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Friday 25/07/2008
- Extra rain - and a cut in consumption - mean Queenslanders water restrictions get eased ... (audio), Queensland Water Commission Chair Elizabeth Nosworthy with Jennifer Byrne (Environment, Water usage)
- Production starts on what backers hope will become another Aussie Outback blockbuster movie ... (audio), Nick Cole is the producer of 'Last Ride' - shooting in the mid-north of South Australia at the moment - and he's speaking with Anne Fulwood (Arts, Film)
- It's 30 years today since the first IVF baby was born ... now, there are around ten thousand are born every year in Australia alone. (audio), It's been a revolution and Australia has been at the forefront of the work and Anne Fulwood talks to Professor Michael Chapman, Director of IVF Australia. (Health, IVF)
- As the coalition firms its opposition to the Government's Carbon Trading scheme, the role of minor parties in the senate becomes more vital.. (audio), Family First senator Steve Fielding tells Anne Fulwood he's still to be convinced. (Environment, Carbon Trading)
- As the first Aussie athletes start heading for Beijing, how are the Olympic Games facilities shaping up? (audio), 14 days out from the opening, AOC spokesman Mike Tancred talks to Anne Fulwood (Sport, Olympics)
- How's Barack Obama's Berlin speech being recieved back home? ... (audio), John Barron asks political writer Jay Cost, from Real Clear Politics. (Politics, US, Presidential Election)
- The Power industry starts a fight against Emission Trading, saying 4 out of 5 Power stations in Victoria's La Trobe valley may close ... (audio), The Energy Supply Association of Australia says the scheme could force the closure of power stations across the ocountry - Marius Benson is speaking to the Association's CEO Brad Page. (Politics, Federal)
- Daily Political Analysis, with Marius Benson... (audio), Marius speaks to Steve Lewis, National Political Correspondent with News Ltd papers. (Politics, Federal)
Thursday 24/07/2008
- By the year 2060, an Australian woman can expect to live until 90... (audio), Jennifer Byrne questions Federal Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliott about planning for a country with so many more old people than young. (Health, Age, Women)
- Restaurants wear rising food costs fearing higher menu prices will scare away customers... (audio), Jennifer Byrne talks to Sydney Morning Herald restaurant critic, Simon Thomsen. (Economy Business and Finance, Restaurants, Food)
- CFMEU is calling it one of the worst cases of workplace abuse they've ever come across... (audio), Jennifer Byrne hears the story of an 18-year-old trainee cabinet maker based on the NSW north-coast. (Industry, Apprentice)
- Chemists proposal to dispense some prescription drugs without a new script from the doctor... (audio), Pharmacy Guild President Kos Sclavos tells Jennifer Byrne what kinds of medication would be made available. (Health, Pharmacy, Chemist, Prescription)
- 5-year study of serious and fatal accidents on country roads yields some unexpected results... (audio), Jennifer Byrne speaks with Dale Steinhart of Queensland University's centre for accident research and road safety (CARRS) (Disasters and Accidents, Road toll, Accidents)
- A battle off the sportsfield for Australian pentathlete Angie Darby over - she's won her bid to make it to the Olympics ... (audio), A British lawyer - representing another athlete - was claiming that Angie's team fabricated scores to get her on the Australian team. But an International Union of Modern Pentathlon tribunal has rejected the allegations, clearing Darby to compete at the Games. Angie told Anne Fulwood that it's a huge relief (Sport, Olympics)
- Liberal Mal Brough again blames Queensland Nats leader Lawrence Springborg with keeping him from leading a new, merged party ... (audio), The former Federal minister spoke to Anne Fulwood ... (Politics, Queensland)
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