Add to EJ Playlist Hazel Hawke, ex-wife of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, has passed away at 83 after a long fight with Alzheimer's and her close friend Wendy McCarthy joins us to reflect on her life. See mroe from 7.30 at http://www.abc. net.au/7.30/
Add to EJ Playlist In 2003 Australia's Governor general Peter Hollingworth announced he would resign. His 23 months in office were marked by controversy. More: http://bit.ly/A BCRetrospect
Add to EJ Playlist Pope John Paul II was was shot twice at close range by Mehmet Ali Ağca while riding in an open automobile in St. Peter's Square in 1981. More: http://bit.ly/A BCRetrospect
Add to EJ Playlist Initially sentenced to 20 years in jail for drug trafficking, Australian Schapelle Corby's term has been cut by five years after a clemency appeal. More: http://bit.ly/A BCRetrospect
Add to EJ Playlist Great Gatsby Director Baz Luhrmann reflects on the critics, risk-taking, how Australia treats celebrities, and the temptation to simply retire. You can also watch an extended version of this interview at: http://www.abc. net.au/7.30/con tent/2013/s3764 357.htm
Add to EJ Playlist The ABC's Ben Knight reports from the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, where the extent of the damage caused by a massive tornado is becoming increasingly apparent. Read more here: http://bit.ly/1 2IYOly
Add to EJ Playlist Former prime minister Kevin Rudd declares he has changed his mind on same-sex marriage and thrown his support behind it. Read more here: http://bit.ly/1 15QYEe
Add to EJ Playlist Since 7.30 highlighted the campaign to strip Dr Huang Jiefu of his awards from Sydney University due to his involvement in the Chinese program of obtaining organ donations from prisoners, he has flagged China's plan to phase out the scheme. See more from 7.30 at http://www.abc. net.au/7.30/
Add to EJ Playlist A car crash ended Ashley Cooney's London Olympics dream but she has remade herself in to Australia's big female hope at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia. See more from 7.30 at http://www.abc. net.au/7.30/
Add to EJ Playlist Opposition Leader Tony Abbott defends the spending cuts he outlined in his budget reply speech. Watch Tony Abbott's full budget reply speech to Parliament here: http://bit.ly/1 03sqXR
Add to EJ Playlist Finance Minister Penny Wong says Tony Abbott gave Australia a sneak peek at the savage cuts that would come under a Coalition government.
Add to EJ Playlist Associate Professor Dale Boccabella from the UNSW Business School says Tony Abbott's budget reply speech was a masterful political hatchet job but the major policy announcement was to defer an increase in superannuation. Read more here: http://bit.ly/1 0sUtCU
Add to EJ Playlist Like Angelina Jolie, almost a quarter of a million Australians carry a gene putting them at high risk of cancer and one woman understands the Hollywood actress's decision to have both her breasts removed - she made the same choice at the age of 25. See more from 7.30 at http://www.abc. net.au/7.30/
Add to EJ Playlist Suspended Labor MP Craig Thomson tells Simon Cullen he has decided to quit the party and recontest his New South Wales electorate as an independent. Read more here: http://bit.ly/1 5NDMXB
Add to EJ Playlist Prime Minister Julia Gillard has broken down in tears as she introduced legislation to help fund the national disability insurance scheme. Read more here: http://bit.ly/1 1CMmak
Add to EJ Playlist Watch reaction to the budget from some key interest groups and figures on ABC News Breakfast. Read more here: http://bit.ly/1 0MpZNY
Add to EJ Playlist Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey says Labor has repeatedly got it wrong on the size of government debt. Read more here: http://bit.ly/1 0MpZNY
Add to EJ Playlist Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says the Government doesn't have a revenue problem, but rather a spending problem. Read more here: http://bit.ly/1 0MpZNY
Add to EJ Playlist Single Sydney mother Kristie Rue says the budget changes nothing for her personally and doesn't think it will help the most needy. Read more here: http://bit.ly/1 0MpZNY
Add to EJ Playlist Prime Minister Julia Gillard says voters will deliver their verdict on the budget at the September federal election. Read more here: http://bit.ly/1 0MpZNY
Add to EJ Playlist Finance Minister Penny Wong says she believes in her heart of hearts that "this is the right budget for the nation". Read more here: http://bit.ly/1 0MpZNY
Add to EJ Playlist Former Age editor Mike Smith joins ABC News Breakfast for a look at how the nation's newspapers have reported on Budget 2013. Read more here: http://bit.ly/1 0MpZNY
Add to EJ Playlist The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Peter Anderson says the budget contains "no joy" for small businesses. Read more here: http://bit.ly/1 0MpZNY
Add to EJ Playlist Business Council of Australia head Jennifer Westacott and Cassandra Goldie from the Australian Council of Social Services give their opinions on the budget.
Add to EJ Playlist Greens Leader Christine Milne says there are fundamental changes that need to be made to the mining tax and to education and energy investment.
Add to EJ Playlist Opposition finance spokesman Andrew Robb says the Government has created a huge task for the Coalition to get back to surplus in Government.
Add to EJ Playlist Finance Minister Penny Wong says the Government has faced the second-biggest hit to revenue since the Great Depression and has made the decision to put jobs ...
Add to EJ Playlist Innes Willox from the Australian Industry Group says he is disappointed by a budget that includes some good programs but lacks an overall direction or sense ...
Add to EJ Playlist The Kohary family of three has a combined income of $160000 and do not qualify for the Family Tax Benefit but are greatly relieved the childcare subsidy wil...
Add to EJ Playlist Wayne Swan tells 7.30 the revenue writedown underpinning the budget was an unprecedented event in the nation's economy. Watch Wayne Swan's full budget speech...
Add to EJ Playlist Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey says this budget is fundamentally dishonest and the Government did not have the courage to say how bad debt will bec...
Add to EJ Playlist Chris Richardson from Deloitte Access Economics says the budget does include some important decisions and is trying to close the gap, but has provided about ...