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First Up for Monday 12 August 2019

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 9 August 2019
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 13 August 2019
  • Same sex couples want equal access to IVF public funding

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    A new artificial intelligence approach to IVF could improve the rate of success and minimize the risk of multiple pregnancies.

    5:55 AM.A same-sex couple wanting to have their first child want to see IVF treatment publicly funded for couples in their situation. Ryan and Jerome Curran-Pacquing have launched a give a little page to… Read more Audio

  • Peter Fitzsimons over the moon about Wallabies win

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    MC Peter FitzSimons. Westpac International Rugby Legends Gala Dinner, Sky City Convention Centre, Auckland 24 May 2011. Photo: Simon Watts/photosport.co.nz

    5:43 AM.Well across the Tasman, there's renewed hope of the Wallabies winning the Bledisloe Cup for the first time in 17 years. Former Wallaby and Sydney Morning Herald columnist Peter Fitzsimons was still… Read more Audio

  • Biz Byte - company earnings season kicks off this week

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    generic crystal ball

    5:35 AM.Business editor Gyles Beckford, looks into the crystal ball for the company earnings season, which kicks off this week Audio

  • Fruit and Vege Report with Ian Reisima

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    5:25 AM.With us this morning for a look at all the fresh fruit and veges available around the country is Ian Reisima from MG Marketing. Audio

  • Investigations open into apparent suicide of Jeffrey Epstein

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    Jeffrey Epstein.

    5:09 AM.Let's begin in the US where the FBI has opened a formal investigation into how US financier Jeffrey Epsteen was able to apparently kill himself in prison while awaiting trial on sex trafficking… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 9 August 2019
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 13 August 2019
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