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It's been hailed as a modern-day theatre classic and now Prima Facie will return to select screens.
Since its inception, playwright Suzie Miller has been inundated with stories of how the piece transformed court and police practises in sexual assault and rape cases.
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Overnight, police have launched a targeted search for Samantha Murphy's remains near her hometown of Ballarat.
Ms Murphy was reported missing after she left her Ballarat East home for a morning run on February 4.
Guest: Mikaela Ortolan, ABC reporter -
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The Quad alliance has just launched the historic Quad Cancer Moonshot - an effort to leverage public and private resources to reduce the number of lives lost to cancer in the region, with an initial focus on cervical cancer.
Guest: Professor Karen Canfell AC, Epidemiologist and Director of the Daffodil Centre
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The Queensland government is hoping the bassist from one of Brisbane's most iconic bands can help support the state's nightlife.
John Collins has been appointed the state's first ever Night-Life Economy Commissioner
Guest:John Collins, Queensland Night-Life Economy Commissioner; Powderfinger bassist; venue managerProducers: Richard Crabtree and Eddy Diamond -
North Carolina is traditionally a Republican state, but was won by Former President Donald Trump by just over one per cent in 2020.
Four years later and Mark Robinson a controversial candidate for Governor of the state could make North Carolina a win for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Guest: Dr. Andy Jackson, Director of the Civitas Center for Public Integrity at the John Locke Foundation in North Carolina.Producer: Matt Simpson
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For the seventh consecutive month, the Reserve Bank has kept interest rates on hold at 4.35 per cent.
While the decision to keep rates steady was largely expected, there was no indication from the RBA Governor that there would be a rate cut in the near future.
Guest: Jane Hume, Shadow Finance MinisterProducer: Eleni Psaltis -
Where does the RBA decision and the Governor's reasoning leave the Government?
And the Albanese Government has asked for expert advice on how to scale back negative gearing - what do we know?
The chief political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age David Crowe joins RN Breakfast to discuss the latest developments in federal politics.Guest: David Crowe
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A study by the Australian Gambling Research Centre found about a third of young adults who gambled in the last year started betting before the age of 18 .
Professor Samantha Thomas has extensively researched gambling reform and told RN Breakfast an age verification likely won't work - and says she's "very concerned with the framing" particularly from the Prime Minister around gambling reform - and is urging the Government to implement a blanket ban on gambling advertising.
Guest:Samantha Thomas, Professor Public Health in the Determinants of Health Team, Institute for Health Transformation at Deakin University Producer: Kimberley Price -
Recent data from Insightfully reveals 40 per cent of Australians are waiting too long to see their GP, with regional areas some of the worst impacted.
In an effort to alleviate pressure on GPs and emergency departments, programs allowing pharmacists to provide frontline health services are now being rolled out across several Australian states and territories.
Guest: Professor Trent Twomey, National President, Pharmacy Guild of AustraliaProducer: Madeleine Hanger -
New research shows some corals are more heat tolerant based on their genetics and environment.
Scientists are hoping this could slow the rate at which reefs are being bleached.
Guest: Emily Howells, Senior Research Fellow in Marine Biology, Southern Cross UniversityProducer: Maddie Spencer -
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will address the UN General Assembly in the US, laying out his plan for victory in the war with Russia.
He'll also meet President Biden in Washington, where he's expected to increase pressure on the US and its allies to grant Ukraine permission to fire long-range missiles they've supplied into Russia, for the first time since the war began.
Guest: John Foreman, former UK Defence Attache to Moscow and KyivProducer: Richard Crabtree -
Lawmakers in California have filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil alleging the oil giant has engaged in a "decades-long campaign of deception" about the effectiveness of plastic recycling.
Exxon has hit back, blaming California for an inefficient recycling programme.
Guest: Chelsea Linsley, Center for Climate IntegrityProducer: David Cook -
Ten of thousands of Lebanese people have fled the south of Lebanon following deadly air strikes from Israel on Hezbollah targets. As people seek shelter in other parts of the country - Australian citizens who are in Lebanon - were warned yesterday to make arrangements to come home before it was too late.
Guest: Paul Tabar, adjunct professor with Western Sydney University and the author of Arab Communities in AustraliaProducer: Eddy Diamond -
Mexico is set to become the first country in the world to directly elect every one of its seven-thousand judges.
But will this radical move - by a popular, democratically elected government - create a better justice system?
Guest: Damien Carrick, The Law ReportAnd you can hear more about Mexico's plan to allow voters to elect judges on The Law Report on Radio National - or anytime on the ABC Listen App.
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More than two million Australians delay or avoid dental care because of high costs.
The Grattan Institute says patients pay much more of the cost of dental care than they do for other kinds of health care and are calling for urgent Medicare policy reforms and government-funded universal dental coverage.
Guest: Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan InstituteProducer: Madeleine Hanger -
Rom-coms are a mainstay in cinema but it's rarer on TV to build a show around two characters falling in love.
But new Netflix series Nobody Wants This bucks the trend. The series starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody about an unlikely would-be couple in Los Angeles trying to make it work across a religious divide.
Guest: Wenlei Ma, culture editor, The Nightly
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For decades, the chef and restaurateur Rick Stein has championed Britain's food producers.
His latest book, 'Rick Stein's Food Stories' champions the cooks, farmers and fishermen who inspired him as he travelled around the country.
Guest: Rick SteinProducer: David Cook -
The Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ... says people shouldn't simply trust marketing campaigns advertising price changes at major supermarkets.
The ACCC is seeking significant penalties for Coles and Woolworths in federal court, alleging they systematically mislead customers with "deals" that didn't substantially drop prices.
Guest: Gina Cass-Gotleib, Chair of The Australian Competition and Consumer CommissionProducer: Matt Simpson - Vis mere
