AM is Australia's most informative morning current affairs program. With key political interviews and stories about the Australian way of life, AM sets the agenda for the nation’s daily news and current affairs coverage.

How rising fuel prices are driving record numbers of Australians to electric vehicles.

Evacuees from a devastating earthquake in Japan's south are contending with searing heat and aftershocks, as rescue and relief efforts enter a third day.

The ABC reveals the case of a Gold Coast man locked up in a Syrian jail facing the death penalty for allegedly murdering another Australian.

What secrets might a Royal Commission into the Victorian building industry corruption expose?

Plans to build Australia's first new oil refinery since the 1960s.

AM is Australia's most informative morning current affairs program.

Oil prices have jumped back up to more than 100 U-S dollars a barrel, after the Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea.

Have we got the right plan to build enough affordable housing for future generations?

How One Nation is working quietly to build support across regional Australia.

Andy Burnham takes office as UK Prime Minister promising big changes.

The US strikes back after Iran kills two of its personnel in a missile strike in Jordan.

Charges to be laid over a methanol poisoning event in Laos where two Australian teenagers died but will their families actually get the justice they're looking for?

The sensitive medical information of thousands at risk as a major cyber attack hits a GP network across the country.

Donald Trump drops a proposed fee for passage through the Strait of Hormuz but he seems serious about a naval blockade on Iran as fears of a renewed conflict intensify.

The US resumes a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, this time Donald Trump's charging a fee for other ships to get through the troubled region.

The US launches its fiercest attacks on Iran in weeks as conflicting reports emerge whether Iran has managed to cut-off the Strait of Hormuz.

The US and Iran have exchanged fire for a second day, deepening hostilities and uncertainty over the future of the tenuous ceasefire between the two nations.

AM speaks to the Communications Minister Anika Wells about the nationwide failure of Telstra's mobile service.

The last known Australian ISIS Bride who's returning to Australia is facing allegations a Yazidi girl was enslaved, beaten and raped in her home.

The soccer world stunned and outraged with Donald Trump admitting he personally intervened to get a match ban lifted on a star player in the US World Cup team.

Anthony Albanese inking a major new treaty with Fiji as he kicks off a frenetic week of regional diplomacy.

Anti-gambling advocates are hopeful a lengthy inquiry into the federal government's legislation to restrict advertising will put more pressure on Labor to strengthen the laws.

Young Australians face a higher interest rate repayment burden than their parents did in the late 1980s.

The biggest monthly fall in housing values since 2022 with high interest rates keeping conditions soft in the months ahead.

Fears thousands of vulnerable Australians could be pushed onto the streets as a national rental affordability scheme winds up.

Alarming spike in AFL players with traumatic brain injury.

As rescue efforts continue in Venezuela, there are fears the earthquake death toll could rise into the hundreds or even thousands.

The last so-called ISIS Bride granted permission to return to Australia

Labor strikes a deal with the Greens to get its controversial property tax changes passed but now comes the real test - will voters buy it?

Sir Keir Starmer announces his resignation with Andy Burnham looking likely to be the UK's seventh Prime Minister in a decade.

Threatening comments from Donald Trump jeopardising US-Iran negotiations underway in Switzerland.

A ceasefire agreement reached between the United States and Iran is officially in effect, with the US confirming its naval blockade of Iranian ports has now been lifted.

How have voters reacted to Pauline Hanson's vision for Australia?

Further strain between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel says it's yet to see details of a ceasefire agreement with Iran.

Could Israel's offensive in Lebanon jeopardise Donald Trump's deal to end conflict with Iran?

Calls for a cull after a shark bites an ocean swimmer at a popular Sydney Beach leaving her with life threatening injuries.

Defence Minister Richard Marles's visit to the UK has been thrown off course, after his British counterpart resigned, just hours before they were due to meet.

Donald Trump vows to hit Iran hard again today.

Donald Trump blames Iran for the downing of a US helicopter.

Israel and Iran agree to pause attacks in the middle east but both sides warn their fingers remain poised on the trigger..

Hundreds of Australians recognised in the 2026 King's Birthday Honours list, as tributes are paid for Former Australian of the Year Professor Richard Scolyer who has died from brain cancer.

The Federal Government is hopeful of avoiding a lengthy Senate inquiry on its proposed tax reforms and is in talks with the Greens, trying to convince them to back the changes and pass it quickly.