Morning Report for Monday 9 August 2010

8:56 AM.We cross to Melbourne to join Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio

8:52 AM.Australian business leaders say they're suffering on the world stage because of tourism campaigns that they say portray Australia as a country of boofheads. Audio

8:49 AM.The government has rejected a push by the trucking industry for a major change to the Road User Charges system. Audio

8:48 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

8:42 AM.A Nelson student leader says the government's cuts to polytech funding are taking a knife to the heart of smaller regions around the country. Audio

8:38 AM.Thousands of staff who will work in Auckland's super city council have secured a two -year pay deal in what's being called a milestone in the amalgamation process. Audio

8:34 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:25 AM.School leaders and academics are challenging the Government's figures on student failure. Audio

8:21 AM.The Australian opposition leader, Tony Abbott, has officially launched his party's campaign, promising what he calls a grown-up government that would target illegal immigration and scrap mining tax. Audio

8:15 AM.The Chairman of one of the country's largest iwi says the problem of high Maori unemployment won't be solved overnight. Audio

8:09 AM.A group set up by the government to look at long-term benefit dependency says if the welfare system isn't changed, 16 per cent of the working age population could be on a benefit by 2050. Audio

7:57 AM.Christchurch had a chance to practise for next year's Rugby World Cup on Saturday night, when thousands of people packed into the city for the Bledisloe Cup game. Audio

7:53 AM.Statistics from the property valuer, QV and the ASB Bank's quarterly housing confidence survey are painting a picture of a stagnant property market. Audio

7:47 AM.A New Zealand team preparing to join a massive international aid convoy heading to the Gaza strip says it's not going into the situation lightly. Audio

7:43 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:36 AM.Labour is facing a potentially messy fight over the future of Chris Carter, after rejecting his offer to withdraw his nomination for Te Atatu in return for being allowed to remain a party member. Audio

7:27 AM.A Northland Maori MP is calling for an end to a ban on the haka at the country's oldest schoolboy rugby competition. Audio

7:24 AM.As Pakistan stuggles to cope with monsoon floods, hundreds are dead or missing after flash floods in the Indian controlled Kasmir. Audio

7:19 AM.The attack on a convoy of aid workers in the province of Badakhshan has again raised concerns about the security of areas that had previously been considered some of the safest. Audio

7:15 AM.There was an emotional return to Ohakea air base yesterday for the New Zealand soldier killed in Afghanistan last week. Audio

7:09 AM.A group set up by the Government to examine the welfare system says it's not working, especially for long term beneficiaries. Audio

6:47 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:40 AM.Fresh rains have lashed flood-hit Pakistan, threatening to deepen a crisis affecting at least 15 million people in the worst floods in the country's history. Audio

6:37 AM.The Prime Minister says Afghanistan would be turned into a global breeding ground for terrorism if foreign forces were to withdraw from the country now. Audio

6:28 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:17 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:00 AM.Review says welfare system fails too many New Zealanders, Emotional return from Afghanistan for fallen soldier, Taliban claims responsibility for roadside attack, India struggles to get aid to… Read more Audio