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Computers
- 15:45 - The Government's controversial net-filters delayed again - but already some filters are having 'unintended consequences' ... (audio)
Nicolas Suzar from Electronic Frontiers Australia talks to Shon Walker
published: 05/01/2009 (Internet filters, Censorship) - Microsoft warns users of all current versions of Internet Explorer might be vulnerable to having their computers hijacked (audio)
IT security adviser with McAfee, Michael Sentonas tells John Barron there's apparently a serious security hole in the software
published: 16/12/2008 (Internet Explorer) - Telstra excluded from national broadband network tender process as its bid fails to meet some requirements (audio)
Anna Hispley asks telecommunications journalist and commentator Stuart Corner about the significance of Telstra's exclusion
published: 15/12/2008 (Broadband, Telstra)
Crime Law and Justice
- Friday 10:15 - A sharp rise in the number of superannuants seeking the pension, as the market meltdown bites ... (audio)
Charmaine Crowe, the policy coordinator at Combined Pensioners And Superannuants Association of NSW, with Anna Hipsley
published: 09/01/2009 (Superannuation, Pension) - 15:15 - Is 'Laura Norder' losing her grip on election campaigns? The NSW Opposition promises a change ... (audio)
A proposed emphasis on rehabilitation, not jail, welcomed by Brett Collins from Justice Action. He's told Shon Walker why...
published: 08/01/2009 (Jails, Rehabilitation) - 07:15 - No apology to Mohammed Haneef despite official report finding he was wrongly detained (audio)
The highest legal officer in the Howard Government at the time, the Attorney General Phillip Ruddock tells Marius Benson the Indian doctor isn't entitled to an apology or compensation
published: 24/12/2008 (Haneef) - Tuesday 17:50 - NSW government announces a gun amnesty as it tests an expanded emergency warning system (audio)
John Barron asks the Police Minister Tony Kelly about the two initiatives
published: 23/12/2008 (Emergency alarm, Gun amnesty) - 17:15 - Former Immigration Minister says he's been vindicated by the findings of the Clarke Inquiry into the Mohammad Haneef case (audio)
Kevin Andrews tells John Barron he acted on the best advice he had at the time, and his actions were not politically motivated
published: 23/12/2008 (Haneef) - 16:45 - Mentally ill man kept in Northern Territory jail because a judge found there was nowhere else for him to go (audio)
John Barron speaks to N.T. A-M-A President, Dr Peter Beaumont who's called for a re-examination of the way we care for the mentally ill and disabled
published: 23/12/2008 (Mental, Disabled) - 11:15 - Newspaper reports claim Alice Springs is 'in meltdown', and unsafe - but the city's mayor accuses the paper of a beat-up ... (audio)
Damien Ryan is the Mayor of Alice Springs - he tells Anna Hipsley why the thinks 'The Australian' report is misleading
published: 22/12/2008 (Alice Springs, Indigenous issues) - $400 million detention centre on Christmas Island brought into service after another boatload of asylum-seekers was picked up (audio)
Ben McLean speaks to Dr Graham Tom, Amnesty International's Refugee Co-ordinator, who has toured the new centre
published: 19/12/2008 (Refugee, Amnesty) - Federal Government plan to ban guns with a military-style appearance that appeal to a younger market (audio)
Home Affairs Minister Bob Debus tells Anna Hipsley why the government doesn't want these weapons coming into the country
published: 19/12/2008 (Guns, Weapons) - Appeals Court judge Virginia Bell appointed to the High Court (audio)
John Barron talks to Roger West who was principal solicitor at the Redfern Legal Centre where Justice Bell began her career in 1978
published: 15/12/2008 (High Court, Virginia Bell)
Disasters and Accidents
- 07:55 - Wagga Wagga toddler in a stable condition after being mauled by dogs that killed her sister (audio)
Dr Peter Higgins, a vet from Dogs NSW, talks to Glen Bartholomew about the dogs - believed to be cross-bred bull mastiffs
published: 08/01/2009 (Dog attack, Bull mastiff) - 18:15 - Eight months after Cyclone Nargus, how is Burma coping with its aftermath? (audio)
Care Australia's CEO Dr Julia Newton-Howes is talking with John Barron
published: 31/12/2008 (Burma, Cyclone) - 13:15 - Worldwide, 2008 has been one of the most devastating ever in terms of natural disasters. ... (audio)
Dr Janette Lindsay is a climatologist with The Australian National University in Canberra - she tells Fiona Ellis-Jones why the year was so devastating
published: 30/12/2008 (Weather) - 15:15 - After a fatal shark attack in WA, and other sightings elsewhere, how big a threat ARE sharks in Australia? (audio)
Dr Vic Pedemores is an international shark expert with the New South Wales Departmnet of Primary Industries - he spoke with Fiona Ellis-Jones
published: 29/12/2008 (Shark attacks)
Economy Business and Finance
- Thursday 16:45 - With home-building in free-fall, calls for another, more agressive, rate cut ... (audio)
Peter Jones is the chief economist with the Master Builder's Association and is talking to John Barron
published: 08/01/2009 (Housing, Construction) - Thursday 16:45 - With home-building in free-fall, calls for another, more agressive, rate cut ... (audio)
Peter Jones is the chief economist with the Master Builder's Association and is talking to John Barron
published: 08/01/2009 (Housing, Construction) - Wednesday 17:20 - Housing Industry Association survey shows new home sales fell over 1% in November (audio)
The HIA is now calling for measures to stimulate investment, as Chief Executive Chris Lamont tells John Barron
published: 07/01/2009 (Housing, Investment) - 09:15 - New report shows most borrowers are tolerating the impacts of the economic downturn reasonably well (audio)
Phil Naylor, CEO of the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia, takes Anna Hipsley through the latest Home Finance Index
