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Breakfast Wrap: Chinese warships tracking close to Tasmania
The Australian Defence Force says it's closely monitoring the Chinese warships that have now re-entered Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone after conducting live fire exercises without notice in the Tasman Sea last week.The opposition is accusing Labor of downplaying the incident.Also, Australia's chief financial markets regulator Joe Longo warns he can't do his job properly if he is kept in the dark,  as the size of so-called private investments not on the Australian share market triples.For the first time in its 27-year history,  the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released the first request for help from members of the public, and from users of financial markets.And as the unofficial election campaign rolls on the Greens have launched a string of what they call "Robin hood" reforms — proposals for social and cost-of-living policies they say could be funded by much higher taxes on corporations and billionaires.The latest is a proposal to get ADHD and autism diagnoses funded through Medicare.Coverage and analysis of national and international events.
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Breakfast Wrap: Europe stokes Trump's ego over Ukraine
Ukraine could join the European Union before 2030 if the country continues its reforms at their current speed, according to the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. President von de Leyen's call comes as a flurry of meetings take place in Washington DC and at the United Nations in New York to discuss Ukraine's future. Also, the United Nations says it is gravely concerned about growing violence in the West Bank, after Israel sent tanks into Jenin for the first time in more than two decades. So how will this affect the phase 2 negotiations of the Gaza ceasefire deal? And eSafety Commissioner Julie Inmnan-Grant says she could've fined encrypted messaging app Telegram triple the $1 million penalty issued yesterday, after the platform failed to report on time how it tackles terrorism and child abuse material.Today, Ms Inman-Grant will lay bare Australia's progress in combatting online harm today as she fronts senate estimates.Coverage and analysis of national and international events.
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Radio National Breakfast Full Episode - 25th February 2025
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Breakfast Wrap: What the Medicare pledges mean for you
The head of Australia's professional body for general practitioners says the federal government's $8.5 billion pledge to expand Medicare bulk billing is "welcome".The federal government is promising nine out of 10 GP services will be bulk-billed by 2030, as part of a Medicare funding boost that will form the centrepiece of Labor's federal election campaign.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unveiled the policy at a campaign rally in Tasmania on the weekend, in a speech laden with dire warnings about risks to the health system posed by the Coalition and Peter Dutton.But within hours the Coalition pledged to match Labor's Medicare boost dollar for dollar.Also this morning, Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz has claimed victory in the German election, with exit polls also indicating that Alternative for Deutschland, or AfD, is heading for the strongest showing for a far-right party since World War II.The election result comes as Germany and the rest of Europe grapple with the new Trump administration, and the Russia-Ukraine war.And Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is prepared to give up his presidency in exchange for peace in Ukraine. The Ukrainian president's comments come as the country marks the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion amid what could be the most significant shift in geopolitics since World War II.Coverage and analysis of national and international events.
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Breakfast Wrap: Spy boss shares threats facing Australia
Australia's top spy has delivered a bleak snap-shot of threats to national security and democracy in what he's described as his most "significant, serious, and sober" threat assessment to date.According to the Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), we are living in a world where radicalisation can take just days, antisemitic attacks on home soil are yet to plateau, and multiple nations have plotted to physically harm people living in Australia.Also, Parliament may not have been sitting, and the election may not have been called yet but could the Government have steeled itself for the ballot box after the events of this week?And "reckless indifference" or "wilful bastardry".They're the only things that former treasury secretary Ken Henry believes can explain the economic challenges and environmental catastrophe facing young Australians, thanks to successive governments and the voters who've supported them.
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