Breakfast

6:23: TORTURE MANIFESTO:Andrew Anderson, director of Amnesty's latest campaign, against torture - talks about urging governments to follow a 12-point plan, designed to end practices that are more widespread than many of us think. According to Amnesty, its' files over the past three years alone reveal that torture, or ill-treatment of prisoners has been inflicted by authorites in a total of no less than 150 countries.

6:37: BUNNY BIO:Anna Hipsley talks with Brian Coman, author of "Tooth and Nail", which has been short-listed for the NSW Premier's Australian History Prize. The book examines the history of the rabbit and the impact it has had on mainland Australia.

6:44: POLITICAL UPDATE:Fran Kelly updates the political scene from Canberra.

6:48: EBOLA UGANDA:Laurie Garret, an investagative journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for her book "The Betrayal of Trust and the Collapse of Global Public Health" talks from New York about ebola - the world's most feared virus. It's surfaced again in northern Uganda, where at least 39 people have been reported dead since the outbreak was made public four days ago.

MUSIC STING: "Kosciusko" by Midnight Oil from Blue Sky Mining.

7:34: POLITICAL INTERVIEW:Fran Kelly talks with Peter Reid,

7:43: LEIGH LEIGH:Tim Latham reports on a new 200 page report into the death of Newcastle girl Leigh Leigh in 1989. The latest recommendations are that the head of that investigation be dismissed and five other police officers be prosecuted. For two and a half years, the Police Integrity Commission has been reviewing the police investigation into the murder of the 14 year-old.

MUSIC STING: "Sonny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin from "A Few Small Repairs".

7:48: MOE SALE:Chris Buckingham, President of the community-based Moe Development Group, talks about Moe Cup Race day. Three years ago Moe shot to national notoriety as the scene of the disappearance of toddler Jaidyn Leskie. It was portrayed as a community in social meltdown with above average levels of unemployment and welfare dependency. Now the town is trying to put that saga behind it with a communal dose of shopping therapy.

7:55: GERARD HENDERSON:
The Director of the Sydney Institute talks about the possible successors of John Howard and the damage the Telecard affair has done to Peter Reith's chances.

8:06: DEATH ROW STOCKS:Robin Acton, journalist with the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, talks from her office about an unusual legal battle in the US. Scott Wayne Blystone, a killer on Death Row has started a legal battle, to secure part of a $1.9 million fortune in a divorce settlement with his wife. He argues he's entitled to a share of the investment capital received during the 12-year marriage to Sharon Flora, but she's disputing his claim.

8:14: MUTTON FATIGUE:Cathy Mardall, a National Parks and Wildlife Service ranger based at Port Macquarie, talks from Dorrigo about the number of mutton birds dying on beaches around the area.

MUSIC STING: "Noah's Dove" by Ten Thousand Maniacs from "Our Time in Eden".

8:20: PARA ART:Nell Schofield talks about the Paralympic Arts Festival, featuring work by people with various disablities. At a similar festival in LA last year, 29 year-old South Australian Jane Muras received a standing ovation for a monologue she'd written - based on the story of her life.

8:26: IN PRINT:James Reyne talks to Helen Thomas about "The Waiters" by Martin Armiger.

Publications

Title: Tooth and Nail - The Story of the Rabbit in Australia
Author : Brian Coman
Publisher: Text Publications

Title: The Waiters
Author : Martin Armiger
Publisher: Text Publications