Breakfast

6:19: GRASS GROWS: Peter Broomhall, horticultural scientist with the Turf Research Group at Queensland's Primary Industries Department, talks about an intiative of the Queensland Government trying to find grass types that will use less water, are more greenhouse friendly and will need less mowing. This is also a serious commercial consideration, as Australia's turf industry is a billion dollar business sector.

MUSIC STING: "Space Agent" by Zeb from the compilation album, 'Triptonic'.

 
6:37: OTWAY DOCTORS: Dr Nigel Strauss, spokesperson for 'Doctors for Native Forests', talks about the group's campaign to save an eighty hectare patch of the Otway Range State Forest in Victoria.

MUSIC STING: "Heartbroken" by Lloyd Cole from the album, 'Rattlesnakes'.

6:44: POLITICAL UPDATE: Fran Kelly reports on the latest political news from Canberra.

6:48: US INFLUENTIAL: Heather Maher talks about "The Influence List" she helped produce for the New York based 'Brill's Content' which names the fifty most influential players in American media.

7:34: POLITICAL UPDATE: Fran Kelly with more from the nation's capital.

MUSIC STING: Ben Harper from the album, 'Burn to Shine'.

7:37: FRAN KELLY: Fran Kelly talks to Cheryl Kernot, Labor Shadow Minister, about recent developments in the Queensland electoral rorts crisis.

7:43: OUEENSLAND INQUIRY: Cathy Van Extel updates the latest in the Queensland electoral rorts crisis from Brisbane.

7:48: STOLEN GENERATIONS: Liz Curran, executive officer of the Catholic Commission for Justice, Development & Peace, talks about a special reparations tribunal, ordered by a Senate inquiry into the stolen generations, to deal with compensation for Aboriginies who were forcibly removed from their families. It's also called for a national summit, a national memorial and an apology from the Federal Parliament.

7:55: NSW ABUSE: Nigel Spence, chief executive officer of the NSW Association for Childrens Welfare Agencies, talks about a report into child protection by the Office of the NSW Ombudsman that has found incidents of abuse by employees of child care agencies are on the rise.

8:06: THIS WEEK IN CANBERRA: Fran Kelly talks to Michelle Grattan, chief political correspondent with the Sydney Morning Herald, and Paul Bongiorno, political editor with the Ten network, about the week that was in Australian politics.

8:17: MCG HISTORY: Keith Dunstan has just released the fourth edition of his book 'The People's Ground' on the history of the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He joins us to look back at the rise and rise of the MCG as one of the most famous sports grounds in the country.

8:22: COLLARD GREENS: Ian Collard and his band 'Collard Greens and Gravy' play for us live.

8:26: FILMS: Alan Saunders reviews the film "Unbreakable".