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Professor Tom Calma, the Co-Chair of Reconciliation Australia - took to the stage to deliver the National Reconciliation Week Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration 2024. It was titled 'Looking Back to Look Forward: Lessons from the past to influence actions of the Future' and comes at a time when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples face the political - and public - aftermath of a failed referendum. Tom Calma joined RN Breakfast to discuss. Guest:Professor Tom Calma AO, Co-Chair Reconciliation Australia

Federal cabinet minister Ed Husic has floated the idea of cutting the corporate tax rate, arguing it would boost productivity, benefit business and trickling down to workers. So, just how substantial are the floated changes - and what impact would they actually have? Guest: Dr.Brendan Rynne, Chief Economist and a Partner at KPMG

The scarcity of places in regional childcare has seen a new coalition of farmers, childcare operators, charities and unions call for the federal government to play a greater role in funding providers. They say a "crisis" in early learning is crippling families and economies across regional Australia. Guest: Maddy Butler, Campaign Director at The Parenthood. Producer: Max Chalmers

Download 12.62 MB Labor Senator Kristina Keneally has met with a Tamil asylum seeker family removed from the Queensland town of Biloela and held in detention on Christmas Island for over three years. Keneally says the government is going to "extraordinary efforts" to deport the family, despite a community campaign to keep them in the country. Guest: Kristina Keneally, Labor Senator Producer: Statement from the Department of Home Affairs: Both adults arrived in Australia illegally by boat. After arriving separately in Australia, they met and married and had two children. The family’s clai...

Download 7.25 MB After being held for years on islands in the Pacific and then in detention centres in Australia, a group of around 50 asylum seekers and refugees are now celebrating their freedom. They've been released from detention centres here into the community after fleeing their countries by boat and being taken to offshore detention in Papua New Guinea and Nauru. Refugee advocates are hoping for more releases in the coming weeks. Guest: Jana Favero, Director of Advocacy and Campaigns at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Producer: Statement from Home Affairs • The Australian Governm...