Breakfast

MUSIC STING: "Shuck it Up" by Medeski Martin Wood from "It's a Jungle in Here".

6:23: BUSINESS ACTIVITY:
Katie Lahey, executive director of the NSW Chamber of Commerce talks about how Australia's two million small business operators are coping with the new tax system. Under the new regime, businesses, investors and self-funded retirees are required to lodge Business Activity Statements with the Australian Taxation Office.

MUSIC STING: "Winter Solstice" by The Tea Party from "Splendor Solis".

6:37: AFL RIGHTS: Andrew Coulloupas talks with James Erskine, chief executive of SEL - a leading sports marketing company - about a joint bid to wrest AFL rights from the Seven Network in 2002.

6:44: ART POINTS:
Amanda Wheate, head of the School of Art Education at the University of NSW's College of Fine Arts talks about visual art is being targetted as a subject in which students wont be able to score top marks. It will affect the way students view art in the future - with many opting for courses in which they can earn a higher mark.

6:48: ELEX IN COURT:
Roger Pilon vice-president for legal affairs and director of constitutional affairs at the CATO Institute in New York, and Suzanne Sherry, a law professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennesse, talk about whether the US Presidential election will be decided in the courts.

7:34: CARBINE'S CUP:
Andrew Coulloupas talks about yesterday's auction at which the Carbine Cup was sold to a mystery owner.

7:40: POLITICAL UPDATE:
Michelle Garttan, Chief Political Correspondent with the Sydney Morning Herald updates the political scene from Canberra.

7:43: DEFENCE DOLLARS:
Paul Barrett, ex secretary for the Department of Defence, talks from Melbourne about the spending boost proposed for Australia's Defence Forces. If recent leaks can be believed, the Howard Government is planning a cash injection to defence worth around $3.45 billion over the next decade - $500 million coming in the next Budget. Some insiders question whether even this boost is enough.

7:48: NEW CSIRO BOSS:
Geoff Garrett, the new head of Australia's CSIRO talks about his appointment and the battle for science funding. He's served as president and chief-exec of South Africa's national science agency, CSIR, for the past five years.

7:55: INDIE CHALLENGE:
Beck Smith, editor of IT Magazine, Australia's independent film monthly, talks about this weekend's Australian Film Industry Awards. Unlike the AFIs, which are judged by members of the industry, the "IFs" are voted-on by the public at film festival screeings all over the country.

8:06: QLD SHIP REFLOAT:
Captain John Watkinson, the Response Team Commander and executive director of the Maritime Division of Queensland Transport talks about the third attempt to free the MalaysianN ship that ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef 12 days ago.

8:12: PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY:
Fred Greenstein, a Presidency scholar at Princeton University and author of "Presidential Differences: Leadership Styles from Franklin Roosevelt to Bill Clinton", talks about the unique situation faced by George W Bush and his Democrat rival Al Gore, given that neither are in or out of the Oval Office.

8:17: HAGUE DEBATE:
John White, managing director of Global Renewables and Wayne Colins, acting chief executive of the Stanwell Corporation both talk about reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In a report called 'Faking It' - which is to be distributed at this week's climate change negotiations in The Hague - Greenpeace and the ACF accuse Australia of playing a "cheat's game" on greenhouse emissions.