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- Law Report with Damien Carrick
Tuesday 7 October, 8.30am (Rpt 8pm)
Inisde the minds of murderers and sex-offenders
Clinical psychologist Nigel Latta spends his days working with murderers and paedophiles. Why? He says this is the only way to prevent re-offending. He has strong views about how to break the cycle of violence -- views that can't be pigeonholed and leave everyone a little uncomfortable.
- Background Briefing
Tuesday 7 October, 7pm
Remittances: flying money
About $500 billion flows around the world as migrant workers send money home. It's largely bypassing banks and corporations, even governments, but they all want a slice of the action.
First broadcast Sunday 5 October, 9.10am
- Rear Vision with Annabelle Quince and Keri Phillips
Tuesday 7 October, 8.35pm
A future for Belgium?
Since national elections 15 months ago, Belgium has been in the grip of a profound political crisis, prompting speculation that the country might split. What has caused this political stalemate and what lies ahead for this deeply divided country?
First broadcast Sunday 5 October, 1pm
- By Design with Alan Saunders
Wednesday 8 October, 3pm
Originality
Whether it's Antique Roadshow or Collectors on ABC TV, what people often most want to know is whether something's an original or a rip-off. Whether we collect Renaissance art or 20th century classic chairs, we put great stock in it's being the real thing. In this feature, writer and journalist Alkarim Jivani asks why we value originality.
Repeated Saturday 11 October, 9am
- Encounter
Wednesday 8 October, 7pm
John's Baptisers: Mandaeans in Australia
An ancient Gnostic sect which honours John the Baptist has fled persecution in the Middle East and found sanctuary in Australia. The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran bring with them a pacifist belief structure and ancient rituals based on fresh flowing water. Find out how they are grappling with their past and the challenges of Australian life.
First broadcast Sunday 5 October, 7.10am
- Hindsight
Thursday 9 October, 1pm
Red dust travellers
Central Australia, the Red Centre, has long attracted curious travellers. Across one decade, from 1950 to 1960, tourism took hold in the Red Centre but not without impact on the lives and culture of the desert inhabitants. Living pioneers of Central Australian travel tell their vibrant stories of inland adventure in the 1950s.
First broadcast Sunday 5 October, 2pm
- Lingua Franca with Maria Zijlstra
Thursday 9 October, 3.45pm
The naming of roses
The rose is an ancient bloom of which there are now thousands of varieties, with hundreds more new types introduced each year. Gardening writer Roger Mann reads from the introduction of his new book, which tells the history of their naming.
First broadcast Saturday 4 October, 3.45pm
- Awaye! with Daniel Browning
Saturday 11 October, 6pm
Larissa Behrendt and the Balunu Foundation
UTS Professor Larissa Behrendt, of Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, asks: Do Indigenous Australians Enjoy Full Citizen Rights Today? This talk followed Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s apology to the stolen generation earlier this year. And David Cole, founder of the Balunu Foundation in Darwin, talks about why it was created and how important it is to heal Indigenous youth of today.
Repeated Monday 13 October, 3pm
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