Morning Report Essentials for Friday 9 May 2025

In today's episode, a new Pope has been found, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, booze industry lobbyists have been given input into the development of alcohol policies, including how to deal with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, huge numbers of predatory feral cats are endangering our native birds populations as well as killing other wildlife, we have our weekly political panel and we cross the Tasman to get the latest from Kerry-Anne Walsh.