published: 07/01/2009 (Home, Housing, Mortgage) - 16:55 - Aussie car sales likely to fall by a tenth this year ... (audio)
Andrew McKellar is the chief executive of the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries .. He's speaking to ABC Newsradio's David Hardaker
published: 06/01/2009 (Auto sales) - 09:45 - What have bricklayers, car-parts sellers and investment bankers have in common? They all face tough times this year! (audio)
Analyst Richard Jeremiah tells Anna Hipsley about research on "risky business" for 2009
published: 06/01/2009 (Employment, Business Confidence) - 14:45 - Will employers 'hold their nerve', as urged by the Treasurer, or are massive job-cuts on the way? (audio)
Chief Executive of the Australian Federation of Employers and Industries, Gary Brack, tells Shon Walker there's a lot of nervousness out in the marketplace
published: 05/01/2009 (Employment) - 16:20 - Gloomy forecast with wine grape production outweighing demand and creating another potential glut (audio)
John Barron asks the Winemakers' Federation Chief Executive Stephen Strachan what's wrong with a bumper year
published: 02/01/2009 (Wine) - 15:15 - Australia 'almost certain' to follow other countries into recession ... (audio)
Fiona Ellis-Jones hears why, from University of Queensland economics professor John Quiggin
published: 01/01/2009 (Recession) - 10:45 - The man who predicted our current economic slide says a golden age is coming - but not just yet ... (audio)
Ravi Batra, Professor of Economics at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, with Shon Walker
published: 31/12/2008 (Forecasts, Markets) - 09:45 - Crystal Ball time ... what's 2009 hold instore for the markets? Not all doom and gloom, apparently ... (audio)
Shon Walker talks to Craig James, Comsec Chief Economist
published: 31/12/2008 (Forecasts, Markets) - 06:50 - A broader perspective on what's been a terrible year on Wall Street... (audio)
Glen Bartholomew talks to Bob Ried of the independent research firm, Ried Thunberg which provides a widely followed coverage of economic and financial market conditions
published: 31/12/2008 (United States, Wall St) - 17:20 - Some cashbacks aren't as automatic as they might seem, and consumers end up paying the full price (audio)
A disappointed skipper Rob Hanna speaks to Ben McLean, while Commodore Matt Allen from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia explains the decision to John Barron
published: 30/12/2008 (Cashback, Shopping) - 15:15 - Nearly half all retirees worried they don't have enough in the bank to support themselves ... (audio)
Tania Brown is an Investment Consultant with Citibank - she's talking to Fiona Ellis-Jones
published: 30/12/2008 (Self-Funded retirees) - 14:45 - Could the economic downturn save the planet? (audio)
Fiona Ellis-Jones asks Professor Tim Robinson, from Queensland University of Technology's School of Economics
published: 30/12/2008 (World downturn) - 10:45 - Prices for Australia's export commodities set to tumble in 2009 ... (audio)
But not everyone sees doom-and-gloom. Shon Walker talks to one naysayer, Jonathan Barrett, Managing Director with Commodity Broking Services
published: 30/12/2008 (Exports, Commodities) - 09:15 - The number of international tourists coming to Australia will drop by more than four percent next year ... (audio)
Olivia Wirth, with the Tourism and Transport Forum, tells Shon Walker about the knock-on effect
published: 30/12/2008 (Tourism) - 10:45 - Hotel occupancy down in all states, except Tasmania - Why? And will it continue? (audio)
Hamish Arthur from Australian Hotels Association tells Shon Walker tourism bookings are slow... but there are some bright spots
published: 29/12/2008 (Tourism) - 09:45 - After a slow year, retailers say 2008 is ending with a spending uptick ... (audio)
Richard Evans, Executive Director, National Retailers Association, is speaking with Shon Walker
published: 29/12/2008 (Shopping) - Wednesday 17:15 - Aussie Home Loans buying Wizard from GE Money to create the largest non bank lender in Australia (audio)
John Barron talks to Aussie's Executive Chairman John Symond
published: 24/12/2008 (Aussie Home Loans, Wizard) - 13:50 - The longest recession in more than 25 years is intensifying in the United States: the Australian outlook (audio)
Geoff Oughton, the NAB's Head of Economics-Australia, tells Shon Walker we should be looking to 2009 with some sense of relief
published: 24/12/2008 (2009 outlook, Recession) - 07:50 - The day before Christmas is one of the busiest days of the year for fish markets around Australia (audio)
Glen Bartholomew checks on sales with David Doyle - from the Doyle family chain of restaurants - at the Sydney fish markets
published: 24/12/2008 (Seafood) - 13:25 - Is this the best Christmas, economically, for seven years?... (audio)
That's what ComSec Chief Economist Craig James tells Shon Walker
published: 23/12/2008 (Christmas) - 09:55 - Airlines have their wings clipped with travel a casualty of the global financial crisis ... (audio)
Tourism chief Olivia Wirth tells Anna Hipsley about the slowdown
published: 23/12/2008 (Tourism, Aviation) - 06:50 - The world's largest car maker, Toyota predicts it will post its biggest loss in more than 70 years (audio)
Glen Bartholomew looks at this and other financial matters with David de Garis, Senior Economist with NAB-Capital
published: 23/12/2008 (Car industry, Toyota) - Monday 18:15 - Petrol Commissioner releases the first of three annual reports into fuel price activity (audio)
John Barron asks Joe Dimasi whether motorists are we being ripped off
published: 22/12/2008 (Petrol Prices) - 17:55 - Green Holden welcome news for South Australia after the collapse of Mitsubishi's Adelaide factory in March (audio)
John Barron discusses the benefits for the State's economy with the Premier, Mike Rann
published: 22/12/2008 (Car, Holden) - 13:15 - Holden tools up for a new, smaller, fuel efficient car: will it fire up the market? (audio)
Shon Walker puts that question to Motoring writer Will Hagan ...
