Radio National Breakfast

"They're a pain in the arse to work with," says one David Jones supplier who's grappling with the department store's announcement its going into voluntary administration.
Renniks Group boss Michael Pitt says he doesn't expect David Jones to pay the $16,000 it owes his company, nor cover the $40,000 worth of merchandise and packaging he has sitting in his warehouse. 
We also hear from the union representing retail workers as it plans to up activity to protect staff. 
Then Democrats want to roll back the Trump administrations tariffs, so what impact could the midterms have on gobal trade?
And we'll cross the pond as New Zealand heads to the polls this weekend.

Our Friday political panel discuss the week that was.

In a speech in Washington DC overnight, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said his party will try to wind back Mr Trump's tariffs, end the Iran war and limit consumer costs from the data centre boom.

Tuesday's rate rise — the fifth this year — was not a unanimous decision of the Reserve Bank board, with reports of internal dissent over some of the central bank's forecasting signals.

After the Democrats's historic midterm victory, US Vice President JD Vance says changing the country's relationship with Israel is one of four ways Republicans can win back voters.