luke Bateman explains what response he wants to see to his claims .

We'll also hear from Labor and the Greens. 

Then overseas, the UK is facing its driest conditions in hundreds of years as much of the country is consumed by drought. 

And what is really going on between Iran and the US? A former National Security Council director will share her take.

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

Australia's out-of-home care system is riddled with problems: the system is inefficient, ineffective and unsustainable, according to a 2024 NSW review.

An inquiry into the government's proposed changes to gambling regulation continues today — with leading firms Sportsbet and Tabcorp scheduled to give evidence.

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has appealed to her upper house colleagues to strengthen Labor's gambling ad laws before parliament.

Environment Minister Murray Watt says we can expect more birds to die now that there has been local transmission of H5 bird flu.

The US has joined Japan in a rare coordinated intervention in foreign exchange markets to stabilise the yen after it hit a four-decade low.

• Guest: Shiro Armstrong, Professor of Economics and Director of the Australia-Japan Research Centre at the Australian National University.
• Producer: Oscar Coleman

US President Donald Trump says Iran faces "decapitation" if it does not agree to a pact to end the ‌conflict between the two nations.

A prolonged heat wave and lack of rainfall has led to the driest July in England and Wales in nearly 200 years of record keeping, according to provisional statistics released by the UK's weather service.

Former NRL player Luke Bateman has alleged gambling company employees flew him to catered events — and that he was offered illicit drugs.