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On average, each of Australian buys 56 new clothing items every year. And then as a country - we tip a third of our purchases, or around 200,000 tonnes of textiles in the bin.

Half that quantity is actually shipped out of the country - but one local company says there's no need and we have the right tools to solve the problem right here.
 

Yesterday, News Corp staff were briefed on company changes at a series of meetings and it is understood there may be sweeping staff cuts from the ranks of the company's one thousand journalists.

It comes as the media giant centralises its news gathering in the face of declining advertising revenues and changing news audiences.
Guest: Stephen Brook, Special Correspondent, The Age

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

ACTU Secretary Sally McManus told RN Breakfast that the ACTU is pushing for a five per cent increase to aid people "struggling the most" with the cost-of-living. 

Sally McManus says this would allow workers on the minimum wage to "catch-up" with where they were before the pandemic.
Guest: Sally McManus

Former NSW Premier Mike Baird has been named as the inaguagral CEO of the Susan McKinnon Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation aimed at strengthening democracy.

He joined RN Breakfast to discuss why he's made the move back to politics without stepping directly into the halls of power.
Guest: Mike Baird, CEO of the Susan McKinnon Foundation

The Chief Political Editor for 9News Charles Croucher joins RN Breakfast to discuss the latest developments in federal politics.