Radio National Breakfast

The price of oil remains around a hundred dollars a barrel as the middle east conflict continues.
It comes after US President Donald Trump backed down on his 48-hour threat to "obliterate" Iran's energy facilities — if Iran didn't allow ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
Guest: Edward Fishman is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Maurice R Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of 'Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare'.

For years, Anthony Venn-Brown sought solace in his Pentecostal faith — preaching sermons in mega-churches around the country.
But Anthony hid a struggle with his sexuality, suffering through exorcisms and conversion therapy to correct what he thought was wrong.
After 22 years he resigned from the ministry to live openly as a gay man, becoming a support for other therapy survivors and an advocate for outlawing conversion practices.
Guest: Anthony Venn-Brown, founder and CEO of Ambassadors and Bridge Builders International (ABBI)

The energy shock triggered by the war in Iran has exposed the vulnerability of Asia's oil and gas supply chains and reshaping everyday life for many in the region.
About 80 per cent of crude oil and oil products shipped through the Strait of Hormuz are destined for Asia - and nearly 90 per cent of all liquefied natural gas.

The federal government is celebrating a new free trade agreement with the European Union - after almost a decade of protracted negotiations.
GUEST: Don Farrell, Minister for Trade and Tourism 
PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle

Australian red meat exporters are feeling short changed in the newly inked free trade agreement between Australia and the European Union.
The additional 30,600 tonnes of beef that will be allowed to enter the EU falls short of the 50,000-tonne quota exporters were calling for.
So, what do EU farmers on the other side of the world make of the deal?
Guest: Séamus Boland, President of the European Economic and Social Committee 
Producer: Brooke Young