Breakfast

MUSIC STING: Ben Harper - From his album Burn to Shine.

6:37: CHINA SPIES:
BILL GERTZ, a journalist with the Washington Post, talks about his investigation into China's infiltration of US military and nuclear secrets. His report comes in the wake of the arrest of scientist When Ho Lee on espionage charges.

6:44: POLITICAL UPDATE:
Fran Kelly with the early news from Canberra.

MUSIC STING: Tina Go - From Tina Turners album 24-7.

6:48: UN PEACEKEEPING:
LAKHDAR BRAHIMI, a former Algerain Foreign Minister and current UN board member discusses the the push to have the United Nations place greater emphasis on peacekeeping around the world in the wake of the organisation's failure in places like Rwanda and Srebenica.

7:34: POLITICAL UPDATE:
Fran Kelly interviews Victorian Premier STEVE BRACKs about what the state's can expect out of their meeting with the Federal Government on the issue of fuel excise.

7:43: BRUMBY MASSACRE:
Tim Latham reports on the controversy over the slaughter of hundred's of wild horses in NSW.

7:50: STEVE ALLEN DIES:
KEN TUCKER, reporter with Entertainment Weekly in Los Angeles talks about the death of Steve Allen, the man credited with creating the 'tonight show host'. It's a style that has been borrowed by everyone from David Letterman to Jay Leno and Steve Vizard.

MUSIC STING: Sonny Came Home - From Shawn Colvin's album 'A Few Small Repairs'.

7:55: GERARD HENDERSON:
Gerard Henderson, Director of the Sydney Institute checks in with his weekly look at Australian politics.

8:06: NEW COMMISH:
Cathy Van Extel reports on the appointment of Queensland's new police commissioner.

8:12: CATTLE PROJECT:
PETER KENNY, president of the Central Queensland division of AGFORCE, talks about the likelihood of an alliance being formed between Queensland's key farming lobby group and Aboriginal elders.

8:17: GENDER PAY:
Queensland Council of Unions - and newly-appointed general-secretary of the Industrial Relations Commission, Grace Grace talks about conducting an inquiry into pay equity.

8:22: IN PRINT:
James Reyne talks with Helen Thomas about Julian Barnes' book "Love etc".

Publications

Title: Love Etc
Author : Julian Barnes
Publisher: Knopf
Published February 2001

Title: The China Threat
Author : Bill Gertz
Publisher: Regnery Publishers