published: 22/12/2008 (Car industry) - 10:45 - Surveys show many businesses across Australia are planning to slash jobs in the New Year ... (audio)
Anna Hipsley gets the reaction of Australian Industry Group's Heather Ridout
published: 22/12/2008 (Employment) - 08:15 - Petrol prices falling for Christmas, but don't expect them to stay low ... (audio)
Marius Benson is speaking to David Cumming of the Victorian motoring group, the RACV
published: 22/12/2008 (Petrol Prices) - Investment clock tracks the different stages of investment markets, and the broader economic conditions that drive them (audio)
Rod North of market analysts Bourse Communications tells Scott Wales, the investment clock has been pretty reliable since well before the second world war
published: 19/12/2008 (Investment clock) - Neighbourhood Early Centres Group shutting 9 centres in Victoria, 4 in NSW and 1 in Queensland (audio)
Ben McLean speaks to the national Secretary of the child care union, Louise Tarrant
published: 19/12/2008 (Childcare) - Westpac Bank business survey where key indicators are all pointing at recession (audio)
To look at the far from Merry Christmas in the finance world, Marius Benson talks to Westpac's Chief Economist, Bill Evans
published: 19/12/2008 (Business, Recession) - ANZ and National Australia Bank warn 2009 is likely to be another tough year for shareholders (audio)
Scott Wales examines the outlook with Tony Boyd, a columnist with Business Spectator
published: 18/12/2008 (Banks, ANZ, NAB) - Significant drop in car sales for 2008 and projections of an even greater decline in 2009 (audio)
Cate Carrigan discusses the trend with Andrew McKellar, Chief Executive Officer with the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries
published: 18/12/2008 (Automotive, Cars, Vehicles) - Confirmation retailers are in for a tougher Christmas period with Australians predicting they'll spend less this festive season (audio)
Author of the December Consumer Report, Christina Singh tells Ben McLean spending will only be slightly down
published: 18/12/2008 (Retail, Spending) - Hunger relief organisation estimates 1 in 10 will be going without food over the Christmas period (audio)
Anna Hipsley discusses the startling figure with Foodbank Australia CEO, Bronwyn Birkenstein
published: 18/12/2008 (Food) - Women's groups outraged over a mobile phone company's policy not to sell handsets to housewives (audio)
John Barron seeks an explanation from Vodafone spokesman, Greg Spears
published: 17/12/2008 (Vodafone, Housewives) - Don't pay for ice with your seafood: Queensland's Attorney General warns any trader caught ripping off consumers could be prosecuted (audio)
John Barron asks Christoper Zinn from CHOICE how widespread this practice is
published: 17/12/2008 (Seafood, Ice) - Key indicator of economic activity suggests Australia will avoid a recession next year, while bookmakers are betting on it (audio)
John Barron asks the chief economist at Westpac, Bill Evans could the bookies be right?
published: 17/12/2008 (Recession, Bet) - Commonwealth Bank shares in a trading halt amid confusion surrounding $2 billion fund raising bid (audio)
Scott Wales speaks to The Australian financial columnist, John Durie while John Barron gets an assessment from University of Melbourne Professor, Ian Ramsey
published: 17/12/2008 (CBA, Commonwealth Bank) - You can bet on the Australian economy going into recession - literally... (audio)
Centrebet's Neil Evans gives Ben McLean a run through of the odds
published: 17/12/2008 (Recession, Bet) - Miners union hopeful that some of the 400 staff cut in central Queensland can be relocated to other operations (audio)
Stuart Vacceneo from the CFMEU tells Ben McLean the union is furious at the timing of the cuts - just before Christmas
published: 17/12/2008 (Mining, Resources, Coal) - Smith Family says donations are at least 10% higher than this time last year: unusual in the current economic climate (audio)
Anna Hipsley talks to the charity's executive director, Paul Henderson
published: 17/12/2008 (Charity, Donations) - More evidence that the global financial crisis has hit the resources sector - at least one Queensland mine is closing, others shedding jobs (audio)
John Barron gets an update from Michael Roche of the Queensland Resources Council
published: 16/12/2008 (Mining, Resources) - Reserve Bank minutes indicate it may keep interest rates steady over summer (audio)
John Barron asks research fellow at the Melbourne School of Business, Dr Sam Wylie if that makes a rate cut less likely
published: 16/12/2008 (Interest, Rates) - Beyond Blue booklet advises people how to look after their mental health should they lose their job, or suffer financial loss (audio)
Ben McLean talks to the Chairman of Beyond Blue, Jeff Kennett
published: 16/12/2008 (Mental health) - America sneezed and the world caught a cold: now it looks like China's got the sniffles too as industrial output has slumped to a new low (audio)
David Goodman, Professor of Contemporary Chinese Studies at UTS tells Ben McLean assessing the strength of China's economy is tricky
published: 16/12/2008 (China) - Community consortium wants to rescue the 241 ABC Learning Centres labelled unviable by the receiver (audio)
Peter Quarmby, executive director of Community Sector Banking, tells Anna Hispley his organisation could make the centres work
published: 15/12/2008 (Childcare, ABC Learning) - Australian Retailers Association blames the federal government for a drop in consumer confidence (audio)
Executive Director, Richard Evans tells Mike Gardiner gloomy predictions from the Rudd government have hurt the retail industry
published: 14/12/2008 (Retail, Consumer confidence)
Education
- 07:50 - Government promises a new urgency in combating illiteracy among indigenous students (audio)
The Acting Prime Minister and Education Minister, Julia Gillard outlines the government policy to Marius Benson
published: 29/12/2008 (Indigenous, Literacy) - Children as young as 8 targeted for university enrolment, to get more students from poor backgrounds a tertiary education (audio)
Ben McLean speaks about the program with the University of Sydney's head of equity support services, Annette Cairnduff
published: 18/12/2008 (Tertiary, University) - Bradley review recommends de-regulation of tertiary education, greater competition and more money for poorer pupils (audio)
Anna Hipsley seeks reaction from Angus McFarland, President of the National Union of Students
published: 17/12/2008 (Tertiary, Universities) - Universities face a major shake-up, with a report recommending a big increase in student numbers and funding (audio)
Marius Benson discusses the changes with Education Minister, Julia Gillard and the opposition spokesman, Christopher Pyne
published: 17/12/2008 (Tertiary, Universities)
Environment
- Monday 17:25 - Tasmanian Treasurer welcomes Peter Garrett's decision to approve further environmental modules for Gunns pulp mill (audio)
Michael Aird speaks to John Barron
published: 05/01/2009 (Gunns, Pulp Mill) - 14:45 - Water restrictions - and our commenurate water reduction - leads to higher water costs ... (audio)
Shon Walker asks Associate Professor Peter Coombes from Newcastle Uni "Why?"
