Radio National Breakfast

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Melbourne band the Pierce Brothers have just come off a big career high scoring the No.1 Australian album on the ARIA Chart earlier this month for their record 'Moonrise'.Today, the folk rock duo made up of twin brothers Jack and Pat Pierce will be back where it all started busking for loose change on the corner of Swanston and Collins Streets in the Melbourne CBD.Guest: Pat Pierce is one half of the Pierce Brothers. The Australian leg of their new tour begins at the Port Fairy Folk Festival in March.Producer: Oscar Coleman

Author, columnist, broadcaster and social commentator Jane Caro shares her Summer reading list with Barbara Miller.Currently reading:Redbelly Crossing, Candice FoxSummer list:The Watch Tower, Elizabeth Harrower

Things will look a little different at the MCG this week as the Boxing Day Test begins. Members of Victoria Police's Critical Incident Response Team will be deployed as a "highly visible" presence in the wake of the Bondi attack.The specialist police will carry long-arm semi-automatic rifles in a measure Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush has described as "another layer of protection to make sure cricket fans feel safe" and a decision based on "the current threat environment" and not due to "a specific new threat" to the event.

The Opposition is calling for a Royal Commission into the Bondi terror attack... and is continuing to criticise the government's response to the incident. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a review of intelligence and law enforcement agencies, to assess whether they have appropriate powers and processes in the wake of the attack.