Breakfast

6:19: RURAL INVEST: Bill Sheehan, member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, talks about their economic model, devised with local governments and the Shires Association, to tackle economic issues in the country, including atrracting industry and investment.

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

6:37: VIETNAM CROPS: Anna Hipsley speaks with Lester Burgess, the Dean of Agriculture at Sydney University, about his three-week course to help the Vietnamese identify and research plant diseases.

MUSIC STING: "Suck It Up" by Medeski Martin Wood from the album "It's a Jungle in Here".

6:44: EBOLA DOCTORS: Hans-Dieter Klenk, head of the virology department at Phillips University in Maburg, talks about the latest infection of the Ebola virus in Uganda, just as scientists in the US announced last week they had successfully vaccinated a small group of monkeys from the virus.

6:58: US ELEX NOW: Stephen Wayne, professor of government at Georgetown University, tries to make sense out of the legal marass of the US Presidential race.

7:34: WASHINGTON UPDATE: Linda Wertheimer gives us the latest news on the US Presidential race, and the situation in Florida.

MUSIC STING: "Kosciusko" by Midnight Oil from the album "Red Sails in the Sunset".

7:37: POLITICAL UPDATE: Michelle Grattan, chief political correspondant with the Sydney Morning Herald, updates the latest news from Canberra.

7:43: ECONOMY NOW: One of Australia's top bankers, Ian McFarlane is predicting good times ahead for the Australian economy. He says interest rates may have peaked and the long awaited 'slowdown' of the US economy looks like it may happen - which is good news for the ailing Aussie dollar. Bruce Freeland, chief economist with the Commonwealth Bank, talks about the financial outloook for the year.

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

7:55: OLD ARNOTTS: John Rademacher, Morpeth businessman and resident, talks about the restoration of an old bakery in the NSW Hunter Valley which is set to add to the local flavour and history of Arnotts, the famous biscuit maker.

8:06: BLUE HIGHWAY: Fran Kelly, natural areas campaigner for the Total Environment Centre, talks about a National Party plan to build a 'super highway' through the Blue Mountains area which has just been World Heritage Listed.

8:12: GLOBAL CITIES: Ross Clarke, a structural engineer who worked on one of the big developments in Potsdamer Platz, talks about the boom of the 'global cities'. Also joining us is Professor Kevin O'Connor, from the school of geography and environmental science at Monash University in Melbourne. Globalisation means that we now have to compete against other global cities for recognition. But, who are the architects of these new metropolises? And are they creating spaces that we really want to live in?

8:22: TEE VEE: Shane Danielson takes a look at the summer season ahead in the world of television. He's talking to Helen Thomas, and he's surprisingly optimistic about the usual 'brain drain' of Chrissie viewing.