published: 05/01/2009 (Water restrictions) - 11:45 - Is an increase in greenhouse gas directly behind the slowing of the Great Barrier Reef? (audio)
Doctor Glenn De'ath from the Australian Institute of Marine Science, explains new findings to Shon Walker
published: 02/01/2009 (Great Barrier Reef, Carbon Dioxide) - 16:15 - SA moves to implement a ban on single-use plastic shopping bags - will the other states follow suit? (audio)
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young tells John Barron she hopes so
published: 01/01/2009 (Recycling, Waste) - 13:50 - Setting a New Year resolution? Why not make it a green one ... (audio)
Rebecca Gilling is a spokeswomen for Planet Ark - she looks at the idea with Fiona Ellis-Jones
published: 01/01/2009 (Recycling, Personal Consumption) - 13:15 - 2008 the coldest year for a decade: what does that mean for Global Warming? (audio)
Dr Michael Coglan is head of the National Climate Centre and is speaking with Fiona Ellis-Jones
published: 01/01/2009 (Climate Change) - 07:20 - South Australia bans disposable plastic shopping bags (audio)
Marius Benson speaks to S-A Environment Minister, Jay Weatherill
published: 31/12/2008 (Plastic bags) - 14:25 - Using light to deter cane-toads? Well, sort of ... (audio)
Shon Walker hears from cane-toad expert Professor Ross Alford, from Townsville's James Cook University
published: 23/12/2008 (Cane Toads) - Not all will benefit from Rudd Government incentives to off-set the increased utility costs from the emissions trading reduction scheme (audio)
Anna Hipsley gauges the primary concerns for the property market with Chris Lamont, chief executive of the Housing Industry Association
published: 16/12/2008 (Climate, Carbon, Emissions) - Environment groups angry at Kevin Rudd for taking the so-called "soft option" with a carbon reduction target of between 5 and 15% (audio)
Anna Hipsley asks Matthew Warren, CEO of the Clean Energy Council, what it means for the future of renweable energy
published: 16/12/2008 (Climate, Carbon, Emissions) - Key business group and coal mining union give their assessment of the Rudd government emissions trading scheme (audio)
Marius Benson talks to Heather Ridout, Chief Executive of the Australian Industry Group and Tony Maher, President of the coal miners union
published: 16/12/2008 (Climate, Carbon, Emissions) - A group calling itself 'Rising Tide, Newcastle' staged a noisy protest during the Prime Minister's emissions trading scheme announcement (audio)
Member Annika Dean tells Ben McLean why they embarked on such a high-profile protest
published: 15/12/2008 (Climate, Carbon, Emissions) - The Federal Government appears to be a long way from winning unanimous Coalition support for its emissions trading scheme (audio)
Marius Benson talks to both sides of politics - the Minister for Climate Change, Penny Wong and the oppposition spokesman, Greg Hunt
published: 16/12/2008 (Climate, Carbon, Emissions) - Mixed reaction to the carbon pollution reduction scheme - environment groups say 5% is too low and there's also concern from business (audio)
John Barron speaks with Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chief Executive Peter Anderson and energy economist, Professor Tony Owen at the Curtin University of Technology in Perth
published: 15/12/2008 (Climate, Carbon, Emissions) - 5% the minimum target for cutting Australia's carbon emissions - it may rise to 15% depending on what action other countries take (audio)
Ben McLean seeks reaction to the Federal Government's target from the Climate Institute's Chief Executive, John Connnor
published: 15/12/2008 (Climate, Carbon, Emissions) - The Federal Government will aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least five per cent by 2020 (audio)
The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd has revealed the design of his government's carbon pollution reduction scheme in an address to the National Press Club
published: 15/12/2008 (Climate, Carbon, Emissions) - Federal Government will today set out its plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions as it tries to move Australia to a low carbon economy (audio)
Marius Benson speaks to the Coalition's emissions trading spokesman, Andrew Robb and Greens leader, Senator Bob Brown
published: 15/12/2008 (Climate, Carbon, Emissions)
Health
- 09:15 - Have obesity rates among children levelled off? And what does that mean for public health? ... (audio)
Professor Tim Olds, who conducted the research for the University of South Australia, is speaking with Anna Hipsley
published: 09/01/2009 (Childhood Obesity) - 09:45 - Women 'not taking enough time' at the birth of their babies: new research ... (audio)
Anna Hipsley talks to Dr Sylvia Guendelman, the senior author of the University of California study
published: 09/01/2009 (Obstetrics, Childbirth) - 09:15 - Have obesity rates among children levelled off? And what does that mean for public health? ... (audio)
Professor Tim Olds, who conducted the research for the University of South Australia, is speaking with Anna Hipsley
published: 09/01/2009 (Childhood Obesity) - 15:45 - Looking after our eyes needs to be a lifelong thing, say doctors ... (audio)
Shon Walker get details from Professor Jonathan Stone of The Vision Centre
published: 08/01/2009 (Eyesight) - 13:15 - A proposed 'obesity tax' could see salt-sugar-fat laden foods hit hard - and retailers are not happy ... (audio)
Dr Geoffrey Annison's with the Food and Grocery council - he's speaking with Shon Walker
published: 08/01/2009 (Food, Obesity) - 09:50 - Organ donor rates have climbed to their highest level since transplant operations began 40 years ago (audio)
Anna Hipsley discusses the 30% increase with Associate Professor Bill Sylvester, the Medical Director of the Victorian Organ Donation Service
published: 07/01/2009 (Organ donation) - 16:55 - The death of a Victorian man prompts warnings on bee-stings ... (audio)
John Barron talks to Dr Rob Loblay, director of the Allergy Unit at Sydney's Royal Price Alfred Hospital
published: 06/01/2009 (Allergies, Bee Stings) - 15:15 - A Social Health atlas shows a rising crisis in some parts of Australia ... (audio)
John Glover is the Director of the Public Health Infomation-Unit at Adelaide University - and he's speaking to Shon Walker
published: 06/01/2009 (Obesity, Childhood disease) - The Social Health Atlas of Australia ... (link)
University of Adelaide-based researchers at the Public Health Information Development Unit have created a snapshot of the nation's health ...
