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Some license holders in New South Wales will be able to surrender their guns from today. It's part of the state government's response to the Bondi Beach massacre last year, including limiting the number of guns a person can own and the introduction of stronger background checks. Then, the Nationals Senate leader Bridget McKenzie has been a vocal opponent of the caps on the number of guns people ca...

The federal government says they are making 'serious attempts' to ensure spending isn't contributing to rising inflation figures.

Opposition urges New South Wales gun owners: 'don't rush' to hand in firearms.

A national gun buy-back has launched — at least in New South Wales, which is the first state to stand up the scheme.

Australia's major banks are all predicting a Melbourne Cup day rate rise tomorrow after consumer price index data for September showed stubbornly high inflation.

Halloween might have provided some retailers with a temporary sugar hit to sales, but broader consumer sentiment has some in the sector spooked.

On the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, protectors are demanding the UK confront role in transatlantic enslavement.

A power struggle between the government and the courts has broken out. 

A moment at the United Nations has reminded the world of the ongoing crisis in Myanmar. We hear from the country's Ambassador who was brought to tears with a plea, stopping dignitaries in their tracks.  Then, outrage, anger and questions mount in Spain following the country's second deadly high speed rail disaster this year. 

The peak body for the state's 79 councils is calling for a pause on approvals for data centres until a "comprehensive" planning and environmental framework is established.

Our Friday political panel discuss the week that was.

A secretive inquiry into the culture within Australia's elite Special Forces units during the war in Afghanistan has been made partially public. 

The Federal Trade Minister Don Farrell has told farmers that there will be "no renegotiating" Australia's free trade agreement with the EU.

Serbia's student movement is navigating the landmines of an outgoing regime, as it starts to organise its new government in the wake of Sunday's election.  The country's long-time populist leader Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat to the surging movement, shocking students who'd been preparing for the worst.  Radio National Breakfast hears from one of the most prominent students from this movement a...

Speaking at a UN Committee hearing this week in New York, Myanmar's Ambassador to the UN, Kyaw Moe Tun, urged his colleagues not to forget the conflict in Myanmar. 

With inflation coming in at 4.3% in the 12 months to September a political stoush has erupted. The largest contributor to annual inflation in September was housing - rising by 5.2%.

The Democrats are favoured to win control of the House of Representatives and they also stand a chance of making gains in the Senate.

Spain has begun three days of mourning, after more than 60 people were killed in a high speed train collision south of Madrid.

We head to central Spain with a reporter who's been on the ground of the worst rail disaster in Europe since 2013.  He tells us survivors are frustrated at repeated rail-incident deaths, and the disaster could play a role in the upcoming Spanish election.  Then, there's still a stalemate in the Israeli election and the question many are asking; could the surging Arab-Israeli parties end up the kin...

He's part of a movement by the creative sector called 'Human Made' - to urge the federal government to strengthen copyright protections.

Australia is on track to record the highest number of road deaths in 15 years

Inflation rose to 4.3% in the year to September - driven by housing and transport costs. 

A secretive inquiry into the culture within Australia's elite SAS during the war in Afghanistan has been partly made public, years after its completion.

There is disbelief, anger and questions mounting in Spain following the country's second deadly high speed rail disaster this year.