Shadow Minister for Home Affairs Kristina Keneally welcomes Australia's decision to restrict travel to and from India amid an unprecedented surge in coronavirus infections there. But Labor has been highly critical of the federal government's failure to complete vaccinations of Australians in the 1A and 1B categories.

As India sets a new record for the highest daily number of COVID-19 cases, desperate Indians are turning to the black market for drugs, which are often popularised through misinformation presented as fact on social media.

With family members hospitalised in India, Australian doctor Vyom Sharma can only watch on as he sees misinformation fuel a black market generating false hope.

The Marshall islands will be the only representative from the Pacific island region attending US President Joe Biden's climate action summit. Although Former Tuvalu Prime Minister and MP Enele Sopoaga supports representation by the Marshall Islands, he fears Australia is not doing enough to protect Pacific neighbours.

Celebrities like Harry Styles and The Rock have been spotted wearing the fashion trend. And on social media giant TikTok, #5inchseam is trending, featuring men baring their legs. Our guest, fashion guru Alex Perry, tells us whether the trend is here to stay.

There are calls to increase Federal funding for family violence support services following two horrific incidents just a few days apart. The Women's Safety and Justice Taskforce is expected to make recommendations to government on how to best legislate against coercive control by October.

Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews says she's already issued instructions to her department to implement changes to exemptions for travel to India. It follows the decision of National Cabinet to reduce the number of incoming flights by 30%. Australia will also require those travelling back to Australia to pass a PCR test 72 hours before they fly.

The Federal Government has announced half a billion dollars to help reduce Australia's carbon emissions by investing in hydrogen and carbon capture and storage.

With global temperatures already close to the 1.5 degree tipping point, former senior members of the defence and national security communities are calling for a comprehensive assessment of the security risks posed by climate change.

The conviction of Former US police officer Derek Chauvin is reverberating around the world, and has highlighted ongoing injustice for Indigenous Australians.

Some have pointed to the case of David Dungay Junior, a 26-year-old Aboriginal man, who died in similar circumstances to George Floyd, in a Sydney correctional facility in 2015 after being restrained by five prison guards in his cell.

Professor Jane Golley, Director of ANU's Australian Centre on China in the World told the National Press Club she'd received an anonymous scholarly article which debunked some of the claims made by Western media reports about the mass detention of Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang. At the same forum China's Deputy Ambassador warned Australia was not a "cow to be milked then slaughtered".

Our guest, a 70-year-old hiker, doesn't think so. She started in her 50's and has since conquered mountains and long-distance walks across the world. And she wants anyone thinking about it, to just do it.