published: 06/01/2009 (Demographics) - 08:45 - Older people's medications may be doing them more harm than good: study ... (audio)
Professor David Le Couteur tells Glen Bartholomew coming off medicines that affect the brain and nervous system can actually improve mental alertness
published: 05/01/2009 (Ageing, Medication) - Saturday 09:25 - Anti alcohol campaigns may have come too late for a generation of young binge drinkers (audio)
Mike Gardiner seeks the views of Paul Dillon from Drug and Alcohol Research and Training Australia
published: 03/01/2009 (Alcohol, Binge drinking) - 15:15 - Queensland scientists say they've made a breakthrough which could allow them to eventually control Dengue Fever ... (audio)
Professor Scott O'Neill from the University of Queensland tells Fiona Ellis Jones they can shorten a mozzie's life - and stop it breeding!
published: 02/01/2009 (Dengue fever) - 10:45 - New research shows a worrying link between premature births, and mental illness in later life. ... (audio)
Shon Walker finds out more from Professor Ian Hickie, Director of the Brain and Mind Research Institute at the University of Sydney.
published: 02/01/2009 (Mental illness, Childbirth) - Thursday 18:15 - Kids watch so much TV their health is at serious risk: study ... (audio)
Tim Olds is Professor of Health Sciences at the University of South Australia and is speaking with John Barron
published: 01/01/2009 (TV, Childhood obesity) - 07:50 - Organ donation still falling far short of Australia's requirements ... (audio)
Chief Medical Officer Professor John Horvath tells Glen Bartholomew he wants Australians to talk more about the ssue - especially with family
published: 01/01/2009 (Organ Donation) - 16:55 - The worst outbreak of Dengue Fever in 5 years has hit Far North Queensland (audio)
The Senior Director of Tropical Population Health Services, Brad McCulloch gives John Barron an update on the spread of the mosquito-borne disease in Cairns
published: 30/12/2008 (Dengue Fever, Mosquito) - 13:15 Most south east Queenslanders will be drinking fluoridated water from today, despite thousands of complaints ... (audio)
Qld Health Minister Stephen Robertson tells Fiona Ellis-Jones the Government's position is that fluoride is not only safe, but a key ingredient to good oral health
published: 29/12/2008 (Flouride) - 10:55 - Using hip-hop to stop skin cancer ... (audio)
Anna Hipsley hears from 'Al-Bino' - and then to Kay Coppa from the NSW Cancer Council
published: 23/12/2008 (Skin Cancer) - 09:15 - How is it possible for Nursing Home residents to be malnourished and dehydrated? (audio)
Minister for Ageing Justine Elliot wants answers ... Rod Young is the CEO of the Aged Care Association and spoke to Anna Hipsley
published: 22/12/2008 (Nursing Homes) - Lung cancer now the biggest killer among Australian women, surpassing breast cancer for the first time (audio)
John Barron seeks reaction from the Professor of Public Health at the University of Sydney, Simon Chapman
published: 19/12/2008 (Cancer, Lung, Breast) - Australians trying to live healthier lives and are generally supportive of policies aimed at reducing drug, tobacco and alcohol consumption (audio)
Ben Mclean talks to Dr Paul Meyer of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, who says the drug Australians are most concerned about it is heroin
published: 18/12/2008 (Drugs, Tobacco, Alcohol) - Australian scientists believe an insect's eye is a thing of beauty - and with considerable potential to be adapted for human use (audio)
Professor Mandyam Srinivasan from the University of Queensland explains the development of an artificial eye to Ben McLean
published: 18/12/2008 (Insect, Eye, Sight) - Researchers find anti-depressants are now the most commonly prescribed medication for Australian women on the PBS (audio)
John Barron asks Professor Julie Byles from Newcastle University if she was surprised by this finding
published: 17/12/2008 (Depression, Medication, PBS) - Youtube video of anti skin-cancer hip-hop song ... (link)
'It's a beautiful day - For Cancer' ... NB, disturbing images/lyrics
published: 23/12/2008 (Skin Cancer)
History
- 15:55 - Archaeologists from the Australian National Maritime Museum believe they have found the shipwreck of the HMS Mermaid ... (audio)
Curator at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Kieran Hosty, is on the Barrier Reef and tells Shon Walker what's been found
published: 07/01/2009 (Shipwreck) - 10:55 - A 66-year-old wartime mystery may have been solved with the discovery of a shipwreck near the Tiwi Islands ... (audio)
Diver, James Miles tells Shon Walker about the find
published: 30/12/2008 (World War II, Shipwreck)
Human Interest
- 15:15 - How well do we keep secrets? New research says that depends - on who asks us to ... (audio)
Shon Walker pries the story from researcher Andrew Pleffer of McCrindle Research
published: 22/12/2008 (Secrecy, Trust)
Industry
- Telstra employees staging a nationwide strike as part of a continuing industrial campaign to negotiate a pay rise (audio)
Anna Hipsley asks union official John Ellery why they're striking
published: 16/12/2008 (Telstra, Strike, Pay)
International Relations
- 16:55 - Telstra offering free calls to customers who have relatives in the Gaza Strip (audio)
Telstra's Martin Barr gives specific details to David Hardaker
published: 07/01/2009 (Middle East, Israel, Gaza) - 13:45 - Will Israel be forced to back down in Gaza because of international pressure? (audio)
Dr Glen Barclay is at the Australian National University, and is speaking with Shon Walker
published: 07/01/2009 (Middle East, Israel, Gaza) - 06:15 - At least 30 killed and 50 others injured in an Israeli missile strike on a U-N run school in Gaza (audio)
Marius Benson has been speaking to Chris Gunness, a spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
published: 07/01/2009 (Israel, Hamas, Gaza) - 09:20 - High-profile members of Australia's Jewish community condemn the violence in Gaza strip (audio)
Antony Loewenstein, co-founder of the Independent Australian Jewish Voices, tells Anna Hipsley his organisation is not anti-Israel, rather it's critical of the Government's policy and the way the majority of the Jewish community reacts to it
