31 Oct 2024

Morning Report Essentials for Thursday 31 October 2024

From Morning Report, 10:00 am on 31 October 2024

On today's episode, a new poll shows the race between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris is dividing the U.S. electorate along lines of gender, race and education. The poll shows a very tight race hinging on a few swing states. One of those is Arizona, which sits on the southern border with Mexico, the government says new estimates of how long beneficiaries stay on welfare prove a need for tougher sanctions, the President of Speedway New Zealand says she doesn't agree with a decision to move Speedway away from Western Springs after 95 years, and a lawyer representing state care abuse survivors says any redress must be equitable and consistent for all victims of abuse.