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Australian music legends, Vika and Linda Bull are already on the road for a national tour which has filled their diaries until November. 

The sisters are stripping-back their hits for an intimate concert series with long-time collaborate Cameron Bruce on the piano. 

Guests: Vika Bull and Linda Bull

Scientists in Australia and the US have used a new technique in gene editing to try to rescue the northern quoll from near extinction.

The quoll's population in northern Australia has plunged about 75 per cent in the past decade because it lacks resistance to cane toad poison. 

Guest: Dr Stephen Frankenberg, leading the northern quoll cane toad toxin resistance project at the University of Melbourne

He was the pioneering frontman of shock rock group 'Jimmy and the Boys' who went on to leave a lasting cultural imprint on Sydney and Australia. 

Ignatius Jones has died after a short illness, aged 67, and is being remembered for his creative energy both on and off the stage. 

Guest: Wendy Harmer, broadcaster, comedian author and friend

A Guardian survey of the world's leading climate scientists has found 80% believe warming above 1.5C is now unavoidable.

One of those is Professor Mark Howden, Director of the Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions at The ANU and a lead IPCC author, he joined RN Breakfast to discuss.

Guest: Prof. Mark Howden, Director of the Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions at The ANU

The University of Sydney's National Tertiary Education Union could become the first branch in Australia to endorse the institutional academic boycott of Israel.

Members will today cast votes calling on the university to cut all ties with Israeli academic institutions, and immediately stop weapons-related research.

Guest: Nick Riemer, National Tertiary Education Union Branch President, The University of Sydney

In rugby league, the 4th placed Dolphins host the 5th placed Manly at Lang Park to kick off round 10.

While in the AFL, two heavyweights go head to head the MCG tonight - Carlton hosting Demons. And in cycling news, Giro D'Italia Stage 5 kicks off.

RN Breakfast reporter, Joe Sullivan brings the latest news from the world of sport.