published: 05/01/2009 (Israel, Hamas, Gaza) - Sunday 11:00 - ABC NewsRadio's Out of Africa with Fiona Ellis-Jones (audio)
An in-depth look at African cultural, political and economic affairs, featuring news stories and extended interviews from across the continent
published: 04/01/2009 (Africa) - Friday 17:15 - The United States has handed back the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad to Iraqi control (audio)
David Hardaker discusses the handover with Parliamentary Secretary for Defence in the Rudd government, Mike Kelly who spent a year in the Green Zone as a colonel in the Australian Army
published: 02/01/2009 (Iraq, Baghdad, Green Zone) - 07:15 - A remembrance of Helen Suzman - for decades the sole dissenting voice in South Africa's all-white apartheid-driven parliament ... (audio)
Patricia de Lille is leader of the opposition Independent Democrats in the South African parliament - and she's speaking to Marius Benson
published: 02/01/2009 (South Africa) - 16:15 - Five MILLION die in The Democratic Republic of Congo - and the savagery of the Lords Resistance Army underscores the horror ... (audio)
John Barron talks to World Vision's Tim Costello, and Africa specialist Jim Terie.
published: 31/12/2008 (DR Congo, Africa) - Tuesday 18:20 - Serious concerns about conditions for the one and a half million citizens of the tiny coastal strip that is Gaza (audio)
David Hardaker speaks to Chris Gunness of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and one of Israel's leading journalists, Aluf Benn of the Ha'aretz newspaper
published: 30/12/2008 (Israel, Hamas, Gaza) - 16:45 - Acting Prime Minister's call for an immediate halt to Gaza attacks did not go far enough according to Australian Friends of Palestine (audio)
The group's Dr Bassam Dally tells David Hardaker Australia has failed to show an even handed approach to the conflict
published: 30/12/2008 (Israel, Hamas, Gaza) - Monday 18:50 - Death toll of 300 claimed in the bloodiest conflict to hit the Gaza Strip since the six day war of 1967 (audio)
David Hardaker asks the Director of the Peres Centre for Peace, Ron Pundak if he's surprised by the extent of the Israeli air assault
published: 29/12/2008 (Gaza, Israel, Hamas) - 08:15 - Israel continuing to carry out air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza: the death toll is approaching 300 (audio)
To look at what lies behind the Israeli action, Marius Benson speaks to Anthony Bubalo, a Middle East expert with the Lowy Institute
published: 29/12/2008 (Israel, Hamas, Gaza) - 07:20 - Australia joins other countries in renewed calls for Zimbabwe's ruler Robert Mugabe to share government with the opposition MDC (audio)
For a response from Zimbabwe, Marius Benson has been speaking to the opposition MDC spokesman, Nelson Chamisa
published: 23/12/2008 (Zimbabwe)
Language
- NewsRadio WordWatcher Kel Richards reports on the ABC Word of the Year 2008 (audio)
With the help of votes collated from listeners to ABC Local Radio, Kel announces the ABC's (entirely unofficial) “Words of the Year” in three categories: World Word of the Year, the Aussie Word of the Year, and the Banned Word of the Year (the one we’d banished, never to be heard again)
published: 31/12/2008 (Word Watch) - 14:45 - Jargonaut to become a dictionary word? Meh! I wouldn't wish that on a Frenemy! (audio)
Kel Richards tells Fiona Ellis-Jones about the latest additions to the Collins English Dictionary
published: 02/01/2009 (Neologisms, Dictionaries)
Lifestyle and Leisure
- 16:55 - A warning that we are overlooking the most deadly risk we face when we go to the beach: rip tides (audio)
John Barron talks to Dr Rob Brander of the University of NSW School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences who has posted a rip-warning video online at www.scienceofthesurf.com or go to youtube and type in "rip tides"
published: 02/01/2009 (Surf, Rip tides) - 17:25 - Throwing a stick to a dog: relaxing but potentially deadly (audio)
John Barron talks to Dr Dianne Sheehan from the Australian Veterinary Association
published: 29/12/2008 (Dog, Stick)
Nature
- 06:25 - Alligator joins summer camp on the New South Wales far south coast (audio)
Glen Bartholomew talks to Sally Padey, owner of the Mogo Zoo - the alligator's home for now
published: 31/12/2008 (Alligator)
Parents
- 10:40 - Renewed calls for smacking bans after abuse found to be the main cause of child homicides ... (audio)
Joe Tucci is the CEO of the Australian Childhood Foundation - he tells Anna Hipsley it's NOT a long bow to connect smacking and child abuse
published: 05/01/2009 (Child Abuse, Corporal Punishment) - 16:20 - Changes to the Baby Bonus likely to cause confusion for many parents about eligibility (audio)
Centrelink's General Manager Hank Jongen explains the new means test to John Barron
published: 29/12/2008 (Baby Bonus)
Politics
- 07:15 - Aussie officers investigating claims that Afghan civilians have been wounded or killed by diggers ... (audio)
Marius Benson is speaking to the Defence Science and Personnel Minister Warren Snowdon
published: 09/01/2009 (Defence, Afghanistan) - 07:50 - Federal Government warns unions against pushing for big pay rises as the economy weakens (audio)
Marius Benson seeks reaction from the ACTU President Sharan Burrow and Tony Maher of the mining union - the CFMEU
published: 08/01/2009 (Federal, Pay, Wages) - 08:25 - A fresh era of dominance has dawned for Barack Obama's Democrats as the new U-S Congress convened (audio)
Marius Benson talks to Fairfax Media's corporate affairs chief, Bruce Wolpe - who's returning to America to work for Democrat Congressman Henry Waxman
published: 07/01/2009 (United State, President, Congress) - 07:50 - Australian Navy sailors and civilians reportedly being exposed to asbestos because they're using outdated, banned equipment (audio)
To respond to reports in Fairfax newspapers, the Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon speaks to Marius Benson
published: 07/01/2009 (Federal, Defence, Navy) - 17:50 - Tasmania's fishing industry welcomes the delay in approving Gunn's Pulp Mill ... (audio)
John Hammond is President of the Scallop Fishermen's Association and tells John Barron why.
