CPAC, The Conservative Political Action Conference, has been a staple event in the American political landscape since 1974.

Launching its Australian arm in 2019, CPAC Australia has quickly built a reputation for hosting…

Rowan Heath is the winner of this year's Australian Book Review's Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. They join Sam and Hamish to discuss the winning story, 'The Mannequin', and read out an excerpt…

Former Essendon player Michael Long OAM joins the Breakfasters to talk about the 20th anniversary of The Long Walk, brought forth amid the Voice referendum and to support the Yes campaign. He reflects…

In making her third album, Echo The Diamond, Margaret Glaspy had two goals: make it as live as possible, and put the guitar up front.

"The vibe was: let's get in there…

Graham Readfearn, environment reporter for the Guardian Australia joins host Amy Mullins for a debrief on his recent coverage of the climate crisis.

They talk about a massive series of coral bleaching events…

The third solo album from Big Thief's Buck Meek is called Haunted Mountain.

Its title track, co-written with Jolie Holland (who's also called her own new album Haunted Mountain), is a…

Shaun Blackwell was living in London during the 2020 lockdown. The New Zealand musician had a long history in his homeland —playing in bands like John The Baptist and Big River Chain— and…

Eora/Sydney-based producer and musician Jerome Blazé shares a guest mix of tender-haearted soft and melancholic orchestral pop akin to his own works, by artists such as Four Tet, Yu Su and Mindy Meng…

New evidence suggests that the world's largest known asteroid impact structure is said to be found in south-east Australia near Deniliquin, NSW! Evrim Yazgin, science writer for Cosmos magazine and Masters of Science…

Brigid Gallacher joins the Breakfasters to talk about a world-first pairing of two separate plays by Caryl Churchill, considered one of the world's greatest living playwrights, whose work - Brigid tells us -…

Bangarra Artistic Director Frances Rings, a descendant of the Wirangu and Mirning Tribes, joins Vanessa Morris on Banksia to discuss Yuldea a current touring production of Bangarra.

As her first production as Artistic…

Propaine drop in to share influences from their second EP "Salt", out now through Kitty Records

Amy Hetherington, editor of The Big Issue joins the Breakfasters to chat about the magazine's 19th Fiction edition, hot off the press! With over almost 700 submissions to sift through, this year's edition…

Writer and novelist Andrea Goldsmith joins Mel in the studios to talk about the legacy of legendary Australian poet Dorothy Porter, aka "Dot", who also happened to be her partner. She chats about…

Australia is in the middle of a horror film revival, with a new wave of locally made releases finding audiences and screening at film festivals across the globe.

One such film is GODLESS:…

Book printing in Australia has faced challenges on several fronts in the last decade - with digitisation, the rise of eBooks and international imports threatening the industry’s future.

Last year, two of the…

Beloved folk artist Leah Senior joins Kate on The Distant Sky to discuss her latest labour of love – The Music That I Make. The two chat about the creation of such…

First Nations filmmaker, writer, director and producer Dena Curtis joined Vanessa Morris on Banksia to talk about the Rebel With A Cause documentary series which premiered at MIFF and tells the stories of…

Worimi man and composer Leon Rodgers joined Vanessa Morris on Banksia to talk all about composing for Bangarra's produciton Yuldea.

Leon spoke about the importance of collaboration in Yuldea including working with guest…

Journalist Walter Marsh grew up in Adelaide – a ‘one paper’ town, a city where all the major newspapers are owned by News Ltd.

Fascinated to learn the history of why this was…