Fresh from his stint at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Irish comedian David O'Doherty is heading to Sydney, Brisbane and Perth with his trusty keyboard. 

Infusing songs into his comedy sets, David O'Doherty stopped by the RN Breakfast studio to perform a song dedicated to his parents. 

Guest: David O'Doherty

A large number of fire ants have been found on defence land in the Murray Darling Basin. 

Due to the size of the discovery, experts believe the outbreak has gone undetected for some time and there's concern about what this means for Australia's national eradication program.

As pro-Palestinian protests at America's University of Columbia  enter their seventh day, Australian students are following suit. 

Students at Sydney University are currently protesting on the campus, opposing what they claim are the university's ties to Israel. Federal Greens Senator David Shoebridge has attended the protest and is supporting the students.

Guest:David Shoebridge, Greens Senator

Entrepreneur Elon Musk is making news for all the wrong reasons this week.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has labelled Musk an "arrogant billionaire who thinks he is above the law" while Tesla's share price has tanked, Cybertrucks have been recalled due to dangerous malfunctions and global EV sales have dropped.

Guest: Stephen Bartholomeusz, Sydney Morning Herald, Journalist

For government and businesses there's currently no model, framework or incentive to reduce, reuse and recycle, and create a "circular economy".

Last year the government created the Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Group and today it hands down its interim report with recommendations on how to formalise a circular economy in Australia.

Guest: Professor John Thwaites, Chair, Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Group

Molly Ticehurst was found dead in the early hours of Monday morning and her former partner, Daniel Billings, has been charged with her murder. 

It has been revealed that at the time of the alleged murder, Billings was on bail for rape and stalking charges against Ms Ticehurst. The NSW government is expected to announce details of an urgent review examining the circumstances leading to Billings being granted bail.

Guest: Angela Lynch, sexual violence and domestic and family violence prevention advocate

Four-years ago, then-Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews promised Melbourne a second medically supervised injecting room, such was the demand for the city's first facility. 

But that promise has now been broken by his successor Jacinta Allan - despite two Government commissioned reports recommending a new facility and years of work looking to establish a suitable site.But drug experts warn walking away from the injecting room sends a worrying message of conservatism across the country.Guest: Dr Marianne Jauncey, Medical Director at Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre in King's Cross

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

A video ban has turned into a global battle between the Australian government and Elon Musk.

The Federal e-Safety commissioner is seeking to permanently remove the video of the Sydney church stabbing from X after a court injunction ordered the social media platform to take down the video for two days.

Guest: Michelle Rowland, Communications Minister

Atlassian's co-founder Scott Farquhar has released new data showing the company has saved 3.75 million minutes by scrapping unnecessary meetings since acquiring video company Loom for $1.5bn last October.

So, how does Atlassian work out which meetings are actually worth having?

Guest: Dom Price, Work Futurist, Atlassian