published: 06/01/2009 (Pulp Mill) - 08:15 - Environment Minister explains his qualified approval for construction of Gunns $2-billion pulp mill in northern Tasmania (audio)
Peter Garrett discusses his decision and reaction to it with Marius Benson
published: 06/01/2009 (Environment, Gunns, Pulp Mill) - 07:45 - Former Prime Minister recipient of the US Presidential Medal of Freedom - the highest American civilian honour (audio)
John Howard speaks to Marius Benson
published: 06/01/2009 (Federal, Howard) - 07:15 - Local response to the qualified go-ahead for the Gunns pulp mill in Tasmania's north (audio)
The mayor of Launceston, Albert Van Zetten talks to Marius Benson
published: 06/01/2009 (Environment, Gunns, Pulp Mill) - 16:15 - Tasmania's forest industry diappointed, but not disheartened, after the Gunns pulp mill was delayed by minister Peter Garrett ... (audio)
Association Chairman Dr Julian Amos with John Barron
published: 05/01/2009 (Environment, Pulp Mill) - 07:45 - Daily Political Analysis, with Marius Benson... (audio)
For Australia's view on the Israeli action in Gaza and other political issues in the news today, Marius is joined by the acting Prime Minister, Julia Gillard
published: 05/01/2009 (Federal) - 06:20 - Barack Obama starts a new life in Washington, with his top priority an economic rescue plan (audio)
Glen Bartholomew is joined from the US by Linda Wertheimer, National Public Radio's senior national correspondent
published: 05/01/2009 (United State, President) - 09:45 - Hotels in Sydney's impoverished west rake in a billion dollars a year from poker machines ... (audio)
Anti-Pokies senator Nick Xenophon tells Shon Walker that if the state won't act, Canberra should
published: 02/01/2009 (Gambling, Poker Machines) - 07:45 - Australians may be voting this year on abandoning the monarchy and becoming a republic ... (audio)
Marius Benson hears more from Victorian MP Mark Dreyfus, who is chairman of the House of Representatives Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
published: 02/01/2009 (Republic) - 09:45 - While 25% of Aussies still oppose a republic, 4 in 5 say if we become one, the president should be directly elected ... (audio)
Shon Walker discusses those findings with Michael Keating, chairman of the Australian Republican Movement
published: 30/12/2008 (Republic, Monarchy) - 07:45 - Daily Political Analysis, with Marius Benson... (audio)
Marius speaks to Victorian Labor MP Mark Dreyfus, who is the Secretary of the Australia-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group
published: 30/12/2008 (Federal) - 07:25 - NSW is the highest taxing state in the country and WA the lowest, according to a new survey (audio)
The Institute of Public Affairs Executive Director, John Roskam takes Marius Benson through the findings
published: 29/12/2008 (State, Taxes) - 06:20 - As the year draws to a close, the challenges ahead for the next President of the United States are increasing (audio)
Glen Bartholomew looks back over the year with U-S National Public Radio's senior national correspondent, Linda Wertheimer
published: 29/12/2008 (United States, President) - 07:45 - Daily Political Analysis, with Marius Benson... (audio)
Marius speaks to ABC News political reporter, Danny Morgan
published: 24/12/2008 (Federal) - 11:45 - Was the flawed Haneef case 'inevitable' because anti-terror laws are flawed? Lawyers say yes.... (audio)
Hugh Macken is the President of the New South Wales Law Society and spoke to Anna Hipsley
published: 23/12/2008 (Terrorism, Legal issues) - 08:20 - The federal government has foreshadowed more economies ahead: Opposition response (audio)
To look at the next government savings drive, shadow Treasurer Julie Bishop joins Marius Benson
published: 23/12/2008 (Federal) - 07:45 - Daily Political Analysis, with Marius Benson... (audio)
Marius talks to Bernard Keane, Canberra correspondent with Crikey.com
published: 23/12/2008 (Federal) - 08:45 - With doubts continuing over the formal authorisation for foreign troops in Iraq, where's that leave our Diggers? (audio)
To look at the position of Australian troops, Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon is talking to Marius Benson
published: 22/12/2008 (Iraq, Defence) - 07:45 - Daily Political Analysis, with Marius Benson... (audio)
Marius speaks to Matthew Franklin, chief political correspondent with The Australian
published: 22/12/2008 (Federal) - 07:15 - The Federal Government's razor gang looking for billions more in savings (audio)
The Finance Minister, Lindsay Tanner talks to Marius Benson
published: 22/12/2008 (Federal, Budget, Razor) - 06:20 - The year may be almost over, but the work of the current and future American governments is continuing (audio)
Glen Bartholomew is joined from the US by Linda Wertheimer, National Public Radio's senior national correspondent
published: 22/12/2008 (United States, President) - One of the most distinctive and enduring figures in Australian political journalism files his last story (audio)
On the eve of his retirement, Fairfax columnist Alan Ramsey talks to Marius Benson
published: 19/12/2008 (Federal, Ramsey) - Daily Political Analysis, with Marius Benson... (audio)
Marius speaks to Andrew Probyn, political correspondent with the West Australian
published: 19/12/2008 (Federal) - The Federal Government has come up with a new green scheme for solar panels: it's scrapped the rebate means test (audio)
