7.08 Professor Patrick Parkinson
The national child support system has its share of critics and many of their complaints have been backed up by a new report. After an eight month review, a ministerial taskforce has called for sweeping changes. Chairman of the taskforce, Professor Patrick Parkinson speaks with TODAY.
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7.11 Peter Harvey
The NSW government will make smoke alarms compulsory in all homes in the state from May next year. That step was prompted by a series of tragedies including the deaths, ten days ago of Tony and Belinda Conn and their four year old son, Will at their farmhouse near Coonamble in north western NSW. This morning the community will gather for their funerals.
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7.14 The Lo family
Immigration and detention policies continue to make headlines as a brawl erupted in federal cabinet yesterday over the Coalition's current system. Meanwhile more questionable cases are coming to light and the latest involves two children aged 10 and 12 who are likely to be separated from their parents.
7.21 Alan Jones
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7.24 Michael Hagan and John Cartwright.
Tonight the State of Origin teams battle it out in game two. Queensland are one-up after their victory in Brisbane.
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7.35 4WDs
Here in Australia there's been concern over the potential danger four-wheel drives can cause but in America there's certainly no movement afoot to ban the big rigs. In fact, one auto maker believes that bigger - way bigger - is in fact better. CBS America has the story.
7.40 Richard Glover and Shelly Horton
It's men's health week this week and our gender warriors are here to talk about men's image and the rise and fall of the Metrosexual, just for starters.
7.50 E News
Morgan Freeman is one of the world's most acclaimed and accomplished actors. His career spans more than thirty years. His latest film is Batman Begins’, which opens nationally on Thursday June 16.
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8.10 Jackie Pittman, Sharon Lockyer and Margaret Hackett
It takes a lot of hard work and plenty of sacrifices to make a kid into a champion athlete. Parents have a crucial role to play. A new book called "Raising Champions" has examined how fifty of our country's elite sport stars were raised. We have three of the parents featured in the book with us.
"Raising Champions" by Phillipa Coates is published by Lothian books (www.lothian.com.au) and is available at books stores now. RRP $29.95
8.20 Mal Meninga and Glenn Lazarus
There's a long list of great players over the twenty five years of State of Origin and a few of them have been marking the anniversary with a relay from Cairns to Sydney raising funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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Donations to the Make-A-Wish Foundation can be made via credit card by calling 1800 032 260 (Toll
Free)
8.42 Act of love
Last month we met Alison Foster the twenty year old Melbourne woman preparing to donate a kidney to her mum Annette who was suffering from a life-threatening illness.
Yesterday morning they went into surgery for their transplant operations, an act of love that will change their lives.
8.50 Alex Zaharov-Reutt
We review Roboraptor, the big brother to the original 'Robosapien' robot that has sold over 2 million units since its launch last year. We also take a look at a GPS navigation system for your car.
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