Greens Senator Christine Milne gives Anna Hipsley her party's view
published: 18/12/2008 (Federal, Solar) - Daily Political Analysis, with Marius Benson... (audio)
Marius talks to Kieran Gilbert, Chief Political Reporter with Sky News
published: 18/12/2008 (Federal) - Unions and business could be banned from making donations to political parties under electoral funding reforms (audio)
For a union response to the plans Marius Benson speaks to the ACTU Secretary, Jeff Lawrence
published: 18/12/2008 (Federal, Donations) - Rudd government drawing up changes to the way political parties are funded (audio)
Steve Chase discusses the Electoral Reform Green Paper with Bernard Keane, Canberra correspondent with Crikey.com
published: 17/12/2008 (Federal, Donations) - Daily Political Analysis, with Marius Benson... (audio)
Marius speaks to ABC TV News political editor, Chris Uhlmann
published: 17/12/2008 (Federal) - Daily Political Analysis, with Marius Benson... (audio)
Marius speaks to Christian Kerr, political writer with The Australian
published: 16/12/2008 (Federal) - During a farewell visit to Baghdad, US President George W. Bush has acknowledged that the war in Iraq has been difficult but necessary (audio)
Glen Bartholomew discusses American politics with US National Public Radio's senior national correspondent, Linda Wertheimer
published: 15/12/2008 (US President, Iraq) - Daily Political Analysis, with Marius Benson... (audio)
Marius talks to Malcolm Farr, National Political Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph, about the federal government plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions
published: 15/12/2008 (Federal)
Science and Technology
- Wednesday 18:55 - We all get an extra second on New Year's Day ... why? (audio)
David Hardaker spoke with Dr Bruce Warrington, the man in charge of time at the Australia's National Measurement Institute.
published: 31/12/2008 (Time) - 15:55 - What's a zoo like from the animal's point of view? Now, you can see for yourself! (audio)
Dr Michael Bruenig from the CSIRO tells Shon Walker how it works
published: 23/12/2008 (Webcams) - 14:45 - We all know what seawater is ... or do we? Then why the need for a new definition? (audio)
Dr Trevor McDougall, from the CSIRO's Wealth from Oceans Flagship, explains the new definition to Shon Walker...
published: 22/12/2008 (Seawater, Oceans)
Sport
- Tuesday 18:50 - Australia's most expensive horseflesh is up for sale but prices likely to be down ... (audio)
John Barron gets the good oil from David Chester, Managing Director of the Magic Millions Yearling sales.
published: 06/01/2009 (Horse Racing) - 07:50 - South Africa celebrating what is being hailed as its greatest cricket win ever following yesterday's 9-wicket win (audio)
Marius Benson talks to Ali Bacher, who for decades stood at the pinnacle of South African cricket - first as a player and then as an administrator
published: 31/12/2008 (Cricket, Test, Australia, South Africa) - 17:55 - South African cricket fans celebrate as Australians scratch their heads and wonder what happened to our almost unbeatable side (audio)
John Barron talks to cricket historian Roland Perry about where Australia went wrong
published: 30/12/2008 (Cricket, Test, Australia, South Africa) - 17:15 - Victorian yacht Shogun disqualified from the Sydney-Hobart yacht race for a breach at the starting line (audio)
A disappointed skipper Rob Hanna speaks to Ben McLean, while Commodore Matt Allen from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia explains the decision to John Barron
published: 30/12/2008 (Sydney-Hobart, Yacht) - 16:55 - World swimming's governing body, FINA meets in March to address the growing controversy surrounding high-tech swim-suits (audio)
John Barron speaks with Australia's head swim coach Alan Thompson
published: 24/12/2008 (Swim suits) - Reports of rivalry between the Australian and England blind cricket teams over a player who can see too well! (audio)
The President of the Australian Blind Cricket Council, Troy King tells Ben McLean he's unaware of any complaint
published: 17/12/2008 (Blind, Cricket) - Medical professionals call for cage fighting to be banned, claiming it's unsafe for participants and glorifies violence (audio)
Anna Hipsley talks to Luke Pezzutti, the Director of Cage Fighting Championship, who wants it legalised
published: 17/12/2008 (Cage Fighting, Martial Arts)
Tourist Information
- 07:20 - Tourism Australia forecasts visitor numbers will fall further over the next year (audio)
To look at the hard times ahead, Marius Benson talks to the Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson
published: 30/12/2008 (Tourism, Visitors)
Transport
- Nationals Senate Leader Barnaby Joyce has teamed up with Independent Nick Xenophon to push for greater scrutiny of diesel and gas prices (audio)
Senator Joyce talks to John Barron
published: 19/12/2008 (Diesel, LPG) - Qantas announces merger talks with British Airways have fallen through with no agreement (audio)
John Barron seeks analysis from Ben Sandilands, an aviation writer and author of the Plane Talking blog
published: 18/12/2008 (Airline, Qantas, British Airways)
Weather
- 14:25 - Changing weather - particularly in the north - not unusual, say scientists - but is it La Nina? (audio)
Dr Michael Coughlan, Head, National Climate Centre, Bureau of Meteorology, with Shon Walker
published: 06/01/2009 (La Nina, Monsoon)
